Philo Vance — “The Eagle Murder Case”

Philo Vance (1943-45, 1945, 1946-52) aired “The Eagle Murder Case” several times, this airing being on September 26, 1946 as the first, the debut episode of the 1946-52 run. The number of total aired episodes is unknown due to the lack of  information on the 1943-45 run, though a good estimate combining the other two …

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In Harm’s Way: Defending the Future, ed. by Mike McPhail

In Harm’s Way: Defending the Future

 

Edited

by

Mike McPhail

 

(eSpec Books, October 1, 2019, pb, 183 pp.)

 

A Beach on Nellus” by James Chambers
Children of the Last Battle” by Brenda Cooper
Contained Vacuum” by David Sherman (reprint, not reviewed)
The Oath” by Robert Greenberger
Hope’s Children” by Lisanne Norman
Comrades in Arms” by Bud Sparhawk (reprint, not reviewed)
Medicine Man” by Robert E. Waters
Sympathetic” by Eric V. Hardenbrook
No Man Left Behind” by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Bucket Brigade” by Jeff Young
Slingshot” by Aaron Rosenberg
Something to Live For” by Christopher M. Hiles
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Grim, Grit, and Gasoline: Dieselpunk & Decopunk Fairytales, ed. Rhonda Parrish

Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline:

Dieselpunk and Decopunk Fairy Tales

 

Edited

by

Rhonda Parrish

 

(World Weaver Press, Sept. 3, 2019, 300 pp., pb)

 

Circles and Salt” by Sara Cleto

Salvage” by A. A. Medina
The Loch” by Zannier Alejandra
Evening Chorus” by Liz Donnelly
To Go West” by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Bonne Chance Confidential” by Jack Bates
늑대 – The Neugdae” by Juliet Harper
The Rescue of Tresses Malone” by Alena VanArendonk
The Daughters of Earth and Air” by Robert E. Vardeman
Easy as Eating Pie” by Amanda C. Davis
Accidents are Not Possible” by Sarah Van Goethem
A Princess, a Spy, and a Dwarf Walked into a Bar Full of Nazis” by Patrick Bollivar
Steel Dragons of a Luminous Sky” by Brian Trent
Ramps and Rocket” by Alicia K. Henderson
As The Spindle Burns” by Nellie K. Neves
Make This Water No Deeper” by Blake Jessop
One Hundred Years” by Jennifer R. Donohue
Things Forgotten on the Cliffs of Avevig” by Wendy Nickel

Reviewed by C.D. Lewis

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Pulphouse #7, Summer 2019

Pulphouse #7, Summer 2019

“Small Discrete Intervals from a Sample Size of One” by J. Steven York

“Daisy’s Heart” by Robert J. McCarter
“Dogmatic Computing” by Kent Patterson (reprint, not reviewed)
“Suicide by UFO” by Jerry Oltion (reprint, not reviewed)
“Another Door” by Annie Reed (reprint, not reviewed)
“Introducing Alligators” by Preston Dennett
“The Mouse is Watching” by S. Andrew Swann
“Dreams of Memories Never Lived” by Rob Vagle
“A Pathetic Excuse for a Dragon” by David H. Hendrickson
“Moulin Rouge” by Jason A. Adams (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Maddie Sue’s Locket” by C.A. Rowland
“Rough Draft” by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta (reprint, not reviewed)
“A Good Shooting” by O’Neil De Noux (reprint, not reviewed)
“Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” by Teri J. Babcock
“Lost Book” by Ryan M. Williams
“Acceptable Losses” by Dayle A. Dermatis
“A Choose Your Own Fangle Adventure” by Robert Jeschonek (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Say Hello to my Little Friend” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (reprint, not reviewed)
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On Spec #111, August 2019

On Spec #111, August 2019

“Crimes of the Genome” by M.F. Westphal

“What Little Remains” by Paul Alex Gray
“Blue Crystal Shards” by George Nikolopoulos
“Cold War” by Lynne M. MacLean
“The Girl Who Loved Like Fire and the Blacksmith Who Was Afraid of His Heart” by Jennifer Bushroe
“The Sacred Order of the Guardians of the Last Door” by George Nikolopoulos
“Hospice” by Leslie Brown
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Pete Kelly’s Blues — “Little Jake”

Pete Kelly’s Blues (July 4-September 19, 1951) aired “Little Jake” as the 4th of its 13 shows on July 25, 1951. It was a summer replacement show, and though not able to continue on radio beyond its replacement gig it did manage a much admired 1955 film starring Jack Webb (1920-1982), Janet Leigh, and Edmond …

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Analog, September/October 2019

Analog, September/October 2019

“The Gorilla in a Tutu Principle or, Pecan Pie at Minnie and Earl’s” by Adam-Troy Castro

“Awakening in the Anteroom of Heaven” by Brenda Kalt
“On Her Shoulders” by Martin L. Shoemaker
“Paradise Unbound” by Edward M. Lerner
“The Swarm” by Mario Milosevic
“The Annual Argument at the De-Extinction Board Meeting” by Antha Ann Adkins
“Personalized People” by Norman Spinrad
“The Waters of a New World” by Jennifer R. Povey
“News from an Alien World” by Sean Vivier
“A Family Rendezvous” by Brendan DuBois
“From So Complex a Beginning” by Julie Novakova
“Conventional Powers” by Christopher L. Bennett
“A Square of Flesh, A Cube of Steel” by Phoebe Barton
“Shut-Ins” by Christian Monson
“I Dreamed You Were a Spaceship” by Ron Collins
“The Singing City” by Michael F. Flynn
“Astroboy and Wind” by Joe M. McDermott
“Molecular Rage” by Marie Bilodeau
“Trespass” by Tony Ballantyne
“Road Veterinarian” by Guy Stewart
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