Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2017

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Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2017

“Driverless” by Robert Grossbach

“The Toymaker’s Daughter” by Arundhati Hazra
“Ten Half-Pennies” by Matthew Hughes
“The Man Who Put the Bomp” by Richard Chwedyk
“A Green Silk Dress and a Wedding-Death” by Cat Hellisen
“Miss Cruz” by James Sallis
“The Avenger” by Albert E. Cowdrey
“Daisy” by Eleanor Arnason
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – “The Amateur Mendicant Society”

Posted byDave Truesdale

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939-47) aired “The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society” on April 2, 1945. During this incarnation of Sherlock Holmes on radio (the first coming in the early 1930s and the last running to 1959), Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce reprised their Universal studio film roles of Sherlock Holmes and …

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InterGalactic Medicine Show #55, February/March 2017

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InterGalactic Medicine Show #55, February/March 2017

“The Wine on Your Lips Is Ash on Your Tongue” by M. Bennardo

“A Mundane Encounter with a Civilized God” by Samuel Marzioli
“Collecting Jessup” by Allison Mulder
“The Sea of Ghosts” by Anna Zumbro
“The Five Stages of Grief” by Michelle Ann King
“A Century of Princes” by H.L. Fullerton
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X Minus One — “The Scapegoat”

Posted byDave Truesdale

X Minus One (1955-58) aired Richard Maples’ short story “The Scapegoat” on August 8, 1957 as its 106th episode. Maples’ story originally appeared in the June 1956 issue of Galaxy (cover at left). Maples is an author with whom I am unfamiliar, but a quick search at the ISFDB notes that he published but two …

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Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores, January 2017

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Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, January 2017

“Sheila Slinkypaw and the Penguin” by Kevin J. Guhl

“Godmother Death” by Kate O’ Connor
“A Meeting of Spirits” by Russell Adams
“Black Annis and the Bargeust” by Sarah L. Byrne
“With the Breath of his Bare Hands” by Tyra Tanner
“In Zarbok’s Kitchen” by Matthew F. Amati
“Fruits of Victory” by Jonathan Shiple
“Thief or Felon Bold” by Alter Reiss
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