Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

Bulldog Drummond — “The Case of the Axis Submarine”

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Bulldog Drummond (1941-49) aired “The Case of the Axis Submarine” on September 20, 1943. A bit of trivia associated with Bulldog Drummond is that it was one of three new shows creator Himan Brown was hoping to interest radio stations into carrying. One of the other two shows happened to be a little something Brown …

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Asimov’s — January/February 2017

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Asimov’s, January/February 2017

“Crimson Birds of Small Miracles” by Sean Monaghan

“Tagging Bruno” by Allen M. Steele
“Still Life with Abyss” by Jim Grimsley
“Fatherbond” by Tom Purdom
“Winter Timeshare” by Ray Nayler
“The Catastrophe of Cities” by Lisa Goldstein
“Pieces of Ourselves” by Robert R. Chase
“Destination” by Jack Skillingstead
“The Meiosis of Cells and Exile” by Octavia Cade
“Starphone” by Stephen Baxter
“Blow, Winds, and Crack Your Cheeks” by John Alfred Taylor
“The Speed of Belief” by Robert Reed
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Tangent Online 2016 Recommended Reading List

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Tangent Online 2016 Recommended Reading List

 

As with previous years, this list is not meant as comprehensive, there being a number of items we didn’t see. As was the case with the last several years we narrowed our focus (with a few exceptions) to those stories published in professionally paying markets as defined by SFWA. While SFWA changed its pro-market requirements in 2014 to 6c/wd., we will continue to cover those markets paying the former rate of 5c/wd.

There are 379 stories on this year’s list (down from last year’s 416): 296 short stories, 65 novelettes, and 18 novellas.

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Quiet Please – “Rain on New Year’s Eve”

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Quiet Please (1947-49) aired “Rain on New Year’s Eve” on December 29, 1947 as its 30th episode. Episodes were written and directed by Wyllis Cooper (1899-1955), who was also responsible for one of early radio’s most acclaimed horror shows Lights Out (1934-47). After the first year or two, and having established Lights Out as a …

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