Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

Krampusnacht: The Twelve Nights of Christmas, ed. Kate Wolford

Posted byMartha Burns

Krampusnacht: The Twelve Nights of Christmas

Edited by Kate Wolford

(Worldweaver Press, November 2014)

 

“Prodigious” by Elizabeth Twist
“The Wicked Child” by Elise Forier Edie
“Marching Krampus” by Jill Corddry
“Peppermint Sticks” by Colleen H. Robbins
“Ring, Little Bell, Ring” by Caren Gussoff
“A Visit” by Lissa Sloan
“Santa Claus and the Little Girl Who Loved to Sing and Dance” by Patrick Evans
“Between the Eyes” by Guy Burtenshaw
“Nothing to Dread” by Jeff Provine
“Raw Recruits” by Mark Mills
“The God Killer” by Cheresse Burke
“Krampus Carol” by Scott Farrell
Read More...

Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories by Brad Torgersen

Posted byRyan Holmes

Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories

by Brad R. Torgersen

(WordFire Press, August 2014)

 
“The Curse of Sally Tincakes”
“The Bricks of Eta Cassiopeiae”
“Guard Dog”
“Recapturing the Dream”
“The Flamingo Girl”
“Reardon’s Law”
“Blood and Mirrors”
“The Shadows of Titan”
“The Nechronomator”
“The Hideki Line”
“Peacekeeper”
“Life Flight”
Read More...

Classic Wilson “Bob” Tucker Interview

Posted byDave Truesdale

Tangent Online Presents:

 

An Interview with Wilson “Bob” Tucker

 

(November 23, 1914 – October 6, 2006)

(Wilson Tucker photo by Dave Truesdale,
Nebula Awards 1997, Kansas City, MO)

Interviewers:

Dave Truesdale & Paul McGuire III

Location:

ICON I, (near) Iowa City, IA

Halloween Weekend 1975

Con Hotel Lobby

Interview originally appeared in Tangent No. 4, February 1976, and is reprinted here for the first time.

Read More...

X Minus One — “$1,000 a Plate” by Jack McKenty

Posted byDave Truesdale

X Minus One aired Jack McKenty’s short story “$1,000 a Plate” on March 21, 1956. It originally appeared in the October 1954 issue of Galaxy. I’d never heard of McKenty, but a quick search of the ISFDB reveals that he sold only two stories, this one, and “Wait for Weight,” a short story appearing in …

Continue reading “X Minus One — “$1,000 a Plate” by Jack McKenty”

Read More...