The Shadow — The Ring of Mah La Lay Lee

“What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” “The Ring of Mah La Lay Lee” aired on March 13, 1949, 12 years into The Shadow‘s 17-year run (1937-1954). Since our previous tale of the Shadow dates to last August (“Tomb of Terror”) we thought it high time for another, as it appears …

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Exploring Tomorrow — No Way Out

Legendary Astounding SF editor John W. Campbell, Jr. hosted the short-lived Exploring Tomorrow, which ran as a replacement show from December 11, 1957 to June 13, 1958. Many of the 29 shows were adapted from stories by SF authors such as Robert Silverberg, Randall Garrett, Isaac Asimov, Murray Leinster, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson and …

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Alien Contact, edited by Marty Halpern

Edited by Marty Halpern
(Nightshade Books, November 2011)

“The Thought War” by Paul McAuley
“How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman
“Face Value” by Karen Joy Fowler
“The Road Not Taken” by Harry Turtledove
“The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything” by George Alec Effinger
“I Am the Doorway” by Stephen King
“Recycling Strategies for the Inner City” by Pat Murphy
“Kin” by Bruce McAllister
“The 43 Antarean Dynasties” by Mike Resnick
“The Gold Bug” by Orson Scott Card
“Guerilla Mural of a Siren’s Song” by Ernest Hogan
“Angel” by Pat Cadigan
“The First Contact with the Gorgonids” by Ursula K. LeGuin
“Saturday Night at Minnie and Earl’s” by Adam-Troy Castro
“A Midwinter’s Tale” By Michael Swanwick
“Texture of Other Ways” by Mark W. Tiedemann
“To Go Boldly” by Cory Doctorow
“If Nudity Offends You” by Elizabeth Moon
“Laws of Survival” by Nancy Kress
“What You Are About to See” by Jake Skillingstead
“Amanda and the Alien” by Robert Silverberg
“Exo-Skeleton Town” by Jeffrey Ford
“Lambing Season” by Molly Gloss
“Swarm” by Bruce Sterling
“MAXO Signals” by Charles Stross
“Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter

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