The Case of the Missing Street — Alfred Bester

Our December 11, 2011 OTR offering featured a Nick Carter, Master Detective episode with a definite SF element. “The Mystery of the Z-Rays” has for some reason proved very popular with OTR enthusiasts, the hit counts more than double the usual weekly number. There are several variables which may account for this:  the SF element, …

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The Judge’s House — Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker’s (1847-1912) “The Judge’s House” first saw print in the Dec. 5, 1891 issue of Holly Leaves, a seasonal publication of the UK magazine Farm and Country (1874-1964). It became part of Stoker’s 1914 collection Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories, and is considered by some to be perhaps his best “traditional” ghost story …

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Analog — Jan./Feb. 2012

Analog, Jan/Feb. 2012

NOVELLAS
“Project Herakles” by Stephen Baxter
“Doctor Alien and the Spindles of Infinity” by Rajnar Vajra

NOVELETTES
“Humanity by Proxy” by Mark Niemann-Ross
“Ninety Thousand Horses” by Sean McMullen

SHORT STORIES
“An Interstellar Incident” by Catherine Shaffer
“Listen Up” by Jack McDevitt

Triggers (Part I of IV) by Robert J. Sawyer (not reviewed)

Reviewed by Jo-Anne Odell

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