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In our Double Issue for March/April, we have stories The Faceless Thing by Edward D. Hoch, The Ministry of Whisky by Val McDermid, Days of Rage by Doug Allyn, The Disappearance of the Wicked by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and much much more.... CONTENTS Fiction: THE FACELESS THING by Edward D. Hoch Reviews: THE JURY BOX by Jon L. Breen Fiction: DAYS OF RAGE by Doug Allyn Fiction: PASSWORD by Michael Z. Lewin Fiction: THE MINISTRY OF WHISKY by Val McDermid Passport to Crime: MONOPOLY by Judit... more info>>

A few months ago I was able to bring you the happy news that Dick Stodghill's story "Panic on Portage Path" (January/February 2008) was among our nominees for a Shamus Award for Best Private Eye Short Story. This month I am saddened to bring you news of his death on November 8, 2009. He was eighty-four years old and had written for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine for thirty years. He was also an award-winning journalist, a former Pinkerton detective, and a World War II veteran, which he wrot... more info>>

Our March issue features three new novelettes by genre talents both recent and established. The first, William Preston�s subtle and affecting "Helping Them Take the Old Man Down," may strike some fans of the grand pulp era as oddly familiar. Whether or not you�re already conversant in the ways of super-science and mystical vigilantes, you will find much food for thought in this tale of a larger-than-life hero unwillingly brought back down to earth by one of his former associates. I won�t r... more info>>

Given that our issues actually appear several weeks before the nominal date on the cover, we face a perennial dilemma in scheduling "seasonal" stories and articles: Do they belong in the issue named for the month containing the relevant holiday, or the issue appearing closest to the actual date? Next month we face this question twice, with a linked story and article. You�ve probably read brief reports elsewhere of recent research on the biological and social significance of kissing; Richard A.... more info>>

Stories arise from specific characters in specific circumstances--and some of the characters in this month's issue find themselves in challenging situations indeed. There's the lead singer of a somewhat over-the-hill classic rock band who falls under the police suspicion when a fan dies at a concert in Doug Allyn's "The Hate Tapes." Or Kenneth Wishnia's Kassy, a sixteenth-century apothecary who has been exiled from her native city of Prague and prohibited from practicing her craft for more than ... more info>>

Shane Tourtellotte has for some time been exploring, in his "First Impressions" series, the possible ramifications and ethical dilemmas that would be opened up by a technology that allows people to literally change their minds--or other people's. The obvious first applications would be in psychotherapy or criminal rehabilitation, but how far might the trend go? "Of One Mind," in our March issue, brings the series to its logical (and scary) conclusion. A great deal of human effort and activity ha... more info>>

Our February issue features a sprawling new novella by the award-winning Stephen Baxter, set in the same slightly shifted past of his Locus-award nominated novelette "The Ice War," which appeared in these pages in September of 2008. You don't have to be familiar with that story to enjoy "The Ice Line," which features some of the descendents of those august personalities as they deal with the oncoming threat of Napoleon's invading Grande Armée as it makes it way through England's interior.... more info>>

Ellery Queen for February includes new stories from Bill Pronzini, Kate Ellis, Peter Tremayne, Nancy Means Wright, and more--plus our annual tribute to Sherlock Holmes! CONTENTS: Novelette: FEAR NO MORE by Peter Tremayne Novelette: A DARK REUNION by Kate Ellis Novelette: THE ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET THORN by Paul W. Nash Novelette: FAMILY VALUES by Robert Barnard Passport to Crime: HEARD AT ONE REMOVE by Nagaoka Hiroki Reviews: BLOG BYTES by Bill Crider Department of First Stories: SKYLE... more info>>

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>>

Our January/February double issue offers up twelve stories that span the justice system with judges, police officers, P.I.'s, and of course criminals all sharing the hot seat. Three authors make their sophomore appearance this month. Alan Gratz returns with a Japanese ghost story set in the Shogun era in "Okiku and the Nine Plates." K. J. Egan brings us a second tale from the judges' chambers in "Midnight." And Janet E. Irvin returns with an unsettling story of what happens when a lonely retire... more info>>

Our January issue is a holiday package done up with a deadly bow, from your favorite authors old and new. For historical fans, we have Margaret Maron's story about a high-spirited Roman girl whose position in her future husband's home is threatened if she can't solve a burglary ("Io, Saturnalia!"); for readers with a sense of whimsy, James Powell's annual holiday yarn shows the shady political career of Mr. S. Claus ("The Black Whatever"). Contemporary fans will enjoy Val McDermid's Dr. Tony Hil... more info>>

Hugo and Nebula winner (not to mention NASA scientist) Geoffrey A. Landis returns, after too long an absence, with his latest hard SF story, "Marya and the Pirate." In it, we find a resourceful space-hijacker tangled up (for better and worse) with an innocent--though no less resourceful--crewwoman on the very ship he's trying to boost. Popular Coyote-series scribe Allen M. Steele recounts "The Jekyll Island Horror," a tale of an eldritch, well, horror from shores unknown menacing the coddled lan... more info>>

Our January/February 2010 "double" issue marks the 80th anniversary of this magazine, the oldest of its kind and still a leader in its field. We mark the occasion with a special essay by Ben Bova, the only being in the Universe (literally!) who progressed from being a regular reader of Astounding (as it was known for its first 30 years), to writing for it, then editing it (to wide acclaim), and then returned to being a writer and reader--so he has a genuinely unique perspective. And, of course, ... more info>>

Black Static is the new horror magazine from TTA Press, the publisher of Interzone, Crimewave and The Fix Online. It publishes groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers, plus hard-hitting features and innovative artwork, combined in a package that one reader recently called "Mean, moody and magnificent." STORIES: DE PROFUNDIS--Al Robertson NONE HAD SHARP TEETH--Will Mcintosh THE LIKENESS--Lawrence Conquest SERVED COLD--Gary Couzens OFF WITH THE F... more info>>

Black Static is the new horror magazine from TTA Press, the publisher of Interzone, Crimewave and The Fix Online. It publishes groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers, plus hard-hitting features and innovative artwork, combined in a package that one reader recently called "Mean, moody and magnificent." STORIES: PIANO MAN--Christopher Fowler THE CHAIR--Gary McMahon WASHER WOMAN--Scott Lambridis VIC--Maura McHugh BECAUSE YOUR BLOOD IS DARKER THAN... more info>>

Interzone magazine, which is now in its 27th year, has launched the careers of a great many SF and Fantasy writers. It is often shortlisted for awards and has won the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards. Interzone includes many features including interviews, news, and reviews. The magazine is currently published every other month and continues to publish some of the world's finest writers and most talented newcomers. Amongst those to have graced its pages are Brian Aldiss, Sarah Ash, Michael Moorcoc... more info>>

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>>

Mexico, India, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, are just a few of the places where the December issue finds charming thieves, wily con artists, and murderous moneymen. The Chevalier Remy descends into the depths of the seventeenth century Parisian underworld in R. T. Lawton's "Boudin Noir." A slave called Colm in ancient Iceland proves to be calm and quick thinking in the midst of murderous passions in Mike Culpepper's "The Trollfarm Killing." In Iain Rowain's eerie story "Nowhere To Go," a homebound ... more info>>

Our December issue is here, and it's our favorite time of year: Time for you to send us your 2009 Readers Award ballots, and tell us which of the year's stories you liked best! Before making your choices, be sure to read this last issue of 2009. See mysteries unfold by paper trail, first in a series of letters to an old school chum, in Richard A. Lupoff's "Patterns," then in a teenager's journal washed up on the Jersey shore, in David Dean, "Erin's Journal." Catch a glimpse of a criminal: a neig... more info>>

Stories both sweet and savory await you in our piquant December issue--and something for almost every taste. The more sophisticated palates among us often prefer both flavors intertwined, and Brian Stableford posits, in his newest novelette for us, that "Some Like It Hot." Don't fear--there will be no sign of either Tony Curtis or Jack Lemmon dressed as not-so-lovely ladies (and sadly no sign of Marilyn, either), but, instead, we offer a sophisticated fictional treatise on the future of commerci... more info>>

David A. Hardy's spectacular December cover illustrates a story as hard to capture in a single image as it was to imagine in the first place: "Formidable Caress," the latest of Stephen Baxter's "Tales of Old Earth." Old Earth, you may remember (though you don't have to) is a most peculiar place where time is layered, running at different rates at different altitudes. That's what makes it possible to experience a drama on such a colossal scale that it would at first seem intrinsically beyond the ... more info>>

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine and original publisher of SF classics such as Stephen King's "Dark Tower," Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," and Walter M. Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Each issue contains the science fiction field's most respected and outspoken opinions on literature, film, and science, along with compelling short stories and novellas by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mike Resnic... more info>>

Interzone magazine, which is now in its 27th year, has launched the careers of a great many SF and Fantasy writers. It is often shortlisted for awards and has won the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards. Interzone includes many features including interviews, news, and reviews. The magazine is currently published every other month and continues to publish some of the world's finest writers and most talented newcomers. Amongst those to have graced its pages are Brian Aldiss, Sarah Ash, Michael Moorcoc... more info>>

Interzone magazine, which is now in its 27th year, has launched the careers of a great many SF and Fantasy writers. It is often shortlisted for awards and has won the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards. Interzone includes many features including interviews, news, and reviews. The magazine is currently published every other month and continues to publish some of the world's finest writers and most talented newcomers. Amongst those to have graced its pages are Brian Aldiss, Sarah Ash, Michael Moorcoc... more info>>

It's awards season in mysterydom, and we have several authors to congratulate. Jane K. Cleland's "Killing Time" (November 2008), featuring antiques dealer Josie Prescott, was a finalist for the Best Short Story Agatha Award at the Malice Domestic convention in May, and is currently a finalist for the Anthony Award for best story; the Anthonys will be presented at the 40th Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Indianapolis in October. Several other awards are also announced during Bouchercon: t... more info>>