Our 84th issue features original mysteries from Bev Vincent and Stacy Woodson, plus a Bryce Walton Hollywood crime story and a Frank Kane mystery novel (featuring detective Johnny Liddell). And, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.
On the science fiction side, we have an anti-war story from Richard Wilson, a UFO story from Paul Torak, a rather silly science fiction/detective story from Noel Loomis, and a time-travel tale from Lester del Rey. Plus a pre-Golden Age science fiction novel from oldtime master Ray Cummings: The Man on the Meteor, which appeared in Science and Invention in 1924, two years before Amazing Stories and the genre of science fiction were launched!
Here's the complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
'The River Heights Ripper,' by Bev Vincent [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
'Jellybean Justice,' Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
'Before the Highwaymen,' by Stacy Woodson [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
'Actor's Showcase,' by Bryce Walton [short story]
Crime of Their Life, by Frank Kane [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
'The Day They Had a War,' by Richard Wilson [short story]
'Flight 18,' by Paul A. Torak [short story]
'Remember the 4th!,' by Noel Loomis [short story]
'Absolutely No Paradox,' by Lester del Rey [short story]
The Man on the Meteor, by Ray Cummings [novel]
