Welcome to our 150th issue.

This time, we have terrific original tales by Neil S. Plakcy, Britin Haller & Shane Gericke, Bob Tippee, and Teel James Glenn … plus novels by Natalie Sumner Lincoln and Gans T. Field, and classic stories by Jack Williamson, Nelson S. Bond, Jack Sharkey, and Larry Tritten … plus a solve-it-yourself mystery by Hal Charles … all jam-packed into 521 pages! Hours of great reading await.

Here's the lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
“The Shandiclere,” by Neil S. Plakcy [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“The Campground Caper,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“So Many Shores in Crookland,” by Britin Haller & Shane Gericke [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
“Private Equity,” by Bob Tippee [short story]
The Three Strings, by Natalie Sumner Lincoln [novel]

Science Fiction & Fantasy:
“Shadow Hunt,” by Teel James Glenn [short story]
“The Bird of Time,” by Larry Tritten [short story]
“The Second Shell,” by Jack Williamson [short story]
“The Madness of Lancelot Biggs,” by Nelson S. Bond [short story]
“The Man Who Was Pale” by Jack Sharkey [short story]
The Pale Ones Shall Dance, by Gans T. Field [novel]