Showing posts with label magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magazine. Show all posts
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Monday, November 4, 2024
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Recently Read: The Argosy, March 9, 1918
The March 9, 1918 Argosy begins a promising wartime tale of political intrigue, XTX, by Perley Poore Sheehan (most known today for co-writing the 1923 Lon Chaney film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame). The issue also ends one of the more entertaining 1918 serials I've been enjoying, A Kashmir Abduction, by Lenivers Carew.
In between the usual serials are two novelettes and seven short stories, the latter, to a one, all excellent reading. Thank you, editors. The first novelette, The House of Vanished Dreams, is a tale of WWI-era courage brought to fruition; A Priest of Darkness, also dealing with war-era espionage, plunges into creepy Voodoo territory, in a Louisiana swamp.
As always, the letters page, The Log-Book, is delightful and a reminder of how geographically isolated many of the publication's readers were (and how the Argosy, sent through the mail, brought them together); one writer had been reading the magazine since its first issue, in 1882!
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Friday, June 24, 2022
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Monday, August 13, 2018
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Recently Read: The Digest Enthusiast, Vol. 4
Larque Press continues their digest about digests with an
excellent fourth volume, starting with a striking cover by Richard
Krauss. There are almost too many items packed within to mention: a
report on the H.G. Wells Society Newsletter (I hadn't known one
existed), an overview of digital digest magazines, an overview and
history of the OTR-related Suspense Magazine, and one on the Galaxy
Science Fiction novels.
As always, the new TDE also includes short fiction, cartoons and illustrations (I drew some - don't hold it against me!). Especially interesting was a short piece on Bulldog Drummond and an interview with crime fiction writer Art Taylor. Recommended. You can order your own copy here: http://larquepress.com/
As always, the new TDE also includes short fiction, cartoons and illustrations (I drew some - don't hold it against me!). Especially interesting was a short piece on Bulldog Drummond and an interview with crime fiction writer Art Taylor. Recommended. You can order your own copy here: http://larquepress.com/
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Wee Wisdom, a Magazine for Boys and Girls
Illustrations from the June, 1952 issue of Wee Wisdom, purchased
from a three-for-a-dollar box at Gem City Comic Con. Wee Wisdom was
the first American children's magazine, debuting in 1893. It lasted
until 1991.
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