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CONTENTS◾Fiction:▪️"The Death and Carnage Boy" - Steve Hockensmith▪️"Mala Suerte" - E. Gabriel Flores▪️"Ending It All" - A. J. Wright▪️"The Harder They Fall" - John Lantigua▪️"The Indian Rope Trick" - Tom Mead▪️"Of Arms and Women I Sing" - Sheila Kohler▪️"Feral Flesh" - David Bridge [Department of First Stories]▪️"That Which Is True" - Jacqueline Freimor▪️"The Scourging of Jimmy Blake" - David Dean [Black Mask]▪️"The Thunderstorm" - Iris Hockaday [Department of First Stories]▪️"Rendezvous Time"
This issue is full of a variety of different stories, in subject matter, setting, tone, and style. While some might appeal more to others, the ones I would rate as five-star stories are: “Death and the Carnage Boy” by Steve Hockensmith“Mala Suerte” by E. Gabriel Flores“Rendezvous Time” by Brendan DuBois“The Recipe Box” by Claire OrtaldaAnd... the best of the bunch by far...“The Scourging of Jimmy Blake” by David Dean
Ratings for this issue:A (excellent):The Death & Carnage Boy by Steve HockensmithEnding it All by A.J. WrightThe Harder they Fall by John LantiguaThe Indian Rope Trick by Tom MeadThat Which is True by Jacqueline FreimorMidsummer's Night by Kevan EganThaere Was an Old Woman... by Peter TurnbullA Murder at Morehead Mews by G.M. MallietOn the Road with Manfred B. Lee: The Same Bloody Imagination (non-fiction) by Joseph GoodrichFeral Flesh by David BridgeManic Monday by Barbara BaraldiStranger than
Personal reading notes:(1) The Death and Carnage Boy - Steve HockensmithCreepy suspense story of a weirdo/outcast kid who stumbles onto a murder and manages to save his own life in the process. Melodic and interesting.(2) Mala Suerte - E. Gabriel FlowersThe title means bad luck and that's what this story is about. Disappointing, really.(3) Ending It All - AJ WrightWhat starts as a suicide to escape a violent husband somehow morphs into murdering said husband but leaving evidence to be found. An
2 • The Death and Carnage Boy • 15 pages by Steve Hockensmith Good+. Paul was deemed to have screwed up in Florida, and now has to live with his dad. Rule number one is he has to get a job, which is waking up at zero dark thirty and delivering newspapers. His first solo attempt he gets lost and sees something. Or maybe not, he's known to have a wild imagination.19 • Mala Suerte • 10 pages by E. Gabriel Flores Good/OK. Carmelita believes her family is cursed with bad luck with examples going back...
