Bio: Dell Magazines, a division of Crosstown Publications, is the industry leader of the puzzle and horoscope magazine market with over 70 years of experience. Additionally, Dell Magazines publishes the highest-quality short fiction in the mystery and science fiction genres. --Analog Science Fiction and Fact began as Astounding Stories of Super-Science in 1930, and has continuously published the vanguard of SF, with an emphasis on science--helping to launch the careers of such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card, to name a few. --Asimov's Science Fiction, first published in 1977, has become science fiction's most lauded publication. Stories from Asimov's have earned more Hugos and Nebulas in the past 20 years than any other publication, and the editors of Asimov's have won 16 Hugos for Best Editor in that time. Works in Asimov's range from hard to literary to more fantastical SF, as well as fantasy and a touch of horror. --Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has been the world's leading outlet for crime and mystery writers since 1941. Upon founding, Ellery Queen sought to "raise the sights of mystery writers generally to a genuine literary form" and this influence lasts to this day. Thanks to its many gifted contributors, EQMM remains where it has always been, on the cutting edge of crime and mystery fiction, offering readers the very best stories being written in the genre anywhere in the world. -- Founded in 1956, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is the second oldest mystery short-story magazine in existence. Each is packed with new mystery short stories--at least seven, varying in length from short-shorts to novellas--and each issue also contains one "Mystery Classic," an outstanding tale from the genre's past. Each and every subgenre of mystery fiction is represented in AHMM, from the classic whodunit to the hardboiled tale to suspense--and everything in between!
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 72548 - Reading Time: 207-290 min. Category: Science Fiction
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 68150 - Reading Time: 194-272 min. Category: Science Fiction
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 60619 - Reading Time: 173-242 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 123350 - Reading Time: 352-493 min. Category: Science Fiction
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 46006 - Reading Time: 131-184 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Analog Science Fiction and Fact began as Astounding Stories of Super-Science in 1930, and has continuously published the vanguard of SF with an emphasis on science--helping to launch the careers of such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card, to name a few. This subscription includes a whole year's set of eBook issues: eight monthly single issues (regular newsstand price $3.99) and two double-issues--January/February and July/August (regu... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction, first published in 1977, has become science fiction's most lauded publication. Stories from Asimov's have earned more Hugos and Nebulas in the past 20 years than any other publication, and the editors of Asimov's have won 16 Hugos for Best Editor in that time. Works in Asimov's range from hard to literary to more fantastical SF, as well as fantasy and a touch of horror. This subscription includes a whole year's set of eBook issues: eight monthly single issues (regular n... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Science Fiction
Analog Science Fiction and Fact began as Astounding Stories of Super-Science in 1930, and has continuously published the vanguard of SF with an emphasis on science--helping to launch the careers of such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card, to name a few. This subscription includes a whole year's set of eBook issues: eight monthly single issues (regular newsstand price $3.99) and two double-issues--January/February and July/August (regu... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Science Fiction
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>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 73708 - Reading Time: 210-294 min. Category: Science Fiction
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 63835 - Reading Time: 182-255 min. Category: Science Fiction
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 60169 - Reading Time: 171-240 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
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>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 81223 - Reading Time: 232-324 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
No room here to be clever about our fabulous October/November double issue, so let�s begin: Ted Kosmatka and Michael Poore contribute a literary tale of loss and personal redemption amidst the curious life cycle of an insect known as the "Blood Dauber"; Heather Lindsley, making her Asimov�s debut, tells of the troubles experienced by time-traveling wage-slaves who answer the eternal question of just "Where the Time Goes"; R. Garcia y Robertson returns to his Burroughs-inspired milieu for a j... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 110326 - Reading Time: 315-441 min. Category: Science Fiction
Our November issue features a dramatic cover by an old Analog favorite, Vincent Di Fate, for a two-part serial by G. David Nordley, To Climb a Flat Mountain. If you're marooned in an unfamiliar environment, obviously the first order of business is survival, which is even more of a challenge if, the more you learn about where you are, the less sense your surroundings make. The world Nordley has created here is one that shouldn't even exist, but he's done his usual admirable job of making it belie... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 71420 - Reading Time: 204-285 min. Category: Science Fiction
Our October issue starts with a bang, with a Bob Eggleton cover for Michael F. Flynn's novella, "Where the Winds Are All Asleep," a unique and literally deep adventure story. You may think our world has been thoroughly explored, and indeed our knowledge of it has been growing by leaps and bounds. Can it still hold surprises? The answer may be right under your feet, and far bigger (and scarier) than you'd guess.
The rest of our diverse grab bag of fiction comes from both old favorites (like Jerr... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 71762 - Reading Time: 205-287 min. Category: Science Fiction
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>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 65834 - Reading Time: 188-263 min. Category: Science Fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction, first published in 1977, has become science fiction's most lauded publication. Stories from Asimov's have earned more Hugos and Nebulas in the past 20 years than any other publication, and the editors of Asimov's have won 16 Hugos for Best Editor in that time. Works in Asimov's range from hard to literary to more fantastical SF, as well as fantasy and a touch of horror. This subscription includes a whole year's set of eBook issues: eight monthly single issues (regular n... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Science Fiction
People often wish they could keep their youth forever, but what if they really could, in an extreme way? And what if somebody else makes that decision for them, to keep the physical and mental advantages of a child while gaining some of the best features of adulthood? That's what happens in "Evergreen," Shane Tourtellotte's lead novelette in our September issue. And, as so often happens, the ramifications of a choice that sounds simple are far more complex and less clear-cut than those who make ... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 72751 - Reading Time: 207-291 min. Category: Science Fiction
Founded in 1956, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is the second oldest mystery short-story magazine in existence. Each is packed with new mystery short stories--at least seven, varying in length from short-shorts to novellas--and each issue also contains one "Mystery Classic," an outstanding tale from the genre's past. Each and every subgenre of mystery fiction is represented in AHMM, from the classic whodunit to the hardboiled tale to suspense--and everything in between! This subscription in... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Mystery/Crime
Our September/October double issue brings you twice the stories and twice the thrills! Veteran storytellers Clark Howard and Peter Turnbull offer two different approaches to organized crime: A crime boss must decide whom he can trust when the feds start closing in, in the Howard thriller "The Way They Limp," and detectives Hennessy and Yellich investigate the contract-killing of an apparently ordinary man in the Turnbull procedural "Mob Violence." Dale C. Andrews brings us an old-fashioned whodu... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 104082 - Reading Time: 297-416 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has been the world's leading outlet for crime and mystery writers since 1941. Upon founding, Ellery Queen sought to "raise the sights of mystery writers generally to a genuine literary form" and this influence lasts to this day. Thanks to its many gifted contributors, EQMM remains where it has always been, on the cutting edge of crime and mystery fiction, offering readers the very best stories being written in the genre anywhere in the world. This subscription inc... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Mystery/Crime
Is there anything more satisfying for serious readers than finding an exciting new writer? Bringing new authors to print is one of the thrills of editing AHMM. Nearly all of the writers featured this month got their start in these pages. John H. Dirckx published his first story, "A Bully's Downfall," in July 1978 and has been a regular contributor ever since. In October 1997, I. J. Parker's "Instruments of Murder" kicked off her long-running series (now at six novels) featuring her medieval Japa... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 43984 - Reading Time: 125-175 min. Category: Mystery/Crime
Founded in 1956, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is the second oldest mystery short-story magazine in existence. Each is packed with new mystery short stories--at least seven, varying in length from short-shorts to novellas--and each issue also contains one "Mystery Classic," an outstanding tale from the genre's past. Each and every subgenre of mystery fiction is represented in AHMM, from the classic whodunit to the hardboiled tale to suspense--and everything in between! This subscription in... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Mystery/Crime
World Fantasy- and Stoker-Award finalist Michael Blumlein makes his Asimov's debut in our August issue with the tender, witty, and beautifully written "California Burning." In it, a man, eager to bury his recently passed father, finds the task is much more difficult than he'd expected. Along the way, he also discovers that his father wasn't quite who he seemed, and that dealing with the aftermath of a parent's death is a much riskier and difficult affair when that parent may not have been from t... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 61798 - Reading Time: 176-247 min. Category: Science Fiction
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, one of this year's Readers' Award winners, returns with another big novella, this time set in a wholly new universe from her "Diving into the Wreck" series. In "Broken Windchimes," a talented human vocalist, culturally sequestered by his alien patrons, finds both hope and transcendence through the unknown pleasures of his own race's music. Lisa Goldstein, Nebula-nominee at time of writing, returns with a tale of a circus you can't quite run away to join in "Away from Her... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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