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    Mystery Writers Annual [#45, 1991] (58pp) []
    1991 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner, Sheraton Centre, New York City, April 25, 1991. The theme of the issue was “Beginnings or Firsts”.
    Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.
    • 9 · From the Editor · Kay Nolte Smith · ed
    • 14 · In Memoriam: The 1990 President · [uncredited] · ob [Ref. Mary Francis Shura Craig]
    • 15 · Thoughts from the 1991 President · John Lutz · cl
    • 19 · In the Beginning: “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, 1841 · Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrunner · ar Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection by Chris Steinbrunner & Otto Penzler, McGraw-Hill, 1976; given as “Poe as the Father of Us All” in the Table of Contents.
    • 20 · For Openers · Edward Wellen · ar; opening paragraphs of selected mystery novels. given as “Ed Wellen rounds up the opening lines of some of the greats” in the Table of Contents.
    • 21 · Beginning a Book
    • _21 · Aha · Justin Scott · ar; given as “Justin Scott on Confronting Page One” in the Table of Contents.
    • _24 · The Plunge · Mary Higgins Clark · ar; given as “Mary Higgins Clark on taking ”The Plunge“” in the Table of Contents.
    • _42 · Whence Blackie? · Andrew M. Greeley · ar; given as “Andrew M. Greeley on creating characters” in the Table of Contents.
    • 27 · Remembrances of Things First
    • _27 · A First That Will Last · William L. DeAndrea · ar; given as “William L. DeAndrea on a Truly Best First Edgar” in the Table of Contents.
    • _46 · My First MWA Meeting · Sara Paretsky · ar
    • _47 · Fifty Years · Eleanor Sullivan · ar; given as “Eleanor Sullivan on the start of EQMM” in the Table of Contents.
    • _53 · It’s No Mystery · Michele Slung · ar; given as “Michele Slung on dozens of her ”firsts“” in the Table of Contents.
    • 22 · Launching a Career · gp
    • _22 · For Me It All Begins in…Cleveland · William Bayer · ar; given as “William Bayer on the influence of Cleveland” in the Table of Contents.
    • _40 · The Real First Time · Julie Smith · ar; given as “Julie Smith on how it felt the first time” in the Table of Contents.
    • _44 · First Book · Warren Murphy · ar; given as “Warren Murphy on the way it was at first” in the Table of Contents.
    • _45 · Back to the Roots · David Stout · ar; given as “David Stout on his fiction roots” in the Table of Contents.
    • _49 · Fits and Starts · Dick Stodghill · ar; given as “Dick Stodghill on rejections and acceptance” in the Table of Contents.
    • _50 · In the Beginning Was the Word · Bruce Cassiday · ar; given as “Bruce Cassiday on cracking the radio market” in the Table of Contents.
    • _55 · Mysteries for Kids · Willo Davis Roberts · ar; given as “Willo Davis Roberts on her early writing days” in the Table of Contents.
    • 28 · Behind the Scenes: Judging the Best First Novel · Elaine Rounds Budd · ar; given as “Committee Chair Elaine Rounds Budd takes us behind the scenes” in the Table of Contents.
    • 32 · The Edgar Allan Poe Awards · [uncredited] · ms
    • 37 · The Grand Master: Tony Hillerman · William Bayer · ar [Ref. Tony Hillerman]

    Mystic Magazine (1930):   (about)
    Mystic Magazine dealt with the occult: numerology, tea reading, astrology, crystal gazing, palmistry, fortune telling, etc. The magazine felt as though it was aimed at a female market. There were occasional fiction pieces but the majority of the contents were non-fiction. The magazine lasted four issues and then became True Mystic Crimes for one last issue: the contents were similar except for the change in tone away from a female orientation to a more traditional pulp male viewpoint.

    True Mystic Crimes
    Title changed from Mystic Magazine.

    • Publishers:
      • Fawcett Publications, Inc.; Minneapolis, MN: True Mystic Crimes.

    • Editors:

    Mystic Magazine (1953):   (about)
    Primarily an occult non-fiction magazine which, in its early issues, was about half fiction and half articles. After the fourth issue the fiction was greatly reduced and appeared only sporadically after the seventh issue. Later issues contain articles by Richard S. Shaver that may be of interest to some collectors. The magazine settled firmly into a non-fiction format about the time that Palmer sold his interest in its chief competitor, Fate, and the title was changed to Search with the October 1956 issue. It was still running at the time of Palmer’s death in 1977.

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