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Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers
Title changed from Futures.

Publishers:

Babs Lakey; 3039 38th Ave, South Minneapolis, MN 55406: Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers.

Editors:

Brian Lawrence - Editor: Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers, Oct 2000 – Feb 2001.

Earl Staggs - Editor: Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers, Apr 2001 – Dec 2001.

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers [#17, October/November 2000] ed. Brian Lawrence (cover by Ardy Scott)
Given as “Vol. 2 Issue 19” on the cover; given as “Issue Number Nineteen” in the Table of Contents.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Canada’s First Best-Selling Novelist · Joan Malt Hovey · ar

4 · Gun Blocked · Joy Laggie · ss

5 · A Letter to My Son · James Oddie · ar

7 · Gray Power · Joyce Kennett · vi

8 · How I Spent My Summer Vacation · Linnea Sinclair · ss

10 · The Right Kind of House · Henry Slesar · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1957

10 · Joy Ride · Maureen Morrison · ss

12 · The Full Sass · Linnea Sinclair · cl

13 · Family Business · Bailey Mapp · ss

14 · Inside Joke · Toon Man · hu

16 · Payback Time · Dorothy Francis · ss

17 · A Way with Words · Debra Thomas · hu

18 · Tall Ships · C. D. Blizzard · ss

19 · Figment [Part 5 of 6] · Joyce Holland · sl

22 · Dogie · James Oddie · ss

23 · Barefoot · Margie Nichols · ar

24 · The Personals · Christine Verstraete · ss

28 · Pocket Full of Death · John Russo · ss

33 · The Woman Next Door · Alfred Blanchard · ss

35 · The Semi-Retirement of Sick Dick · J. Alec West · ss

39 · The Mascot · Bonnie Marbane · ss

41 · Uncharted Territory · Charity Tahmaseb · ss

43 · You Are What You Eat · John Broussard · ss

44 · Only the Best Will Do · Paula Mather · ss

45 · Taking Care of Mavis · Alissa Sullivan · ss

48 · A Common Misconception · Marcia Renden · pm

48 · Patience Hall “revamp” of an oldie · Pete Welling · hu

50 · The Secret · Lois Hebbler · ss

52 · Jail Break on Easter Island · G. Lee · ar

53 · Shop Talk · Bob Brongel · ss

54 · Those Who Dance · J. R. Chabot · ss

55 · The Pencil Cup · Sherrie Holmes · hu

55 · Interview with My Imaginary Friend: The Protagonist Interviews His Author · John Harriman · ms

56 · One of Those Days · Thomas Censanne · ss

58 · Weirdness Rules · Bruce Snyder · ss

63 · The Axe Murder House · Mary O’Gara, Ph.D. · ar

64 · Tainted Meat · Nick Aires · vi

64 · Getting Up There · L. C. Mohr · ss

66 · Attitude Adjustment · Laurie Thomas · hu

67 · You See This Body · Marcia Renden · pm

67 · Confessions of a Compulsive Writer · M. J. Rohr · ar

68 · Dreaming · Kristin Masterton · pm

68 · Meet My Writing Teacher: He’s the One in the Car-Seat · Michael Mallory · ar

68 · A Senior Moment: Beauty · R. H. Procter · cl

68 · Crossing the Bar · Charles Langley · vi

69 · Theridon Mararium · Matt Walter · pm

70 · Silas’ Charm · E. L. Noel · ss

71 · Interview/Profile of Jerrilyn Farmer · L. C. Mohr · iv [Ref. Jerrilyn Farmer]

72 · The Game · Kristin Masterton · pm

72 · A Glass of Warm Milk · L. Shepherd Pennington · ss

73 · Cheeseburger Heaven · Tim Myers · vi

73 · Two Prisoners, One Bus · Debra Purdy Kong · ar

74 · Writing Better Dialogue · Jean Henry · ar

75 · Killing Jane Austen · Ashok Banker · ss

79 · Short Story Writer or Novelist? · Kris Neri · ar

79 · Sour Grapes Make Whine · Polly Wantstavente · cl

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers [#18, December 2000/January 2001] ed. Brian Lawrence ($7.95, quarto, cover by Pete Welling)
Given as “Vol. 2 Issue 20” on the cover.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Haunted Man · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1974

6 · An Interview with Henry Slesar · John Herrmann · iv [Ref. Henry Slesar]

9 · Hannah · Marcie R. Rendon · ar

11 · Harvester: Fishing Expedition · P. Welling · cl

12 · Holiday Cheer · Brian Lawrence · ss

13 · Writers Share: On Growing as a Writer · B. Kreier-Lubinski · cl

14 · Pink Cotton Candy · Lois Carter Hebbler · ss

17 · Figment [Part 6 of 6] · Joyce Holland · sl

21 · Side by Side · Charity Tahmaseb · ss

23 · Derailed · John Russo · ss

27 · My Cups Runneth Over · James L. Oddie · ss

29 · A Thought for Christmas · Amy F. Cady · pm

29 · Clarissa · Darren Franz · ss

33 · Look Out! The Tin Man Has an Axe · David Ballard · ar

35 · The Cat with the Crooked Tail · M. Arends · ss

38 · A Process of Elimination · R. Ambardar · ss

42 · Joe and Rosie · George M. Scott · ss

45 · Santa Claus Blues · P. D. Marks · ss

49 · Deadly Obsessions · Kris Neri · ss

54 · Cold Kill · Carol Kilgore · ss

57 · Turn About Isn’t Always Fair Play · Jane Rubino & Aileen Schumacher · iv

57 · Chocolate Jewels · Valerie Rose · pm

60 · How the Cream Rose to the Top · Ashok Banker · ss

62 · Mrs. Millet & Mrs. Hark: Italian Wine [Mrs. Millet; Mrs. Hark] · Margaret Searles · ss

68 · Mars Fell on Alabama · P. Veraa · ss

71 · Writers Share: Short Story Writers Don’t Get No Respect · Louise Guardino · cl

72 · Murder One—No Salad · Timothy Sheard · ss

73 · Where Bees Swarm · Don Windle · hu

74 · Talk Show · Bruce Snyder · ss

77 · Funny · Barbie Strauss · ss

78 · Sunken Dreams · Tim Myers · vi

79 · Me and My Cousin · J. R. Chabot · ss

81 · Prophecy · Ardy Scott · hu

82 · As Nature Intended · Ken Goldman · ss

83 · The Messenger · John M. Floyd · ss

86 · Perfidia · Alice Millar · ar

86 · Knyght & O’Day · Brian Lawrence · hu

87 · Andrew McGroundhog · Pete Welling · cl

88 · Writers Share: Let’s Get Cozy · L. C. Mohr · cl

88 · The Ant Mimic · Matt Welter · pm

89 · The Good and the Dead · Seymour Shubin · hu

90 · The Lady with the Straightedge! · Babs Lakey · cl

91 · Straight Talk from That StraightEdge Woman! · Babs Lakey · cl

91 · New Year’s Eve with the Virgin Norn · R. C. Hildebrandt · pm

92 · Inside Joke or, Continuing Saga of Will & Wanna DooGood · Toon Man · hu

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers [#19, February/March 2001] ed. Brian Lawrence (cover by Terry Hammond)
Given as “Vol. 2 Issue 20” on the cover.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Cop for a Day · Henry Slesar · ss Manhunt January 1957

4 · Luck Ain’t No Lady [Part 1 of 6] · James Oddie · sl

6 · In the Heat of the Moment · N. Andreychuk · vi

6 · Cupid’s Folly · Nick Aires · vi

7 · Spill Blood · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

8 · Smoker · Charles West · ss

9 · The New Maid · Edward M. Turner · ss

13 · A Pound of Flesh · Al Blanchard · ss

16 · Inside Joke · Toon Man · hu

18 · The Confession · Ed Gorman · ss Hardboiled #11/12, 1990

21 · Closet Space · Jerry Scherer · pm

22 · The Scrap in the Quarry · Stina Branson · ss

23 · A Man of Honor · Lo Monaco · ss

26 · Reflections of Jennifer · Robert Stevens · ss

28 · A Poem About How · Darren Subarton · pm

29 · The Population Problem · Ashok Banker · ss

31 · The Woman in the Snapshot · George Simone · ss

34 · Big and Little · George M. Scott · ss

39 · Another Woman · Linda Minty · ss; given as “Part 1 of 2” but no subsequent part published.

42 · Trickery · Judith Klerman Smith · ss Murder by 13 ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press, 1997

47 · The Gift · Megan Sybil Baker · ss

48 · Sweet Dreams · Heather S. Webber · ss

52 · Between a Cop and a HardCase · T. Sweeney · ss

56 · Shopping the Piggly Wiggly · Chantal Fox · ss

59 · The Raft · Raul Quintana · ss

63 · The Company Man · James Wilson · ss

67 · The Toll Collector · Patrick Riley · ss

70 · I Love Old People · C. D. Blizzard · ss

75 · Check-Out Time · Susan Locander · ss

77 · Don’t Think Bad of Me · Guy Belleranti · ss

78 · Cyber-Sex Can Kill You · Lois Hebbler · ss

81 · The Drama · Kristin Masterton · pm

82 · OCyber · Simon Perchik, Matt Weiter, R. C. Hildebrandt, Mike Catalano, Barry Ballard & James B. Livingston · cl

83 · The Penny Bank · John Russo · ss

86 · That Ugly Ring on My Titus Andronicus · [uncredited] · ss

91 · DooGood Sign · Toon Man · hu

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers [#20, April/May 2001] ed. Earl Staggs (Babs Lakey, $7.95, quarto)
Given as “Vol. 3 Issue 22” on the cover.

6 · A Thankful Reprieve · Patricia Harrington · ss

19 · Paying the Bill · Anthony Neil Smith · ss

21 · The Art of Death [Charlie “The Hook” Swift] · Victor Gischler · ss

29 · The Scam Artist · Betty Kreier-Lubinski · ss

34 · The Slave · Henry Slesar · ss 1970

44 · Perfect Sphere, Perfect Futures · J. Wilson · ss

48 · The Revenge of Jennifer Judson · K. Stover · ss

50 · A Feast for Fools · JoAnne Lucas · ss

52 · The Last Radical · Libby Fischer Hellmann · ss

57 · Talk Me to Death · Audrey McWhorter · ss

58 · Run Time · John M. Floyd · ss

60 · The Unhappy Hour · Elizabeth Sereni · ss

65 · The Lawn Mower · Lynne Zielinski · ss

68 · Saturday Night Reruns · Lo Monaco · ss

76 · The Other Woman · Seymour Shubin · ss; edited.

79 · The Woman in a Box · Vera Searles · ss

· Luck Ain’t No Lady [Part 2 of 6] · James Oddie · sl Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers #19, February/March 2001

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers [#21, June/July 2001] ed. Earl Staggs (cover by Cathy Buburuz)
Given as “Vol. 3 Issue 23” on the cover; given as “Issue Number Twenty-Three” in the Table of Contents.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Last Remains · Henry Slesar · ss A Crime for Mothers and Others by Henry Slesar, Avon, 1962

4 · Meanie Weanie · Robert A. Stevens · ss

5 · Mountain Law [Longstreet] · Dave Harford · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1996

14 · The Gold Eagle Mystery · John Russo · ss

22 · So Soon the Passage Into Night · Gene-Michael Higney · ss

29 · Luck Ain’t No Lady [Part 3 of 6] · James Oddie · sl

31 · The Big Dance with Death [Val Lyon] · M. E. Troy · ss

41 · Abigail · Henry Slesar · ss

51 · Anita B Casefiles: Case #1: The Secret Life of Angels · Ashok Banker · ss

57 · Kidnapped at Noon · Carol Kilgore · ss

63 · The Great American Novel · M. Mallory · ss

68 · Joey · Maureen McMahon · ss

76 · OCyber · Joshua Meander, Rosemary Adam, Colleen Ann Traphagen, Barry Ballard & R. C. Hildebrandt · cl

77 · Poetry · J. Otis Powell · pm

78 · Motherly Love · Brian Lawrence · ss

85 · Cut-Off Road · Carol M. Stewart · ss

90 · A Formal Affair · Betty Jacobson Hechtman · ss

91 · At What Price · Corey Kellgren · ss

92 · An Expose · Al Blanchard · ss

92 · Don’t Quit Your Day Job—Replay · R. C. Hildebrandt · ar

94 · An Ode to Stephen King · Cathy Buburuz · pm [Ref. Stephen King]

95 · New Letters · The Readers · lc

96 · Mountaintop · Kristin Masterton · pm

96 · Ain’t That What Momma’s For? · Theresa Hammond · pm

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