The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 598

F.P. Detective Stories [November 1950] (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating ‘The G.P. Detective Stories’”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Fingers of Fear · Stewart Sterling · nv Five-Novels Monthly March 1943 24 · Satan Had Another Name [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s January 24 1948 32 · Murders in Paradise · Walt Anderson · ss The Evening Citizen June 25 1949, as “The Case of the Murders in Paradise” 41 · Danger in the Dark · Philip Ketchum · ss The Evening Citizen October 29 1949, as “A Case of Danger in the Dark” 48 · Necktie Noose · Philip Ketchum · ss 56 · Case of the Lying Son · William Irish · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 9 1937, as “The Lie” by Cornell Woolrich

F.P. Detective Stories [January 1951] (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating ‘The G.P. Detective Stories’”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · One Came Back [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s October 29 1949 10 · Hand of Fate · Walt Anderson · ss The Evening Citizen August 13 1949, as “The Case of the Hand of Fate” 19 · The Red-Headed Witness · Leonard Finley Hilts · ss The Evening Citizen May 21 1949, as “The Case of the Red-Headed Witness” 27 · Dead Man’s Proof · Carl G. Hodges · ss 38 · Escape to Nowhere · William L. Lucas · ss The Evening Citizen August 20 1949 46 · The House of Hate · Jules Archer · ss The Evening Citizen September 17 1949, as “The Case of the House of Hate” 56 · Murder Rides the Canyon · Wayne D. Overholser · ss The Evening Citizen July 16 1949

F.P. Detective Stories [May 1951] (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating ‘The G.P. Detective Stories’”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · A Case of Hit-and-Run · Philip Ketchum · ss The Evening Citizen February 19 1949 12 · The Long, Thin Man [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s September 16 1950 20 · The Cryptic Note · Milton K. Ozaki · ss 29 · Substitute Victim · Carl G. Hodges · ss The Evening Citizen August 27 1949, as “Case of the Substitute Victim” 38 · Body in the Bedroom · Harry Whittington · ss 48 · Murder in the First Degree · Polly Simpson McManus · ss 57 · Armoured Car Rendezvous · Lawrence De Foy · ss 10-Story Detective Magazine January 1947

F.P. Detective Stories [July 1951] (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) Details supplied by Geoff Harrison. · What Do You Want—Blood? · William Campbell Gault · na Detective Tales July 1949 · The Black Friar Murders [Sen. Brooks U. Banner] · Joseph Commings · nv Ten Detective Aces January 1948 · The Deadly Disc · Milton K. Ozaki · ss · The Homicidal Blonde · Harry Whittington · ss The Evening Citizen September 10 1949, as “The Case of the Homicidal Blonde” · Handful of Murder · Carl G. Hodges · ss The Evening Citizen August 26 1950, as “The Case of a Handfull of Murder” · Upset Wedding · Philip Ketchum · ss The Evening Citizen July 30 1949, as “The Case of the Upset Wedding”

F.P. Detective Stories [November 1951] (1/6d, pulp) · Stand-In for a Corpse · W. T. Ballard · ss Ten Detective Aces March 1948 · Copper on the Square · Roy W. Cliborn · ss 15 Story Detective May 1951 · Night of Reckoning · John Bender · ss F.B.I. Detective Stories December 1950 · The Frameup · Leonard B. Rosborough · ss · Game with Death · Philip Ketchum · ss · The Scorned Murderess · Milton K. Ozaki · ss

F.P. Detective Stories [March 1952] (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating ‘The G.P. Detective Stories’”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Hop-Scotch Polka · Mel Colton · ss F.B.I. Detective Stories October 1950; given as “Hot-Scotch Polka”. 15 · Baptism of Fire · Dale DeV. Kier · ss Ace G-Man Stories July/August 1938, as “F.B.I. Men Make Tough Corpses” 28 · Listener at Death’s Keyhole · Stewart Toland · ss Ten Detective Aces June 1947 38 · The Pickup on Nightmare Road · Bruno Fischer · nv 10-Story Detective Magazine December 1948 47 · The Upside Down Murders · Michael W. Elm · ss The Evening Citizen November 5 1949 57 · The House I Slay In · Stewart Toland · ss 10-Story Detective Magazine September 1946

Futures:   (about) Initially a general fiction magazine, but increasingly changed emphasis to crime and mystery. Note that the numbering of the first 24 issues was somewhat erratic and the numbering below has been adjusted to reflect the actual issues published.

Futures Publishers: Babs Lakey; 3039 38th Ave, South Minneapolis, MN 55406: Futures. Editors: Babs Lakey - Editor: Futures, Feb 1998 – 1999. Brian Lawrence - Editor: Futures, 2000.

Futures [#1, February/March 1998] Issue not indexed.

Futures [#2, April/May 1998] Issue not indexed.

Futures [#3, June/July 1998] Issue not indexed. · Here There and Everywhere [Part 1 of ?] · James V. Fusco · sl

Futures [#4, August/September 1998] ed. Babs Lakey (Babs Lakey, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Jack’s Gift · Kris Neri · vi Mystery Time Autumn/Winter 1995 2 · The Power of Networking · Kris Neri · ar 3 · The Writing Room · Happy Dodson · cl 5 · The Full Sass · Linnea Sinclair · cl 7 · @writer.com · Miriam Pace · cl 8 · The Many Different Ways to Say No, or How to Deal with Rejection · Dawn Reno · ar 10 · Jewels of Wisdom · Julie Lauren · cl 11 · The Sailor and the Whore · Stephen Sloane · vi 12 · Linda’s Life · Linda Schapper · hu 12 · Essau’s Fables · Molly Essau · cl 14 · Ask the Agent · William Merritt · cl 15 · Newbies · R. C. Hildebrandt · ar 16 · Real Women · Audrey McWhorter · ar 17 · The Contrarian · G. Miki Hayden · cl 18 · Turning Experience Into Romance · Sandi Haddad · ar 19 · Tidbits from Tinsel Town · Patricia W. Schellerup · cl 23 · Marian the Librarian · Esther Wheeler · vi 24 · Neighborly Relations and more · Jeanne & Rom Roguth · ss 27 · On the Edge · Stariene Todd · ar 28 · Where the Heck Are We Anyway · Cristie Rose · ar 30 · A Cautionary Tale About the Road to Publication · Kit Sloane · ar 32 · Set Your Background and Background Your Setting · Linda Schapper · ar 33 · Painting by Word · Jeanne Foguth · ar 34 · Making the Time to Write · Sandi Haddad · ar 36 · Word Pictures · Jan Dougherty · ar 37 · Overcoming My Fear · Judy Leigh Peters · ar 38 · Markets: Let’s Get Published · Esther Wheeler · cl 39 · Offensive Block · Gerald Schiller · pm 40 · Here There and Everywhere [Part 2 of ?] · James V. Fusco · sl

Futures [#5, October/November 1998] ed. Babs Lakey (Babs Lakey, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Tidbits from Tinsel Town · Patricia W. Schellerup · cl 4 · You’ve Gone to Hell and Back · Jessica Mitchell · pm 4 · Waiting for Elation · Debra Purdy Kong · ar 5 · The Contrarian · G. Miki Hayden · cl 6 · Someone Watches Me · Nancy Kay Peterson · pm 7 · The Cubic Zirconia of Kubla Khan · Paul D. Marks · vi 8 · Essau’s Fables · Molly Essau · cl 11 · Oh, Reau · Jeanne Foguth · cl 12 · The Author’s Lament · Gerald Schiller · pm 13 · The Writing Room · Happy Dodson · cl 14 · Romancing the Compost · JoAnn Jensen · ar 17 · A Ghost of a Chance · Happy Dodson · vi 19 · @writer.com · Miriam Pace · cl 20 · The Full Sass · Linnea Sinclair · cl 22 · Ask the Agent · William Merritt · cl 24 · Dialogue vs Conversation · Cristie Rose · ar 28 · Linda’s Life · Linda Schapper · hu 29 · Writing Economically · Ellen Bergh · cl 31 · Markets: Let’s Get Published · Esther Wheeler · cl 32 · Jumpers · Maggie Bartley · ar 33 · Bane · Tracy Reith · pm 33 · Bump in the Road · Jude Kohler · ss 38 · Angelic Confusion · Judy Leigh Peters · ss 43 · Here There and Everywhere [Part 3 of ?] · James V. Fusco · sl 48 · God Shot · Alexis Powers · ts 49 · Jewels of Wisdom · Julie Lauren · cl 49 · Rejection/Inspiration · Cheryl Clark · ar 50 · Mea Culpa · Kris Neri · ms 51 · Unmasking the Science · Maggie Bartley · ar 52 · Snake Charmer and Our Published Book of Verse · R. C. Hildebrandt · ms

Futures [#6, December 1998/January 1999] Issue not indexed.

Futures [#7, February/March 1999] ed. Babs Lakey (Babs Lakey, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Futures “fire to fly” award winners · Various · ms 5 · Missionary in the Mountains · Margaret Bartley · ar 7 · Getting Started in Romance · Mary M. Sikes · iv [Ref. Carolyn Greene] 9 · Face Down on the Canvas · Carolyn Dunsheath · ar; given as by Caroline Dunsheath. 10 · Sandi Kitt: Renaissance Woman · Dawn Reno · ar [Ref. Sandi Kitt] 12 · Ah, You’ve Sold Your Book! Relax? · Kris Neri · ar 13 · Justifying the Means · Rebecca Russell Mears · ar 16 · The Fool on the Hill [Part 1 of 3] · James Fusco · sl 19 · I Would Miss Dorothy’s Words · Susan Wrana Gall · ms 20 · Tidbits from Tinsel Town · Patricia W. Schellerup · cl 23 · Reprisal · N. C. Anderson · ss 26 · Expectations Met · Kris Neri · vi Mystery Time Spring/Summer 1998 27 · Regarding Reading · Cheryl Vincent Clark · ar 28 · Back at the Rosebud · Jude Kohler · ss 32 · Codetalker · G. Miki Hayden · ss 35 · Cedarwood · Kathleen Mulvihill · ss 38 · The Contrarian · G. Miki Hayden · cl 39 · Let’s Get to the Skinny · Dorothy Rellas · ms 41 · There’s No Fool… · Peter J. Welling · ms 42 · Writing Economically · Ellen Bergh · cl 43 · @writer.com · Miriam Pace · cl 45 · Essau’s Fables · Molly Essau · cl 47 · The Writing Room · Happy Dodson · cl 48 · Linda’s Life · Linda Schapper · hu 49 · Sour Grapes Make Whine · Polly Wantstavente · cl 52 · Wowie on Words · Sherrie Holmes · ms 53 · Markets: Let’s Get Published · Esther Wheeler · cl 54 · The Full Sass · Linnea Sinclair · cl ibc. · OCyber · R. C. Hildebrandt · cl

Futures [#8, April/May 1999] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Contrarian · G. Miki Hayden · cl 2 · Attitude Adjustment · Laurie Thomas · hu 4 · Map or an Outline—They Are the same things, aren’t they? · Marcia Kiser · ar 6 · The Fool on the Hill [Part 2 of 3] · James Fusco · sl 11 · Blue Gods · N. C. Anderson · ss 13 · Upwardly Mobile · D. C. Thomas · ss 14 · It’s a Gift, Isn’t It? · Debra Thomas · ct 15 · The Writing Room · Happy Dodson · cl 16 · Enter the “Fire to Fly” · [uncredited] · ms 17 · The Small Press in Illinois · Linda Hutton · ar 18 · Petaluma on My Mind · Suzanne E. Kohl · pm 18 · Sorry, Marie · Kathleen Mulvihill · ss 21 · Iron Men · John Weeks · pm 22 · Trapped · Brian Lawrence · ss 25 · To an Editor, Upon Rejection of My Novel · Shelley Bates · pm 25 · Facts of Life for Conference Virgins · Jan Daugherty · ms 26 · No Books, No Paper · Maggie Bartley · ar 27 · Dave Jeffreys · Sir Darren Subarton · ms 28 · L.A. Justice · Kris Neri · ss Murder by 13 ed. Priscilla English, Lisa Seidman & Mae Woods, Crown Valley Press, April 1997 34 · Writing Economically · Ellen Bergh · cl 34 · New Orleans Winter · Happy Dodson · ms 35 · @writer.com · Miriam Pace · cl 36 · Live Poet · John Weeks · pm 36 · Inspiration · Ruth Bennett · ar 37 · Lowering the Bar: The Commercial Viability of Art · Kit Sloane · ar 39 · The Exceptional Clear Up · Reuben I. Olson · ss 41 · The Full Sass · Linnea Sinclair · cl 43 · Linda’s Life · Linda Schapper · hu 44 · Sour Grapes Make Whine · Polly Wantstavente · cl 46 · The Cat in the Castle (Reiner) · Gay Toltl Kinman · ms 47 · Take Off That Bathrobe and Get Dressed! · Kris Neri · ar 49 · OCyber · Matt Welter, R. C. Hildebrandt & Nancy Kay Peterson · cl 49 · For What It’s Worth · Linnea Sinclair · ms 51 · Karen Besecker “fire to fly” Memorial Award for Novice mystery short fiction · [uncredited] · ms 52 · Selections from His Sacred Places Collection · John Bennett · ex 53 · Living Psychic · Mary O’Gara · cl 55 · Makeover · Gerald A. Schiller · ss ibc. · Broadside · Babs Lakey · ed