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Down & Out: The Magazine [v1 #4, August 2018] ed. Rick Ollerman (Down & Out Books, $12.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Peter Rozovsky) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · A Few Clues from the Editor · Rick Ollerman · ed 6 · A Damn Fine Town · Arthur Klepchukov · ss 11 · Headhunter [Jane Innes] · John Shepphird · ss 31 · Scotch Bonnet [Leonard & Tubby] · Brian Silverman · nv 61 · Placed in Evidence · J. Kingston Pierce · rc 70 · Shoot to Kill [Inspector Kubu] · Michael Stanley · ss 89 · A Few Cents a Word · Rick Ollerman · cl 92 · Blood on the Block [Clay “Oke” Oakley; Secrets, Inc.] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Dime Detective Magazine Dec 15 1933 143 · Inside Man · Robb T. White · ss 161 · We Don’t Talk About Lester Anymore · Lissa Marie Redmond · ss

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Downstate Story [v1, 1992] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. The Dreamer · Douglass G. Norvell · ss Frog · Steve Meiss · ss The Smartest Man in the World · Forrest Robinson · ss Face to Face · Cinda Thompson · ss The Gift of Love · Yvonne M. Grapes · ss The Quilt · Ginger H. Wheeler · ss Sixty-Eight and Single · Gayle Arrowood · ss Murder Most Fowl · Jessica J. Frasca · ss; illustrated by Jessica J. Frasca Tougher Than Most · Jim Courter · ss Maxwell Forest and the Wanna Bee · Don Axt · ss Original art · Loretta Hoback · il Original art · S. LaMonte Waithe · il

Downstate Story [v2, 1993] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Mayor Ben · Cinda Thompson · ss One Quality Hour · Don Axt · ss The Killing · James R. Heuer · ss The Bad Antique Dealer · W. G. Bliss · ss The Paterkiller · Jessica J. Frasca · ss; illustrated by Jessica J. Frasca Rings · Irene Sedeora · ss Kate at Work · Orville Starnes · ss The Last Word · Kristel Taylor · ss The Ideal Spouse · David Quinn · ss In Stitches · Jim Courter · ss Original art · Gary Schwartz · il [photos] · Keith Berry · pt

Downstate Story [v3, 1994] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Value City · Bernadette Bartlett · ss The Yellow Brick Road · Brian Cooper · ss The Electric Chair · C. L. Shurtleff · ss The Caller · Kristel Taylor · ss Fidelis · Thomas Laird · ss The Love Seat · Steve Meiss · ss Growing Up Slowly · Claire Hutchison · ss Baby Eyes · Jessica Frasca · ss; illustrated by Jessica Frasca Girl from Pandora, Iowa · Don Axt · ss Deus Ex Machina · Burt Raabe · ss Original art · Penny Wang · il Original art · S. LaMonte Waithe · il [photos] · Keith Berry · pt

Downstate Story [v4, 1995] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. LuEllen on Oprah · Pamela M. Patton · ss Addiction · Claire N. Hutchison · ss Baby, Tonight · Lori Westermeier · ss 1968 · Cinda Thompson · ss Mallards · C. L. Shurtleff · ss Rock River Paradise · Kristel Taylor · ss The Perfect Man · Kathy O’Hara · ss The Window of Opportunity · Constance Stepe · ss That Miserable, Sadass Shaman · Don Axt · ss Stop Me if I Make a Mistake · Robert Grindy · ss Original art · Jacki Willis · il Original art · Anthony Hirner · il

Downstate Story [v5, 1996] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Ambitions · Jessica J. Frasca · ss Twine God Story · Daniel Gerdes · ss The Open Window · Louise Muehe · ss Scat · James Plath · ss Not the Virgin Mary · Cinda Thompson · ss Breakfast with Jesus · Don Axt · ss Places · Kristel Taylor · ss Ghosts · Thomas Laird · ss Green Hands of God · Jerry Kilbride · ss Hot and Gritty · Tom Brand · ss Original art · Wayne Forbes · il Original art · Christy Goodman · il Original art · Julie Wyckoff · il

Downstate Story [v6, 1997] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. The Shirt · Pepper Bauer · ss The Man with the Rusty Mustache · Don Axt · ss Children We Have Something to Tell You · Marie Micheletti · ss Taking Care · Jessica Frasca · ss One Last Time · Jeffrey D. Sandrone · ss Red Light, Green Light · Debra R. Borys · ss The Hitchhiker · Ray Pierce · ss A Matter of Suicide · Gary King · ss The Business of Dying · Amy L. Davis · ss Short on Top · Carolyn Owen · ss Original art · Preston Jackson · il Original art · Eric Bell · il Original art · Brenda Hanshaw · il

Downstate Story [v7, 1998] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Birds of a Feather · Kate Burgauer · ss Mime · Barry Schwartz · ss Romance · Laura Winton · ss Space Shoot · Ray Pierce · ss Libby and the Deer · O. Starnes · ss Women of Robert · Karen Lagerbloom · ss Rattlesnake Stare · Michael Berry · ss Where Have You Gone Maxwell Perkins · Tom Laird · ss The Cow · Tom Snee · ss Dirty Laundry · Charles Rammelkamp · ss Original art · Bob Emser · il Original art · Brenda Hanshaw · il Original art · Sheilagh Foster · il

Downstate Story [v8, 1999] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Walking Back · Catherine Lawless · ss Sixties or Bust · Arnold Edwards · ss In Memoriam · Pepper Bauer · ss Bread and Circuses · Kate Burgauer · ss Dante’s Dilemma · Tom Laird · ss Gardening · Leslie Farnsworth · ss I Don’t Want to Go to Heaven · Mike Standaert · ss City News · Lydia Webster · ss Lucid Moments · Cinda Thompson · ss Transactions · Tom Snee · ss Original art · Daniel Botkin · il Original art · Rose Haynes · il Original art · Sheilagh Foster Hill · il

Downstate Story [v9, 2000] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. My Paper Angel · Gwen Dina · ss Discussing Politics with My One True Love · Michael Downs · ss Spitting Image · Thomas Laird · ss Death’s Apprentice · Bryan A. Bushemi · ss You Bet Your Life · Jessica Frasca · ss Screaming Eagle · Kate Burgauer · ss Zinnias · Steve Fay · ss Mates · Carol Howell · ss Adoption · Daniel Botkin · ss Hoops · Raymond Pierce · ss Original art · Vin Luong · il Original art · Daniel Botkin · il Original art · Jessica Frasca · il

Downstate Story [v10, 2001] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Wake Me When It’s Over · Raymond Pierce · ss It’s Not the Money · Jim Courter · ss Willie the Wisp · Norman V. Kelly · ss Tobacco Juice · K. G. Kalb · ss Incorporation · Pepper Lambie Bauer · ss Fallout · Deborah Correnti · ss Black Ribbon · Barbara Johnson-Haddad · ss The Lake Story · Nicholas Antosca · ss If Life Were Music · Arnold L. Miller · ss The Phone Call · Dina Rabadi · ss Original art · Brenda Hanshaw · il Original art · Rose Haynes · il

Downstate Story [v11, 2002] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Quilt Pieces · Kate Varness · ss Train of Thought · Josiah McClellan · ss Midwinter Lightning · Jean Z. Slonneger · ss Will Work for Food · O. Starnes · ss Hot Tub Romance · Gary King · ss On the Occasion of Hemmingway’s 100th · Patrick Riley · ss An Early Winter · Patrick Archer · ss The Visit · W. C. Scheurer · ss I Feel Your Pain · Pepper L. Bauer · ss Paying Attention · Rita Haag · ss Original art · Connie Andrews · il Original art · Ed Levene · il

Downstate Story [v12, 2003] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. July 4, 2002 · Allen Hartter · ss P.O.W. · Marion Spillman · ss Mabel and Ivy · Erin Pringle · ss WWW.GETHSEMANE.COM · Mary Gannon · ss How I Got Saved · Carol Manley · ss Midwest Adventures · Gloria M. Hedberg · ss Owl · Ray Pierce · ss Half the Man · Marqus P. Bobesich · ss Catatonic · Pepper L. Bauer · ss Vindictive · Jeff Poole · ss Original art · Ed Levene · il

Downstate Story [v13, 2004] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Chicago Eve · M. W. King · ss Lunch Date · Eva Schultz · ss A Prayer for Rain · Norm Kelly · ss A Door of Her Own · Eric Johnson · ss A Cry from the Edge of the World · Chad Wys · ss The Twelve Roses of Christmas · Shirley Splittstoesser · ss Riding with Otis · Stephen M. Dare · ss In Bloom · Bill Oberg · ss No Strings Attached · Susan Duke · ss Snake in the Stairwell · W. Aaron Wilson · ss Original art · Ed Levene · il Original art · Connie Andrews · il

Downstate Story [v14, 2005] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Witch’s Wand · C. E. Jones · ss The Safety Zone · Keir Graff · ss A Spring Day · Jean Shrier · ss Absolutely Zeke’s Blues · Kent McDaniel · ss Living Pressure · Bob Liter · ss Tomorrow Is a Brand New Day · Pepper L. Bauer · ss Squall in Plain Quiet · Amy Ealy · ss Children of the Light · Nancy Swanborn · ss Present · Kimberley Donald · ss Say ’Cheese,’ · Gordon Petry · ss Original art · Ed Levene · il Original art · Emily Davis · il

Downstate Story [v15, 2006] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Two Falls · Jim Courter · ss Madam Maria, Seer of All · M. W. King · ss The Sink Hole · Stephanie Freele · ss Just Like Her Father · Joyce Frohn · ss The Assignation · Pepper L. Bauer · ss Once Inside · Ruth Cox Anderson · ss Even Steven · Tracey Baldwin · ss Liverwurst · Ray Pierce · ss Jason and the Tit Lady · Dan Seiters · ss Buddy’s Magic · Gordon Petry · ss Original art · Ed Levene · il Original art · Amy Frasca · il Original art · Gabriele Dabasinkaite · il Original art · Connie Andrews · il

Downstate Story [v16, 2007] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. The Joining · Pepper L. Bauer · ss Killing Time · Eric Strand · ss Top Down Day · Bud Bartlett · ss Mile Markers · Lorie Kolak · ss Lady Justice · Kimberley Donald · ss From the Bowl of the Spoon · Dick Quinn · ss Crayola · Connie Stepe · ss My Arrival in Horseshoe, Nevada · Susan Srikant · ss Soil Searching · Robert E. McKown · ss Anna’s Eyes · Robert McEvilia · ss Original art · Amy Frasca · il Original art · Ed Levene · il Original art · Bill Whitney · il

Downstate Story [v17, 2008] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Escape Velocity · Jean Shrier · ss Next Move · David C. Metz · ss A Trick · Jim O’Loughlin · ss Ward Off Crosses · Bridget Fallen · ss The Case of the Greedy Oil Barons · Pepper L. Bauer · ss Romance · Jim Courter · ss The Assignment · Marie Anderson · ss Pizza Night · Kelli Landon · ss Uncle Joe, the Hero · M. W. King · ss A Tall Man · John Harvey · ss Original art · Ed Levene · il Original art · Jessica Frasca · il Original art · Bonnie Gahris · il

Downstate Story [v18, 2009] ed. Elaine Hopkins (Downstate Story Inc., $8.00, 66pp, 5¼" x 8½" s/s) Details supplied by Ned Brooks. 7 · The Box Under the Bed · Marie Anderson · ss 14 · Among Equals · Maria King Carroll · ss 20 · Accomplice · Richard N. Bentley · ss 25 · Smiling Through the Tears · Pepper Lambie Bauer · ss 28 · Get a Job · Elaine Tuman · ss; memoirs in the form of fiction. 33 · Freaks · A. N. Braun · ss 38 · Premature Death · John Pollard · ss 45 · This and That · Kent McDaniel · ss 51 · A Puzzling Solution · Connie Stepe · ss 58 · The Drowning Hour · Arlynn Leiber Presser · ss Original art · Ed Levene · il Original art · Amy Frasca · il Original art · A. R. Braun · il

Downstate Story [v19, 2010] ed. Elaine Hopkins (Downstate Story Inc., $10.00, 60pp, 5¼" x 8½" s/s) Details supplied by Ned Brooks. 7 · No More; No Less · Robert M. Herzog · ss 11 · Al Capone Slept Here · Dennis Shannon · ss 16 · Whatever Happened to Gloria? · Connie Stepe · ss 21 · Ida Schupp Does Attitude Adjustment · Don Axt · ss 24 · River Rats · Kelly Robinson · ss 32 · The Call of the Mild · Norman V. Kelly · ss; memoir in the form of fiction. 37 · Arnie Goes with the Flow · Jessica J. Frasca · ss 49 · Four Brothers Foregrounded · Richard Holinger · ss 52 · Of Flies and Men · Pepper Lambie Bauer · ss 54 · Bad Things · Marie Anderson · ss Original art · Ed Levene · il Original art · Amy Frasca · il

Downstate Story [v20, 2011] (Downstate Story Inc.) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Oscar’s Animated Shorts · T. R. McKay · ss Jesus Loves Me, This I Know · Pepper Lambie Bauer · ss Catharsis-Cox, · A. Tacuma Roeback · ss Bear Hunter · Ray Pierce · ss Self-Regard · James Linn · ss Chalk Lines · Derek Kohlhagen · ss Odd Man Out · Jim Courter · ss Twenty-Five Years Is Silver · Janice Croom · ss The Blood That Binds · C. D. Baker · ss In This Small Town · Dan Hankner · ss Original art · Amy Frasca · il Original art · Ed Levene · il

Downstate Story [v21, 2012] (Downstate Story Inc., free, online) Details taken from www.wiu.edu/users/mfgeh/dss/contents.html. Compulsion · Pepper L. Bauer · ss Variance · Jim Courter · ss That’s the Way with Mens · Don Axt · ss No Comparison · Susan F. Duke · ss Or Someplace Shining · Kent McDaniel · ss Field Station 134 · Elaine Fowler Palencia · ss A Story Never Heard · Terry Cobb · ss Greed Takes Over the Human Soul · Gary R. Hoffman · ss A Solo in Two-Part Harmony · B. F. McCune · ss Anna’s Hair · Stefani Christova · ss

Downtown Detective    (about) Thin Australian digest, mainly printing original stories by Australian authors. Publishers: Action Comics Pty. Ltd.; 14 Bond Street, Sydney: Downtown Detective