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Futures [#16, August/September 2000] ed. Brian Lawrence (quarto, cover by Debra Thomas) Given as “Vol. 2 Issue 18” on the cover; given as “Issue Number Fifteen” in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Sheets · Ellen Hawley · ss 3 · An Unforgivable Mistake · Anon. · ss 7 · The Dance · Anon. · ar 7 · A Really Potent Silence and an Aesthetic Exclamation Point! · J. Otis Powell · ar 8 · Cellar Spider · Matt Welter · pm 9 · Silent Charlie for President! · James L. Oddie · ss 12 · Trustworthy, Loyal, Deadly · Reuben I. Olson · ss 14 · Through All Eternity · Renee Gardner · ss 15 · Why Am I Doing This? · Kay L. Sisk · ar 16 · Blizzard Ghost · Linda Norlander · ss 18 · The Bunny Burglary · Christine A. Verstraete · ss 20 · Just Not Me · Chapin Clark · ss 20 · Don’t Let Your Writing Go Homeless · JoAnne Lucas · cl 23 · One for the Road · Marianna Heusler · ss 24 · Tamra’s Transgression · John Weagly · vi 25 · Spiritual Guidance · Brian Lawrence · ss 27 · How a Toaster and a Song from Grease Changed Television · Phil Mann · ss 30 · What Is Her Favorite Color · Linda Bell · ar 30 · How to Promote Your e-Published Book · Marion Marshall · ar 30 · Jan Poole: An Independent Bookseller · Ruth Bennett · iv 32 · How I Spent My Summer Vacation · Henry Slesar · ss 37 · Interview with My Imaginary Friend: The BSP of Harry Chervenic? · J. R. Chabot · ms 38 · Whose Agent? · Margaret Searles · ar 40 · Sinning with Jake · John Herrmann · ss 43 · Islay, Home · Julie Painter · ss 45 · Fishing for Success · Diana Kirk · ar 45 · The Connection · Christine Speakman · cl 46 · From the Horses Mouth · JoAnne Lucas · cl 47 · Fat Bones · S. E. Warden · ss 49 · Helicopters · S. A. Gorden · vi 49 · A Recipe for Villainy · L. C. Mohr · ar 51 · Rotten Rejections · Ruth Bennett · ar 52 · Figment [Part 4 of 6] · Joyce Holland · sl 56 · Margaret Searles on L.L. Thrasher · Margaret Searles · iv 56 · Judge PJ · P. J. Nunn · br 57 · The Contrarian · G. Miki Hayden · cl 57 · The Full Sass · Linnea Sinclair · cl 58 · Alibi [Part 2 of 2] · Mark Best · sl 62 · Peggy Lee’s Lament · Louise Guardino · ss 63 · BookMarc · Peter Abresch · br 64 · Character Confessions · Cee Dunsheath · ar 65 · The Last Great American Beauty Pageant · Denise Dietz · ss 69 · Marching to Zion · Elizabeth Bartel · ss 71 · The Long and Short of It · Carole Spearin McCauley · ss 73 · You Don’t Know · Leah Ray · ss ibc. · Inside Joke · Toon Man · hu bc. · A Senior Moment · R. H. Procter · cl

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 Feb 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 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 Apr 1974 6 · An Interview with Henry Slesar · John Herrmann · iv 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 Jan 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 · Anon. · ss 91 · DooGood Sign · Toon Man · hu

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers [#20, April/May 2001] ed. Earl Staggs (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $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 Feb/Mar 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, Avon 1962 4 · Meanie Weanie · Robert A. Stevens · ss 5 · Mountain Law [Longstreet] · Dave Harford · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Sep 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 [Stephen King] 95 · New Letters · [The Readers] · lc 96 · Mountaintop · Kristin Masterton · pm 96 · Ain’t That What Momma’s For? · Theresa Hammond · pm

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers [#22, August/September 2001] ed. Earl Staggs (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $7.95, quarto, cover by Scott Clugstone) Given as “Vol. 3 Issue 24” on the cover. 1 · Coming Home · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1961, as “You Can’t Blame Me” 4 · The Stuff · Henry Slesar · ss Galaxy Science Fiction Aug 1961 6 · The Chimney · Yang Huang · ss 12 · The Egg Man · Julie Eberhart Paonter · ss 13 · Ruff Justice · Beverley Brackett · ss 15 · The Tenth Life · Paul Fornatar · ss 17 · Jennie Lee Taylor-Bleak · David K. Harford · ss 25 · October Storm · Doug Huestis · ss 28 · As the Crow Flies · Lorraine Pinelli Brown · ss 33 · Flower Power · Karla Stover · ss 37 · The Curse of Lianderin · Darren Speegle · ss 39 · The Shadow of Perfection · Peter Mangiaracina · ss 41 · Collections · Eleanor Terese Lohse · ss 42 · Five Points of View · J. R. Chabot · ss 44 · Luck Ain’t No Lady [Part 4 of 6] · James Oddie · sl 46 · No Visible Means of Support · Jan Christensen · ss 49 · The English Lesson · Gabriel Constans · ss 51 · The Other Woman · Seymour Shubin · ss Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Apr/May 2001; republished sans edits. 54 · The Hunter · Bonnie Mercure · ss 62 · Setting Loose the Bird · Monette Bebow-Reinhard · ss 63 · The Taste of Peppermint · Debra Purdy Kong · ss 65 · Getting There · Jo Barney · ss 68 · One Little Secret · Elizabeth Dearl · ss 69 · The Hardest Bed in the World · Margaret Searles · ss 72 · Insufficient Funds · Jerry Scherer · ss 74 · The Perfect Marriage · Kurt Hohmann · ss 76 · A Man of Honor · Lo Monaco · ss Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers Feb/Mar 2001; republished sans edits. 80 · Beware the Weeble · Karl El-Koura · ss 81 · Intransitive Trolls · John DeVera · ss 82 · The Gift · Nancy Sweetland · ss 82 · The Glass Bottom Boat · Samantha Redmond · ss