Phenomenal Stories Vol. 2 No. 6

Phenomenal Stories #10 features the first installment of the first Hal Johnson mystery novel An Old-Fashioned Shooting. Richard H. Nilsen takes great joy in his easy-going P.I. makes the reader feel right at home with Hallum Johnson in the Adirondacks. To compliment An Old-Fashioned Shooting Nilsen’s column The Write Stuff this month focuses upon writing a mystery story talks about some inspirations and gives some insight into Nilsen’s writing method. The editor too stays focused upon writing and considers character development in stories. Dunces & Dragons sees columnist “Intrepid” stopping back at the office before moving on to his next assignment. This glimpse into the inner workings of the pan-dimensional hyper-reality publishing house perhaps finally explains some of the situations J.D. Hayes Canell gets his alter ego into. Phenomenal Stories is a modern-day tribute to the science fiction/horror/fantasy/speculative pulp magazines of the 1920s 1930s and 1940s