The Digest Enthusiast #3

The Digest Enthusiast

by Richard Krauss (Editor), Tom Brinkmann, Steve Carper

Interview/Profile
• Heather Jacobs (Big Fiction) by D. Blake Werts
• Timothy Green Beckley (Fate, Beyond, etc.) by Tom Brinkmann

Articles
• Beyond by Tom Brinkmann
• Super-Science Fiction by Peter Enfantino
• Diabolik by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
• Dashiell Hammett digests by Steve Carper
• Gunsmoke by Peter Enfantino
• Dope Fiends trading cards by Richard Krauss

Reviews
by Ron Fortier and Richard Krauss
• Weasels Ripped My Flesh!
• Where Stories Dwell
• The Man From Mars
• The Executioner: Border Offensive
• A Blonde for Murder
• Popular Fiction Periodicals
• Betty Fedora #2
• Paperback Parade #89
• Manhunt Dec. 1953
• Children’s Digest Spring 1972
• Fate #727

Fiction
• “The Rail City Rolls” by Ron Fortier
• “Old Aunt Sin” by Gary Lovisi, with illustrations by Michael Neno
• “Planetstorm” by Joe Wehrle, Jr.

Artwork
• Joe Wehrle, Jr. (cover & illustrations)
• Brad Foster (illustration & cartoon)
• Michael Neno (illustrations)
• Bob Vojtko (gag cartoons)

Also includes
• Editor's Notes
• Hammett digest biblio
• Indexes
• Social media round-up
• Opening Lines

Includes nearly 50 cover images.

153 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 18, 2016

About the author

Richard Krauss (aka Arkay Olgar) Writer of genre fiction and erstwhile cartoonist. Work includes "A Foul Breath of Fresh Air," with art by Michael Neno, "Painesville," with art by Andrew Goldfarb, and "The Village of the Wraith" with art by Rick McCollum in The Digest Enthusiast series.

Reviews

[Michael Neno · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure: as with the first two volumes of The Digest Enthusiast, I illustrated a short story for this collection. But - don't let that stop you. If you collect, read or enjoy digest magazines, this is the series for you. Vol. III features a review of the Dope Fiends trading cards, a review of a Walter B. Gibson (The Shadow) novel, an overview of the Super-Science Fiction line, a very detailed history of Mercury Books' Dashiell Hammett digests and, particularly fascinating, a look at the Italian Diabolik series. Plus, fiction, cartoons, many more reviews, an interview and the proverbial more, all edited by publisher Richard Krauss. Recommended and, at only $8.99, a steal! Vol. Four is also scheduled for release soon: http://larquepress.com/digests.htm