Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 1 Issue 4

by Rick Ollerman, Michael Stanley, Arthur Klepchukov

Issue four closes our exciting first year with the very talented debut of Arthur Klepchukov. His intelligent “A Damn Fine Town” is followed by film director and writer John Shepphird and a prequel to his award-nominated “Shill” trilogy, a bit of a teaser for those of you who may not have discovered Jane Innes…yet. Brian Silverman is up next with a story set on his fictional Caribbean island of St. Pierre featuring his characters, Leonard and Tubby. The featured story this issue is of the most excellent Inspector Kubu by the writing team of Michael Stanley. If “Shoot to Kill” is your first Kubu tale, believe me, he’s only better when he’s in a novel. Our featured historical story is by the very prolific, very good Frederick C. Davis, who became one of Harry Whittington’s “St. Pete Boys,” the group of writers like Gil Brewer, Day Keene, and occasionally John D. MacDonald, that met on Sunday afternoons at Harry’s house. Davis’s story is the first Secrets, Inc. installment, “Blood on the Block.” We close out the issue with an offbeat heist story by Robb T. White called “Inside Man,” and a short piece by the always terrific Lissa Marie Redmond, who first appeared in issue two, called “We Don’t Talk About Lester Anymore.” There’s a good reason for that.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2018

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Table Of Contents:

001 – “A Few Clues from the Editor”- Rick Ollerman laments the loss of Harlan Ellison
006 - “A Damn Fine Town” by Arthur Klepchukov
011 - “Headhunter” by John Shepphird (A jane Innes story)
031 - “Scotch Bonnet” by Brian Silverman – second story by the author set on a fictional Caribbean island .

NON-FICTION

061 - “Placed in Evidence” by J. Kingston Pierce book reviews

FEATURED STORY

070 - “Shoot to Kill” by Michael Stanley (An inspector Kubu story)

NON-FICTION

089 - “A Few Cents a Word” by Rick Ollerman – A nice short bio of Frederick C. Davis and his times.

092 - “Blood on the Block” by Frederick C. Davis (A Secret Inc. story from 1933)
143 - “Inside Man” by Robb T. White (A heist story)
161 - “We Don’t Talk About Lester Anymore” by Lissa Marie Redmond (What ever happened to Lester ?)
165 - Next Issue (things to come)
167 - The Down & Out Books Publishing Family Library of Titles