My fellow Hounds:
I just yesterday received my first issue of Marvin Kaye's latest editorial effort, "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine." It is published by John Betancourt's Wildside Press and is certainly a collector's item. Plans are apparently underway to follow up with quarterly issues, so we can hope it will continue to entertain us. At present, the website does not support subscription service, but, since such service is advertised in the magazine, I'm sure it will be available soon.
The first issue includes five new tales and a reprint of "The Gloria Scott." Further, there is an interesting interview of Ron Goulart written by Carole Buggé, book reviews by Kim Newman and a set of intriguing responses to "reader inquiries" by Mrs. Hudson (Paula Volsky?). The new tales include an excellent Sherlockian novella by Carole Buggé, a Sherlockian-oriented short mystery by Hal Charles and a Simon Ark tale by Edward D. Hoch. The other two tales include rather gruesome adventures by Marc Bilgrey and the late Jean Paiva. Finally, there are a sprinkling of Sherlockian cartoons, film reviews by Lenny Picker and an Editorial setting out the goals of the publication.
If the initial promise is fulfilled in later issues, I hope we will have the
