tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6200873389678322658..comments2024-03-29T09:49:41.273-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Ace Mystery, May 1936James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-52594492101320922952017-02-15T18:47:25.155-06:002017-02-15T18:47:25.155-06:00I think the tone is very comparable to WEIRD TALES...I think the tone is very comparable to WEIRD TALES and HORROR STORIES/TERROR TALES. Some stories more than others, but overall yes. Have you read Milt Thomas's biography of Hugh B. Cave, CAVE OF A THOUSAND TALES? If not, I highly recommend it.<br /><br />Walker pointed out that there are only two more issues of ACE MYSTERY. Frederick C. Davis and Maitland Scott have stories in all three. Charles Marquis Warren (creator of GUNSMOKE) has a story in each of the other two issues. I think they'd be worth looking for, even though I didn't care much for the Maitland Scott story in this issue.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-62990862647031168232017-02-15T18:18:00.520-06:002017-02-15T18:18:00.520-06:00Thanks for posting. I wasn't even aware of th...Thanks for posting. I wasn't even aware of this pulp, but I've read a lot of Hugh B Cave, Frederick Davis, and Paul Ernst and find them to be amongst the most consistent pulp writers who endeavored loads of different genres, especially Cave, who is batting 1000 for me. I also like a mix of supernatural with weird menace rather than all one type or the other, which it sounds like this pulp has.<br />Is the overall feeling/atmosphere of this magazine as dark as that of Weird Tales and Horror Stories/Terror Tales?S. Craig Zahlerhttp://scraigzahler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-72944656465804188092017-02-12T06:51:59.475-06:002017-02-12T06:51:59.475-06:00ACE MYSTERY only lasted 3 issues so it failed to c...ACE MYSTERY only lasted 3 issues so it failed to catch on with readers. I see The Fictionmags Index shows a title change for the 4th and 5th issues to DETECTIVE ROMANCES. Quite a change!Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com