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Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense Issue #19 / Summer 2024
The Creek Tumors
By MARK PELLEGRINI
Strange and disgusting fleshy masses begin to wash up near the University! Is it a dead body, biological waste, a chemical spill, or something much, much worse?!
No-Rooms at a Kellogg Inn
By ANDREW MAJORS
A drifter finds a mysterious cabin isolated in the woods! The well-stocked cottage becomes his personal paradise until he discovers the secret in its basement!
Range of Deceit
By JOSEPH W. KNOWLES
Clive, a US Marshal, and his former Deputy are investigating a series of cattle killings at the Daniels ranch! But these don’t seem to be the work of ordinary rustlers!
Songs of Loss and Love
By JIM BREYFOGLE
Edward lies mortally wounded in No Man’s Land… When Edward drinks from a fetid puddle, a dying water sprite offers him aid and reprieve on one condition!
The Death of Robespierre
By DANIEL J. MINUCCI
The campus of Braidwell College is closing down for the holidays… A Professor is left with a simple tend a lantern belonging to a dead author in the archives!
Flyboy
By BLAKE CARPENTER
Reed Diesel’s plane goes down while dogfighting over the Pacific! His leg injured, he must rely on the aid of the island’s natives… a tribe of beautiful women!
A Most Exquisite Specimen
By J. Manfred Weichsel
A renowned lepidopterist seeks out new prizes for his university’s collection when he makes an astonishing find… A stunning young woman with butterfly wings!
The Twilight Delve Home Owners Association
By MISHA BURNETT
Pete and his family have recently moved into Twilight Delve, a lovely community of good people, good amenities, good schools… So what’s the catch?
Mystery in Egyptian Blue
By JEFFERY SCOTT SIMS
Sterk Fontaine, professional procurer of arcane curios, has a simple convince a collector to sell an ancient cat statue to him and not a psychopathic necromancer!
Midnight Caller
By J. ISHIRO FINNEY
It’s AM Dusk Till Dawn with Bart Shale, where the odd and alien take over the talk radio airwaves! One caller has a close encounter of the darndest kind!
Requiem for a Revolver
By RODICA BRETIN
A hundred years, the Revolver has kept its story, of men who went over the top, of a family destined to fight in eternal conflict… a story it tells to Kayla Blackmoon!
The Superior Griefs
(Part 2)
By MICHAEL TIERNEY
With the help of itinerant Wild Stars princess Atlanta, Gigwanator-Superior has hijacked the Gravedigger 2! The Superior Grief’s plan is set in motion for a rendezvous at the Damocles Relay Station to evacuate a pack of deadly Sword Griefs!
My Name is John Carter [Part 18]
By James Hutchings
Amaranth Wilted Flower
By Yakov Merkin
By MARK PELLEGRINI
Strange and disgusting fleshy masses begin to wash up near the University! Is it a dead body, biological waste, a chemical spill, or something much, much worse?!
No-Rooms at a Kellogg Inn
By ANDREW MAJORS
A drifter finds a mysterious cabin isolated in the woods! The well-stocked cottage becomes his personal paradise until he discovers the secret in its basement!
Range of Deceit
By JOSEPH W. KNOWLES
Clive, a US Marshal, and his former Deputy are investigating a series of cattle killings at the Daniels ranch! But these don’t seem to be the work of ordinary rustlers!
Songs of Loss and Love
By JIM BREYFOGLE
Edward lies mortally wounded in No Man’s Land… When Edward drinks from a fetid puddle, a dying water sprite offers him aid and reprieve on one condition!
The Death of Robespierre
By DANIEL J. MINUCCI
The campus of Braidwell College is closing down for the holidays… A Professor is left with a simple tend a lantern belonging to a dead author in the archives!
Flyboy
By BLAKE CARPENTER
Reed Diesel’s plane goes down while dogfighting over the Pacific! His leg injured, he must rely on the aid of the island’s natives… a tribe of beautiful women!
A Most Exquisite Specimen
By J. Manfred Weichsel
A renowned lepidopterist seeks out new prizes for his university’s collection when he makes an astonishing find… A stunning young woman with butterfly wings!
The Twilight Delve Home Owners Association
By MISHA BURNETT
Pete and his family have recently moved into Twilight Delve, a lovely community of good people, good amenities, good schools… So what’s the catch?
Mystery in Egyptian Blue
By JEFFERY SCOTT SIMS
Sterk Fontaine, professional procurer of arcane curios, has a simple convince a collector to sell an ancient cat statue to him and not a psychopathic necromancer!
Midnight Caller
By J. ISHIRO FINNEY
It’s AM Dusk Till Dawn with Bart Shale, where the odd and alien take over the talk radio airwaves! One caller has a close encounter of the darndest kind!
Requiem for a Revolver
By RODICA BRETIN
A hundred years, the Revolver has kept its story, of men who went over the top, of a family destined to fight in eternal conflict… a story it tells to Kayla Blackmoon!
The Superior Griefs
(Part 2)
By MICHAEL TIERNEY
With the help of itinerant Wild Stars princess Atlanta, Gigwanator-Superior has hijacked the Gravedigger 2! The Superior Grief’s plan is set in motion for a rendezvous at the Damocles Relay Station to evacuate a pack of deadly Sword Griefs!
My Name is John Carter [Part 18]
By James Hutchings
Amaranth Wilted Flower
By Yakov Merkin
327 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2024
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May 14, 2025
None of the stories really stood out to me in this issue. There was a focus on historical and contemporary Weird fiction over SciFi/Fantasy. Veterans of the magazine will enjoy this issue but I wouldn’t recommend newcomers start here.
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