It’s That Time Again! - The New Stories of Old-Time Radio

The first anthology of NEW fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. 1. Our Miss Brooks - "One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie" by Clair Schulz2. Tom Mix - "Tom Mix And The Mystery Of The Bodiless Horseman" by Jim Harmon3. Candy Matson YUkon 2-8209 - "The Japanese Sandman" by Jack French4. The Clyde Beatty Show - "Perils of the Tiger Barn" by Roger Smith5. The Green Lama - "The Case Of The Bashful Spider" by Bob Martin6. Sgt. Preston of the Yukon - "A Call From the Storm" by Jim Nixon7. Quiet Please - "The Cradle Of Peace" by Martin Grams Jr.8. The Halls of Ivy - "A Matter of Ethics" by Carol Tiffany9. Captain Midnight - "The Vanishing Ruby" by Stephen A. Kallis Jr.10. The Bickersons - "You've Got Me, John" by Ben Ohmart11. Ma Perkins - "The Letter From John" by John Leasure12. The Black Museum - "The Ticket Stub" by Michael Leannah13. Honest Harold - "Attack Of The Crawling Things From Outer Space" by Justin Felix14. Dimension X - "Willoughby Goes and Gets It" by Joe Bevilacqua & Robert J. Cirasa15. Lum & Abner - "A Pine Ridge Christmas Carol" by Donnie Pitchford16. Frontier Gentleman - "One Card Draw" by Michael Giorgio17. Pat Novak, For Hire - "A Poole of Blood" by Stephen Jansen18. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - "The Paddy Rose Matter" by Patrick W. Picciarelli19. Rogue's Gallery - "The Case of the Missing Bandleader" by Bryan Powell20. Inner Sanctum - "Concerto in Death Major" by Christopher Conlon"The enthusiasm of the writers and their respect for the period is infectious."- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine"A terrific bunch of writers, all with the ability to make these shows sound as fresh as they were in their heyday."- Classic ImagesOTR Book Review by Rodney Bowcock, Jr.SPERDVAC's Radiogram January 2003New book gives fans new tales of favorite OTR heroes We all know about the wave of excitement that comes across everyone in thehobby when unheard episodes of our favorite shows are found and released. Imaginewhat would happen if I was to tell you that I've found an uncirculated episode of YoursTruly, Johnny Dollar. Or how about an uncirculated The Halls of Ivy? You'd be prettyexcited, wouldn't you? I would be too. Now, imagine how excited you'd be if I told youthat not only were these episodes uncirculated, but they were never aired! Unfortunately, I can't do that. I can, however, come close. Ben Ohmart, co-writerof the popular Great Gildersleeve book, has edited a collection of new short storiesbased on some of our favorite radio programs. There's a good assortment of shows that we're very familiar with, like The BlackMuseum, Dimension X, and Lum & Abner. There are also a few shows we may not knowas well, like The Clyde Beatty Radio Show, and The Green Lama. You'll be pleased tosee that the authors of these stories are people who know the shows better than almostanyone else. Reading the list of contributing authors is like a partial who's who list ofOTR scholars, Jack French, Stephen Kallis Jr., Martin Grams Jr.; they're all here,spinning fictional tales this time around, instead of their usual positions of informing anddocumenting. Fan fiction? Yes, and it works incredibly well. There's no doubt about it,these OTR fans have the gift of writing well-crafted, engrossing tales. There are twenty short stories to be found in this book, and honestly, I can saythat all of them are quite good, and they all impressively capture the flavor of the originalprograms. That's no easy task when you're writing short story fiction based aroundcharacters that were designed for use in an aural medium. Ohmart set few stipulationsbefore the authors, but one of them was that the programs written about must'veoriginated on radio. Therefore, we see no stories of The Thin Man, The Shadow, orHave Gun Will Travel. While that did knock out quite a few great shows, we still getplenty of good reading. Ben told me that he hopes this Read more