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 task: 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 job: 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