 Cover of the third issue, by Rafael De Soto[1] | |
| Editor | Harry Widmer |
|---|---|
| First issue | 1936 |
| Final issue Number | 3 |
| Company | Periodical House |
Ace Mystery was a weird menace pulp magazine which published three issues starting in 1936, followed by two more under the title Detective Romances.
Ace Mystery was published by Periodical House and edited by Harry Widmer. Writers who appeared in the magazine included Frederick C. Davis, who wrote all three lead novels, Hugh B. Cave, and Robert C. Blackmon; magazine historian Michael Cook comments that these were capable writers, but the rest of the magazine was too low-quality to succeed.[citation needed]
Some of the stories were fantasy rather than weird menace -- for example, one story was about a sculptor who could shrink dead bodies. Science fiction historian Mike Ashley is more positive than Cook, describing the magazine as "of reasonably good quality", and singling out Charles Marquis Warren's "Coyote Woman" for praise; Ashley quotes pulp historian Robert K. Jones, who considered the "Coyote Woman"...among the most effective vampire stories to appear in the pulps".[2][3]
- ^ Stephensen-Payne, Phil (December 30, 2021). "Magazines, Listed by Title: Ace Mystery". Galactic Central. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ Ashley (1985), pp. 6-7.
- ^ Sampson (1983), pp. 10-11.