When Lizzie Melladew is murdered, a friend of the family turns detective. A tip off from a former servant leads the amateur investigator to Devlin - a mysterious barber with extraordinary and uncanny abilities. Devlin agrees to use these to help discover the killer. But is Devlin well-named? Is there, indeed, something develish afoot...?A Victorian detective story with an unusual supernatural twist, this novel was first published in 1888 and was directly inspired by the then recent...

The shock of this revelation was so overwhelming that for a few moments Aaron was unable to speak. In the words of the prophet, "His tongue clave to the roof of his mouth." His soul was plunged in darkness, and a feeling of passionate rebellion racked his heart. That upon his sweet and innocent wife should have fallen an infliction so awful seemed to blot all brightness out of the world. Nay, more - it seemed to be so opposed to the principle of justice as to render it a mockery ...

This issue, we have lots of fun stories in store. Our cover story is a new Velda tale by Ron Miller, and from there we move on to originals from DJ Cockburn, Laird Long, John Leahy, James Van Pelt, and of course Hal Charles, who has a new solve-it-yourself puzzler. Our novels are by B.L. Farjeon and Ray Cummings, and we have classic shorts from Philip E. High and Lester del Rey. Good stuff, all.Here’s the complete lineup—Cover Art: Ron Miller