Cirsova Magazine of Thrilling Adventure and Daring Suspense Issue #18 / Spring 2024

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A Quick Laugh with DeathBy WILLIAM DRELLInvestigating the medical blackmail of a xenofruit magnate leads Mickey Vance to the sweltering planet Verdus, where the locals are beautiful and criminals deadly!The Titan of ZhornBy RICHARD RUBINBurke Fletcher, the fighting man from Earth stranded on Rigel IV, has been hired to find the Titan of a lost mechanical wonder that could end his client’s war!Jewel of the JoltunwyrmBy KEVAN LARSONIncredibly dangerous to harvest, the strange organ found deep within the joltunwyrm is worth a fortune! Jackson’s share will be enormous… if he can survive!The Weather MakerBy J. COMERFleeing the devastation of a sacked city on the war-torn Pendleton’s World, a small band happens upon a nun with a peculiar piece of technology to aid in their escape!Joe vs. the Mad Wizard of DruunBy W.E. WERTENBERGERRipped from his own world, Joe has taken up the life of a mercenary! But will the wizard who threatens a village of Lemurians be more than even Joe can handle?On the Eve of Xerkhet-BuulBy HOWIE K. BENTLEYThargg Tanuth seeks to avenge the death of his beloved Princess Lenoris! Betrayed on the eve of Xerkhet-Buul, Thargg finds that he too is to be hunted by her killer!Cargo CultBy JED JALECO DEL ROSARIOA Xenological mission investigating a potentially sapient species has disappeared! Dugo has been hired to find them… and eliminate all traces of contact!The ScreamersBy ANDREW REICHARDA military officer must give his official assessment on the aliens of Vaela following the establishment of relations! Are they friendly? Hostile? All they do is scream…Caf-fiendBy JULIE FROSTAlex Jarrett just wants his perfect cup of coffee… Unfortunately for Alex, a mysterious and diabolical threat has brought his supplier’s plantation to a standstill!Computer GamesBy LOUISE SORENSENForced to act as assassin and executioner for the supercomputer she helped create, Diamond Bright bides her time for the moment when she can save her husband!The Codex of Naku-LankhaBy FRANK SAWIELIJEWShortly after having escaped the Iron Moon, Arshiya and Varnok are hired to find an ancient and mysterious text… But the dangerous Codex is not what it seems!The Superior GriefsBy MICHAEL TIERNEYInvestigation into government disposal of abused children leads to the discovery of a primeval race of lizardmen stockpiling them for food in stasis chambers! What is their connection to the strange new threat that has emerged on the edge of space!?My Name is John Carter [Part 17]By James Hutchings