Espionage Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1

This December 1984 premiere issue of Espionage Magazine features espionage, spy-thriller, mystery, and science-fiction shorts by established genre authors. Featured stories include "Time to Kill" by Tony Wilmot, a tense operative drama involving three agents—Steve Dunning, Nadine Kurtz, and Mark Girland—instructed by Control to assassinate Keitel, a double agent being extracted by the KGB. The narrative follows Dunning's psychological struggle as the execution deadline approaches; complications arise when intelligence reveals Keitel will travel in an armored van rather than the planned route. Additional contributions include Isaac Asimov's "The Queen & King," Ron Goulart's "The President's Brain Is Missing," Edward D. Hoch's "The Hatchtree Assignment," Jack Ritchie's "The Commissar," and stories by Edward Wellen, John Lutz, and others. The issue also includes nonfiction articles on espionage history and intelligence processes by Joe Lewis and Ernest Volkman.