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The Saint Mystery Magazine, April 1960
· April 1960

This April 1960 issue of The Saint Mystery Magazine contains seven stories across its 92 pages. Leslie Charteris contributes "The Saint and the Blind Spot," while other fiction includes "Sameer in the Trogg" by Hayden Howard, "Brothers Offended" by George Fielding Eliot (a baseball story), "The Educated Thief" by Franklin Gregory (set in India), "The Girl in the Mist" by Wyatt Blassingame (a Florida outdoors yarn), "The Honor in the Dying" by Harlan Ellison, and "Ghosts" by Ranjee Shahani, praised by E.M. Forster. An editorial note explains the Indian-themed emphasis, citing contemporary news regarding Communist Chinese border activity and the Suez crisis, while balancing the issue with American Western and sports fiction.
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