Doc Savage Digest: “The Sasquatch Terror” by Tom Johnson. In
August, 1944, a young Canadian woman comes to New York to enlist the help of
Doc and his crew in finding her missing father. It seems a legendary Sasquatch
is terrorizing the Canadian woods, and it was seen in the area where her father
mysteriously disappeared. Doc, Monk and Ham fly into Canada to discover a
mystery plot, and high adventure.
This was originally written when rumors circulated
that Moonstone might be publishing an anthology of Doc Savage short stories.
But that was only a rumor, and it never came about. With no chance of the story
ever being published, it remained strictly fan fiction. The late David Burton
and I talked about the story, and what fun it would be to have a new magazine
in the pulp tradition featuring Doc Savage. Our Fading Shadows magazines were
publishing new pulp stories since 1995, and there are numerous Doc pastiches
around – even a few fan fiction novels featuring the Bronze Man. David worked
up a mock cover for a fictitious new magazine, which would feature Doc Savage
in new short stories. It was a lot of fun, but had no real possibilities of
ever being a reality. I thought it would be nice to at least share David’s
proposed cover for the fans.
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