The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Mystery Magazine" appeared, edited by Fred Dannay and focusing on detective fiction. The magazine was published in digest format, rather than pulp, and printed a mixture of classic stories and fresh material. Dannay attempted to avoid the sensationalist fiction appearing in the pulps, and soon made the magazine a success. In the early 1940s Anthony Boucher, a successful writer of fantasy and sf and also of mystery stories, got to know Dannay through his work on the Ellery Queen radio show. Boucher also knew J. Francis McComas, an editor who shared his interest in fantasy and sf. By 1944 McComas
Frederic Lindsay Caton-Jones and featuring the actors Stratford Johns, John Hannah and James Cosmo. One of Lindsay's works has been made into a film: in 1999 "Jill Rips" was made into an independent Hollywood film (also known in the United States as "Jill the Ripper" for its video release and "Tied Up" for its TV debut) directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Dolph Lundgren. Frederic Lindsay Frederic Lindsay (12 August 1933 – 31 May 2013) was a Scottish crime writer, who was born in Glasgow and lived in Edinburgh. He was a full-time writer from 1979 and previously worked as a lecturer,