Cleve Cartmill, The Devil’s in the Details
Astounding Science Fiction, March 1944, containing “Deadline” by Cleve Cartmill. Cover by William Timmins Pulp writer Cleve Cartmill (1908 – 1964) is probably best known for writing the story that prompted an FBI visit to John W. Campbell’s office at Astounding. The story in question, “Deadline” (March, 1944), featured a bomb eerily similar to the one being developed by the Manhattan Project at the time. As an educated science fiction audience, Black Gate readers probably do not need that old…