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Vault November 30, 2019

Gamma No. 5

Inside Front Cover art by William F. Nolan
Contents Page
(Charles E. Fritch) Across the Editor’s Desk
Ron Goulart “Nesbit”
Sylvia Dees and Ted White “Policy Conference” art by Luan Meatheringham
Charles Beaumont “Auto Suggestion”
Chester H. Carlfi “Welcome to Procyon IV”
Richard Matheson “Interest” art by Bernard Zuber
George Clayton Johnson “Lullaby and Goodnight”
Ray Bradbury “A Careful Man Dies” (New Detective Magazine Nov. 1946*)
Steve Allen “The Late Mr. Adams” (Fourteen for Tonight, Holt, Rinehart and Wilson 1955)
Dennis Etchison “Wet Season”
Inside Back Cover art by Burt Shonberg

Gamma Vol. 2 No. 5 (3) (Whole No. 5) Sept. 1965*
Editor-Publishers: Charles E. Fritch and Jack Matcha
Cover: John Healey
5.25” x 7.75” 128 pages 50¢

*From Galactic Central and Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “Gamma: New Frontiers in Fiction” from The Digest Enthusiast No. 8 June 2018.

Vault October 15, 2019

Gamma No. 4

Contents*
H.B. Fyfe “The Clutches of Ruin”
William P. Miller “The Towers of Kagasi”
Ray Nelson “Food”
E.A. Poe “Hans Off in Free Pfall to the Moon” (Anonymous abridgment of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall”)
The Gamma Interview: Forrest J Ackerman
John Tanner (Jack Matcha) “Open Season”
Robert Katz “The Woman Astronaut”
William F. Nolan “Happily Ever After”
James Stamers “Don’t Touch Me, I’m Sensitive”
Ron Goulart “The Hand of Dr. Insidious”

Gamma Vol. 2 No. 2 (Whole No. 4) Feb. 1965
Editor & Publisher: Charles E. Fritch
Co-Editor: Jack Matcha
Cover: John Healey
5.25” x 7.75” 128 pages 50¢

*From Galactic Central and Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “Gamma: New Frontiers in Fiction” from The Digest Enthusiast No. 8 June 2018.

Vault September 24, 2019

Gamma No. 3

Contents
Robert Turner “The Girl of Paradise Planet”
Shelly Lowenkopf “The Feather Bed”
Bernard Malamud “Angel Levine”
Edward W. Ludwig “The (In)visible Man”
Miriam Allen deFord “Inside Story”
George Clayton Johnson “The Birth”
Soviet Science Fiction: The Gamma Interview with art by Luan Meatheringham
Raymond E. Banks “Buttons”
Ron Goulart “Society for the Prevention”
Patricia Highsmith “The Snail Watcher”

Gamma Vol. 2 No. 1 1963
Editor & Publisher: Charles E. Fritch
Executive Editor: & Publisher: Jack Matcha
Managing Editor: William F. Nolan
Cover: Morris Scott Dollens
5.25” x 7.75” 128 pages 50¢

This issue is saddle-stitched, not perfect bound.

Vault August 28, 2019

Gamma No. 2

Contents
Dorothy B. Hughes “The Granny Woman”
Robert Bloch “The Old College Try”
Francesca Marques “Michael”
Richard Matheson “Deus Ex Machina”
William Faulkner “The Kid Learns”
Jack Matcha “King’s Jester”
William Shakespeare & Ib Melchior “Here’s Sport Indeed!” (verse)
Burt Shoneber’s Portfolio
William F. Temple “The Undiscovered Country”
Robert Sheckley: The Gamma Interview
Charles E. Fritch “Castaway”
Charles Beaumont “Something in the Earth”
William F. Nolan “I’m Only Lonesome When I’m Lonely”
The Editors: A Note on Ernest Hemingway
Ray Bradbury “Sombra y Sol”

Gamma No. 2 1963
Editor & Publisher: Charles E. Fritch
Executive Editor: & Publisher: Jack Matcha
Managing Editor: William F. Nolan
Cover: Morris Scott Dollens
5.25” x 7.75” 128 pages 50¢

Interviews August 14, 2019

Mike Shayne Aug. 1984

Excerpt from Michael Bracken’s interview in The Digest Enthusiast No. 8, June 2018:

TDE: Your secret agent character, Christian Gunn, appeared in Mike Shayne (Aug. 1984) and again in Espionage (Feb. 1985). Was he ever used again?

MB: The fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of both Espionage and Mike Shayne ended Gunn’s career.

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Vol. 48 No. 8 Aug. 1984
Contents
Brett Halliday “Shadows of the Past”
Amy E. Dean: How Crime Plays
Peter A. Sellers “Loss of a Faculty”
Buzz Dixon “Spiders”
Michael Bracken “With Extreme Prejudice”
Ray Bradley “The Bus Bandits”
Arthur Moore “Bird Bank Bingo”
Lane Marsh “First Security”
Mel Washburn “To Forgive is Human”
Richard E. Givan “The Curious Case of the Dead-Drunk Driver”
Ardath Mayhar “Knit Lady”
Vicki Shaull Carleton “The Prison Letters”
Mike’s Mail
Best by Mail (classified ads)

Publishers: Edward & Anita Goldstein
Editor: Charles E. Fritch
Art Director: Robin Schaffer
Founder: Lou Margulies
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages $1.75

Vault August 11, 2019

Gamma No. 1 1963

Gamma 1 New Frontiers in Fiction
Contents
Charles Beaumont “Mourning Song”
Fritz Leiber “Crimes Against Passion”
Ray Bradbury “Time in Thy Flight”
Tennessee Williams “The Vengeance of Nitocris”
A.E. van Vogt “Itself!”
Charles E. Fritch “Venus Plus Three”
Ray Russell “A Message From Morj”
William F. Nolan “To Serve the Ship”
The Gamma Interview: Rod Serling
George Clayton Johnson “The Freeway”
Herbert A. Simmons “One Night Stand”
Kris Neville “As Holy and Enchanted”
John Tomerlin “Shade of Day”
Forrest J. Ackerman “The Girl Who Wasn’t There”
Ray Bradbury “Death in Mexico” (verse)
Richard Matheson “Cresendo”

Gamma No. 1 1963
Editor & Publisher: Charles E. Fritch
Executive Editor: Jack Matcha
Managing Editor: William F. Nolan
Cover: Morris Scott Dollens
5.25” x 7.75” 128 pages 50¢

Uncategorized July 11, 2019

Rocket Stories July 1953

Rocket Stories Vol. 1 No. 2 July 1953

Contents
Wade Kaempfert: An Editorial on The Glory Road
Algis Budrys “Blood on My Jets” art by Alex Ebel
George O. Smith “Home is the Spaceman” art by Kelly Freas
Milton Lesser “Picnic” art by Joseph Eberle
Poul Anderson “The Temple of Earth” art by Paul Orban
Wade Kaempfert: Route to the Planets
Ben Smith “Sequel” art by Milton Berwin
Charles E. Fritch “Breathes There a Man” art by H.R. Smith
Irving Cox, Jr. “To the Sons of Tomorrow” art by Tom Beecham
William Scarff “Firegod”

Editor: Wade Kaempfert (Lester del Rey)
Assoc. Editor: John Vincent, E. Lynn
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: Alex Schomberg
160 pages, 35¢

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.

Vault June 4, 2019

Fantasy Fiction August 1953

Fantasy Fiction Vol. 1 No. 3 August 1953
Contents
Lester del Rey’s Editorial: De Gustibus
Bruce Elliott “So Sweet as Magic . . .” art by Alex Ebel
Philip K. Dick “Out in the Garden” art by Kelly Freas
Charles E. Fritch “Much Ado about Plenty” art by Tyler
Robert E. Howard “The Frost Giant’s Daughter” (Edited by L. Sprague de Camp)
John Wyndham “A Stray from Cathay” art by Joseph Eberle
H.B. Fyfe “Koenigshaufen’s Curve” art by H.R. Smith
Leah Bodine Drake “Foxy’s Hollow” art by H.R. Smith
Laurence Manning “Mr. Mottle Goes Pouf”
The Crystal Ball
David Alexander “The Other Ones” art by Tyler
Randall Garrett “Nom d’un Nom”

Editor: Lester del Rey
Assoc. Editor: E.K. Harrison, John Vincent, John Fell
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: Hannes Bok
160 pages, 35¢

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.

Vault May 30, 2019

Fantasy Fiction June 1953

Fantasy Fiction Vo. 1 No. 2 June 1953
Contents
Lester del Rey’s Editorial: A Comedy of Terrors
L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt “The Wall of Serpents” art by Paul Orban
Algis Budrys “The Weeblies” art by Kelly Freas
Charles E. Fritch “Emissary” art by Joseph Eberle
Peter Coccagna “Samsi” art by H.R. Smith
Poul Anderson “Rachaela” art by Alex Ebel
Philip K. Dick “The Cookie Lady” art by Tom Beecham
Peter Phillips “Sylvia” art by Kelly Freas
John Wyndham “More Spinned Against” art by H.R. Smith
The Crystal Ball

Editor: Lester del Rey
Assoc. Editor: E.K. Harrison, John Vincent, John Fell
Art Director: Milton Berwin
Cover: Hannes Bok
160 pages, 35¢

Read Vince Nowell, Sr.’s article “When Things Go Wrong—The Lester del Rey/John Raymond Fiasco” in The Digest Enthusiast book seven.