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Vault January 28, 2020

Fantastic Nov. 1976

This issue Ted White laments the passing of rising star Thomas Burnett Swann (1928–1976), who succumbed to a second bout with cancer on May 5, 1976. White announced plans to publish Swann’s untitled “prequel” to Day of the Minotaur and The Forest of Forever in a future issue, but it seems a wish never unfulfilled.

Contents Page
Ted White: Editorial
Fred Saberhagen “The White Bull” art by Steve Fabian
Robert Thurston “Parker Frightened on a Tightrope” art by Richard Olsen
Brian Lumley “Tharquest and the Lamia Orbiquita” art by Doug Beekman
Lin Carter “Black Moonlight” (Thongor) art by Tony Gleeson
L. Sprague de Camp: Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: White Wizard in Tweeds (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Dennis More “The Forest of Andred” (Felimid) art by Steve Fabian
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
—Supernatural Cats edited by Claire Necker
—The Personal Eye by Clarence John Laughlin
—Kings of Horror by Arthur Machen & Robert W. Chambers
—The Ancient Mysteries Reader edited by Peter Haining
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements

Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 25 No. 5 November 1976
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Doug Beekman
5.25” x 7.75” 132 pages $1.00

Vault December 13, 2019

Fantastic August 1976

A sentence from Ted White’s editorial in this issue seems quite relevant to the current situation in Washington on this Friday the 13th:

“”Basically, we each bring our own attitudes to what we read—and we read the same things very differently.”

Contents Page
Ted White: Editorial
Avram Davidson “Bloody Man” art by Steve Fabian
Ova Hamlet “God of the Naked Unicorn” art by Daniel J. Steffan
Grania Davis “New-Way-Groovers Stew” art by Tony Gleeson
L. Sprague de Camp “Algy” art by Joe Staton
Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter “The Stairs in the Crypt” art by Richard Olson
Dennis More “The Atheling’s Wife” art by Steve Fabian
Steven Utley “OCean”
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
—Deathbed Stories by Harlan Ellison
—Gods, Men and Ghosts by Lord Dunsany
—Harrigan’s File by August Derleth
—Disclosures in Scarlet by Carl Jacobi
—The Miscast Barbarian by L. Sprague de Camp
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements

Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 25 No. 4 August 1976
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor, Emeritus: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editors: Lou Stathis, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Steve Fabian
5.25” x 7.75” 132 pages $1.00

Vault September 11, 2019

Fantastic Aug. 1975

Contents
Ted White: Editorial
R.A. Lafferty “Old Halloweens on the Guna Slopes” art by Richard Olsen
Harvey Schreiber “Death from the Sea” art by Steve Fabian
Barry N. Malzberg “Transfer” art by Tony Gleeson
Joe Haldeman “The Devil His Due”
L. Sprague de Camp: Literary Swordsmen & Sorcerers (El-Ron of the City of Brass)
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books
Michael Moorcock “Count Brass” Part Two (Dorian Hawkmoon) art by Harry Rolland
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements

Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories Vol. 24 No. 5 August 1975
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Assoc. Publisher: Arthur Bernhard
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editor: Lou Stathis, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Harry Rolland
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages 75¢

Vault August 6, 2019

Fantastic Feb. 1975 Contents

Contents
Ted White: Editorial
L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter “Shadows in the Skull” (Conan) art by Michael Nally
Robert F. Young “Perchance to Dream” art by Stephen Fabian
C.L. Grant “To Be a Witch, in Three Quarter Time” art by Jeff Jones
Juanita Coulson “The Dragon of Tor-Nali” art by Mike Kaluta
Gardner R. Dubious “Dissenting”
Ian McEwan “Solid Geometry” art by Richard Olsen
Alpajpuri “Asylum in the Concrete”
Bruce B. Arthurs “The Return of Captain Nucleus” art by Joe Staton
Fritz Leiber: Fantasy Books (Reviews)
According to You (Letters)
Classified Advertisements

Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories Vol. 24 No. 2 Feb. 1975
Publisher: Sol Cohen
Editor: Ted White
Assoc. Editor: Grant Carrington
Assist. Editor: Moshe Feder, Terry Hughes
Art Director: J. Edwards
Cover: Stephen E. Fabian
5.25” x 7.75” 130 pages 75¢

Vault June 14, 2019

Fantasy Fiction Nov. 1953

Fantasy Fiction Vol. 1 No. 4 Nov. 1953 (final issue)
Contents
Cameron Hall’s Editorial: Non Multa, Sed Multum
Katherine McLean & Harry Harrison “Web of the Worlds” art by Alex Ebel
William S. Corwin “Nothing to It”
Clark Ashton Smith “Schizoid Creator” art by Art Sussman
Bill Brown “Medicine Dancer” art by Milton Berwin
Fletcher Pratt “Capital Expenditure” art by H.R. Smith
Wesley Barefoot “De Demon- Natur-“ art by Roy G. Krenkel
L. Sprague de Camp “The Stronger Spell” art by Roy G. Krenkel
Stephen Arr. “The Apprentice Sorcerer”

Editor: Cameron Hall (Lester del Rey)
Assoc. Editor: John Vincent
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 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.