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Fantasite, v. 2, issue 3, whole no. 9, August-September 1942

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THE FANTASITE...............17
An artist depicts on canvas a scene he is told to keep secret; a beautiful lady in a coffin with a dagger through her heart. In reality the supposed murder is a natural death, the dagger having been driven into her heart, at her own request, two days after death. 

"On the upper Rio Grande" by F. M. Van Horn. 1 p.
A whimsical storiette of an old miner dreaming with his violin of other days when he was in love.

JULY
"AN ARCTIC SCOOP" by Walter Tallmadge Arndt and Philip Loring Allen. 12 pp. $150 Prize Story. A humorous tale of the rivalry of two newspapers published at Pole City, the Polaris and the Aurora Borealis, whose "scoops" are gathered from information accidentally reaching the Pole, either by explorers or lost travellers, and are therefore out-of date at least several months. In a dull season one of the papers spreads the rumor of a possible ice famine in the Arctic regions, thus causing the city to pass an ordinance to protect the ice.

"Smith, Smith, Smith, & Smith" by Don Mark Lemon. 6 pp.
The case of the state of California vs. James Miller points definitely against Miller. How otherwise can it be, when the man found dead was named Juzobe and the man suspiciously connected with him, James Miller, had been seen a rfew minutes afterward to typewrite and dispatch to a friend the information: "Have killed Juzobe!"? Then Smith, Smith, Smith, & Smith, a San Francisco law firm, comes on the scene, to see how hard a legal nut it can crack. However, the affair is not solved until a fifth Smith enters the picture and brings the solution which decides the jury on the verdict of "not guilty". This Smith was a repairer's shop boy who had transposed "just for deviltry" some seven or eight pairs of letters on the typewriter, which had caused the message intended as "Have supper with me" to become "Have killed Juzobe". The law firm changes its name to Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, & Smith.

"JOHN CARROLL'S THAUMATURGY" by Frank Woodbridge. 6 1/2 pp.
The most wonderful invention of John Carroll makes it possible for him to fulfil his vow that "Ben Whitworth should not enjoy life at Longview" and drive the latter from the country. The machine, which is capable of "producing clear-cut figures projected into space, without attendant interventing rays of light that would disclose their origin," is set up in a grotto, the outside of which is the cliff overlooking Longview. He has "rare sport with ghosts and dancing devils" that defy the best of savants for explanation, until at length the mystery is dispelled when he dies suddenly of heart disease in the midst of his curious doings.

"The Courting of Mirandy" by James F. B. Belford. 7 pp. $100 Prize Story.

August
"The Tickelmore Boom" by F. E. Chase, 7 pp. $100 Prize Story.
The tale of an author whose autograph was worth fortunes until his checks which never were cashed because of the value of his signature began coming in!

"The Shape of Fear" by Virginia M. Cornelle. 5 1/2 pp.
This story tells of a man who was haunted by Fear, because of a prenatal fright, until the "Fear took shape at last, and he saw in it merely a dread of that particular form of death which he knew his father had met. The psychological victory is also the cause of happiness to him when his sweetheart accepts him.

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THE FANTASITE...............17 An artist depicts on canvas a scene he is told to keep secret; a beautiful lady in a coffin with a dagger through her heart. In reality the supposed murder is a natural death, the dagger having been driven into her heart, at her own request, two days after death. "On the upper Rio Grande" by F. M. Van Horn. 1 p. A whimsical storiette of an old miner dreaming with his violin of other days when he was in love. JULY "AN ARCTIC SCOOP" by Walter Tallmadge Arndt and Philip Loring Allen. 12 pp. $150 Prize Story. A humorous tale of the rivalry of two newspapers published at Pole City, the Polaris and the Aurora Borealis, whose "scoops" are gathered from information accidentally reaching the Pole, either by explorers or lost travellers, and are therefore out-of date at least several months. In a dull season one of the papers spreads the rumor of a possible ice famine in the Arctic regions, thus causing the city to pass an ordinance to protect the ice. "Smith, Smith, Smith, & Smith" by Don Mark Lemon. 6 pp. The case of the state of California vs. James Miller points definitely against Miller. How otherwise can it be, when the man found dead was named Juzobe and the man suspiciously connected with him, James Miller, had been seen a rfew minutes afterward to typewrite and dispatch to a friend the information: "Have killed Juzobe!"? Then Smith, Smith, Smith, & Smith, a San Francisco law firm, comes on the scene, to see how hard a legal nut it can crack. However, the affair is not solved until a fifth Smith enters the picture and brings the solution which decides the jury on the verdict of "not guilty". This Smith was a repairer's shop boy who had transposed "just for deviltry" some seven or eight pairs of letters on the typewriter, which had caused the message intended as "Have supper with me" to become "Have killed Juzobe". The law firm changes its name to Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, & Smith. "JOHN CARROLL'S THAUMATURGY" by Frank Woodbridge. 6 1/2 pp. The most wonderful invention of John Carroll makes it possible for him to fulfil his vow that "Ben Whitworth should not enjoy life at Longview" and drive the latter from the country. The machine, which is capable of "producing clear-cut figures projected into space, without attendant interventing rays of light that would disclose their origin," is set up in a grotto, the outside of which is the cliff overlooking Longview. He has "rare sport with ghosts and dancing devils" that defy the best of savants for explanation, until at length the mystery is dispelled when he dies suddenly of heart disease in the midst of his curious doings. "The Courting of Mirandy" by James F. B. Belford. 7 pp. $100 Prize Story. August "The Tickelmore Boom" by F. E. Chase, 7 pp. $100 Prize Story. The tale of an author whose autograph was worth fortunes until his checks which never were cashed because of the value of his signature began coming in! "The Shape of Fear" by Virginia M. Cornelle. 5 1/2 pp. This story tells of a man who was haunted by Fear, because of a prenatal fright, until the "Fear took shape at last, and he saw in it merely a dread of that particular form of death which he knew his father had met. The psychological victory is also the cause of happiness to him when his sweetheart accepts him.