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Voice of the Imagination, whole no. 10, December 1940

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8 ~~ Our mailbox is wide open for manuscripts looking for a place to light. We guarantee them a cordial reception and loving care and examination. Be it stf or weird, fantasy or what-have-you, humorous or serious -- SPECULA is looking for it. ~~ And now we breathe a small prayer to the pagen deities of the ancient pentheons as we gingerly set foot on the razor-sharp Bifrost Bridge that leads to Asgard, and hope to pass safely the yawning abii that await the unwary traveller. We hope the cruel blasts of the calloused world will not treat SPECULA too badly." 1428W38 St, Los Angeles Cal, is the adres of our friend the SpecuLAtor. 
Picture by ALTHEDA O'BRIEN [drawing of two ghosts sitting on a coffin, the coffin has "RIP" on the side]
Caption suggested by sugjestion of EARL SINGLETON "So this Kuttner Kutie, just as she gets blown to bits by the atom-blaster, says 'Don't put all my sex in one casket ...'"
Art WIDNER JR, who woud seem from his signature to have something to do with the pic but does not, on 26 Sep rote from Bx 122, Bryantville MASS: "Dear FandM: "Hey! Ainthat sompn! Th coeds inishls spel 'fandom' in Widneo-4SJargon! "This is th 13th letr Ive ritn in th last 2 days (note 2 HCK: I noe that sentens is pooo cuz this aint ritn yet, so u cant hang me on my own ptard, as Ill stab myselfirst, in prefrens. Bsides, I dont own a ptard, so nyaaaah!) & I must hav anothr 13 waiting, butwoud b a Major catastrofe, or a Genral nusans, not 2 mentn Corpral punishmnt 4 th fans, & my own Privat embarasmnt, if I didnt hav a letr in evry ish of VoM. (U c, evr sins th draft bil went thru, Ive ben thinkng in military terms.) "Wel, here I am, 'slavng away' at my job in th fillng (broke my hart 2 hav 2 put 2 ls in ther ..) sta, by eatng supr & typng this at th same tym. In case nobody is intresd, my supr consists of 4 ham&cheez on swedish ry sandwichs, 4 plums, 9 cookies, & a pint of milk. Thats nothng tho, u shoud c wat I did 2 Mrs. Swishr's platr of pecan buns at last Strangr Club meetng. I mominate said lady champ cook of th imagi-nation. (Now if Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Heinlein or Morojo, and/or othrs of the femfans wanto contest thistatemnt, Id b very glad 2 act as juj.) Hrrrrm, kf kf. (Morojo bakes an apl pie that takes th cake, I can tel U; & Leslyn Heinlein doesnt trail bhind on wipcream-custrd filld pufs. Wyl Mrs Doe Smith's Honey can't b beat -- U get what I mean -- & I'l ray th first guy who dares lay a fingr on Clarissa. Privat, Miela K: Je vous revoyons chez le Denvention. -- Forêt.) "Now 2 look ovr tje last vois: I dru sum flames on that covr, & now it loox hellish. I lyk it. "There is sumthng fishy about this Alan Roberts biz. (Uh-huh: the Pacific Ocean!) I dont think he xists. Im also wonderng y he didnt completely go berserk wen he saw my bakovr. Wats all th furse about, enyhu? Al he does is insult evrybody with big words. In letr rytng hes on a par with Kummer in ryting stories. Hack. I fail 2 c y Harry & Trudy got so xytd about him. Unles, of cors, 1 of them is Roberts, or is it merely a coruptn of Roberds? Coud b. Nobody gets xytd ovr Kummer eny mor. Y Roberts? "Ben lookng ovr my preshus dummy. Wats this I c? Quote: ' -- A COLLECTOR's ITEM ... for there will be only one in the world --' Then a circl round th undrlynd 'one' & a mark in red pencl by 4e. '2'. Rarrrr! Im being discrimnatd agenst! Xplain pleez ... (Simpl; I just dsydd since I wantd one myself, 2 to a world was rarenuf! -- 4e) "Mary had a litl lam litl lam litl lam, but it got her in2 trubl at

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8 ~~ Our mailbox is wide open for manuscripts looking for a place to light. We guarantee them a cordial reception and loving care and examination. Be it stf or weird, fantasy or what-have-you, humorous or serious -- SPECULA is looking for it. ~~ And now we breathe a small prayer to the pagen deities of the ancient pentheons as we gingerly set foot on the razor-sharp Bifrost Bridge that leads to Asgard, and hope to pass safely the yawning abii that await the unwary traveller. We hope the cruel blasts of the calloused world will not treat SPECULA too badly." 1428W38 St, Los Angeles Cal, is the adres of our friend the SpecuLAtor. Picture by ALTHEDA O'BRIEN [drawing of two ghosts sitting on a coffin, the coffin has "RIP" on the side] Caption suggested by sugjestion of EARL SINGLETON "So this Kuttner Kutie, just as she gets blown to bits by the atom-blaster, says 'Don't put all my sex in one casket ...'" Art WIDNER JR, who woud seem from his signature to have something to do with the pic but does not, on 26 Sep rote from Bx 122, Bryantville MASS: "Dear FandM: "Hey! Ainthat sompn! Th coeds inishls spel 'fandom' in Widneo-4SJargon! "This is th 13th letr Ive ritn in th last 2 days (note 2 HCK: I noe that sentens is pooo cuz this aint ritn yet, so u cant hang me on my own ptard, as Ill stab myselfirst, in prefrens. Bsides, I dont own a ptard, so nyaaaah!) & I must hav anothr 13 waiting, butwoud b a Major catastrofe, or a Genral nusans, not 2 mentn Corpral punishmnt 4 th fans, & my own Privat embarasmnt, if I didnt hav a letr in evry ish of VoM. (U c, evr sins th draft bil went thru, Ive ben thinkng in military terms.) "Wel, here I am, 'slavng away' at my job in th fillng (broke my hart 2 hav 2 put 2 ls in ther ..) sta, by eatng supr & typng this at th same tym. In case nobody is intresd, my supr consists of 4 ham&cheez on swedish ry sandwichs, 4 plums, 9 cookies, & a pint of milk. Thats nothng tho, u shoud c wat I did 2 Mrs. Swishr's platr of pecan buns at last Strangr Club meetng. I mominate said lady champ cook of th imagi-nation. (Now if Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Heinlein or Morojo, and/or othrs of the femfans wanto contest thistatemnt, Id b very glad 2 act as juj.) Hrrrrm, kf kf. (Morojo bakes an apl pie that takes th cake, I can tel U; & Leslyn Heinlein doesnt trail bhind on wipcream-custrd filld pufs. Wyl Mrs Doe Smith's Honey can't b beat -- U get what I mean -- & I'l ray th first guy who dares lay a fingr on Clarissa. Privat, Miela K: Je vous revoyons chez le Denvention. -- Forêt.) "Now 2 look ovr tje last vois: I dru sum flames on that covr, & now it loox hellish. I lyk it. "There is sumthng fishy about this Alan Roberts biz. (Uh-huh: the Pacific Ocean!) I dont think he xists. Im also wonderng y he didnt completely go berserk wen he saw my bakovr. Wats all th furse about, enyhu? Al he does is insult evrybody with big words. In letr rytng hes on a par with Kummer in ryting stories. Hack. I fail 2 c y Harry & Trudy got so xytd about him. Unles, of cors, 1 of them is Roberts, or is it merely a coruptn of Roberds? Coud b. Nobody gets xytd ovr Kummer eny mor. Y Roberts? "Ben lookng ovr my preshus dummy. Wats this I c? Quote: ' -- A COLLECTOR's ITEM ... for there will be only one in the world --' Then a circl round th undrlynd 'one' & a mark in red pencl by 4e. '2'. Rarrrr! Im being discrimnatd agenst! Xplain pleez ... (Simpl; I just dsydd since I wantd one myself, 2 to a world was rarenuf! -- 4e) "Mary had a litl lam litl lam litl lam, but it got her in2 trubl at