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Spaceways, v. 4, issue 1, whole no. 24, December 1941
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SPACEWAYS 13 A COLLECTOR SPEAKS by LARRY B. FARSACI [[handwritten number 7]] (In parts I and II, Mr. Farsaci described his introduction to fantasy, his early collecting and bibliographical work, and his quest for The Recluse, the almost legendary amateur fantasy magazine.) Conclusion In the same category with The Recluse falls Leaves, a mimeographed publication of two issues. The first number, dated September, 1937, was [[underlined in pencil]]published at Leavenworth, Kansas[[end underline]][[in pencil to the let of text]] OH.[[end pencil written text]], edited by R. H. Barlow. It consists of 80 large size pages, and contains the following material, all of which is reminiscent of The Recluse: "The Story of the Princess Zulkais and the Prince Kalilah", An Unfinished Episode from William Beckford's "Vathek"; the conclusion to William Beckford's "Story of Princess Zulkais and Prince Kalilah", by Clark Ashton Smith, p. 17; "With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles", a brief article by Robert E. Howard, p. 24; "Cats and Dogs", an essay, by Lewis Theobald, Jr., on the superiority of the cat, which I found intensely interesting, and no wonder--I learned afterward that Lewis Theobald, Jr., was a pseudonym used by Lovecraft!; "Mist", a poem by E. Toldridge, p. 34; "Dead Houses", a story by Edith Miniter, p. 35; "Sandalwood", a beautiful poem by Clark Ashton Smith, undoubtedly taken from his book of the same name, and "The Beautiful City", a sonnet by Frank Belknap Long, Jr., p. 49; "The People of the Pit", a famous story by A. Merritt, p. 50; "Obiter Scriptum", an editorial by R. H. Barlow, p. 60; "H. P. Lovecraft", and "Ephemera", brief poems by E. Toldridge; "The Panelled Room", a short story by August W. Derleth, p. 65; "It Will Be Thus", a lyric poem by Arthur Goodenough, p. 70; Three stories by Donald Wandrei: "The Twilight of Time", the first of the "Cosmic Dust" series, a tale more popularly known as "The Red Brain", p. 71; "On the Threshold of Eternity", the second in the series, p. 76; "A Legend of Yesterday", the third and last, p. 79--neither of these published elsewhere to my knowledge; "Autumnus--and October", a poem by Authur H. Goodenough, p. 80. Here is an excerpt from the editorial: "Leaves is an uncommon botanical bit, modelled, I suppose, after Cook's Recluse of ten years past, which (although it survived to no second number) collected a variety of material, chiefly fantastic, in complete indifference to popular taste. Such stories, together with discussions of the genre and analysis of certain mastersin it, will be the contents of Leaves. The reprinting of various Gothic performances, not now obtainable, is under vague consideration, and it will be noted that in the present issue all items are not new to print. For the few other pieces contained no excuse need be proffered: intrinsic merit and the element of variety both figuring in my choice. "As a sort of colophon, this information might be appended: One hundred copies of Leaves have been published in August of 1937. Certain stories are herein reprinted through the courtesy of Weird Tales, the Frank A. Munsey Company, the defunct Fantasy Fan, the Westminster Magazine, and the Abbey Classics, from whom I appropriated Marzial's translation of the Beckford fragment. Ernest Edkins financed the whole shebang, else it would not have existed." The second issue of Leaves was published at the Futile Press, Lakeport, California, by the Becks--also publishers of the Science Fiction Critic--toward the end of 1938. This is also a mimeographed publication and consists of 60 large size pages. Its contents are as follows: "Werewoman"--A "Northwest Smith" story, about the "were-woman", by C. L. Moore. "Winter Night"--A poem by Vrest Teachout Orton. "The Woman at the Window"--A two page story, by Donald Wandrei, telling of a strange vigil in a desolate land. "Collapsing Cosmoses"--(1935) An unfinished, one - page, humorous tale.
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SPACEWAYS 13 A COLLECTOR SPEAKS by LARRY B. FARSACI [[handwritten number 7]] (In parts I and II, Mr. Farsaci described his introduction to fantasy, his early collecting and bibliographical work, and his quest for The Recluse, the almost legendary amateur fantasy magazine.) Conclusion In the same category with The Recluse falls Leaves, a mimeographed publication of two issues. The first number, dated September, 1937, was [[underlined in pencil]]published at Leavenworth, Kansas[[end underline]][[in pencil to the let of text]] OH.[[end pencil written text]], edited by R. H. Barlow. It consists of 80 large size pages, and contains the following material, all of which is reminiscent of The Recluse: "The Story of the Princess Zulkais and the Prince Kalilah", An Unfinished Episode from William Beckford's "Vathek"; the conclusion to William Beckford's "Story of Princess Zulkais and Prince Kalilah", by Clark Ashton Smith, p. 17; "With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles", a brief article by Robert E. Howard, p. 24; "Cats and Dogs", an essay, by Lewis Theobald, Jr., on the superiority of the cat, which I found intensely interesting, and no wonder--I learned afterward that Lewis Theobald, Jr., was a pseudonym used by Lovecraft!; "Mist", a poem by E. Toldridge, p. 34; "Dead Houses", a story by Edith Miniter, p. 35; "Sandalwood", a beautiful poem by Clark Ashton Smith, undoubtedly taken from his book of the same name, and "The Beautiful City", a sonnet by Frank Belknap Long, Jr., p. 49; "The People of the Pit", a famous story by A. Merritt, p. 50; "Obiter Scriptum", an editorial by R. H. Barlow, p. 60; "H. P. Lovecraft", and "Ephemera", brief poems by E. Toldridge; "The Panelled Room", a short story by August W. Derleth, p. 65; "It Will Be Thus", a lyric poem by Arthur Goodenough, p. 70; Three stories by Donald Wandrei: "The Twilight of Time", the first of the "Cosmic Dust" series, a tale more popularly known as "The Red Brain", p. 71; "On the Threshold of Eternity", the second in the series, p. 76; "A Legend of Yesterday", the third and last, p. 79--neither of these published elsewhere to my knowledge; "Autumnus--and October", a poem by Authur H. Goodenough, p. 80. Here is an excerpt from the editorial: "Leaves is an uncommon botanical bit, modelled, I suppose, after Cook's Recluse of ten years past, which (although it survived to no second number) collected a variety of material, chiefly fantastic, in complete indifference to popular taste. Such stories, together with discussions of the genre and analysis of certain mastersin it, will be the contents of Leaves. The reprinting of various Gothic performances, not now obtainable, is under vague consideration, and it will be noted that in the present issue all items are not new to print. For the few other pieces contained no excuse need be proffered: intrinsic merit and the element of variety both figuring in my choice. "As a sort of colophon, this information might be appended: One hundred copies of Leaves have been published in August of 1937. Certain stories are herein reprinted through the courtesy of Weird Tales, the Frank A. Munsey Company, the defunct Fantasy Fan, the Westminster Magazine, and the Abbey Classics, from whom I appropriated Marzial's translation of the Beckford fragment. Ernest Edkins financed the whole shebang, else it would not have existed." The second issue of Leaves was published at the Futile Press, Lakeport, California, by the Becks--also publishers of the Science Fiction Critic--toward the end of 1938. This is also a mimeographed publication and consists of 60 large size pages. Its contents are as follows: "Werewoman"--A "Northwest Smith" story, about the "were-woman", by C. L. Moore. "Winter Night"--A poem by Vrest Teachout Orton. "The Woman at the Window"--A two page story, by Donald Wandrei, telling of a strange vigil in a desolate land. "Collapsing Cosmoses"--(1935) An unfinished, one - page, humorous tale.
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