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Fantasy Fan, v. 2, issue 1, whole no. 13, September 1934

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September, 1934,   THE FANTASY FAN     15

Winford Publications will positively launch a new all-weird magazine within a few months, designed expressly for the purpose of competing with Weird Tales...Charles H. Bert, of Philadelphia, is the only fan, to our knowlede, who owns copies of the now defunct weird tales magazine, Tales of Magic and Mystery....Edmond Hamilton has recently written "Cosmo's End," "Master of the Genes," and "World Without Sex"...Otis Adelbert Kline's Weird Tales story, "The Bird People," which he admits was based on the 1926 Amazing Stories cover contest, was originally titled "The Log of the Laurtanian"... His Kline's popular "Thirsty Blades" was originally written by him as a 20,000 word novelette. Wright said that he would use the yarn if Kline boiled it down to a shorter length. So Kline turned the yarn over to Price, who did the necessary revising, and the result was published as a collab...Just the reverse is the short story Price wrote as a sequel to Lovecraft's "The Silver Key," which he turned over to Lovecraft who worked it into the novelette,
(continued on page 16)

Superstition—A. D. 1934
(continued from page 6)
ing his breaking up of the merchandise in a mirror warehouse. There you have something everybody can understand and appreciate. Oh yes! and have the novel endorsed by Einstein, Stalin, the A.A.A.S., Lindbergh, and Mae West. Publicly, you know. Seriously, though, I do not believe fantasy will be a strong force until we root out superstitious hoodoos. Paradoxical?
98 out of 100 have it. What Price Something-or-other!

The Intellectual Schocker
(continued from page 10)
stirred as well as their emotions, I highly recommend some of the books listed above. Try "War in Heaven" first, followed by the "Place of the Lion." They will prove to be a welcome relief from the stereotyped and often tiresome stories now appearing in the pulp magazines.

Notes On Bob Olsen
(continued from page 11)
doctor demonstrating to the teacher of mathematics how a dimension story should be handled!
Bob's "Fourth Dimension Auto-Parker" is something amusing in the way of applying the 4-D. It may be said to equal or surpass his best-remembered yarn, "The Educated Pill."

Voices Of The Night (continued from page 9)
Oh Gods that raised my blindnesswith your curse,
And let me see the horrid shapes behind
All outward veils that cloak the universe,
The loathsome demon-spells that bind and blind,
Since even the stars are noisome, foul and fell,
Let me glut deep with memory dreams of Hell.

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September, 1934, THE FANTASY FAN 15 Winford Publications will positively launch a new all-weird magazine within a few months, designed expressly for the purpose of competing with Weird Tales...Charles H. Bert, of Philadelphia, is the only fan, to our knowlede, who owns copies of the now defunct weird tales magazine, Tales of Magic and Mystery....Edmond Hamilton has recently written "Cosmo's End," "Master of the Genes," and "World Without Sex"...Otis Adelbert Kline's Weird Tales story, "The Bird People," which he admits was based on the 1926 Amazing Stories cover contest, was originally titled "The Log of the Laurtanian"... His Kline's popular "Thirsty Blades" was originally written by him as a 20,000 word novelette. Wright said that he would use the yarn if Kline boiled it down to a shorter length. So Kline turned the yarn over to Price, who did the necessary revising, and the result was published as a collab...Just the reverse is the short story Price wrote as a sequel to Lovecraft's "The Silver Key," which he turned over to Lovecraft who worked it into the novelette, (continued on page 16) Superstition—A. D. 1934 (continued from page 6) ing his breaking up of the merchandise in a mirror warehouse. There you have something everybody can understand and appreciate. Oh yes! and have the novel endorsed by Einstein, Stalin, the A.A.A.S., Lindbergh, and Mae West. Publicly, you know. Seriously, though, I do not believe fantasy will be a strong force until we root out superstitious hoodoos. Paradoxical? 98 out of 100 have it. What Price Something-or-other! The Intellectual Schocker (continued from page 10) stirred as well as their emotions, I highly recommend some of the books listed above. Try "War in Heaven" first, followed by the "Place of the Lion." They will prove to be a welcome relief from the stereotyped and often tiresome stories now appearing in the pulp magazines. Notes On Bob Olsen (continued from page 11) doctor demonstrating to the teacher of mathematics how a dimension story should be handled! Bob's "Fourth Dimension Auto-Parker" is something amusing in the way of applying the 4-D. It may be said to equal or surpass his best-remembered yarn, "The Educated Pill." Voices Of The Night (continued from page 9) Oh Gods that raised my blindnesswith your curse, And let me see the horrid shapes behind All outward veils that cloak the universe, The loathsome demon-spells that bind and blind, Since even the stars are noisome, foul and fell, Let me glut deep with memory dreams of Hell.