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48     THE FANTASY FAN, November 1934

A DEATH SIGNAL

(A True Experience)

by Kenneth B. Pritchard

My grandfather was on his death bed. A door to his room was closed. Other doors in the house were shut, and at least one was locked or bolted.

Some of his family were down stairs. But they knew that the end was near; but just when he would pass, they could not tell.

What happened next must have put terror into the hearts of the inhabitants.

All of a sudden, all the doors in the house opened, whether they were bolted or otherwise! And then, even as they had opened, so they closed! And my grandfather was dead.

It seemed as thongh his death was a signal for someone or something to pen and close the doors. What was its meaning? Did something come to take his soul?

It is easy to see how Shakespeare's Hamlet spoke strange truths; and that men of science and learning have much to uncover, with the light of the torch of intelligence leading the way into dark cornes and shedding an illuminating gleam into the unknown.

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Rates: one cent per word
Minimum Charge, 25 cents

WANTED: November 1932; June, July, October 1933; January, July, 1934 Fantasy Magazine (Science Fiction Digest); and September 1933 The Fantasy Fan. Four dollars for all seven items in one lot. Also the following at rate of four for a dollar: January, April, May, September, November, December, 1933, and April, August, 1934 issues of Science Fiction Digest. Judson Chidlow, 509 West 26th Street, Austin, Texas

Back Numbers of The Fantasy Fan: September, 1933, out of print; Oct., Dec., 1933 -- Jan., Feb., Mar., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct., 1934, 10 cents each. Nov., 1933--Apr., July, 1934, 20 cents each.

CLARK ASHTON SMITH presents THE DOUBLE SHADOW AND OTHER FANTASIES--a booklet containing a half-dozen imaginative and atmospheric tales--stories of exotic beauty, horror, terror, strangeness, irony and satire. Price: 25 cents each (coin or stamps). Also a small remainder of EBONY AND CRYSTAL--a book of prose poems published at $2.00, reduced to $1.00 per copy. Everything sent postpaid. Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California.

A. MERRITT'S New Fantasyarn, "The Drone," Donald Wandrei's short weirdthriller, "The Chuckler," Francis Flagg's glamorous "Moon Voyager's Speech," "The Horde of Elo Hava," by L. A. Eshbach. All for 10 cents! SFDCOff, 87-36--162nd Street, Jamaica, N. Y.

IMPORTANT! Many subscriptions to THE FANTASY FAN expire this fall. Yours is probably one of them. DON'T forget to send in your new subscription if you want THE FANTASY FAN to continue publication. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS!

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48 THE FANTASY FAN, November 1934 A DEATH SIGNAL (A True Experience) by Kenneth B. Pritchard My grandfather was on his death bed. A door to his room was closed. Other doors in the house were shut, and at least one was locked or bolted. Some of his family were down stairs. But they knew that the end was near; but just when he would pass, they could not tell. What happened next must have put terror into the hearts of the inhabitants. All of a sudden, all the doors in the house opened, whether they were bolted or otherwise! And then, even as they had opened, so they closed! And my grandfather was dead. It seemed as thongh his death was a signal for someone or something to pen and close the doors. What was its meaning? Did something come to take his soul? It is easy to see how Shakespeare's Hamlet spoke strange truths; and that men of science and learning have much to uncover, with the light of the torch of intelligence leading the way into dark cornes and shedding an illuminating gleam into the unknown. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FANTASY FAN ADVERTISEMENTS Rates: one cent per word Minimum Charge, 25 cents WANTED: November 1932; June, July, October 1933; January, July, 1934 Fantasy Magazine (Science Fiction Digest); and September 1933 The Fantasy Fan. Four dollars for all seven items in one lot. Also the following at rate of four for a dollar: January, April, May, September, November, December, 1933, and April, August, 1934 issues of Science Fiction Digest. Judson Chidlow, 509 West 26th Street, Austin, Texas Back Numbers of The Fantasy Fan: September, 1933, out of print; Oct., Dec., 1933 -- Jan., Feb., Mar., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct., 1934, 10 cents each. Nov., 1933--Apr., July, 1934, 20 cents each. CLARK ASHTON SMITH presents THE DOUBLE SHADOW AND OTHER FANTASIES--a booklet containing a half-dozen imaginative and atmospheric tales--stories of exotic beauty, horror, terror, strangeness, irony and satire. Price: 25 cents each (coin or stamps). Also a small remainder of EBONY AND CRYSTAL--a book of prose poems published at $2.00, reduced to $1.00 per copy. Everything sent postpaid. Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California. A. MERRITT'S New Fantasyarn, "The Drone," Donald Wandrei's short weirdthriller, "The Chuckler," Francis Flagg's glamorous "Moon Voyager's Speech," "The Horde of Elo Hava," by L. A. Eshbach. All for 10 cents! SFDCOff, 87-36--162nd Street, Jamaica, N. Y. IMPORTANT! Many subscriptions to THE FANTASY FAN expire this fall. Yours is probably one of them. DON'T forget to send in your new subscription if you want THE FANTASY FAN to continue publication. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS!