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FANTAST- NEWS gg 0 T f, the science fiction "weekly newspaper TEN • '______________ _____________________________ CENTS. VOLUME 6, NUMBER 11 SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1941 WHOLE NUMBER 142 ‘ STRANGE STORIES’ SUSPENDS ’ 13 th ISSUE JTOC SCREECHES SWAN SONG- Dr. David H. Keller, A. Hyatt Ver- with the thriteenth issue of ril, E. Hoffman Price, Seabury STRANGE STORIES, STANDARD Pubs have Quinn, Carl Jacobi, Eli Colter, announced that the mag vail suspend Dorothy Quick, Thorp McCluskey, for the time' being, whether the Eric Erank Russell, John Beynon IIar< suspension is permanent or not has ris, Ray Cummings, Lloyd Arthur not as yet been ascertained. Eschbach, Manly 'fade Hellman, Ar th- The present fate of STRANGE STO-ur J. Burks, August W. Derleth, RIES was anticipated, by a page and Leigh Brackett, Don Tracy, Oscar J. price out with the Aug 1940 number Friend, Henry Kuttner, Robert is afar as can be determined, BBoch, Maria Morabsky, Norman R. the suspension, though presubably DBniels, Don Alviso, R.R inter- due to insufficient circulation, is bo than, Amelia Reynolds,long, Prank not so much the result of poor cjjl al-Belknap Long, Vincent Cornier, and ity or editorial policy, but rather numerous othersothers* of existing market conditions. They reprinted a number of yarns Apparently wdird and fantasy from fan magazines, among which we fiction is unpopular nat present. were "The Dead ..oman" by Dr. David Every magazine devoted to this type iX. Keller, taken from Fantasy Maga of st cry has been suffering* WEIRD zine ; "The Toad God", also by Dr? T..JLES had to limp along under bi Keller and scheduled to apprear monthly publication fbr the first in M before that publication’s col* time since 1931, in addition cut►lapse.* "The Man From Dark Valley" ting price and pages* UNKNOWN has by -Migufet H. Derleth was reprinted been forced to go bi-monthly, and from DhaalllA. UoUheisNs ill-fated WTASTIC ADVENTURES also found it Fanciful T ales; and "The Slanting necessary to reduce the size and Shadow" and "Birkett’s Twelfth rate fof issuance and at one time Corpse" also ty the Derleth both to suspend altogehter* Even FAMOUS reprinted from The Fantasy Fan. FANTASTIC MYSTERIES and LANTASTIC Chatlie xiorngTr-welTTIEenran mag, NOVELS have had to tighten their Perhaps when better days appear belt by combing* on the horison for V/eirdon, STAJ© The straight science fiction DARD will revive STRANGE SWIROES, magazine^, on the other Uadn, seem to be doing at least reasonably well "LEST DARKNESS FALL" GETS RAVES’.’’. considering the great number of ^Ee’T®uffi&-^viiroF nrw- them in the field. TURE(The English prof’s bible) for During its short career, STRAN March 8 has a long article by Basil STRANGE STROIES published numerous Davneport called "Travels In Tijae” outstanding stories and presented about time-travel yarns in general & magnif i cent t line-up of authors and "LSst Darknews Fall1”!in partic and artists. A few of the many ular, with an excellent phbtograph famous authors they featured were of the authro L. Sprague QeCaipp. [Otis Adelbert Kline, Ralph Milne Other reviews have appeared in the N.Y, Times, the Suh, and NE"./ YORKEF . ।ADVERTISEMENTS FANTASY NEWS FAN MAGAZINE; BARGAIN SALE* Never Before ^t These Prices LN LILL NOT BE ’UNDERSOLD ». ’ i MQiEOP OH HECTCED f i , Jr ( Complete Copies Without Covers) :1934-0ct t 20#; 1935-May, Junjj^ov, 15#; 1936-Jul, 15#. (Incomplete without, covers, but o.xly 1 or 2 pp. missing): 1934-Oct, 10#; 1935-Jun, 5#. Flabbergasting Stories: 1936-Jan (vol.l, no. 1, no.2), 10#(no novers). i Spaceways: 1939-Nov, 10#. i 'Tesseract Magazine: 1936-May, Jun, 20#; 1937-Oct, 15#; 1938-Eeb, 10#. 1 iANTnSY NUTS: 1939-Jun(First Anniversary Issue-24 pp, Cover by Paul)50#. bposmic Tales’ Quarterly: 1937-Fall, 15#; 1938-Mar, 15#; 1939-Special sew York Convent ion Issue. 10 #. Fantascience Digest: 1938-Jan, Mar, May,20#. 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