Issue #198 Vol. XVIII, No. 5 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS October 1993 You can runbut youll only die tired Publisher 9 Our annual Halloween treat (and perhaps a trick or James M. Ward two). Editor Pin Back Their Ears! James B. Couch Roger E. Moore 10 Anyone can have a lycanthrope player characterfor a price. Associate editor Dale A. Donovan The False Undead Jonathan Richards Theyre not dead, but they like their victims that way. Fiction editor 16 Barbara G. Young Beyond the Grave Tom Moldvay Editorial assistant 20 The wight stuff; or, Unearthing stories about Mummy Wolfgang H. Baur and Dead. Art director Larry W. Smith FICTION Production staff The Dark Warrens Lois Tilton Tracey Zamagne 94 On an earth divided between fangs and 'munes, innocence was the first victim. Subscriptions Janet L. Winters U.S. advertising REVIEWS Cindy Rick Role-playing Reviews Rick Swan U.K. correspondent Three fantasy settings that dont forget their sense of and U.K. advertising 48 wonder. 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