Random Jottings 11 This isn’t the fanzine you’re looking for. Issue 11 Not the Fanzine You’re Looking For Random Jottings 11, Not the Fanzine You’re Looking For, is an irregularly published magazine edited and published by Michael Dobson. It is available for customary fannish reasons or editorial whim, and can also be found as a free PDF at http://efanzines.com/RandomJottings/index.htm (along with most previous issues of Random Jottings), or in print from your favorite online book retailer at a modest price. Copyright © 2016 by Michael Dobson and Timespinner Press. All rights revert to the individual contributors. Letters of comment to
[email protected] or to 8042 Park Overlook Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20817-2724 USA. Table of Contents (all by Michael Dobson unless noted) This Isn’t the Fanzine You’re Looking For ..........................................2 Where’s the Fire, Son? ..............................................................................7 First Call, by James Dobson .................................................................13 Friday Night, by James Dobson ...........................................................15 Boxing Lessons .......................................................................................19 Seven Days in May .................................................................................31 Random Jottings on Random Jottings (letters) ..................................51 Credits .......................................................................................................56 Other Titles from Timespinner Press .................................................59 This Isn’t the Fanzine You’re Looking For This Isn’t the Fanzine You’re Looking For UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, Random Jottings 11 was scheduled to be The Murder Issue. On April 13, 1975, on my way home from seeing Young Frankenstein, I heard what I thought was a backfire or maybe a firecracker, but what turned out to be gunshots. An unemployed Silver Spring carpenter was on a shooting spree in suburban Wheaton, Maryland.