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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 1, November 1940

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8    THE FANTASITE

It couldn't be - it was unnatural, uncanny!   But -
But the typewriter was still clicking.   Still writing.
"Wade!"   For it was true!    Wade Shurp HAD thrown himself into his work. I heard
one last despairing moan, a bare murmer -
Bits of flesh protruded from the typewriter keys -
And one jerking, snapping hand with nervous, clutching fingers was just disappearing down, down, down - into the rollers of the horrible machine!

FAN MAG REVIEW
Phil Bronson

Here's a look at some of the fan publications for November & December.

DETOURS
This is an excellently hektoed magazine which comes monthly from Louis Chauvenet, Tallwood Plantation, Esment, Va,   No. 5
(dated Oct.) can be had for one picayune (6 1/2 cents to you). Four issues for 25c, The mag is embellished by a brightly colored piece of cellophane which serves as a sort of cover. Material is
generally interesting, being written mostly by the editor. Koenlg's column, Their Own Petard, is good, as always. The entire mag is printed by hand with painstaking neatness.    Chauvenet makes good use of green, red, orange, blue, yellow, and purple inks.

FRONTIER
Another hektoed mag, the bulletin of the Frontier Society. 10c per copy, 3 for 25c from Donn Brazier, 3031 N. 36th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Thirty large pages of different material. Yellow covers add greatly to its appearance. Tho not brilliant, the hektoing is all readable. A new artist, Albert Roger, does a good job with pencils and inks in this issue. Outstanding stuff: An article on the Necronomicon by Brasier, short story by D. B. Thompson, poem by Lowndes, an article by Hazel Shull, etc.
Other material contained: The Gavel Raps, news of the Frontier Society; a reader's section, a quiz page, etc.

SUN*SPOTS
Published monthly at 31 Bogart Place. Westwood, N.J. Editors are Gerry de la Ree, Roy Plotkin, and Roderick Gaetz. One of the best bargains, costing only a nickel,  and having twenty-two pages. Well mimeod on good paper with pink covers. The best features of this mag are the regular departments. Altogether too much fiction, which isn't any too good. Same goes for the articles and illustrations. Best department is The Trash Basket, featuring mostly news "scoops". A new feature begins in this ish, Death On Other Planets by Gaetz. Feuuu! Very hackneyed filler.

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8 THE FANTASITE It couldn't be - it was unnatural, uncanny! But - But the typewriter was still clicking. Still writing. "Wade!" For it was true! Wade Shurp HAD thrown himself into his work. I heard one last despairing moan, a bare murmer - Bits of flesh protruded from the typewriter keys - And one jerking, snapping hand with nervous, clutching fingers was just disappearing down, down, down - into the rollers of the horrible machine! FAN MAG REVIEW Phil Bronson Here's a look at some of the fan publications for November & December. DETOURS This is an excellently hektoed magazine which comes monthly from Louis Chauvenet, Tallwood Plantation, Esment, Va, No. 5 (dated Oct.) can be had for one picayune (6 1/2 cents to you). Four issues for 25c, The mag is embellished by a brightly colored piece of cellophane which serves as a sort of cover. Material is generally interesting, being written mostly by the editor. Koenlg's column, Their Own Petard, is good, as always. The entire mag is printed by hand with painstaking neatness. Chauvenet makes good use of green, red, orange, blue, yellow, and purple inks. FRONTIER Another hektoed mag, the bulletin of the Frontier Society. 10c per copy, 3 for 25c from Donn Brazier, 3031 N. 36th St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Thirty large pages of different material. Yellow covers add greatly to its appearance. Tho not brilliant, the hektoing is all readable. A new artist, Albert Roger, does a good job with pencils and inks in this issue. Outstanding stuff: An article on the Necronomicon by Brasier, short story by D. B. Thompson, poem by Lowndes, an article by Hazel Shull, etc. Other material contained: The Gavel Raps, news of the Frontier Society; a reader's section, a quiz page, etc. SUN*SPOTS Published monthly at 31 Bogart Place. Westwood, N.J. Editors are Gerry de la Ree, Roy Plotkin, and Roderick Gaetz. One of the best bargains, costing only a nickel, and having twenty-two pages. Well mimeod on good paper with pink covers. The best features of this mag are the regular departments. Altogether too much fiction, which isn't any too good. Same goes for the articles and illustrations. Best department is The Trash Basket, featuring mostly news "scoops". A new feature begins in this ish, Death On Other Planets by Gaetz. Feuuu! Very hackneyed filler. (NEXT PAGE)