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Acolyte, v. 2, issue 3, whole no. 7, Summer 1944
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...there were six of us when we organized, with myself as president, James C. Iraldi as secretary-historian, and Nat Bengis as vice-president and treasurer. The following day, the New York Times gave us a brief notice and as a result of that we heard from Lloyd V. Jacquet, editor of Funnies, Inc., and shortly after added him to our membership as editor. That October we had a meeting in New York for the purpose of strengthening our ties, and to consider the publication of a bulletin which we wanted in the exact size and format of the fine old Paris editions of Verne's works issued by the Hetzel Cie. The three New York members put a lot of time into plans, actually preparing plates and cover designs. We furnished several manuscripts, and seemed in a fair way to get out a bulletin that would be a pride to any collector. But the cost was going to be pretty steep for so few of us to carry, and although by that time we had raised our membership to 14, things dragged. Then came the war. The house of Funnies, Inc. was deluged with work, and in addition the war called our editor to Casablanca, Morocco, where he is now American vice-consul. Meanwhile we took in a former member of the Societe Francaise de Jules Verne, a French Pere living in the Gaspe country, Quebec; and contacted another member of the Societe then living in Amsterdam....While we sought for and obtained members (added two this year), our lack of activity forbade our soliciting too strenuously. Nevertheless, we have a fee for joining--$3 in advance for application and the first year's dues. It has given us a small sum in the treasury which we hope may some day be applied to a bulletin as originally planned. (Interested readers of Acolyte are urged to write to Mr. Hurd at 3500 22nd St.,N, Arlington, Virginia. --FTL-SDR.) ----o0o---- AUGUST DERLETH, well-known author, gives a thumb-nail sketch of his current activities: ...Weird Tales took three new shorts: A Gentleman from Prague, The Inverness Cape, and Pacific 421; and Good Housekeeping took a longtime favorite, McCrary's Wife. As a matter of fact, I now have just one unsold weird short at the moment, and no time to do any more--not even the sequel to The Trail of Cthulhu, which is being demanded. WT still has The Dweller In Darkness, as you know. (This novelette is in the Cthulhu mythos. FTL) I am in the midst of a lengthy revision of my novel for Fall, The Shield of the Valiant. I wrote it originally as New Moon Over, in 150,000 words; and I am adding to it another 75,000 words, I think, as it now looks. It is swelling and growing literally beyond all bounds, and it seems to be good, for it writes itself easily. But then, I am just putting more meat on the skeleton, and that is not too difficult. Then I must do new pieces for Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Life Story...WT now has enough, Fantastic Adventures has one (Carousel), and all in all my usual markets seem well enough supplied. Just tonight finished reading proof on the new Judge Peck mystery, Mischief In The Lane, coming out in August or September...And, as you no doubt saw in WT, Arkham House is ready to go on the Wandrei collection, The Eye and The Finger. ----o0o---- SARA BORSCHOW, fast-rising young Texas poet, was one of three co-winners in EMBERS' 1943 poetry contest, and as a result will be published in book form. The anthology, Three Prophets on Pegasus, is obtainable for $1.50 from Verservice, Batavia, New York...In the future, she wishes to use the penname Rita Barr on all her work...We culled the foregoing from several of Miss Borschow's letters, and in addition, quote the following verbatim: "...I'm giving The Acolyte acknowledgement as original publisher in Three Prophets on Pegasus. Am using one entire fantasy section, -- 27 --
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...there were six of us when we organized, with myself as president, James C. Iraldi as secretary-historian, and Nat Bengis as vice-president and treasurer. The following day, the New York Times gave us a brief notice and as a result of that we heard from Lloyd V. Jacquet, editor of Funnies, Inc., and shortly after added him to our membership as editor. That October we had a meeting in New York for the purpose of strengthening our ties, and to consider the publication of a bulletin which we wanted in the exact size and format of the fine old Paris editions of Verne's works issued by the Hetzel Cie. The three New York members put a lot of time into plans, actually preparing plates and cover designs. We furnished several manuscripts, and seemed in a fair way to get out a bulletin that would be a pride to any collector. But the cost was going to be pretty steep for so few of us to carry, and although by that time we had raised our membership to 14, things dragged. Then came the war. The house of Funnies, Inc. was deluged with work, and in addition the war called our editor to Casablanca, Morocco, where he is now American vice-consul. Meanwhile we took in a former member of the Societe Francaise de Jules Verne, a French Pere living in the Gaspe country, Quebec; and contacted another member of the Societe then living in Amsterdam....While we sought for and obtained members (added two this year), our lack of activity forbade our soliciting too strenuously. Nevertheless, we have a fee for joining--$3 in advance for application and the first year's dues. It has given us a small sum in the treasury which we hope may some day be applied to a bulletin as originally planned. (Interested readers of Acolyte are urged to write to Mr. Hurd at 3500 22nd St.,N, Arlington, Virginia. --FTL-SDR.) ----o0o---- AUGUST DERLETH, well-known author, gives a thumb-nail sketch of his current activities: ...Weird Tales took three new shorts: A Gentleman from Prague, The Inverness Cape, and Pacific 421; and Good Housekeeping took a longtime favorite, McCrary's Wife. As a matter of fact, I now have just one unsold weird short at the moment, and no time to do any more--not even the sequel to The Trail of Cthulhu, which is being demanded. WT still has The Dweller In Darkness, as you know. (This novelette is in the Cthulhu mythos. FTL) I am in the midst of a lengthy revision of my novel for Fall, The Shield of the Valiant. I wrote it originally as New Moon Over, in 150,000 words; and I am adding to it another 75,000 words, I think, as it now looks. It is swelling and growing literally beyond all bounds, and it seems to be good, for it writes itself easily. But then, I am just putting more meat on the skeleton, and that is not too difficult. Then I must do new pieces for Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Life Story...WT now has enough, Fantastic Adventures has one (Carousel), and all in all my usual markets seem well enough supplied. Just tonight finished reading proof on the new Judge Peck mystery, Mischief In The Lane, coming out in August or September...And, as you no doubt saw in WT, Arkham House is ready to go on the Wandrei collection, The Eye and The Finger. ----o0o---- SARA BORSCHOW, fast-rising young Texas poet, was one of three co-winners in EMBERS' 1943 poetry contest, and as a result will be published in book form. The anthology, Three Prophets on Pegasus, is obtainable for $1.50 from Verservice, Batavia, New York...In the future, she wishes to use the penname Rita Barr on all her work...We culled the foregoing from several of Miss Borschow's letters, and in addition, quote the following verbatim: "...I'm giving The Acolyte acknowledgement as original publisher in Three Prophets on Pegasus. Am using one entire fantasy section, -- 27 --
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