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Fantasy Book [#5, v1 #5, 1949] (25¢, 84pp, 5" x 8½" s/s, cover by Jack Gaughan)

4 · Battle of Wizards · L. Ron Hubbard · ss
14 · The Albino Canary · Hal Moore · ss
19 · Timeless · Edsel Ford · vi
22 · Return of the Hero · Evelyn Thorne · pm
22 · The Evil Star · Enola Chamberlain · pm; given as by Enola Chamberlin.
23 · Empire of Dust · Basil Wells · nv
42 · Black Goldfish [Part 2 of 2] · John Taine · na
67 · Crusader · Gene Ellerman · ss
77 · Tongue of the Dragon · Dale Hart · ss

Fantasy Book [#6, v1 #6, 1950] (25¢, 116pp, 4¾" x 7¼" s/s, cover by Jack Gaughan)

4 · The Little Man on the Subway · Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh · ss
20 · Chief Engineer · Lucrezia Reynard · pm
21 · The Universe Ranger · Stanton A. Coblentz · ss
32 · Scanners Live in Vain · Cordwainer Smith · na
74 · Goldfish Bowl · Alfred Coppel · ss
89 · Power for Darm · Basil Wells · ss Planets of Adventure, Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc. 1949
103 · World of Misters · Gene Ellerman · ss Planets of Adventure, Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc. 1949, as by Basil Wells

Fantasy Book [#7, v2 #1, 1950] (25¢, 116pp, 4½" x 7¼" s/s)

4 · Kleon of the Golden Sun · Ed Earl Repp · nv
28 · Cybernetic · J. W. Jakes · pm
29 · Journey to Barkut [Part 1 of 2] · Murray Leinster · iw
54 · How High on the Ladder? · Leo Paige · ss
64 · The Man Who Lived Backwards · Ralph Milne Farley · ss
75 · Planet of New Men · Basil Wells · nv Planets of Adventure, Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc. 1949
107 · The Twisted Men · Gene Ellerman · ss Planets of Adventure, Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc. 1949, as by Basil Wells

Fantasy Book [#8, v2 #2, 1951] (25¢, 84pp, 4½" x 7¼" s/s)

4 · The Eyes · Henry Hasse · nv
25 · Footprints · Robert Ernest Gilbert · ss
36 · Pirate’s Return · Michael Wolf · pm
37 · Journey to Barkut [Part 2 of 2] · Murray Leinster · iw; the magazine folded before the serial was completed.
55 · The Peaceful Martian · J. T. Oliver · ss
59 · Reward · D. J. Reiner · ss
73 · A Knight for Miss Merkins · Basil Wells · ss Planets of Adventure, Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc. 1949

Fantasy Book (1981) (about)
Semi-professional magazine.

Publishers:

Fantasy Book Enterprises; Pasadena, CA: Fantasy Book

Editors:

Dennis Mallonee & Nick Smith - Editor: Fantasy Book.

Features:

Editorial · Nick Smith & Dennis Mallonee · ed

Fantasy Book [v1 #1, October 1981] ($3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Cathy Hill)

4 · The Assiz Dragon · Sherwood Springer · ss
12 · A Symphony for Sarah Ann · Sheila Finch-Rayner · ss Mississippi Review v9 #2 1980; revised
18 · The Ballad of Lookhma · Jon L. Breen · ss
25 · We Take Care of Our Own · Terri Pinckard · ss
31 · Another Creator · Kris Neville · vi
32 · The Room at Inglenook · Walt Liebscher · ss
38 · Wasps · Walter Beckers · ss
40 · The Hour of the Anvil · Jim Neal · pm
42 · The Were-Human · L. Ron Hubbard · ss
46 · The Devil Behind the Leaves · Kathleen Sky & Stephen Goldin · nv
56 · The Musician · J. Neil Schulman · ss; abridged
66 · Bourbon, Water, and Djinn · Boyd Correll · ss
73 · Warm, Dark Places · H. L. Gold · ss Unknown Oct 1940

Fantasy Book [v1 #2, December 1981] ($3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Charles Vess)

3 · Won’t You Have a Cup of Tea, Dearie? · Terri Pinckard · ss
9 · Among the Wilder Talents · Sherwood Springer · ss
14 · Great Gog’s Grave · Forrest J. Ackerman & Donald A. Wollheim · ss
16 · Camber the Heretic [Deryni] · Katherine Kurtz · ex Ballantine 1981
28 · Death Talk · A. E. van Vogt · ss Pulsar 1, ed. George Hay, Penguin 1978
35 · Herbie Feamster, Lord of Dimensions! · K. L. Jones · ss
40 · Deal with the D.E.V.I.L. · Theodore R. Cogswell · vi
42 · The Dark Country [Jack Martin] · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Tales #8 1981
51 · Necromantic · Leilah Wendell · pm
52 · It Ain’t Missed Yet · Michael Bernard · ss
57 · Transylvanian Roots · Thomas R. McDonough · ss
60 · M-M-Magic · Rory Harper · ss
64 · Of Mice and Monsters · Al Hernhuter · ss
68 · In All Things Moderation · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss
72 · Challenge · Jim Neal · pm
73 · The Musician · J. Neil Schulman · nv; the complete version.

Fantasy Book [v1 #3, February 1982] ($3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Lela Dowling)

2 · The Return of Mad Santa · Al Sarrantonio · ss
11 · A Shade of Jealousy · C. Bruce Hunter · ss
14 · The Pegasus Suit · Frank Ward · ss
21 · Dance of the Dwarfs [from Carnifex Mardi Gras] · John F. Carr · ex Pequod Press 1982
39 · These Shrunken Men · Joel Hagen · pm
40 · The Christmas Demon · James B. Hemesath · ss
44 · The Summer’s Garden · Eric G. Iverson · ss
49 · Mr. Hancock’s Last Game · David Kaufman · ss
54 · The Carrot of Doom [Myrd Cherf] · Edward DeGeorge · ss
62 · Second Chance · Mike Hodel · ss
64 · Milk Into Brandy · Lil & Kris Neville · ss Amazing Stories Jun 1976
70 · Friend in Need · Paul Collins · vi
71 · The Spotted Horse · Nancy Springer · pm
72 · Look Behind Me · Raul Garcia Capella · ss
74 · Borderland · Arthur J. Burks · ss Thrilling Adventures Dec 1934

Fantasy Book [v1 #4, May 1982] ($3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Corey Wolfe)

3 · Profit and the Grey Assassin · Raymond E. Feist · ss
10 · Meadow Silence · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss
15 · Minutes of the Last Meeting of the Heroes Club · Jim Neal · pm
16 · Earth Mother, Sky Father · Bill & Lois Thomas · ss
26 · The Handsome Prince · Sharon Lee · ss
30 · The Elementals · Chris Weber · pm
31 · Chrysalis · Jean Darling · ss
35 · The Loneliest Unicorn · R. Bretnor · nv
45 · The Woodcutter’s Dream · Andrea Schlecht · vi
46 · Cellini’s Pitchfork · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss
54 · Triáge · M. D. Copely · nv
65 · From the Fantasy Book Menagerie of Unlikely Mythological Beasts, #1: The Lynxidopteron · Lynn Glasenapp · pi
66 · Telepathetique · Jack Wodhams · ss
73 · Love in the Year 93 E.E. · S. Fowler Wright · nv The Red Book Magazine Jun 1929

Fantasy Book [v1 #5, August 1982] ($3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Janny Wurts)

3 · Wu-Ling’s Folly [Mad Amos Malone] · Alan Dean Foster · nv
14 · The Mdaha · Diane Duane · ex; from the forthcoming novel Door Into Shadow (Bluejay, 1984).
26 · The Magic Shop · Boyd Correll · ss
32 · Morgoth · Melody Rondeau · cs
34 · The Dog-King of Vaire · Nancy Springer · ex; from the forthcoming novel The Black Beast (Timescape, September 1992).
38 · From the Fantasy Book Menagerie of Unlikely Mythological Beasts, #2: The Banther · Walt Davis · pi
40 · The Brick Cloud · Al Sarrantonio · ss
49 · The Awakening · Karen G. Trimble · pm
50 · Mirror: A Fable of the First Cats · Sansoucy Kathenor · ss
54 · Healer’s Song [Deryni] · Katherine Kurtz · ss
60 · Clover and Clover Again · Steven Frankos · ss
63 · From a Single Word [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss
68 · Demon-Slayer · Brenda Gates Spielman · ss
72 · The Devil’s Rescue · L. Ron Hubbard · ss Unknown Oct 1940

Fantasy Book [v1 #6, November 1982] ($3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Stephen Fabian)

4 · But I Don’t Do Dragons · Kathleen Sky · ex; from the forthcoming novel The Witchdame (Berkley, 1985).
18 · The Years Like Rain · Michael Davies · ss
25 · Rendezvous 2062 · Robert Frazier · pm
26 · Stage Magic · Richard Mueller · ss
32 · A Spider for Sandra · K. L. Jones · ss
36 · Of Therapeutic Value · Kiel Stuart · ss
40 · Glowing Eyes in Darkness · Lee Barwood · pm
42 · On a Path of Marigolds · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss
48 · Calamities of the Last Pauper · R. A. Lafferty · ss
54 · Morgoth · Melody Rondeau · cs
55 · Arquel of Argos, a Retrospective of Sorts · Raul Garcia Capella · ms
56 · Caravan to Kuthchemes [Arquel of Argos] · Raul Garcia Capella · nv Anduril Feb 1979; revised.
71 · The Star-Son, the Special One · Nancy Springer · pm
72 · Negotiations at a Lower Level · Mike Hodel · ss

Fantasy Book [v2 #1, February 1983] ($3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Corey Wolfe)

2 · Editorial · Nick Smith & Dennis Mallonee · ed
4 · Witchen Woes [Mad Amos Malone] · Alan Dean Foster · ss
12 · Melinae · Gordon Linzner · nv
22 · Playing It Dumb · Paul Collins & Trevor Donohue · vi
24 · The Shaman’s Son · Steven Roy Daugherty · ss
32 · Palindromophobia · Will Ackerman · vi
34 · The Snow Maiden · K. P. Czech · ss
40 · Wizard and Warrior · Jim Neal · pm
43 · The Ghastly Pond · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss
49 · Thinking the Unthinkable · Wil Creveling · vi
50 · Legacy [Deryni] · Katherine Kurtz · ss Darkover Grand Council IV Program Book 1981
54 · Toward the Elflight · Denise Dumars · pm
55 · [cartoon] · Tom Matthews · ct
56 · Now You See It... · Cherie Wilkerson · ss
60 · [cartoon] · Tom Matthews · ct
62 · The Foul Deed of Howard Fenster · Lael J. Littke · ss
64 · The Man Who Saves the World · Ronald Anthony Cross · vi
66 · All That Glitters · C. E. Cooper · ss
72 · Fantasy Book Readers’ Page · [The Readers] · lc
72 · Morgoth · Melody Rondeau · cs
75 · Dreams May Come · H. Warner Munn · ss Unknown Oct 1939
80 · The Magic Moment · Lee Nordling · ct

Fantasy Book [v2 #2, May 1983] ed. Dennis Mallonee & Nick Smith (Fantasy Book Enterprises, $3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Alan Gutierrez)

2 · Editorial · Nick Smith & Dennis Mallonee · ed
3 · The Saxon’s Lich [Mordred mac Lot] · Ian McDowell · ss
12 · Jimmy and the Elementals · Frances Garfield · ss Fantasy Tales #6 1980, as “The Elementals”
17 · The T’ang Horse · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss
22 · Guinea Pigs · Scott Edelman · ss
28 · The Leopard of Poitain [Arquel of Argos] · Raul Garcia Capella · nv Amra v2 #53 1970; not the same as the story of the same name in the Late April 1960 issue.
38 · Rita the Swallow-Woman · Sioux Ammerman · ss
40 · Saturday’s Shadow · William F. Nolan · nv Shadows 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1979; revised.
49 · Bindweed · Atanielle Annyn Noël · pm
50 · Empty Screen Lament · Greg Cox · ss
53 · An Index to: Fantasy Book, Volume I · Anon. · ix
54 · Ten Things I Know About the Wizard · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss
59 · Toadally Ridiculous · Steven Frankos · ss
66 · In Beulah Land, the Pipes That Play · William D. Cottrell · ss
69 · Warning · Theodore R. Cogswell · pm
70 · Trouble with Water · Horace L. Gold · ss Unknown Mar 1939
78 · Notes from the Journal of H.L. Gold · Horace L. Gold · ms
80 · Curtains: Drydock · Lee Nordling · cs

Fantasy Book [v2 #3, #9, August 1983] ed. Dennis Mallonee & Nick Smith (Fantasy Book Enterprises, $3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Walter Lee)

2 · On the Matter of Education · Dennis Mallonee & Nick Smith · ed
3 · The Honorable Design · Gordon Linzner · ss
8 · Lament for Land-Under-Waves · Kim Hughes · ss
15 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
16 · The Apple Boy · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi
18 · The Shadow of Tugar [Istvan DiVega] · Paul Edwin Zimmer · ss
26 · A Sculpted Smile · Ardath Mayhar · ss
30 · The Maroon Is Rue · Jack Wodhams · vi
33 · Homework · Eric Leif Davin · vi
34 · The Unbeliever · Brian Lumley · ss
39 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
40 · Dragons · Jonathan V. Post · pm
42 · The Bull Fights · Kris Neville · ss
48 · Bramryd the Brave and the Third Wish · Robert Burnham, Jr. · ss
56 · Heir to Dancers · Susan M. Shwartz · nv
65 · The Left Lane · Uwe Luserke · ss
69 · The Box from the Stars · Amelia Reynolds Long · nv Strange Stories Apr 1939
80 · Beauty and the Beast · Lee Nordling · ct

Fantasy Book [v2 #4, #10, December 1983] ed. Dennis Mallonee & Nick Smith (Fantasy Book Enterprises, $3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Corey Wolfe)

2 · Editorial · Nick Smith & Dennis Mallonee · ed
3 · Little Axes · Richard Mueller · nv
12 · Abraxas · D. Jeffrey Ostling · nv
21 · Coco · Don Sakers · ss
22 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
24 · Exhibition · Kristine K. Thompson · ss
28 · Dark Reckoning · Terri Pinckard · ss
30 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
32 · Wind of Steel · Gene O’Neill · ss
38 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
39 · Our Lady of the Shadows · Magenta Marquette · pm
40 · Full Moon · Lee Nordling · pm
42 · For the Hell of It · Jefferson P. Swycaffer · ss
47 · Fantasy Book Readers’ Page · [The Readers] · lc
48 · An Index to: Fantasy Book, Volume 2 · Anon. · ix
50 · Parameters · Patrice Duvic · ss
55 · Bloodprayer · Jim Neal · pm
56 · It’s How You Play the Game · Lois Wickstrom · ss
59 · Lament · Nancy Springer · pm
60 · Coyote Awakens · Roger E. Moore · ss
65 · Godgifu and Aelfgifu · Esther M. Friesner · ss
70 · The Tempest Within · Jayge Carr · nv
79 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
80 · Fantasy Book Artist Profiles: Corey Wolfe and Walter Lee · [Misc.] · bg

Fantasy Book [v3 #1, #11, March 1984] ed. Dennis Mallonee & Nick Smith (Fantasy Book Enterprises, $3.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Walter Lee)

2 · Editorial · Nick Smith & Dennis Mallonee · ed
3 · 76 Ways to Kill an Indian · Barry N. Malzberg · vi
4 · Sir Dieudonné’s Dragon · John E. Staib · nv
16 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
17 · Clown Black · Janet Fox · ss
20 · Kelpie · Caradoc A. Cador & Marc Laidlaw · ss
26 · A Mid-Summer Night’s Magic · Steven Roy Daugherty · vi
28 · The Return of the Deep Ones [Part 1 of 3] · Brian Lumley · n.
51 · The Choosing · Marilyn Crane · pm
52 · The Demon Unise Loved · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss
56 · The Empty Garden · Molly Lawson Morrow · ss
60 · Waiting · Brenda Gates Spielman · vi
63 · The Night Kelly Forman Dropped In · Bill Bickel · vi
66 · Harry Tales · Lee Nordling & Cheri Lane · cs
69 · St. Eudæmon and His Orange Tree · Vernon Lee · ss Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales, Grant Richards 1904
70 · [cartoon] · Nelson · ct
73 · Preserved Passion · Jean Poynter · pm
74 · Nymph of Darkness [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore & Forrest J Ackerman · ss Fantasy Magazine Apr 1935

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