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Sword & Fantasy [#12, September 2016] ed. James Van Hise (James Van Hise, $15.00, 76pp, quarto, cover by Mahlon Fawcett)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

ifc. · [illustration] · Eduardo Barreto · il
5 · Tribute to an Unknown Artist · James Van Hise · ar [Mahlon Fawcett]
8 · Looking Backward: A Visit with Frank Frazetta · Anon. · ar Xignals v12 1985 [Frank Frazetta]
9 · Demons, Warriors, Babes and Frank · Alan G. Artner · ar The Chicago Tribune Nov 26 1978 [Frank Frazetta]
13 · The New Yorker Reviews H.P. Lovecraft · Anon. · ar The New Yorker Nov 24 1945 [H. P. Lovecraft]
16 · An Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos · J. Vernon Shea · ar Fantasy Empire Presents H.P. Lovecraft, New Media Publishing 1984
18 · H.P. Lovecraft: 1890-1937 · George Kuchar · bg
21 · Folio of Foreign Editions of Lovecraft · [Various] · pi [H. P. Lovecraft]
Comic Strips and Horror · James Van Hise · ar
37 · The Short Stories of Clark Ashton Smith · Eldred Smith · ar Alien Culture Apr 1949 [Clark Ashton Smith]
42 · Strange Detective Stories Index · Glenn Lord · ix
45 · An Index of Selected Fantasy from the Later Years of Top Notch Magazine · Darrell Richardson · ix (r)
49 · Edmond Hamilton in Memoriam · E. Hoffmann Price · ob (r)
53 · Weird Tales: Love at a Distance · Fritz Leiber · ar The Diversifier May 1977
55 · Vintage Sleaze Pulps · Martin Williams · ar Cavalier Annual 1973
60 · Fans of Lin Carter Unite! Both of You! · Anon. · ar [Lin Carter]
65 · An Interview with Nils Hardin · Anon. · iv
ibc. · [illustration] · Eduardo Barreto · il
bc. · [back cover] · Mahlon Fawcett · cv

Sword & Fantasy [#13, December 2017] ed. James Van Hise (James Van Hise, $15.00, 88pp, quarto, cover by J. B.)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Editorial · James Van Hise · ed; illustrated by Lonny Fawcett
4 · So You’re Going to Publish a Fan Mag! · Charles D. Hornig · ar 1938
5 · Further Thoughts on Weird Fiction: Slouching Towards a Definition · Rick McCollum · ar; illustrated by Rick McCollum
58 · Author Index to Famous Fantastic Mysteries and Fantastic Novels · Anon. · ms
66 · Allen Koszowski Portfolio · Allen Koszowski · pi
69 · The Most Popular Stories in Weird Tales 1924 to 1940 · Sam Moskowitz · ar World Fantasy Convention 1983, ed. Robert Weinberg, Weird Tales Ltd. 1983
78 · First page of “Worms of the Earth” · Jayem Wilcox · il 1932
79 · Some Notes on Robert E. Howard · Robert Weinberg · ar [Robert E. Howard]
82 · Editor’s Notes (to “Some Notes on Robert E. Howard”) · Anon. · as
84 · Cross Plains: Robert E. Howard in His Prime · Rick McCollum · il
bc. · [cover] · Jerry Burge · cv Witchcraft & Sorcery #8 1972

Sword & Fantasy [#14, October 2018] ed. James Van Hise (James Van Hise, $15.00, 86pp, quarto, cover by Allen Koszowski)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

Editorial · James Van Hise · ed
Deeper Than You Think... [Volume 1 Number 1, January 1968] · ed. Joel Jay Frieman & Robert Weinberg · mg Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
2 · Editorial · Robert E. Howard · in Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968; from letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1933 (“Glad we got the physical-mental question...”).
4 · One of Joel’s Idols · Banje Shahani · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
5 · Letter to Joel Frieman, 21 October 1967 · L. Sprague de Camp · lt Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
6 · The Celtica Notes of Robert E. Howard · Robert E. Howard · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
17 · The Writing of “Conan of the Isles” · Lin Carter · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
19 · About King Kull · Roy G. Krenkel · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
20 · A Gent from Bear Creek, by Robert E. Howard · Lawrence E. MacPhee · br Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
21 · Skull-Face and Others, by Robert E. Howard · Robert Weinberg · br Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
24 · Conan: A Fragment from the Welsh · Thomas Gray · pm Deeper Than You Think... Jan 1968
Deeper Than You Think... [Volume 1 Number 2, July 1968] · ed. Joel Jay Frieman & Robert Weinberg · mg Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
2 · Editorial · [The Editors] · ed Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
3 · From a Wild Weird Clime That Lieth, Sublime, Out of Space, Out of Time · J. C. Henneberger · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
5 · A Word of Weird · Wallace West · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
10 · He That Hath Words · Edmond Hamilton · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
13 · The Golden Days · E. Hoffmann Price · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
17 · The Long View... · Frank Belknap Long · ar Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
20 · Afterword · Fritz Leiber · aw Deeper Than You Think... Jul 1968
Lin Carter Interview · Anon. · iv Science Fiction Times Mar 1980
Creep Shadow · [Various] · il
Lovecraft Foreign Edition Paperback Covers · [Various] · il
1970s Frank Belknap Long Press Release · Anon. · ms (r)
Interview with Wally Wood · Anon. · iv
The End · Wally Wood · cs (r)

Sword & Fantasy [#15, 2019] ed. James Van Hise (James Van Hise, $15.00, 84pp, quarto, cover by Allen Koszowski)
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[tribute to Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson] · Anon. · ar [Frank Frazetta; Al Williamson]
Tales of the Marvellous and the Ridiculous · Edmund Wilson · ar The New Yorker Nov 24 1945 [H. P. Lovecraft]
The Ten-Cent Ivory Tower · John Wilstach · ar Esquire Jan 1946 [H. P. Lovecraft]
The Last Romantic · S. J. Sackett · ar Fantasy Sampler Jun 1956 [Clark Ashton Smith]

Sword & Sorcery (about)
Sword & Sorcery was to have been a companion magazine to Vision of Tomorrow and was funded by the same Australian entrepreneur, Ron Graham. The project collapsed when Graham pulled the plug on Vision of Tomorrow in 1970, and the magazine never appeared. A proof copy of the first issue does exist.

Sword & Sorcery [#1, 1970 (unpublished)] ed. Ken Bulmer (Ron Graham, 5/-)
Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

Myths for the 1970’s · Ken Bulmer · ed
Upon a Whitening Shore · Greg Pickersgill & Leroy Kettle · ss
Djinn Bottle Blues [Tommy Caxton] · John Brunner · ss Fantastic Feb 1972
The Head and the Hand · Chris Priest · ss New Worlds Quarterly 3, ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere 1972
By Tennyson Out of Disney · M. John Harrison · ar New Worlds Quarterly 2, ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere 1971
The Fantasy Ethic · Bill Spenser · ar
To Snare the Pale Prince [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · ss Sleeping Sorceress, NEL 1971
Death God’s Doom [Malkar] · E. C. Tubb · nv Witchcraft & Sorcery #9 1973
Sober Noises of Morning in a Marginal Land · Brian Aldiss · nv The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss, Faber & Faber 1971
Is Tolkien Overrated? · Margaret Pain · ar [J. R. R. Tolkien]

Sword & Sorcery Annual (about)
Reprint magazine.

Publishers:

Ultimate Publishing Co.; Flushing, NY: Sword & Sorcery Annual

Sword & Sorcery Annual [1975] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Steve Fabian)

4 · Queen of the Black Coast [Conan] · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv The Coming of Conan, Gnome 1953; lightly edited by de Camp from the story of the same name (Weird Tales May 1934).
24 · L. Sprague de Camp: Sword and Satire · Sam Moskowitz · bg Amazing Stories Feb 1964
34 · The Pillars of Chambalor [Brak] · John Jakes · ss Fantastic Mar 1965
50 · Master of Chaos [Earl Aubec] · Michael Moorcock · ss Fantastic May 1964
64 · The Mirror of Cagliostro · Robert Arthur · nv Fantastic Jun 1963; adapted from Arthur’s TV script “The Prisoner in the Mirror” broadcast on Thriller 5/23/61.
94 · The Cloud of Hate [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic May 1963
107 · The Masters · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Feb 1963
127 · Horseman! · Roger Zelazny · vi Fantastic Aug 1962

Swords of Adventure (about)

Swords of Adventure [#1, November 2018] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · The Festival of the Bull · Steve Dilks · nv
25 · The Lady in Her Lair · D. J. Tyrer · vi
28 · Harold the Conqueror · Jeremy Hayes · ss

Sybil’s Garage (about)

Sybil’s Garage [#1, 2004] ed. Matthew Kressel (senses five press; Hoboken, NJ, $2.00, 32pp, ebook)
Available exclusively as a PDF.

Marathon · Fred Cataldo · ss
The Crowded Room · Matt Kressel · ss
In the Great City · Devin J. Poore · ss
A Conversation with writer Kris Dikeman · Matt Kressel · iv
Dear Mr. President · Karen Ludke · ar

Sybil’s Garage [#2, May 2005] ed. Matthew Kressel (senses five press; Hoboken, NJ, $5.00, 44pp+, 7" x 8½")

1 · The Best of the Evening · Bruce Boston · vi
4 · Cabinet Number 67 · Kris Dikeman · ss
6 · Tattooed Ladies · C. A. Gardner · ss
7 · Conversations · Stephanie Nolasco · pm
8 · A Contestation of Greasepaint and Glory · Greg Beatty · ss
10 · Debbie and the Deep Blue Sea · Samantha Henderson · ss
12 · New York City vs. the World · Lauren McLaughlin · ss
19 · Like Birds in the Rain · Marge Simon · vi
20 · Freefall · David Crane · pm
21 · The Missionary Imposition · William Shunn · ar
27 · Bargonns Can Swizzle · Mercurio D. Rivera · ss
35 · In the Cracks and Crevices · Matthew Kressel · ar
37 · Star · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss
38 · A Relic of the Past Looks to the Future · Devin J. Poore · ar

Sybil’s Garage [#3, March 2006] ed. Matthew Kressel (senses five press; Hoboken, NJ, $7.00, 72pp+, 7" x 8½")

fc. · [photo] · Devin J. Poore · cv
1 · The Redaction of Flight 5766 · Eric Gregory · ss
9 · Luna Scorned · Elizabeth Barrette · pm
11 · Indentured Advertisements · Gary J. Beharry · ss
13 · Eye of the Lynx · Bobbi Sinha-Morey · pm
15 · Six Questions About the Sun · Brian Conn · ss
19 · April Sashays in Lime Heels · Ed Lynskey · pm
20 · So That Her High Born Kinsmen Came · Yoon Ha Lee · ss
22 · It’s What Isn’t There · Lee Thomas · ss
24 · What Do Women Want · Helena Singer · ss
26 · How I Got Fired from the Best Damn Job in the Whole Wide World · Samantha Henderson · ss
32 · Jim Hans, Hoboken Extraordinaire · Matthew Kressel · iv
41 · Time Slows to a Crawl · Aurelio Rico Lopez, III · pm
43 · Holes · Paul G. Tremblay · ss
51 · Bad Penny · Mikal Trimm · pm
53 · Kelly Link, Words by Flashlight · Lauren McLaughlin · iv
60 · The Tale of the Desert in the Rain · JoSelle Vandehooft · pm
64 · Lonesome Trail · Cat Rambo · ss

Sybil’s Garage [#4, March 2007] ed. Matthew Kressel (senses five press; Hoboken, NJ, $5.00, 68pp+, 7" x 8½")

3 · Seas of the World · Ekaterina Sedia · ss
6 · The Answer Compounded · J. C. Runolfson · pm
7 · After the War · Leah Bobet · ss
10 · Frayed Worlds · David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Wendy Rathbone · pm
11 · Interview with Stephen H. Segal · Devin Poore · iv
18 · Translucence · Rowena Southard · ss
22 · Dear Melody · Rachel Swirsky · pm
24 · Jetsam · Livia Llewellyn · ss
32 · Flesh Into Sand · JoSelle Vanderhooft · pm
33 · One of the Reasons · Kristine Ong Muslim · pm
34 · Pairings · John Bowker · ss
35 · Farewell · Jaime Lee Moyer · pm
36 · An Appetite for Love · Cat Rambo · ss
37 · On Death and the Deuce [Kevin Grierson] · Richard Bowes · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1992
46 · Interview with Jeffrey Ford · Matthew Kressel · iv
50 · Means of Communication · Barbara Krasnoff · ss
55 · Arrive on Time · Bruce Boston · pm
56 · Strangeness · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss
63 · If the Shoe Fits · Aurelio Rico Lopez, III · pm

Sybil’s Garage [#5, February 2008] ed. Matthew Kressel (senses five press; Hoboken, NJ, $5.00, 76pp+, 7" x 8½")

3 · The Ballad of Delphinium Blue · Samantha Henderson · ss
6 · Tattoos of the Sky, Tattoos of the Days · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss
9 · With Every Fine and Subtle Sense Perceive · Elizabeth Barrette · pm
10 · The Girl Next Door · Vylar Kaftan · ss
17 · River Girl · Adrienne J. Odasso · pm
18 · Waiting for Spring · Caspian Gray · ss
22 · The Best-Dressed Man on the Court · Mercurio D. Rivera · nf
30 · Last Supper · Miranda Gaw · pm
32 · Last and First · Daniel A. Rabuzzi · ss
37 · Glass · Aaron Leis · pm
38 · All His Worldly Goods · Barbara Krasnoff · ss
40 · Salesman · Gary Moshimer · ss
46 · Orpheus · Amal El-Mohtar · pm
47 · Dinner with Lauren McLaughlin · Devin Poore · nf
51 · Look Away · Eliyahoo Talgam · pm
53 · Lost in the Supermarket · Veronica Schanoes · ss
62 · Macduff’s Lament · David M. Rheingold · pm
63 · Roses · Hazel Marcus Ong · ss
70 · Wombat Fishbone · Jason Erik Lundberg · ss
72 · No Word for Goodbye · Pam McNew · pm
73 · Contributors · Anon. · bg

Sybil’s Garage [#6, May 2009] ed. Matthew Kressel (senses five press; Brooklyn, NY, $8.00, 100pp+, 7" x 8½")

3 · Come the Cold · Eric Del Carlo · ss
9 · Sun-Kissed · Marcie Lynn Tentchoff · pm
10 · Downdraft · Simon Petrie · ss
16 · Backsight · Daniel A. Rabuzzi · pm
17 · Elan Vital · K. Tempest Bradford · ss
23 · Machine Washable · Keffy R. M. Kehrli · ss
26 · Metamorphic Megafauna · Susannah Mandel · pm
27 · Heaven’s Fire · Paul Jessup · ss
33 · City of Bridges · J. E. Stanley · pm
34 · I Am Enkidu, His Wild Brother · James B. Pepe · ss
40 · An Ill Wind · Tracie McBride · pm
41 · The Drink of Fine Gentlemen Everywhere · Genevieve Valentine · ss
45 · Ashes · Donna Burgess · pm
46 · Fulgurite · Vylar Kaftan · ss
50 · Day of the Mayfly · Autumn Canter · ss
57 · The Girl · Liz Bourke · pm
58 · An Interview with Paul Tremblay · Devin Poore · iv
62 · God’s Cat · Lyn C. A. Gardner · pm
63 · Eating Ritual · Toiya Kristen Finley · ss
70 · One by Moonlight · Jaime Lee Moyer · pm
71 · The Raincaller · Jason Heller · ss
75 · Brick Wall Giants & Son of Man · Michel Sauret · pm
76 · An Old Man Went Fishing on the Sea of Red · Don Norum · ss
79 · The Wat · Alex Dally MacFarlane · pm
80 · Waiting for the Green Woman · Sean Markey · ss
83 · Museum · Kristen McHenry · pm
84 · Not the West Wind · Becca De La Rosa · ss
88 · Skiaoas · Sonya Taaffe · pm
89 · Mother’s Garden · Rumjhum Biswas · ss
94 · Drinking Black Coffee at the Jasper Grey Cafe · Stephanie Campisi · ss
97 · Contributors · Anon. · bg

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