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Creepy Nightmares [#1, May 2018] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5, cover by Allen Koszowski)
Details taken from magazine website.

Old Tom · Steve Finklestein · ss
High Flying · David Smith · ss
Scrap Metal · David Smith · ss
Holland Tunnel · August Nigro · ss

Creepy Nightmares [#2, November 2018] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5)
Details taken from magazine website.

Old Mister Thistle · Emma Jochum · ss
Remnants of Cold Hearts · Matthew Wilson · ss
Vow’s Passage · David Schembri · ss
The Angry Dead · D. J. Tyrer · ss
Zap! · David Smith · ss
Night Shift · Aaron Lloyd Beardsell · ss Space Adventures Jan 2018
The Eccentric Hermit · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss

Creepy Nightmares [#3, December 2018] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5)
Details taken from magazine website.

Up from the Ashes · D. J. Tyrer · ss
Jessica Rising · Patrick Christian · ss
Creeps Motel · Jeremy Hayes · ss

Critical Mass: (about)
Fanzine.

Critical Mass Magazine

Publishers:

Carlen & Carlen, Ltd.; Atlanta, GA: Critical Mass Magazine

Editors:

Deborah Carlen - Editor: Critical Mass Magazine

Critical Mass Magazine [#1, June 1988] ($2.50, 24pp+, 8" x 10½", cover by Jame Riley)

4 · On Radie Eighty Avenue · Brad Strickland · ss
9 · Ben Bova: Before His Time · Don C. Thompson · iv
13 · The Unfolding · John Shirley & Bruce Sterling · ss Interzone Spr 1985

Critical Mass Magazine [v1 #1, November/December 1988] ed. Deborah Carlen (Carlen & Carlen, Ltd., $2.50, 36pp+, quarto, cover by Jack Meacham)

3 · Zsuzsa Words · Deborah Carlen · ed
5 · The Jersey Rifle · Jack McDevitt · ss; revised from Chess Life, January 1983.
12 · Half Lives · Anon. · bg
14 · Loop · Emily Devenport · ss
22 · Kitty Hawk · Dan Scheltema · pm
22 · Beloved Planet · Dan Scheltema · pm
23 · A Prayer to Medusa · Dan Scheltema · pm
24 · His Vegetable Wife · Pat Murphy · ss Interzone Sum 1986
28 · Hard Knight’s Work · Janet Fox · pm
28 · untitled (“Like an old wizard...”) · Janet Fox · pm
29 · Willow Woman Walks · Janet Fox · pm
30 · OJT · Ron Butler · ss

Critical Mass

Critical Mass [v1 #2, January/February 1989] ed. Deborah Carlen (Carlen & Carlen, Ltd., $2.50, 48pp+, quarto)

4 · Of Coolers, Chicken Hats and the Stars, A SFWCC Appreciation · Gregory Nicoll · ar
9 · Castle Domination · Thomas Hartmann · ex
15 · Wishing You Were Here · Gregory Nicoll · ss
18 · Broken Hearts · Elizabeth Conklin · ss
21 · Appareled in Celestial Light · Michael N. Langford · ex
24 · Tumblin’ Dice · Gregory Nicoll · vi
25 · Escape from the Stars · Teresa Hagen · ss
30 · Digger · Brad Strickland · vi
32 · How SFWCC Sat in Judgement on Blood Salvage · Gregory Nicoll · ar
34 · Eyes of a Child · Gary Hayes · ss
37 · Born of Fire · Lamar Waldron · ss
41 · A Word (or two) about Words · Wendy Webb · ar
44 · Points of Light · Gary Hayes · pm
45 · Like a Cloud Caressing the Moon · Michael N. Langford · pm
45 · Invitations to Gorilla Church · Michael N. Langford · pm
47 · Pink Light · Jack Massa · vi

Critical Mass [v1 #3, Autumn 1989] ed. Deborah Carlen (Carlen & Carlen, Ltd., $2.50, 36pp+, quarto, cover by Michael Bates)

4 · Hard Landings · Jack McDevitt · ss
10 · Child Alone · Dan Persons · ss
20 · Fender Bender · M. R. Michaels · ss
22 · A Frequency Forms · Melanie Price · pm
23 · Song of the Islands · Jerry Page · pm
24 · The Water Baby · Wendy Wheeler · ss
35 · Count My Thoughts as I Speak · Melanie Price · pm

Cromlech (about)
Critical magazine.

Cromlech [v1 #1, Spring 1985] ed. Marc A. Cerasini (Cromlech, $4.50, 46pp, ph, cover by Steve Fabian)
[Sophia Stewart]

3 · Editorial Comment · Marc A. Cerasini · ed
4 · Conan the Existential · Charles Hoffman · ar Ariel v1 1976
14 · Christ and Conan: Howard’s View of Christianity · Robert M. Price · ar
24 · Spectres in the Dark · Robert E. Howard · uw
37 · Howard in the Eighties: An Overview · Marc A. Cerasini & Charles Hoffman · ar
43 · The Dark Barbarian, by Don Herron; Greenwood, 1984, $29.95 · Charles Hoffman · br
46 · R.E.H. · Tim Prather · pm

Cromlech [v1 #2, Fall 1987] ed. Marc A. Cerasini (Cromlech, $4.50, 46pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)
[Sophia Stewart]

3 · Editorial Comment · Marc A. Cerasini · ed
4 · Howard’s Prototypes · L. Sprague de Camp · ar
17 · Robert E. Howard and the Southern Folk Tradition · Pierre Comtois · ar Fungi Aut 1984 [Robert E. Howard]
32 · The Shadow in the Well (synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw
34 · Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors, by Robert E. Howard; Baen, 198705, $2.95, 245pp · Stefan R. Dziemianowicz · br
35 · Writer of the Dark, by Robert E. Howard & Thomas Kovacs; Dark Carneval Press, $13.00, 180pp · Daniel Gobbett · br
37 · One Who Walked Alone, by Robert E. Howard & Novalyne Price Ellis; Donald M. Grant, 1986, $25.00 · Charles Hoffman · br
39 · One Who Walked Alone, by Robert E. Howard & Novalyne Price Ellis · C. J. Henderson · br
44 · Red Mails
44 · [letter] · L. Sprague de Camp · lt
44 · [letter] · Paul Mulligan · lt
45 · [letter] · Rusty Burke · lt
46 · [letter] · Susanne Evarts · lt

Cromlech [v1 #3, 1988] ed. Marc A. Cerasini (Cromlech, $4.50, 41pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)
[Robert E. Howard]

2 · Editorial Comment · Robert M. Price · ed
3 · The Snout in the Dark (synopsis) [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · uw
5 · Drums of Tombalku (synopsis) [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · uw
8 · Bran Mak Morn: A Play [Bran Mak Morn] · Robert E. Howard · pl Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others, Cromlech 1983
10 · Bran Mak Morn (synopsis) [Bran Mak Morn] · Robert E. Howard · uw
11 · The Diablos Trail [Pike Bearfield] · Robert E. Howard · uw Bran Mak Morn: A Play, and Others, Cromlech 1983
16 · Wolfsdung [de Montour] · Robert E. Howard · vi
18 · The Vultures of Whapeton: Alternate Ending · Robert E. Howard · ex Cross Plains #5 1974
20 · A Collector’s Checklist of Howard’s Fiction · Robert M. Price · bi

Cross Plains (about)
Fanzine about Robert E. Howard.

Publishers:

George T. Hamilton; Yorba Linda, CA: Cross Plains

Editors:

Wayne Warfirld - Editor: Cross Plains

Cross Plains [v1 #1, January 1974] ed. Wayne Warfield (George Hamilton, 32pp, ph, cover by Roy G. Krenkel)
[Robert E. Howard]

3 · Editorial · Wayne Warfield · ed
5 · Amra...A Look Behind the Railway Gazette · Wayne Warfield · ar
8 · Golden Hope Christmas · Robert E. Howard · ss The Tattler Dec 22 1922
13 · Howard and Kline—Men of the Pulps · D. A. Kraft · ar [Robert E. Howard; Otis Adelbert Kline]
15 · From the Last Days of Kull · George T. Hamilton · pm
16 · Whispers from Cross Plains · George T. Hamilton · cl
20 · The Outrage of Savage Tales · Wayne Warfield · ar
23 · A Gent from Cross Plains [Part 1 of 4] · George T. Hamilton · bi [Robert E. Howard]

Cross Plains [v1 #2, March 1974] ed. Wayne Warfield (George Hamilton, 40pp, ph, cover by Randall Spurgin)
[Robert E. Howard]

[illustrations] · Roy G. Krenkel · il
[illustrations] · Stephen E. Fabian · il
[illustrations] · Michael W. Kaluta · il
3 · Editorial · Wayne Warfield · ed
4 · The Sign of the Snake [Sailor Steve Costigan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Action Stories Jun 1931
25 · A Gent from Cross Plains [Part 2 of 4] · George T. Hamilton · bi [Robert E. Howard]
29 · Whispers from Cross Plains · George T. Hamilton · cl
30 · Howard in the Comics · Wayne Warfield · ar [Robert E. Howard]
36 · Letter to Cross Plains · E. Hoffmann Price · lt

Cross Plains [v1 #3, May/June 1974] ed. Wayne Warfield (George Hamilton, 40pp, ph, cover by Roy Krenkel)
Incorrectly dated March 1974. [Robert E. Howard]

3 · Editorial · Wayne Warfield · ed
4 · A Horror in the Night · Robert E. Howard · vi
9 · In Death as in Life [Lucius Leffing] · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Macabre #14 1963/’64
32 · A Gent from Cross Plains [Part 3 of 4] · George T. Hamilton · bi [Robert E. Howard]
36 · Still Rocks · John Bredon · pm
39 · Whispers from Cross Plains · George T. Hamilton · cl

Cross Plains [v1 #4, July/August 1974] ed. Wayne Warfield (George Hamilton, 44pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)
[Robert E. Howard]

[illustrations] · G. Shaheen · il
[illustrations] · Roy G. Krenkel · il
[illustrations] · Kathy A. Bailey · il
3 · Editorial · Wayne Warfield · ed
5 · Law-Shooters of Cowtown [Grizzly Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · ss
15 · The Black Star, by Lin Carter · Stephen Riley · br
17 · Yellow Rider Coming · John Bredon · pm
19 · Worms of the Earth, by Robert E. Howard · Fred Blosser · br
22 · An Atlas of Fantasy: A Commentary · William P. Hall, Jr. · br
24 · Whispers from Cross Plains · George T. Hamilton · cl
25 · A Gent from Cross Plains [Part 4 of 4] · George T. Hamilton · bi [Robert E. Howard]
33 · The Hyborian Cult · [The Readers] · lc
40 · The Last Cimmerian · George T. Hamilton · pm

Cross Plains [v1 #5, Fall 1974] ed. Wayne Warfield (George Hamilton, 30pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)
[Robert E. Howard]

[illustrations] · Stephen E. Fabian · il
[illustrations] · Roy Krenkel · il
[illustrations] · J. Stewart · il
[illustrations] · G. M. Farley · il
[illustrations] · John F. Mayer · il
3 · Editorial · Wayne Warfield · ed
5 · Under the Baobab Tree · Robert E. Howard · ss
12 · The Vultures of Whapeton: Alternate Ending · Robert E. Howard · ex
16 · Solomon Kane: Pirate · Fred Blosser · ar [Robert E. Howard]
20 · Conan the Barbarian Checklist · Jonathan Bacon · bi [Robert E. Howard]
26 · Whispers from Cross Plains · George T. Hamilton · cl

Cross Plains [v1 #6, (February/March) 1975] ed. Wayne Warfield (George Hamilton, 46pp, ph, cover by Steve Fabian)
[Robert E. Howard]

3 · Editorial · Wayne Warfield · ed
5 · The Devil’s Joker [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · ss
14 · Solomon in the Black Forest · Fred Blosser · ar [Robert E. Howard]
18 · Letter to Harold Preece, January 4, 1930 (“Yes, we fade from youth swiftly.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Harold Preece]
24 · Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June-July 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me to give you...”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost May 1945 [Farnsworth Wright]
27 · Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, February 15, 1936 (“I have eventually found time to answer your cards.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost May 1945 [E. Hoffmann Price]
31 · Still There · John Bredon · pm
33 · The Hyborian Cult · [The Readers] · lc
41 · Whispers from Cross Plains · George T. Hamilton · cl

Cross Plains [v1 #7, September 1975] ed. Wayne Warfield (George Hamilton, 42pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)
[E. Hoffmann Price]

2 · Final Notes · George T. Hamilton · ed
4 · Wild Water · Robert E. Howard · nv
24 · Nightmare Face · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss
35 · The Unpublished Fiction of REH · Glenn Lord · bi [Robert E. Howard]
39 · The Road to Freedom · Robert E. Howard · pm
40 · Mummy · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm
41 · November Day · Joseph Payne Brennan · pm

Crossed Genres Magazine (about)

Crossed Genres Magazine [#1, December 2008] (online)
This issue is subtitled “Fantasy & Science Fiction”. Details taken from magazine website.

fc. · Robot & Faeries · Megan Rose Gedris · cv
The Time of Tales · C. L. Rossman · ss
Lion Man · Alex McNall · ss
Golden Apples · Jeremy Zimmerman · ss
Magic Shock · Christina Neipert · ss
Common Misconceptions About Writers · Faith Hunter · ar
Common Misconceptions About Editors · David Kudler · ar
Interview with Author Jean Johnson · Anon. · iv

Crossed Genres Magazine [#2, January 2009] ed. Bart R. Leib & K. T. Holt (Crossed Genres Publications, 44pp, 10" x 8")
This issue is subtitled “Dystopian”. Details taken from online listing.

fc. · Birds · Rustam Shaihlislam · cv
1 · Back to the Beginning · Marilou Goodwin · ss
8 · The Good of Many · Marie Robertson · ss
16 · Nesting Instinct · Jo Thomas · ss
23 · Cali · Glynn Barrass · ss
33 · Common Misconceptions About Copywriters & Copy Editors · Loni Ice · ar
36 · Interview with Writers/Artists Phil & Kaja Foglio [Phil Foglio] · Anon. · iv

Crossed Genres Magazine [#3, February 2009] ed. Bart R. Leib & K. T. Holt (Crossed Genres Publications, $5.00, 44pp, 10" x 8")
This issue is subtitled “Romance”. Details taken from online listing.

fc. · Strange Lovers · Megan Rose Gedris · cv
1 · Laugh if You Love Me · T. K. Read · ss
3 · A Crazy Kind of Love · Jeremy Zimmerman · ss
12 · Galatea’s Reaction · Claire Dietrich · ss
19 · A Night in the Library · Anne Toole · ss
30 · Heartline · C. L. Rossman · ss
34 · Common Misconceptions About Singers/Songwriters · Tom Smith · ar
37 · 5 Misconceptions About Agents · Lucienne Diver · ar
38 · Interview with Liz Williams · Anon. · iv

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