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Challenger [#32, Summer 2010] ed. Guy Lillian, III (GHLIII Press; New Orleans, LA, quarto) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 41 · Two Jokey Stories · Joseph T. Major · vi 54 · Cave Hirsvitvs Canem · Taral Wayne · ss; illustrated by Taral Wayne

Challenger [#33, Winter-Spring 2011] ed. Guy H. Lillian, III (GHLIII Press; New Orleans, LA, quarto) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 42 · Wings O’Bannon Rides Again · Mike Resnick · ss; private eye parody. 59 · The Fabulous ’Nufties · Taral Wayne · ss; really a “non-fact” faaaanish article about a fictional faaaanish fan. But I’m going to call it a short story.

Challenger [#34, Fall/Winter 2011] ed. Guy H. Lillian, III (GHLIII Press; New Orleans, LA, quarto, cover by Brad Foster) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 30 · Why So Serious? [James Bond] · Joseph T. Major · ss 82 · After the Magic · Kent McDaniel · ss; illustrated by Victor Hess

Challenger [#36, 2013] ed. Guy H. , III & Rose-Marie Lillian Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 7 · Stand-In · Gregory Benford · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jun 1965; illustrated by Kurt Erichsen 38 · The Spy Who Joked Me [James Bond] · Joseph T. Major · ss 70 · Wang Dang Doodle · Kent McDaniel · ss

Challenger [#37, Winter 2013/2014] ed. Guy & Rose-Marie Lillian Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 20 · You Only Joke Twice (James Bond) · Joseph T. Major · ss

Challenger [#38, Autumn 2014] ed. Guy & Rosy Lillian (cover by Al Sirois) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 9 · “I Never Repeat a Joke—Unless It Builds!” · Joseph T. Major · ss; a Godfather pastiche. 55 · Zeppelin Terror · W. Jas. Wentz · ss; allegedly reprinted from Spicy Zeppelin Stories, October 1928.; illustrated by Taral Wayne

Challenger [#39, Spring 2015] ed. Guy H. , III & Rosy Lillian (cover by Ron Sanders) Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 7 · The Thing—Part II · Guy H. Lillian, III · ss; sequel to “Who Goes There?” 29 · Monsters of the Midway · Mike Resnick · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein, ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell 1991; illustrated by Randy Cleary 50 · “Well, That Was Fun” [James Bond] · Joseph T. Major · ss

Challenger [#40, Summer 2016] ed. Guy & Rose-Marie Lillian Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 21 · OctoJoker [James Bond] · Joseph T. Major · ss 59 · Another Asimov Story · Gregory Benford · ar [Isaac Asimov] 60 · Richard Lupoff: A Life in the Zines · Gregory Benford · ar [Richard Lupoff]

Challenger [#41, Summer 2017] ed. Guy & Rose-Marie Lillian Fiction only indexed. Details supplied by Martin Wooster. 32 · Visitor’s Night at Joey Chicago’s · Mike Resnick · ss Something Magic This Way Comes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Sarah A. Hoyt, DAW 2008 66 · The Damned Man · Guy Lillian · ss

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Challenging Destiny [#1, May 1997] ed. David M. Switzer & Graham D. Wall (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $8.00, 92pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · [photo] · Graham D. Wall · cv 2 · What’s Wrong with the World Today? · David M. Switzer · ed 5 · The Grid · Tim Reid · ss 16 · Unnecessary Dreams · Timothy Dyck · ss 26 · In the Wake of Columbus · Terry Thwaites · ss 36 · A Virtual Ruse · Douglas M. Grant · ss 45 · Primal Dividends · James Mahoney · ss 60 · Final Vow Incident · Charles Conrad · ss 67 · Second Skin · Gord Zajac · ss 85 · The Blade Runner Saga · James Schellenberg · mr

Challenging Destiny [#2, March 1998] ed. David M. Switzer & Graham D. Wall (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $8.00, 92pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · [photo] · Graham D. Wall · cv 2 · Towards an Ethics of Argument · Graham D. Wall · ed 7 · War · James Schellenberg · ss 16 · The Mother · Michael Mirolla · ss 21 · Making Contact · D. Sandy Nielsen · ss 36 · Pieces · Paul Benza · ss 48 · Black Magic · Greg Bechtel · ss 61 · Doppelganger Voices · Stefano Donati · ss 79 · Asimov at the Movies · James Schellenberg · mr [Isaac Asimov]

Challenging Destiny [#3, July 1998] ed. David M. Switzer & Graham D. Wall (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 140pp+, octavo s/b) fc. · [photo] · David M. Switzer · cv 2 · What Can We Learn from Star Trek? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · The Eighteenth Vow · Bonnie Blake · ss 17 · Progeny · Tom Olbert · ss 36 · The Cross-Genre Police · Hans Albanese · ss 47 · James Alan Gardner Explains Himself to the World at Large · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 58 · Atlas and the Alchemist · Robert Arthur Vanderwoude · ss 76 · The Way of the World [Part 1 of 2] · Erik Allen Elness · na 128 · Stanislaw Lem in Print & Film · James Schellenberg · ar [Stanislaw Lem]

Challenging Destiny [#4, October 1998] ed. David M. Switzer & Graham D. Wall (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 122pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Cliff VanMeter) 2 · Everything Is Permanent · Robert P. Switzer · ed 6 · Hard Efortt · Timothy Carter · ss 17 · Turnabout · Nicholas Pollotta · vi Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Fll 1992; illustrated by Phil Foglio 21 · Queen of Silver Clouds · Bonnie Mercure · ss 28 · Wizards, Vampires, and a Cat: From the Imagination of Tanya Huff · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 34 · When the Fog Came · Carl Mills · ss 48 · The Way of the World [Part 2 of 2] · Erik Allen Elness · na 107 · Journeys to Dune · James Schellenberg · br

Challenging Destiny [#5, January 1999] ed. David M. Switzer & Graham D. Wall (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 118pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Alfred L. Jones) 2 · So What If Apes Can Use Language? · David M. Switzer · ed 8 · The Red Sled · D. Sandy Nielsen · ss 23 · The Lost Japanese Years of Antonio Stradivari · Anne Louise Johnson · ss 32 · Interview with Robert J. Sawyer · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 45 · In the Land of the Free · Carol W. Berman · ss 58 · The Dragon of Thistledown · B. R. Bearden · ss 71 · 2001 and All the Years After · James Schellenberg · br 85 · Browsers · Mark Leslie · ss 94 · Night on Bear Mountain · Hugh Cook · ss

Challenging Destiny [#6, April 1999] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 122pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Chris Jouan) 2 · Let’s Start Our Own Cult · Robert P. Switzer · ed 6 · Rust · Leah Silverman · ss 24 · A Matter of Taste · Nicholas Pollotta · ss The Time of the Vampires, ed. P. N. Elrod & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1996 32 · Interview with Julie E. Czerneda · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 44 · With Murderous Intent · K. G. McAbee · ss 62 · Ethne · Stacey Berg · ss 69 · The Life of Philip K. Dick · James Schellenberg · br 81 · The Earth Is Flat · Hugh Cook · ss 94 · Over the H.I.L.L. · Daniel Pearlman · nv

Challenging Destiny [#7, August 1999] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 122pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Andrey V. Ivanchenko) 2 · Is Technology the Problem or the Solution? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · The Oil-Splattered Corpse · D. K. Latta · nv 37 · Invasion of the Chickens · Hugh Cook · ss 49 · Interview with Robert Charles Wilson · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 59 · Pulling Weeds · Kate Tompkins · ss 72 · The Reluctant Scholar · Stefano Donati · ss 81 · Feminist SF: Part 1 · James Schellenberg · ar 92 · Optical Orifice of the Beholder · K. G. McAbee · ss 101 · Casebook: In the Matter of Father Dante Lazaro · Michael Mirolla · ss

Challenging Destiny [#8, November 1999] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 118pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Chris Whitlow) 2 · Intelligence Is Wrong · Robert P. Switzer · ed 6 · The Bodysnatchin’ Man · James A. Hartley · ss 15 · The Screaming of the Fish · Vincent Sakowski · vi 19 · Interview with Phyllis Gotlieb · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 29 · Skeletal Structure · Kelly Howard · ss 38 · Crossing · Ken Rand · ss 58 · Feminist SF: Part 2: Mainstream Invaders · James Schellenberg · ar 68 · Sky Pearls · James Viscosi · ss 78 · The Gemütlichkeit Escape · A. R. Morlan · ss

Challenging Destiny [#9, April 2000] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 118pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Dwayne Harris) 2 · What Did the Natives Ever Do for Us? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · When the Traffic Lights Failed at the Crossroads of Time · J. S. Lyster · ss 21 · Bread and Circuses · Kate Burgauer · ss Downstate Story v8 1999 26 · Interview with Charles de Lint · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 37 · Marika’s World · Shelley Moore · ss 55 · The Scapegoat · Joe Mahoney · ss 63 · The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells · James Schellenberg · br 74 · Malkai · D. K. Latta · ss 94 · The Gift · Chris Reuter · ss

Challenging Destiny [#10, July 2000] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $7.50, 128pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Jason Walton) 2 · What Could Be Better Than Civilization? · David M. Switzer · ed 7 · Lost in the Mold · Hugh Cook · nv 28 · The Dragon Laureate · Chris Webb · ss 36 · Interview with Candas Jane Dorsey · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 45 · How to Kill the Sun · Karina Sumner-Smith · ss 57 · Elias Pin Returns to Nature in the Garden of New Eden · David Chato · ss 66 · New Wave SF · James Schellenberg · br 76 · Demon in the Sea · Nye Marnach · nv 106 · Franklin Out · Matthew J. Reynolds · ss

Challenging Destiny [#11, December 2000] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $6.00, 120pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Robert Pasternak) 2 · Is It Ever OK to Kill a Person? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · Weed · Peter S. Drang · ss 26 · A Manner of Speaking · Harrison Howe · ss 32 · Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 42 · The Truth About Edward and Wormwood · Karl El-Koura · ss 61 · The Beauty of the Arrangement · Mark Anthony Brennan · ss 72 · The Life and Works of Judith Merril · James Schellenberg · ar [Judith Merril] 83 · The Invention of Stones · Hugh Cook · ss 89 · Basque · Hugh Cook · ss 105 · The Queen of Self-Help · Diane Turnshek · ss

Challenging Destiny [#12, April 2001] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $6.00, 126pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Tobias Brenner) 2 · What’s So Great About the Great Pyramid? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · In the Sight of Eternity · Justin E. A. Busch · ss 23 · Thought Mites · Carl Sieber · ss 31 · Interview with Nalo Hopkinson · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 44 · The Suction Method · Rudy Kremberg · ss Northern Frights 3, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press 1995 53 · Swarm · D. K. Latta · ss 65 · Letters from Mars · James Schellenberg · br 80 · Dora’s Trunk · A. R. Morlan · ss 95 · That Nightmare Known as Life · Hugh Cook · ss

Challenging Destiny [#13, November 2001] ed. David M. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $6.00, 126pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Chris Jouan) 2 · Where’s the Good Stuff on the Internet? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · Judah’s Breath · Ilsa J. Bick · nv 28 · Skullier than the Average Bod · Christopher East · ss 43 · Interview with Jim Munroe · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 54 · Astral Talent · Hugh Cook · ss 69 · The Great Grandelle · Erol Engin · ss 78 · Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland · James Schellenberg · br 91 · Losing Face · Nye Marnach · ss 101 · The Gifts of the Phoenix · Donna Farley · ss

Challenging Destiny [#14, June 2002] ed. David M. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $6.00, 122pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Rhett Ransom Pennell) 2 · Are Men and Women Really from Different Planets? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · Deciphering Vermilion · Helen Rykens · ss 22 · Bobby’s First ABC’s · E. L. Chen · ss 28 · Interview with Alison Sinclair · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 37 · Perfidy · James Viscosi · ss 49 · Not Poppy, Nor Mandragora · K. G. McAbee · ss 65 · The Origins of Canadian SF · James Schellenberg · br 75 · The Trial of Edgar Allan Poe · Hugh Cook · nv 97 · A Survey of SF & Fantasy Art [Part 1 of 3] · David M. Switzer · ar

Challenging Destiny [#15, December 2002] ed. David M. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, $6.00, 128pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law) 2 · Peaceful Tomorrows · David Potorti · ss 8 · Skins · W. D. Glenn · ss 23 · Primitive Thinking · Jeff Dundas · ss 29 · Interview with Karl Schroeder · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv 39 · Proper Names · Ian Creasey · nv 61 · The Beauty in the Beast · K. G. McAbee · nv 85 · The Alien Legacy · James Schellenberg · br 100 · Solitary · Corey Kellgren · ss 114 · A Survey of SF & Fantasy Art [Part 2 of 3] · David M. Switzer · ar