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Fantastic Stories [v23 #1, November 1973] (60¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Dan Schilling) 6 · Junction [Ned Wheeler] · Jack Dann · na 36 · Trapped in the Shadowland [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss 42 · Triptych · Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jul 1969 50 · Ghang Bhang · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 58 · War of the Magicians · William Rotsler · ss 64 · A Matter of Time · Jim Ross · ss 74 · Mainstream SF and Genre SF · Gardner Dozois · ar

Fantastic Stories [v23 #2, January 1974] (60¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Esteban Maroto) 6 · The Earth of Nenkunal · Howard L. Myers · na; given as by Howard L. Meyers except on the cover. 50 · Alien · David R. Bunch · vi 52 · ...And Another World Above · Ted White · nv 76 · She-Bear [Arcana] · Janet Fox · ss 87 · The Interview · J. J. Russ · ss 98 · Network · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 106 · Heartburn in Heaven · Susan Doenim · ss

Fantastic Stories [v23 #3, March 1974] (60¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Glenn Moy) 6 · Frankenstein Unbound [Part 1 of 2] · Brian Aldiss · n. Jonathan Cape 1973 62 · The City of the Crocodile · R. Faraday Nelson · ss 72 · His Last and First Women · B. Alan Burhoe · ss 78 · At the Institute · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 84 · Images · Jerry Meredith · ss 88 · The State of Ultimate Peace · William Nabors · ss 95 · Short Time at the Pearly Gates · David R. Bunch · vi 98 · I’m Going to Get You · F. M. Busby · vi 101 · Science Fiction: A Sociological Perspective · Brian M. Stableford · ar

Fantastic Stories [v23 #4, May 1974] (60¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Glenn Ridge) 6 · Soundtrack: The Making of a Thoroughbred · Robert Thurston · ss 14 · Nice and Easy · Pg Wyal · ss 26 · The Dreaming Dervish · Spider Robinson · ss 35 · A New Life · William Rotsler · ss 38 · Frankenstein Unbound [Part 2 of 2] · Brian Aldiss · n. Jonathan Cape 1973 104 · In the Land That Aimed at Forever · David R. Bunch · ss 109 · War Baby · Al Sirois · vi; given as by Lewis S. Allyn on the cover. 111 · Metamorphosis · Kendall Evans · ss

Fantastic Stories [v23 #5, July 1974] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ron Miller) 6 · Red Moon of Zembawei [Conan] · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · nv 34 · The Kozmic Kid or The Quest for the Inestimable Silver Ball · Richard Snead · na 86 · The Stronghold · Mark S. Geston · ss 96 · Track Two · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 101 · At Bugs Complete · David R. Bunch · ss

Fantastic Stories [v23 #6, September 1974] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Jeff Jones) 6 · Will-o-the-Wisp [Part 1 of 2] · Thomas Burnett Swann · n. 18 · Tattered Stars, Tarnished Bars · Gordon Eklund · ss 28 · Black Hawk of Valkarth [Thongor] · Lin Carter · ss 37 · Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: William Morris: Jack of All Arts · L. Sprague de Camp · ar [William Morris] 50 · Poets and Humans · Geo. Alec Effinger · ss 61 · Present Perfect · Thomas F. Monteleone · vi 64 · Hanging · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

Fantastic Stories [v24 #1, November 1974] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Joe Staton) 6 · A Song on the Rising Wind · R. Faraday Nelson · nv 27 · Half Past the Dragon · Grant Carrington · ss 36 · Saving Grace · Terry Carr & Laurence M. Janifer · ss 44 · Grebzlam’s Game · Ova Hamlet · ss 51 · What’s a Mother For? · David Horowitz · vi 54 · Will-o-the-Wisp [Part 2 of 2] · Thomas Burnett Swann · n. 108 · Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: Superman in a Derby · L. Sprague de Camp · ar [E. R. Eddison]

Fantastic Stories [v24 #2, February 1975] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 6 · Shadows in the Skull [Conan] · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · nv; given as “Shadow in the Skull” in the Table of Contents. 28 · Perchance to Dream · Robert F. Young · ss 42 · To Be a Witch, in Three Quarter Time · C. L. Grant · ss 58 · The Dragon of Tor-Nali · Juanita Coulson · ss 75 · Dissenting · Gardner R. Dubious · vi 78 · Solid Geometry · Ian McEwan · ss 93 · Asylum in the Concrete · Alpajpuri · ss 100 · The Return of Captain Nucleus · Bruce D. Arthurs · ss

Fantastic Stories [v24 #3, April 1975] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 6 · Under the Thumbs of the Gods [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss 19 · Dance · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 24 · Emptying the Plate · Ross Rocklynne · nv 48 · Cottage Tenant · Frank Belknap Long · nv 70 · Fragmentary Blue · Jack Dann · nv New Worlds Quarterly 5, ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere 1973, as “There Are No Banisters” 88 · Young Nurse Nebuchadnezzar · Ova Hamlet · ss 100 · End of a Singer · David R. Bunch · vi 104 · Interstate 15 · R. A. Montana · ss 108 · Silent Crickets · John Shirley · vi

Fantastic Stories [v24 #4, June 1975] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Harry Roland) 4 · Clarion: A Reminiscence and a Reevaluation · Grant Carrington · ed 6 · Count Brass [Part 1 of 2; Dorian Hawkmoon] · Michael Moorcock · n. Mayflower 1973 20 · The Tower of Time [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard & Lin Carter · ss 36 · Laura’s Theme · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 54 · The Adventures of Jack: And That Which Befell Him · Richard W. Brown · ss 66 · Goodbye Joe Quietwater—Hello! · William Nabors · ss 76 · Techmech · Robert F. Young · ss 83 · The Woman Machine · Al Sirois · ss 118 · Fantasy Books: The Cthulhu Mythos: Wondrous and Terrible · Fritz Leiber · ar

Fantastic Stories [v24 #5, August 1975] (75¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Harry Roland) 6 · Old Halloweens on the Guna Slopes [Men Who Knew Everything] · R. A. Lafferty · ss 23 · Death from the Sea · Harvey Schreiber · nv 42 · Transfer · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 48 · The Devil His Due · Joe Haldeman · pl 57 · Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: El-Ron of the City of Brass · L. Sprague de Camp · ar [L. Ron Hubbard] 72 · Count Brass [Part 2 of 2; Dorian Hawkmoon] · Michael Moorcock · n. Mayflower 1973

Fantastic Stories [v24 #6, October 1975] ($1.00, 132pp, digest, cover by Marcus Boas) 6 · The Case of the Mother-in-Law-of-Pearl [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv 28 · The Scroll of Morloc · Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter · ss 36 · Fugitives in Winter [Felimid] · Dennis More · nv 62 · From Bondeen to Ramur · W. S. Doxey · ss 76 · The Wedding of Ova Hamlet · Addison Steele, II · nv 94 · The Haunted Writing Manual · Robert Thurston · ss 102 · To Whom It May Concern · Grania Davis · ss 110 · A Shakespearean Incident · Grant Carrington · ss

Fantastic [v25 #1, December 1975] ed. Ted White (Ultimate Publishing Co., Sol Cohen Publisher, $1.00, 130pp, digest) Typographic cover, as Fantastic Stories on the cover and spine. “The Big 24th Anniversary Issue”. Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Editorial · Ted White · ed 6 · The Church of Saint Satan and Pandaemons [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · ss; illustrated by Richard Olsen 22 · The City in the Jewel [Thongor] · Lin Carter · nv; illustrated by Stephen E. Fabian 48 · Lydectes: On the Nature of Sport · George Alec Effinger · nv; given as “Lydectes: On the Nature of Sports” in the Table of Contents.; illustrated by Joe Staton 58 · Sisyphus, Son of Aeolus · Vsevolod Ivanov; translated by John W. Andrews · ss; translated from the Russian (“Sisif, syn eola”, Nefantasti v fantastike, Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia 1970).; illustrated by Tony Gleeson 71 · The Thing Down Hallway 9 · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 76 · The Purvess Incident · James Lincoln Warren · ss; illustrated by Marcus Boas 82 · The Flyer · Colin Saxton · ss; illustrated by Colin Saxton 88 · The Pi-a-Saw Bird · Richard Stooker · ss; illustrated by Michael Nally 96 · Pandora’s Cryogenic Box · Felix C. Gotschalk · ss 104 · The Strange Case of the Birds · David R. Bunch · ss 108 · Literary Swordsmen & Sorcerers: The Architect of Camelot · L. Sprague de Camp · ar [T. H. White] 118 · Fantasy Books · Fritz Leiber · rc 125 · According to You · [The Readers] · lc

Fantastic Stories [v25 #2, February 1976] ($1.00, 132pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 6 · The Locust Descending · Gordon Eklund · nv 32 · It’s Hard to Get Into College, Nowadays · Grania Davis · ss 44 · Groups · Robert Thurston · ss 52 · A Personal Demon [Anathae] · Michael F. X. Milhaus · nv 65 · People of the Dragon · Lin Carter · ss 74 · The Incredible Umbrella [J. Adrian Fillmore] · Marvin Kaye · na

Fantastic Stories [v25 #3, May 1976] ($1.00, 132pp, digest, cover by Steve Hickman) 6 · The Sixteen Keys [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · nv 34 · One Magic Ring, Used · Robert Thurston · ss 44 · The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr · George R. R. Martin · nv 58 · Two Suns Setting [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv 76 · In a Pig’s Eye [Anathae] · Michael F. X. Milhaus · nv 94 · Pinnoke · J. J. Russ · ss 102 · Limits · Jack Haldeman & Jack Dann · ss 109 · The Day I Lost It · Kendall Evans · ss

Fantastic Stories [v25 #4, August 1976] ($1.00, 134pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 6 · Bloody Man [Jack Limekiller] · Avram Davidson · nv 40 · God of the Naked Unicorn · Ova Hamlet · nv 62 · New-Way-Groovers Stew · Grania Davis · ss 72 · Algy [Willy Newbury] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss 82 · The Stairs in the Crypt · Clark Ashton Smith & Lin Carter · ss 90 · The Atheling’s Wife [Felimid] · Dennis More · ss 107 · Ocean · Steven Utley · ss

Fantastic [v25 #5, November 1976] ed. Ted White (Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., $1.00, 132pp, digest, cover by Doug Beekman) Note: title on spine is “Fantastic Stories”. Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 4 · Editorial · Ted White · ed 6 · The White Bull · Fred Saberhagen · nv; illustrated by Steve Fabian 26 · Parker Frightened on a Tightrope · Robert Thurston · ss; illustrated by Richard Olsen 40 · Tharquest and the Lamia Orbiquita · Brian Lumley · nv; illustrated by Doug Beekman 52 · Black Moonlight [Thongor] · Lin Carter · nv; illustrated by Tony Gleeson 69 · Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: White Wizard in Tweeds [J.R.R. Tolkien] · L. Sprague de Camp · bg 92 · The Forest of Andred [Felimid] · Dennis More · nv; illustrated by Steve Fabian 118 · Fantasy Books · Fritz Leiber · rc 124 · According to You · [The Readers] · lc _124 · [letter] · L. Sprague de Camp · lt _125 · [letter] · Michael McNierney · lt _125 · [letter] · Erwin S. Strauss · lt _126 · [letter] · Al Schroeder, III · lt _128 · [letter] · Duncan Thornton · lt _129 · [letter] · Bruce Moffitt · lt

Fantastic Stories [v26 #1, February 1977] ($1.00, 134pp, digest, cover by John Bierley) 6 · The Figurine [Willy Newbury] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss 20 · Judas Story · Brian M. Stableford · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III, ed. Richard Davis, DAW 1975 34 · Red River Lies Drowning · C. L. Grant · ss 44 · The Apprentice · Dave Bischoff · ss 58 · Buried Silver [Felimid] · Dennis More · nv 84 · The Stuff of Legend · Susan Doenim · ss 94 · Miasmas—A Life Term · William Nabors · ss 106 · Re-Entry · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 110 · In Brightest Day, in Darkest Night · Steven Utley · vi 112 · The Fantastic Interview: Lin Carter · Darrell Schweitzer · iv

Fantastic Stories [v26 #2, June 1977] ($1.00, 134pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 6 · The Flight of the Umbrella [J. Adrian Fillmore] · Marvin Kaye · na 16 · How Kank Thad Returned to Bhur-Esh · Brian Lumley · nv 30 · The Man Who Married a Beagle · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 38 · Miracle Elixir · Philip Latham · ss 48 · Sangre · Lisa Tuttle · ss 56 · Vengeance Is Mine · Ted White · ss 60 · The Earth Books [Muse] · Robert F. Young · ss 65 · La Fin d’Une Monde (Interieure) · James Sallis · vi 69 · Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined... · Russell Bates · ss 105 · Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: L. Sprague de Camp: Quixote with a Pen · Lin Carter · ar [L. Sprague de Camp]

Fantastic Stories [v26 #3, September 1977] ($1.00, 134pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 6 · The Islands of Time [Ned Wheeler] · Jack Dann · na 30 · The Whisperers · Richard A. Lupoff · ss 42 · Fleuve Red [Muse] · Robert F. Young · ss 50 · The Lady of Finnigan’s Hearth · Parke Godwin · nv 72 · With Good Intentions [Anathae] · Michael F. X. Milhaus · ss 88 · Indigestion · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 94 · Tom O’Bedlam’s Night Out [Tom O’Bedlam] · Darrell Schweitzer · ss

Fantastic Stories [v26 #4, December 1977] ($1.00, 134pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Given as “Vol. 6, No. 4” throughout. 6 · Priapus [Willy Newbury] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss 14 · Knock, and See What Enters · C. L. Grant · ss 26 · Top Hat · David Bischoff · ss 38 · The Pillars of Hell · Lin Carter · ss 50 · We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident · Charles Sheffield · nv 70 · Visitors · Jack Dann · ss; not the same as the story of the same name in the October 1987 issue of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 76 · Hark! Was That the Squeal of an Angry Throat? · Avram Davidson · ss 84 · The End-of-the-World-Rag · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 95 · Jackson · James Sallis · vi 96 · A Trick of the Tail [Anathae] · Michael F. X. Milhaus · nv

Fantastic Stories [v27 #1, April 1978] ($1.25, 132pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 6 · Power Failure · Charles Sheffield · nv 30 · Nemesis Place [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · ss 40 · The Three-Legged Chicken · Brad Lang · ss 52 · In Medias Res · David Bischoff · ss 60 · Where Angels Fear to Tread [Anathae] · Michael F. X. Milhaus · nv 100 · Uncoiling · Lisa Tuttle & Steven Utley · ss 106 · The Golden Fleece · Arsen Darnay · ss 113 · Mr. Who? · David R. Bunch · vi 116 · Here for Just a While · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 121 · Changes · James Sallis · ss