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Fantasy Magazine (online) [#57, December 2011] ed. John Joseph Adams (Prime Books, cover by J. P. Targete)
Last issue. Fantasy Magazine merges with Lightspeed magazine as of the January 2012 issue. Details taken from magazine website.

Torn Away · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary, ed. Carol Serling, Tor 2009
Her Lover’s Golden Hair · Nike Sulway · ss
Editorial · John Joseph Adams · ed
The Deathly Shadows in Our Lives · Veronica L. Schanoes · ss
Crystal Halloway and the Forgotten Passage · Seanan McGuire · ss
Falling with Style, Travelling Through Portals · Alasdair Stuart · ar
Vici · Naomi Novik · ss The Dragon Book, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2009
Three Dragons · Genevieve Valentine · ar
Feature Interview: Puss in Boots Director Chris Miller · Andrew Penn Romine · iv

Fantasy Magazine
In 2014 Fantasy Magazine re-emerged for the occasional issue as part of the “Destroy SF” initiative.

Fantasy Magazine [#58, October 2014] ed. Cat Rambo (Prime Books, $12.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Elizabeth Leggett)
This is a special “Women Destroy Fantasy!” issue and appeared in both online and print editions. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Preface · Wendy N. Wagner · pr
2 · Editorial · Cat Rambo · ed
7 · The Scrimshaw and the Scream · Kate Hall · ss
20 · Making the Cut · H. E. Roulo · ss; not in online edition.
29 · The Dryad’s Shoe · T. Kingfisher · ss
48 · Drowning in Sky · Julia August · ss; not in online edition.
63 · Miss Carstairs and the Merman · Delia Sherman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jan 1989
84 · Silver or Gold · Emma Bull · nv After the King, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor 1992; not in online edition.
116 · The Abominable Child’s Tale · Carol Emshwiller · nv The Beastly Bride, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking 2010; not in online edition.
136 · The Glass Bottle Trick · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root, ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Invisible Cities Press 2000
148 · Silverblind [Ironskin] · Tina Connolly · ex Tor 2014; not in online edition.
160 · Language and Imaginative Resistance in Epic Fantasy · Kameron Hurley · ar
165 · Artist Spotlight: Women in Fantasy Illustration Roundtable [Julie Bell; Irene Gallo; Rebecca Guay; Lauren Panepinto; Zoë Robinson; Julie Dillon; Elizabeth Leggett] · Galen Dara · iv
192 · Women Destroy Urban Fantasy: An Interview with Carrie Vaughn and Kelley Armstrong · Sandra Wickham · ar [Carrie Vaughn; Kelley Armstrong]
197 · In Other Worlds: The Female Stars of Tie-in Fiction · Shanna Germain · ar; not in online edition.
203 · The Frog Sister · Sofia Samatar · ar; not in online edition.
206 · The Princess and the Witch · Kat Howard · ar
209 · Read the Destruction: WDF’s Handy Guide and Recommended Reading List · Wendy N. Wagner · ar; not in online edition.
218 · Author Spotlights · [Misc.] · bg

Fantasy Magazine [#59, December 2015] ed. Christopher Barzak (Prime Books, $12.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Priscilla Kim)
This is a special “Queers Destroy Fantasy!” issue and appeared in both ebook and print editions. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Preface · Wendy N. Wagner · pr
3 · Notes from the Editors · [The Editors] · ed
7 · The Lily and the Horn · Catherynne M. Valente · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes
17 · Kaiju Maximus®: “So Various, So Beautiful, So New” · Kai Ashante Wilson · ss; illustrated by Odera Igbokwe
33 · The Lady’s Maid · Carlea Holl-Jensen · ss
45 · The Duchess and the Ghost · Richard Bowes · ss; illustrated by Elizabeth Leggett
56 · The Padishah Begum’s Reflections · Shweta Narayan · ss Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories, ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press 2011
77 · Down the Path of the Sun · Nicola Griffith · ss Interzone Mar/Apr 1990
86 · Ledge · Austin Bunn · nv One Story Jan 10 2006; illustrated by Vlada Monakhova
101 · The Sea Troll’s Daughter · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Swords & Dark Magic, ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Subterranean Press 2010
121 · All the Birds in the Sky · Charlie Jane Anders · ex; excerpt from the forthcoming novel (Tor, 2016).
126 · The Sleepover Manifesto · Merritt Kopas · ar
128 · Interview: Hal Duncan · Matthew Cheney · iv
143 · Artist Spotlight: Priscilla Kim · Matthew Cheney · iv
156 · False Starts · Keguro Macharia · ar
163 · Retrofuturism and Agendered Fashion: What Will We Wear? · Ekaterina Sedia · ar
168 · Eggplant and Unicorns · Mary Anne Mohanraj · ar
170 · Girls on Boys on Boys · Ellen Kushner · ar

Fantasy Magazine [#60, December 2016] ed. Daniel José Older (Prime Books, $12.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Emily Osborne)
This is a special “People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy!” issue and appeared in both ebook and print editions. Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Preface · Wendy N. Wagner · pr; not in online edition.
2 · People of Colo(u)r Editorial Roundtable · Daniel José Older, Amal El-Mohtar & Tobias S. Buckell · ed
6 · Black, Their Regalia · Darcie Little Badger · ss; illustrated by Emily Osborne
15 · The Rock in the Water · Thoraiya Dyer · ss; not in online edition.
27 · The Things My Mother Left Me · P. Djéli Clark · ss; illustrated by Reimena Yee
41 · Red Dirt Witch · N. K. Jemisin · ss; not in online edition.
56 · Eyes of Carven Emerald · Shweta Narayan · nv Clockwork Phoenix 3, ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books 2010
70 · gezhizhwazh · Leanne Betasamosake Simpson · ss Islands of Decolonial Love, ARP Books 2012; illustrated by Ana Bracic
77 · Walkdog · Sofia Samatar · ss Kaleidoscope, ed. Alisa Krasnostein & Julia Rios, Twelfth Planet Press 2014; not in online edition.
84 · Name Calling · Celeste Rita Baker · ss Abyss & Apex #50 2014; not in online edition.
92 · Learning to Dream in Color · Justina Ireland · ar
94 · Give Us Back Our Fucking Gods · Ibi Zoboi · ar
96 · Saving Fantasy · Karen Lord · ar; not in online edition.
99 · We Are More Than Our Skin · John Chu · ar; not in online edition.
102 · Crying Wolf: Predators in the Genre Community · Chinelo Onwualu · ar; not in online edition.
106 · You Forgot to Invite the Soucouyant · Brandon O’Brien · ar; not in online edition.
109 · Still We Write · Erin Roberts · ar

Fantasy Mongers: (about)

Fantasy Mongers

Fantasy Mongers [#1, 1979] ed. W. Paul Ganley (free, 32pp, quarto, cover by J. K. Potter)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2-3 · Editorial Remarks · [The Editor] · ed
5 · H.P. Lovecraft and Edmund Wilson · L. Sprague de Camp · ar [H. P. Lovecraft; Edmund Wilson]
9-14 · An Interview with Robert Bloch · Darrell Schweitzer · iv
bc. · [back cover] · J. K. Potter · cv

Fantasy Mongers [#2, 1979] ed. W. Paul Ganley (cover by Chris Pelletiere)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found.

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[one-page interior illustration] · J. K. Potter · il
Incident at Nor-Um-Bega · H. Warner Munn · ex; a fragment excised from the published version of Munn’s The Ship from Atlantis.
[article on Fool-Con 11] · Anon. · ar
[short piece on excerpts from pulps] · Nick Carr · ar
Graveyard Walking and Grave Watching · John Dinan · ar [H. P. Lovecraft]; with photos of HPL’s grave.
bc. · [back cover] · Victoria Poyser · cv

Fantasy Mongers [#3, Spring 1982] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1.00, 24pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Editorial · [The Editor] · ed
3 · What the Cat Dragged In · [The Readers] · lc
_3 · [letter] · James P. Roberts · lt
_3 · [letter] · Brian Lumley · lt
_3 · [letter] · H. Warner Munn · lt
_4 · [letter] · James E. Munn · lt
_4 · [letter] · Maureen P. Leshendok · lt
_5 · [letter] · Mark Louis Baumgart · lt
_5 · [letter] · Lenhardt C. Fite · lt
_5 · [letter] · Kip Hitz · lt
6-7 · Just Browsing Around · [The Editor] · rc

Fantasy Mongers [#4, 1982] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1.50, 32pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

fc. · [reprints of two interior illustrations apparently from issues of Doctor Death] · Jay McArdle · cv (r)
2 · Stentorian Sentences · W. Paul Ganley · ed
3-8 · The Death Manuscripts · Joseph Lewandowski · ar; on Doctor Death magazine.
9-13, 31 · Just Browsing Around · W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers [#5, 1983] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1.50, 18pp, quarto, cover by Tony Patrick)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3-7 · Double Nostalgia · Rex Ward · ss; “semi-fictional” (Ward’s words) nostalgic memory of The Shadow and The Spider pulps.
8 · What the Cat Dragged In · [The Readers] · lc
_8 · [letter] · Daryl S. Herrick · lt
_8 · [letter] · Marc L. Baumgart · lt
_9 · [letter] · Bo Cribbs · lt
9, 12 · Just Browsing Around · [The Editor] · rc
10-12 · The Feathered Serpent Motif in Doc Savage and The Shadow · Will Murray · ar

Fantasy Mongers [#6, 1983] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1.50, 12pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

fc. · [front cover] · Al Leverentz · cv Fan-Fare Jul 1951
2-3 · The Story of Richard Blade · Will Murray · ar [Manning Lee Stokes; Roland Green]
4-5 · Conan the Interminable · Carl Shaner · ar; on adaptations into pastiches, comic books, etc.
5 · Stentorian Sentences · [The Editor] · ed
5-6 · Just Browsing Around · [The Editor] · rc

Fantasy Mongers [#7, 1983] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($5 for 6 issues, 16pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

fc. · [front cover] · Victoria Poyser · cv Science Fiction Chronicle
2-3 · Sinanju Superman · Adam Dawn · ar [Richard Sapir; Warren Murphy]; on “The Destroyer” pb series.
3 · Stentorian Sentences · [The Editor] · ed
3 · More Browsing · [The Editor] · rc
4-5 · Just Browsing Around · WPG & “Deborah” · rc
5-6 · Shadows Within Shadows · Ray W. Murill · ar; on the DC comic book version of The Shadow.

Fantasy Mongers [#12, Autumn 1984] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 12pp, quarto, cover by Jean Corbin)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · The Moon Mystery · Will Murray · ar; on three unrelated pulp stories whose villains use the same improbable scheme.
3-5 · Just Browsing Around · Wayne C. Rogers & W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers [#14, Spring 1985] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 24pp, quarto, cover by Jean Corbin)
At one point in the editorial, Ganley refers to the magazine as Fantasy Mongers Quarterly but everywhere else in the issue it’s still just Fantasy Mongers. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

5,7 · The Return of H. P. Lovecraft · Will Murray · ar The Comics Buyer’s Guide; on increased interest in HPL reprints, critical studies, etc.
7, 9, 11 · Just Browsing Around · Kevin J. Anderson & W. Paul Ganley · rc
24 · Entr’Acte · [The Editor] · ed

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly
Title changed from Fantasy Mongers.

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly [#19, Summer 1986] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($5 for 6 issues, 20pp, quarto, cover by Tony Patrick)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · Entra’Acte · [The Editor] · ed
2 · What the Cat Dragged In · [The Readers] · lc
_2 · [letter] · “Dr. John H. Watson, Sussex” · lt; on dating of some Sherlockian incidents.
5, 7, 9 · An Informal History of the Spicy Pulps · Will Murray · ar Risque Stories #1 1984
9, 11, 13 · The Spicy Scribes · Will Murray · ar Risque Stories #3 1985
13,15,17 · Just Browsing Around · Roger W. Reus, Kevin J. Anderson & W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly [#20, Autumn 1986] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 20pp, quarto)
The editorial notes about 600 copies of this issue were printed, 400 of them for subscribers. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

fc. · [front cover] · Tony Patrick · cv Fantasy Mongers #5 1983
3 · Entra’Acte · [The Editor] · ed
3 · What the Cat Dragged In · [The Readers] · lc
_3 · [letter] · Jani Anderson · lt
_3 · [letter] · David Ginsburg · lt
5 · The Overlooked Experiment · David & Su Bates · ar; on a UK 1975 series (at least seven known) of “Science Fiction Post Cards”.
5,7 · The Ancestors of Batman · Will Murray · ar The Comics Buyer’s Guide Oct 7 1983
9,11 · Just Browsing Around · W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly [#22, Spring 1987] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 20pp, quarto, cover by Jean Corbin)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · Entr’Acte · [The Editor] · ed
5 · Under the Southern Cross · David Bates · ar; on the (Australian) Whitman Press pamphlet series of 1949-51.
5 · A Brief Bibliographical Nightmare · David Bates · ar; on a probable 1974 “ghost” magazine title, Indian Spacemen.
5,7 · Attention, Ye Researchers of Ancient Musty Tomes · Armas Salminen · ar; speculating HPL may have published unrecorded early stories under pseudonyms.
7 · Editor’s Note · Joseph Bell · ms Les Bibliotheques Apr 1985; on HPL’s lost typewritten “magazine,” Hespira.
7,9 · Was There a Real Brown Jenkin? · Will Murray · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #7 1982; speculates HPL may have read about Gef, the Manx “talking mongoose"/poltergeist of 1931.
9, 11 · The Chesuncook Witch-Cult · Will Murray · ar Crypt of Cthulhu #12 1983 [H. P. Lovecraft]
11,13,15 · Just Browsing Around · Bob Morrish & W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly [#23, Summer 1987] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 16pp, quarto, cover by Jean Corbin)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · What the Cat Dragged In · [The Readers] · lc
_2 · [letter] · Hugh B. Cave · lt
_2 · [letter] · Scott F. Wyatt · lt
3-6 · The Spicy Sleuths · Will Murray · ar Risque Stories #4 1986; on series characters in Spicy Detective.
6-8 · The Mystery of the Missing Mysteries · Vent Wheelwright · ar [Paul Gallico; Richard Pitts Powell]
8-9 · Just Browsing Around · W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly [#24, Autumn 1987] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 20pp, quarto, cover by Jean Corbin)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · Entra’Acte · [The Editor] · ed; brief notices of numerous small press magazines.
5,7 · The Golden Boys · Will Murray · ar [Lester Dent]; on characters in the May 1939 “Doc Savage” novel The Golden Ogre.
7,9,11 · Fantasy Book: 40 Years Ago · Vent Wheelwright · ar; on the late 1940s William Crawford magazine.
11, 13-14 · Just Browsing Around · W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly [#25, Winter 1987/1988] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 12pp, quarto, cover by Jean Corbin)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · Entr’Acte · [The Editor] · ed
5,7 · The Shadow’s Lost T.V. Pilot · Will Murray · ar Movie Collector’s World
9,11 · A Real “John Carter” · David Bates · ar; on an author c.1910 who used that pen name.
11 · Just Browsing Around · James P. Roberts & W. Paul Ganley · rc

Fantasy Mongers Quarterly [#26, Spring 1988] ed. W. Paul Ganley ($1, 24pp, quarto, cover by Jean Corbin)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

3 · Entra’Acte · [The Editor] · ed; quotes from letters received from Abraham Yossef, Erik Schreiber, and Mark Louis Baumgart.
5,7,9,11 · The Five O’Clock Shadow · Will Murray · ar The Comics Buyer’s Guide; on history of The Shadow radio show.
11,13,15 · Mervyn Wall and the Comedy of Despair [Part 1 of 2] · Darrell Schweitzer · ar Fantasy Review [Mervyn Wall]; on Wall’s two “Fursey” novels.
15,17,19,21 · Just Browsing Around · W. Paul Ganley · rc

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