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Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v1 #7, October 1981] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Tito Salomoni) 4 · In the Twilight Zone: Wonders Never Cease · T. E. D. Klein · ed 14 · Spinning Fantasy from Daily Life [Richard Matheson] · James H. Burns · iv 22 · Out of Place · Pamela Sargent · ss 28 · Shootout in the Toy Shop · Robert Sheckley · ss 32 · Zeke · Timothy Robert Sullivan · ss 40 · The Burden of Indigo · Gene O’Neill · ss 47 · Sea Change · George Clayton Johnson · ss 51 · TZ Screen Preview: The Beast Within · Robert Martin · ar 56 · Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories [Part 3 of 4] · Kurt Van Helsing · ar 61 · Offices · Chet Williamson · ss 66 · The Tear Collector · Donald Olson · ss 72 · The Great Elvis Presley Look-Alike Murder Mystery · Mick Farren · ss 80 · Paintjob · Jay Rothbell · ss 86 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 7 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 92 · The Big, Tall Wish · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast April 8, 1960.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v1 #8, November 1981] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Clayton Campbell) 6 · In the Twilight Zone: We Get Letters · T. E. D. Klein · ed 14 · “Remember, It’s Only a Story” [John Saul] · Laura Kramer · iv 20 · Because Our Skins Are Finer · Tanith Lee · ss 28 · Carousel · Thomas M. Disch · vi 30 · Heimlich’s Curse · Evan Eisenberg · ss 36 · The Specialist · Clark Howard · ss 42 · Wishing Will Make It So · Melissa Mia Hall · ss 46 · Moshigawa’s Homecoming · Gordon Linzner · ss 51 · TZ Screen Preview: Halloween II · Robert Martin · ar 56 · Again · Ramsey Campbell · ss 62 · Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories [Part 4 of 4] · Kurt Van Helsing · ar 68 · The Old Man’s Room · Juleen Brantingham · ss 75 · Tweedlioop · Stanley Schmidt · nv 86 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 8 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 90 · Death’s Head Revisted · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on November 10, 1961.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v1 #9, December 1981] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Peter Frömmig) 6 · In the Twilight Zone: Required Reading · T. E. D. Klein · ed 15 · The Art of Making Waves [Harlan Ellison] · Tom Staicar · iv 26 · Age of Reason · David St. Marie · ss 32 · Forest God · Jaspar Witko · ss; given as by Jaspar Witco on the story itself. 36 · Handyman · Kenneth Goodman · ss 38 · The Pasture · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 44 · All a Clone by the Telephone · Haskell Barkin · ss 51 · TZ Screen Preview: The Quest for Fire · Ed Naha · ar 55 · The Essential Writers: M.R. James · Mike Ashley · bg 60 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold 1904 68 · On 202 · Jeff Hecht · ss 74 · The Emerson Effect · Jack McDevitt · nv 84 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 9 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 89 · The Midnight Sun · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on November 17, 1961.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v1 #10, January 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Carl Chaplin) 4 · In the Twilight Zone: “The Sunsets Were Red...” · T. E. D. Klein · ed 13 · Frank Belknap Long on Literature, Lovecraft, and the Golden Age of ‘Weird Tales’ · Tom Collins · iv 20 · Influencing the Hell Out of Time and Teresa Golowitz · Parke Godwin · ss 30 · Miss Mouse and the Fourth Dimension · Robert Sheckley · ss 36 · Dream Along with Me · Reginald Bretnor · ss 42 · My Most Memorable Christmas · Rod Serling · ar My Most Memorable Christmas, ed. Gerald Walker, Pocket Books 1963 44 · Lost and Found · Connie Willis · ss 51 · TZ Screen Preview: Ghost Story · Robert Martin · ar 55 · The Essential Writers: J. Sheridan Le Fanu [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu] · Mike Ashley · bg 58 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Dec 1853 70 · Of Sleds and Forty Winters · Vic Johnson · ss 74 · The Autumn Visitors · Frank Belknap Long · ss 82 · Final Version · John Morressy · ss 86 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 10 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 90 · The Night of the Meek · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on December 23, 1960.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v1 #11, February 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by John Oberdorf) 4 · In the Twilight Zone: A Word or Two of Explanation · T. E. D. Klein · ed 16 · Playing the Game · Gardner R. Dozois & Jack M. Dann · ss 21 · Essence of Charlotte · Charles L. Grant · ss 26 · “Other” · Jor Jennings · ss 32 · My Old Man · George Alec Effinger · nv 42 · The Other Train Phenomenon · Richard Bowker · ss 45 · Wes Craven... Who’s Made Nightmares Come True · Tom Seligson · iv 51 · TZ Screen Preview: Swamp Thing · James Verniere · ar 55 · The Gargoyles of Gotham · Stephen DiLauro & Don Hamerman · pi 63 · Holiday · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 66 · Top of the Stairs · Stephen Schlich · ss 70 · The Voices of the Dead · Leslie Horvitz · nv 83 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 11 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 89 · A Stop at Willoughby · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on May 6, 1960.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v1 #12, March 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Tito Salomoni) 4 · In the Twilight Zone: Pleasant Dreams · T. E. D. Klein · ed 16 · SF’s Wizard-in-Residence [Fritz Leiber] · Paul M. Sammon · iv 23 · The Man Who Never Grew Young · Fritz Leiber · ss Night’s Black Agents, Arkham 1947 27 · The New Man · Barbara Owens · ss 34 · The Return of the Screw · Kevin Cook · ss 40 · Crusoe in New York · Ron Goulart · ss 46 · Some THING Wicked This Way Comes! · Ed Naha · ar 51 · TZ Screen Preview: Stab · James Verniere · ar 56 · The Bite · Elizabeth Morton · ss 59 · Incident on Park Bench 37 · Robert E. Vardeman · ss 64 · Three Bananas · Larry Tritten · nv 74 · Sleep · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 79 · Breakthrough · Richard Stooker · ss 84 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 12 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 90 · A Passage for Trumpet · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on May 20, 1960.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v2 #1, April 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Kevin Larson) 6 · In the Twilight Zone: One Year Older · T. E. D. Klein · ed 20 · The Facts of Life [Rod Serling] · Linda Brevelle · iv 28 · I’ll Be Seeing You · W. G. Norris · ss 36 · The River Styx Runs Upstream · Dan Simmons · ss 44 · The Seed · Joseph Bocchi · ss 51 · TZ Screen Preview: Cat People · Robert Martin · ar 55 · The Thing from the Slush [Sandor Courane] · George Alec Effinger · ss 64 · Old Fillikin · Joan Aiken · ss Ghostly Encounters 1981 69 · The Essential Writers: William Hope Hodgson · Mike Ashley · bg 73 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine Nov 1907 80 · Snakes & Ladders · Ramsey Campbell · ss 86 · Djinn, No Chaser · Harlan Ellison · nv 97 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 13 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v2 #2, May 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by William Stoneham) 4 · In the Twilight Zone: Happily Ever After · T. E. D. Klein · ed 18 · Finding Comedy on ‘the Dark Side of the Coin’ [Terry Gilliam] · James Verniere · iv 24 · The General’s Wife · Peter Straub · nv 40 · Frontiers · Kit Reed · ss 46 · Front-Row Seats at the Creepshow · Ed Naha · ar 51 · TZ Screen Preview: Dark Crystal · James Verniere · ar 55 · The Other One · Rick Norwood · vi 56 · The Father of the Bride · Connie Willis · vi 58 · Turn Down for Richmond · G. J. A. O’Toole · ss 64 · Weigh Station · Robert Crais · ss 72 · J.C. in the Springtime · I. Daniel Roth · ss 74 · A Lover’s Alibi · Chet Williamson · ss 80 · The Doomsday Poems · Richard L. Tierney · gp _ · The Pilgrimage · Richard L. Tierney · pm Collected Poems, Arkham House 1981 _ · Hope · Richard L. Tierney · pm Collected Poems, Arkham House 1981 _ · The Madness of the Oracle · Richard L. Tierney · pm Myrddin #3 1976 _ · To Great Cthulhu · Richard L. Tierney · pm The Arkham Collector Spr 1971 _ · Optimism · Richard L. Tierney · pm Collected Poems, Arkham House 1981 _ · This Great City · Richard L. Tierney · pm (r) _ · To the Hydrogen Bomb · Richard L. Tierney · pm The Diversifier Mar 1977, as “The Hydrogen Bomb” 82 · All of Us Are Dying · George Clayton Johnson · ss Rogue Oct 1961 86 · The Four of Us Are Dying · George Clayton Johnson · pl; based on “All of Us Are Dying,” broadcast on January 1, 1960. 97 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 14 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v2 #3, June 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Malcolm McNeill) 4 · In the Twilight Zone: The Mind’s Eye · T. E. D. Klein · ed 22 · Browning’s Lamps · David Nemec · nv 35 · Fantasy in Clay · Scott Hyde · pi 42 · Anniversary Dinner · D. J. Pass · ss 46 · The Dark Ones · Richard Christian Matheson · vi 47 · Philip K. Dick, 1928-1982 · John Boonstra · iv 53 · TZ Screen Preview: Bladerunner · James Verniere · ar 58 · Alan’s Mother · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 61 · Zombies · Dolly Ogawa · ss 64 · Home Visit · Roger Koch · ss 70 · Mrs. Halfbooger’s Basement · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss 76 · The Broken Hoop · Pamela Sargent · ss 84 · Some Days Are Like That · Bruce J. Balfour · vi 85 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 15 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 91 · The Story Behind Richard Matheson’s ‘The Doll’ · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 92 · The Doll · Richard Matheson · pl; never produced.; adapted from “The Doll That Does Everything” (Fantastic Universe, December 1954).

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v2 #4, July 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by David White) 6 · In the Twilight Zone: Market Report · T. E. D. Klein · ed 9 · Digging the Boogens · Stephen King · mr 18 · Another Fungus from Yuggoth · Baird Searles · pm 19 · Beyond the Visible World [Robertson Davies] · Terence M. Green · iv 26 · Offer of Immortality · Robertson Davies · ss 32 · A Glimpse of Ghostly Britain · Stephen DiLauro & Don Hamerman · pi 38 · Tommy and the Talking Dog · Lewis Shiner · ss 44 · Chompers · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 46 · On Location with ‘The Last Horror Film’ · Steve Swires · ar 51 · TZ Screen Preview: The Thing · Robert Martin · ar 56 · Not Our Brother · Robert Silverberg · nv 68 · Why the Traveling Salesman from Aldebaran Doesn’t Stop in Omaha Anymore · Hal Goodman · ss 72 · Picnic Area · Joan Aiken · ss 78 · A Trip to New York · Nina Downey · ss 82 · Food, Gas, Lodging · Craig W. Anderson · ss 86 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 16 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 89 · A Hundred Yards Over the Rim · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on April 7, 1961.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v2 #5, August 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Ralph Mercer) 6 · In the Twilight Zone: On the Track of Poe · T. E. D. Klein · ed 21 · Behind the Scenes at ‘The Twilight Zone’ [Douglas Heyes] · Ben Herndon · iv 28 · The Lighthouse · Edgar Allan Poe & Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb 1953; completed by Bloch from a Poe fragment. 36 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Joseph Cromarty · vi 38 · Midtown Bodies · John R. Bensink · ss 42 · The Chili Connection · Hal Hill · ss 50 · TZ Screen Preview: Tron, E.T. and Poltergeist: For the Kid in You... · Ed Naha · ar 56 · Fun in the Dark · Deborah Wian · pi 62 · Slippage · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · nv 72 · Something Evil · Barbara Owens · ss 78 · The Dreamhouse · Cezarija Abartis · ss 83 · Garage Sale · Janet Fox · ss 86 · The Final Season [Part 17 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 90 · The Trade-Ins · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on April 20, 1962.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v2 #6, September 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by James Nazz) 6 · In the Twilight Zone: A Letter from Machen · T. E. D. Klein · ed 19 · The ‘Unhappy Is He’ Quiz · William Fulwiler · qz 20 · Embracing the Beast [Paul Schrader] · James Verniere · iv 28 · The Red-Eyed Thing · Jere Cunningham · ss 32 · MTA Announces New Plan to Ease Subway Congestion · Gordon Linzner · ss 36 · Cruising · Donald Tyson · vi 38 · The Long Ride · John M. Skipp · ss 44 · Behind the Doors · Susan Johnson · ss 47 · The Jane Fonda Room · Jonathan Carroll · ss 50 · TZ Screen Preview: Creepshow · Robert Martin · ar 54 · Something Wicked This Way Comes · Ed Naha · ar 60 · The Reaper · Jim Cort · ss 63 · The Essential Writers: Arthur Machen · Mike Ashley · bg 69 · A Machen Sampler 69 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · ex The Great God Pan, John Lane 1894 71 · The Inmost Light [Dyson] · Arthur Machen · ex The Great God Pan, John Lane 1894 73 · The White People · Arthur Machen · ex Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies Jan 1904 80 · The Happy Children · Arthur Machen · ex The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, ed. J. A. Hammerton, Educational Book Co. 1920 81 · Far Off Things · Arthur Machen · ex Secker & Warburg 1922 82 · The Hill of Dreams · Arthur Machen · ex Grant Richards 1907 83 · The Great Return · Arthur Machen · ex Faith Press 1915 83 · A Fragment of Life · Arthur Machen · ex Horlick’s Magazine and Home Journal for Australia, India and the Colonies Mar 1904 (+3) 88 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 18 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 92 · A Word from the Publisher About the Following Script... · Carol Serling · ar 93 · A Machine to Answer the Question · Rod Serling · pl; radio script from 1950’s.

Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine [v2 #7, October 1982] ($2.00, 104pp, quarto, cover by Rob Sauber) 6 · In the Twilight Zone: Royalty · T. E. D. Klein · ed 14 · Spoken Word Records · Ronald Smith · ar 17 · The ‘So Saying, He Vanished’ Quiz · Chet Williamson · qz 20 · Summer of Monsters · Dale Hammell · ss 28 · Mexican Merry-Go-Round · Avram Davidson · ss 34 · Five Minutes Early · Robert Sheckley · vi 36 · The Silly Stuff · Al Sarrantonio · ss 43 · “...And Here I Am—Making Movies!” [Nicholas Meyer] · Mark Denis Shepard · iv 47 · Star Trek: The Great American Love Story · Richard Matturro · ar 54 · Broken Walls, Shattered Dreams · Duncan McLaren & Simon Marsden · pi 64 · In a Green Shade · Melissa Mia Hall · ss 71 · One Small Change · Gary Brandner · ss 74 · Alive and Well in... · Michael S. Smith · vi 76 · Pigs Are Sensitive · Jon Wynne-Tyson · ss 82 · Saratoga Winter · Jeff Hecht · ss 89 · TV’s Twilight Zone [Part 19 of 26] · Marc Scott Zicree · ar 91 · In Praise of Pip · Rod Serling · pl; broadcast on September 27, 1963.