Coven 13, January 1970 (Volume 1, Number 3).

Contains THE LITTLE PEOPLE. Illustrated by William Stout. This is the first publication of this story. A page was missing from the original manuscript of “The Little People.” Someone at COVEN 13, likely Gerald W. Page or Arthur H. Landis, made up some stuff to fill the gap and never said anything. This became the published version of “The Little People” ever since. The Wandering Star book, BRAN MAK MORN, THE LAST KING, took the edits back out and also includes a copy of the original typescript.

Contents

• 4 • Editor’s Cauldron (Coven 13, January 1970) • essay by Arthur H. Landis
• 8 • Leona! • novelette by Alan Caillou
• 8 •  Leona! • interior artwork by William Stout
• 51 • Nightmare • poem by Wade Wellman
• 51 • Song of the Undead • poem by Wade Wellman
• 52 • Bell, Book and Tarot (Coven 13, January 1970) • essay by Jean Cirrito
• 58 •  The Strawhouse Pavillion • interior artwork by William Stout
• 58 • The Strawhouse Pavillion • short story by Ron Goulart
• 70 •  The Little People • interior artwork by William Stout
• 70 • The Little People • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 77 • Reader’s Column (Coven 13, January 1970) • essay by uncredited
• 78 •   Review: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James • review by Arthur Jean Cox
• 78 • The Turn of the Screw: A Haunting and an Exorcism • essay by Arthur Jean Cox
• 90 •  Witch Fish • interior artwork by William Stout
• 90 • Witch Fish • short story by Dennis Quinn
• 96 •  Last Rites • interior artwork by William Stout
• 96 • Last Rites • short story by Pauline Smith
• 104 •  Don’t Open ‘Til X-mas • interior artwork by William Stout
• 104 • Don’t Open ‘Til X-mas • short story by James Benton Carr
• 112 • Let There Be Magick! (Part 3 of 4) • [Camelot (Arthur H. Landis) • 1] • serial by Arthur H. Landis (book publication as A World Called Camelot 1976) [as by James R. Keaveny]

Notes

Editor: Arthur H. Landis

Stated “Vol. 1, No. 2.” even though the November 1969 issues was also published as “Vol. 1, No. 2”. The next, March 1970, issues was billed as “Vol. 1, No. 4”, so this issue was presumably supposed to be “Vol. 1, No. 3”.

All interior art explicitly attributed to William Stout.
The page count is 148 rather than the more common 144.
Stated first publication of Robert E. Howard’s “The Little People”. ”Let There Be Magick! (Part 3 of 4)” is advertised as part 3 of 5, but the serial was completed in 4 installments.

A page was missing from the original manuscript of “The Little People.”
Someone at COVEN 13, likely Gerald W. Page or Arthur H. Landis, made up some stuff to fill the gap and never said anything. This became the published version of “The Little People” ever since.
The Wandering Star book, BRAN MAK MORN, THE LAST KING, took the edits back out and also includes a copy of the original typescript.