A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from August 1976. Issue 9 Contains the first appearance of THE LAST LAUGH by Howard. It also contains a review of the album record “From the Hells beneath the Hells” by Dennis McHaney and a Red Nails portfolio by Gene Day. It also contains a short story by Tevis Clyde Smith.

Contents

• 2 • Ramblings (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • [Editorial Ramblings] • essay by Jonathan Bacon
• 3 • Epistle Express (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • [Epistle Express] • essay by Jonathan Bacon
• 3 •  Fantasy Crossroads #9 • interior artwork by Greg Vander Leun
• 3 •  Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Gregory Nicoll
• 3 •  Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Loay Hall
• 4 •  Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • [Letters: L. Sprague de Camp] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 5 •  Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Arnie Fenner [as by Arnold Fenner]
• 5 •  Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Wayne Warfield
• 5 •  Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Stuart David Schiff [as by Stuart Schiff]
• 5 •  Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Scott Connors
• 6 • N’tu Nusu Ya Chikanda (The Half-Men of Chikanda) • [Imaro] • novelette by Charles R. Saunders
• 6 •  N’tu Nusu Ya Chikanda (The Half-Men of Chikanda) • interior artwork by Gene Day
• 8 •  N’tu Nusu Ya Chikanda (The Half-Men of Chikanda) [2] • interior artwork by Broc Sears
• 15 • News Notes • essay by uncredited
• 17 • Revue Rak • essay by uncredited
• 17 • Review of the record “From the Hells beneath the Hells” by Robert E. Howard • essay by Dennis McHaney
• 17 •  Fantasy Crossroads #9 [2] • interior artwork by Randy Mohr [as by R. Mohr]
• 17 •   Review: Bloodstar by Richard Corben and Robert E. Howard and John Jakes • review by Dennis McHaney
• 17 •   Review: The Bowl of Baal by Robert Ames Bennet • review by Jonathan Bacon
• 18 •  Fantasy Crossroads #9 [3] • interior artwork by Douglas Herring
• 18 •  Fantasy Crossroads #9 [4] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 18 •   Review: Celtia: Fantasy Drawings in the Celtic Style by Jim Fitzpatrick • review by Dave McFerran
• 18 •   Review: The Banner of Joan by H. Warner Munn • review by Jonathan Bacon
• 18 •   Review: From the Archives of Evil by Christopher Lee and Michel Parry • review by Loay Hall
• 19 • The Last Laugh • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
• 19 •   Review: Terror Out of Time by C. M. Eddy, Jr. • review by Loay Hall [as by Loay H. Hall]
• 20 • A Whisper of Leathery Wings • novelette by Eddy C. Bertin (trans. of Een fluisteren van lederachtige vleugels 1981)
• 20 •  A Whisper of Leathery Wings • interior artwork by Clyde Caldwell
• 25 • Of Swords & Sorcery: Kane by Karl Edward Wagner • essay by Paul C. Allen
• 26 • Of Swords & Sorcery: The Dying Earth by Jack Vance • essay by Paul C. Allen
• 27 • Of Swords & Sorcery: Elak of Atlantis by Henry Kuttner • essay by Paul C. Allen
• 27 •  Fantasy Crossroads #9 [5] • interior artwork by Broc Sears
• 28 • White Slayers of the Waste • short story by j. e. coplin
• 28 •  White Slayers of the Waste • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
• 31 • REH Editors/Publishers Roundtable Discussion • essay by Jonathan Bacon and Arnie Fenner and George Hamilton and Dennis McHaney and Byron Roark and Damon C. Sasser and George H. Scithers and Wayne Warfield [as by Jonathan Bacon and Arnie Fenner and George Hamilton and Dennis McHaney and Byron Roark and Damon Sasser and George Scithers and Wayne Warfield]
• 34 • Hindu Evil • short story by Tevis Clyde Smith
• 34 •  Hindu Evil • interior artwork by Bernie Englum
• 40 •  Red Nails Portfolio • interior artwork by Gene Day
• 44 •  Fantasy Crossroads #9 [6] • interior artwork by Gene Day

Notes

Whole number 9. Page numbers include covers.
Saddle stapled, wraps.
Print run 1200 numbered copies.
Cover illustration from Night Images, a book of Howard poetry.
Most of this issue printed in 7 point type, the third size reduction in print size.
Some of the art work in “Celtia..” is shown in a portfolio “Celtia” in Chacal #2, Spring 1977.