Trumpet #7. The “Sketches” by Robert E. Howard all appeared in “The Junto”, the single-copy circulating magazine produced by Howard and his friends.

Thomas Earl Reamy, born in Woodson, Texas during the Great Depression, immersed himself in the world of science fiction fandom as a teenager in the early 1950s. His passion for fanzines and conventions saw him emerge as both a fan writer and artist. In the 1960s, while employed as a technical illustrator at Collins Radio’s Dallas branch, an aerospace contractor, Reamy elevated his involvement in fandom. He edited and published Trumpet, a fanzine distinguished by its professional printing and slick production, at a time when most fanzines were produced using more economical ditto or mimeograph methods.

Contents

• fep •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by George Barr
• 1 • Editorial & Other Pretensions x 3 • essay by Alex Eisenstein and Al Jackson and Tom Reamy
• 3 • The Long and the Short of It • essay by Phyllis Eisenstein
• 3 •   Review: Affair with a Green Monkey by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Phyllis Eisenstein
• 5 • S.P.E.C. Has a Halloween Fling • essay by uncredited
• 5 •  S.P.E.C. Has a Halloween Fling • interior artwork by Glenn Helm and Tom Reamy
• 8 • CPCC: The Man with the Power • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
• 8 •  CPCC: The Man with the Power • interior artwork by Howard Mingus
• 10 •  Scratchin’s • interior artwork by James H. Gardner
• 11 • The View from Up Here (Trumpet #7) • essay by Dan Bates
• 11 •  The View from Up Here • interior artwork by Dave Ludwig
• 12 • Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword (Part 3 of 3) • serial by Tom Reamy
• 12 •  Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by George Barr
• 21 • Trumpet People: George Barr • essay by George Barr
• 21 •  Trumpet People: George Barr • interior artwork by uncredited
• 22 • Etched in Ebony • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 23 • Ambition by Moonlight • (1929) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Ambition in the Moonlight)
• 23 • Sketches • interior artwork by Doug Lovenstein
• 24 • Musings (“The little poets sing of little things …”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 24 • Surrender: Your Money or Your Vice • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 25 • The Galveston Affair • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 26 • To a Man Whose Name I Never Knew • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 26 • Them • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 27 • Jeff Jones: A Folio • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 33 • Incident in a Small War • short story by W. G. Bliss
• 33 •  Incident in a Small War • interior artwork by Rob Pudim
• 34 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by Sharon Baugh
• 35 • Persiflage (Trumpet #7) • essay by uncredited
• 35 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by Alex Eisenstein
• 36 •  Letter (Trumpet #7) • essay by John Boardman
• 36 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by John Boland (I)
• 37 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by Al Jones
• 38 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by Jim Nielson
• 39 •  Letter (Trumpet #7) • essay by James H. Gardner
• 39 •  Letter (Trumpet #7) • essay by Robert Stewart [as by Bhob Stewart]
• 39 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by Gene Klein
• 39 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by George Foster, Jr. [as by George Foster]
• 40 •  Letter (Trumpet #7) • essay by Harry Warner, Jr.
• 40 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by Bill Bowers
• 41 •  Og (Trumpet #7) • interior artwork by Irwin and Lawrence
• 42 •  Trumpet #7 • interior artwork by Jerry Mayes

Cover: Trumpet #7, May 1968 by Jeff Jones

Notes

Slick, saddle-stapled.
Page numbers do not include front covers.
S.P.E.C. is the Society for the Preservation of Enchanted Chipmonks, a group of Dallas fans, friends of the editors.
“Persiflage” is letters to the editor.
“Poul Anderson’s the Broken Sword” is a graphic treatment of the novel. This was the last chapter; it is never finished.
The “Sketches” by Robert E. Howard all appeared in “The Junto”, the single-copy circulating magazine produced by Howard and his friends.