Fantasy Crossroads #3
Publication date: May 1975
Introduction
The third issue of a fanzine/periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. From May 1975. This first issue contains two poems, a letter to Harold Preece and a letter to Novalyne Price. It also contains the story THE GOOD KNIGHT, featuring Kid Allison.
Both of the letters can be found in THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD. They are Letter #093 in Volume 1 (Preece's) and Letter #320 (Novalyne's) in Volume 3.
Notes
Volume 1, number 3. Whole number 3. Edited by Jonathan Bacon
Stapled single pages, wraps. Page numbers do not include front cover.
Print run 520 issues.
Print size reduced 20% from previous issues.
Thr Pro/Fan art portfolio includes brief quotes from REH stories describing the character illustrated.
Ali Akbar Khan is a name Howard occasionally called himself.
"Revue Rak" reviews fanzines.
The names of Miss Price and Truett Vinson were masked out of the letters.
First appearance: "Flint's Passing" and
Letter to Novalyne Price, July 8, 1935
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Periodical (8.5 x 11, side stapled)
- Publication date
- May 1975
- Pages
- 60
- Publisher / imprint
- Graceland College Comic Club
- Cover art
- Sam de la Rosa
- Illustrations
- See above
3 linked Howard works
- Flint's Passing verse Poetry Publications
- The Ghost Kings verse Poetry Publications
- The Good Knight story Howard writing Publications
63 contents entries
- "The Good Knight"
- Ramblings (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • [Editorial Ramblings] • essay by Jonathan Bacon ifc · editorial
- Letter to Harold Preece , circa December 1928 ("Salaam: You're right; women are great actors.")
- Division SF • interior artwork by David Heath [as by David Heath, Jr.] 1 · artwork
- "The Ghost Kings" (poem)
- Blank ... • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison 2 · story
- "Flint's Passing" (poem)
- Blank... • interior artwork by Ken Raney [as by K. W. Raney, III] 2 · artwork
- Letter to Novalyne Price , July 8, 1935 ("Thank you for your invitation to call … ")
- Fantasy Crossroads #3 • interior artwork by David Heath [as by David Heath, Jr.] 4 · artwork
- Non-REH Contents
- Pro/Fan Art Portfolio: R. E. Howard's Women Characters • interior artwork by Brent Anderson and Frank Cirocco and Stephen Fabian and Ken Raney and Stephen Riley and Clark Ashton Smith and Jonathan Victor [as by Brent Anderson and Frank Cirocco and Stephen Fabian and K. W. Raney, III and Stephen Riley and Clark Ashton Smith and Jonathan Victor] 5 · artwork
- "Blank" by Harlan Ellison
- R. E. Howard Section • essay by uncredited 19 · essay
- Art Portfolio: R.E. Howard's Women Characters
- R. E. Howard Section • interior artwork by Randall Spurgin 19 · artwork
- "Women and Robert Ervin Howard" by Harold Preece (article)
- Women and Robert Ervin Howard • essay by Harold Preece 20 · essay
- "The Treasures of Ali Akbar Kahn" by George T. Hamilton and Wayne Warfield (article)
- Fantasy Crossroads #3 [2] • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 21 · artwork
- "Interview: Richard Lyon" by T. L. Trisler
- Fantasy Crossroads #3 (Red Sonja) • interior artwork by A. J. Hanley 22 · artwork
- "Our World" by David Heath, Jr. (comic strip)
- Fantasy Crossroads #3 (Yulita) • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 23 · artwork
- "Lev's" by David Heath, Jr. (comic strip)
- Fantasy Crossroads #3 (Altha & Esau) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 23 · artwork
- "The Sons of Liberty" by Richard Lynn (comic strip)
- The Good Knight • [Kid Allison] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 24 · novelette
- "Benji" by Brent Anderson (comic strip)
- The Good Knight • interior artwork by A. J. Hanley 24 · artwork
- "Lev's" by David Heath, Jr. (comic strip)
- Letter: Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, no date ("Salaam, / You're right, women are great actors...") • [Letters to Harold Preece] • (1970) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, no date ("Salaam: / You're right; women are great actors...") 1976) 32 · essay
- "Kissenger" by A. J. Hanley (comic strip)
- The Treasures of Ali Akbar Khan • essay by George Hamilton and Wayne Warfield [as by George T. Hamilton and Wayne Warfield] 32 · essay
- Epistle Express (letter column)
- Fantasy Crossroads #3 [3] • interior artwork by Sam de la Rosa 33 · artwork
- Revue Rak (reviews)
- Fantasy Crossroads #3 [4] • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 33 · artwork
- News Notes
- The Ghost Kings • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 34 · poem
- The Ghost Kings • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 34 · artwork
- Flint's Passing • poem by Robert E. Howard 36 · poem
- Flint's Passing • interior artwork by Randall Spurgin 37 · artwork
- Comic Literature • interior artwork by Richard Lynn 38 · artwork
- Richard Lynn • interview of Richard Lynn • interview by T. L. Trisler 38
- The Strip (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • interior artwork by Brent Anderson and A. J. Hanley and David Heath and Richard Lynn [as by Brent Anderson and A. J. Hanley and David Heath, Jr. and Richard Lynn] 42 · artwork
- Epistle Express (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • [Epistle Express] • essay by Jonathan Bacon 51 · essay
- Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Sam de la Rosa 51 · essay
- Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • [Letters: Robert Bloch] • essay by Robert Bloch 51 · essay
- Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Bob Barger [as by Robert P. Barger] 51 · essay
- Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Ken Raney [as by K. W. Raney, III] 52 · essay
- Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Paul C. Allen 52 · essay
- Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Frank Halpern 53 · essay
- Fantasy Crossroad #3 [5] • interior artwork by Rick Larson 53 · artwork
- Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Roy Thomas 54 · essay
- Fantasy Crossroad #3 [6] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 54 · artwork
- Fantasy Crossroad #3 [7] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 55 · artwork
- Revue Rak • essay by uncredited 56 · essay
- Fantasy Crossroad #3 [8] • interior artwork by Bob Barger [as by Robert Barger] 58 · artwork
- News Notes • essay by uncredited 59 · essay
- Fantasy Crossroad #3 [9] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 60 · artwork
- Fantasy Crossroad #3 [10] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 61 · artwork
- Fantasy Crossroad #3 [11] • interior artwork by Michael Sanders 62 · artwork
Contributors
- Jonathan Bacon
- Editor, Essayist
- Harold Preece
- Essayist
- George T. Hamilton
- Essayist
- Wayne Warfield
- Essayist
- Sam de la Rosa
- Cover artist, Essayist
- Robert E. Howard
- Essayist
- George Hamilton
- Essayist
- Robert Bloch
- Essayist
- Bob Barger
- Essayist
- Ken Raney
- Essayist
- Paul C. Allen
- Essayist
- Frank Halpern
- Essayist
- Roy Thomas
- Essayist
Characters / Featuring
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Fantasy Crossroads #3
- Publisher
- Graceland College Comic Club
- Date
- May 1975
- Source file
- fantasycrossroads3.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Fantasy Crossroads #3
- Publisher
- Graceland College Comic Club
- Date
- May 1975