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Fantasy Crossroads #8

Stygian Isle Press

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Publication date: May 1976

Introduction

A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This was a Spicy Adventure Issue, from May 1976. Issue 8 Contains the first appearance of both DAUGHTERS OF FEUD and the poem MISER'S GOLD. Cover illustration by Richard Corben (from an illustration of Night Images featuring REH poems).

Notes

 Whole number 8. Page numbers include covers.
Saddle stapled, wraps.
Spicy Adventure Issue.
Print run 1000 numbered copies.
Print size reduced (for the second time)to permit more content in fewer pages.
The cover illustration is from Night Images, a book of Howard poetry.
The letters from Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett appeared originally in Return to Wonder, edited by Stephen Riley.
The Lovecraft letter appears as a copy of the handwritten missive and in typescript.

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Periodical (8.5 x 11, saddle stapled)
Publication date
May 1976
Pages
80
Publisher / imprint
Stygian Isle Press
Cover art
Richard Corben (an illustration from NIGHT IMAGES featuring REH poems)
Illustrations
See contents

2 linked Howard works

63 contents entries

  1. " Daughters of Feud"
  2. Fantasy Crossroads #8 (Logo) • interior artwork by Clyde Caldwell 2 · artwork
  3. " Miser's Gold" (poem)
  4. Ramblings (Fantasy Crossroads #8) • [Editorial Ramblings] • essay by Jonathan Bacon 3 · editorial
  5. Non-REH Contents
  6. Letter from Edmond Hamilton, May 1969 • essay by Edmond Hamilton 3 · essay
  7. "Ramblings" by Jonathan Bacon (editorial)
  8. Letter: H. P. Lovecraft to Clark Ashton Smith, June 23, 1930 • essay by H. P. Lovecraft 4 · essay
  9. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith from H. P. Lovecraft
  10. Notes on Lovecraft's Letter to Smith • essay by Dirk W. Mosig [as by Dirk Mosig] 5 · essay
  11. "Revue Rak" (reviews)
  12. Revue Rak • essay by uncredited 6 · essay
  13. "Epistle Express" (letter column)
  14. Review: Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Night Side by Frank Belknap Long • review by Loay Hall [as by Loay H. Hall] 6 · review
  15. "The God in the Bowl Portfolio" by Gene Day
  16. Review of "Robert E. Howard's Conan": A Record Album • essay by Marty Ellenberger 7 · review
  17. "Rough Love Pays" by Tevis Clyde Smith
  18. Review: Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Night Side by Frank Belknap Long • review by Scott Connors 7 · review
  19. "The Ghost-King and the Girl" by John Bredon
  20. Review of "Fantasae #1" by Ken & Deb Raney • essay by Jonathan Bacon 8 · review
  21. "The Red Cap of Mara" by Clifford M. Eddy, Jr.
  22. Review: The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson • review by Dirk W. Mosig 8 · review
  23. "Crimson Cavalier" by John Bredon (poem)
  24. Epistle Express (Fantasy Crossroads #8) • [Epistle Express] • essay by Jonathan Bacon 9 · essay
  25. "Far Babylon" by L. Sprague de Camp
  26. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #8) • essay by Gregory Nicoll 9 · essay
  27. "Night Feast" by Michael Fantina (poem)
  28. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #8) • essay by Bob Barger [as by Robert P. Barger] 9 · essay
  29. "Of Sword & Sorcery: Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser" by Paul C. Allen (article)
  30. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #8) • essay by Scott Connors 9 · essay
  31. "The Macabre in Heroic Fantasy" by Lee Brown Coye
  32. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #8) • essay by Arnie Fenner [as by Arnold Fenner] 10 · essay
  33. "Ode to the Pulps" by William A. Conder (poem)
  34. Fantasy Crossroads #8 • interior artwork by Arnie Fenner 10 · artwork
  35. Fantasy Crossroads #8 [2] • interior artwork by Jim Jones (I) 11 · artwork
  36. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #8) • essay by Loay Hall 11 · essay
  37. Fantasy Crossroads #8 [3] • interior artwork by Douglas Herring 12 · artwork
  38. "The God in the Bowl" Portfolio • interior artwork by Gene Day 12 · artwork
  39. Daughters of Feud • short story by Robert E. Howard 18 · story
  40. Daughters of Feud • interior artwork by Clyde Caldwell 18 · artwork
  41. Rough Love Pays • short story by Tevis Clyde Smith 24 · story
  42. Rough Love Pays • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 24 · artwork
  43. The King Ghost and the Girl • short story by Steve Eng [as by John Bredon] 27 · story
  44. The King Ghost and the Girl • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 27 · artwork
  45. Red Cap of Mara • short story by G. M. Eddy, Jr. 28 · story
  46. Red Cap of Mara • interior artwork by Richard Huber [as by Richard Huber, Jr.] 28 · artwork
  47. Crimson Cavalier • poem by Steve Eng [as by John Bredon] 33 · poem
  48. Crimson Cavalier • interior artwork by Ric Cruz and Sam de la Rosa 33 · artwork
  49. Miser's Gold • poem by Robert E. Howard 34 · poem
  50. Miser's Gold • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 34 · artwork
  51. Far Babylon • interior artwork by Ric Cruz 36 · artwork
  52. Far Babylon • [W. Wilson Newbury] • (1976) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp 37 · story
  53. Fantasy Crossroads #8 [3[ • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 38 · artwork
  54. Night Feast • poem by Michael Fantina 39 · poem
  55. Night Feast • interior artwork by Ric Cruz 39 · artwork
  56. Of Sword & Sorcery: Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber • essay by Paul C. Allen 40 · essay
  57. Letter from Leigh Brackett, May 22, 1969 • essay by Leigh Brackett 42 · essay
  58. Review: The Coming of the Horseclans by Robert Adams • review by Paul C. Allen 42 · review
  59. Review: Sword of the Gael by Andrew J. Offutt • review by Paul C. Allen 42 · review
  60. The Macabre in Heroic Fantasy: From "The Jewel in the Skull" • short fiction by Michael Moorcock 43 · story
  61. The Macabre in Heroic Fantasy: From "The Jewel in the Skull" • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 43 · artwork
  62. Ode to the Pulps • poem by William A. Conder 44 · poem
  63. Ode to the Pulps • interior artwork by Richard Huber [as by Richard Huber, Jr.] 44 · artwork

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Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Fantasy Crossroads #8
Publisher
Stygian Isle Press
Date
May 1976
Source file
fantasycrossroads8.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Fantasy Crossroads #8
Publisher
Stygian Isle Press
Date
May 1976
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.