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Fantasy Crossroads #9

Stygian Isle Press

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Publication date: August 1976

Introduction

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.

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.

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Periodical (8.5 x 11, saddle stapled)
Publication date
August 1976
Pages
44
Publisher / imprint
Stygian Isle Press
Cover art
Richard Corben (front) Gene Day (back)
Illustrations
See contents

2 linked Howard works

52 contents entries

  1. " The Last Laugh"
  2. Ramblings (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • [Editorial Ramblings] • essay by Jonathan Bacon 2 · editorial
  3. Non-REH Contents
  4. Epistle Express (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • [Epistle Express] • essay by Jonathan Bacon 3 · essay
  5. "N'tu Nusa Ya Chikanda" by Charles R. Saunders
  6. Fantasy Crossroads #9 • interior artwork by Greg Vander Leun 3 · artwork
  7. "A Whisper of Leathery Wings" by Eddy C. Bertin
  8. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Gregory Nicoll 3 · essay
  9. "Of Sword & Sorcery" by Paul C. Allen (article)
  10. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Loay Hall 3 · essay
  11. "White Slayers of the Waste" by J. E. Coplin
  12. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • [Letters: L. Sprague de Camp] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 4 · essay
  13. "REH Editors Roundtable Discussion" Part 1 of 2 Jonathon Bacon, Arnie Fenner, George T. Hamilton, Dennis McHaney, Damon Sasser, Byron Roark, George H. Scithers, and Wayne Warfield
  14. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Arnie Fenner [as by Arnold Fenner] 5 · essay
  15. "Hindu Evil" by Tevis Clyde Smith
  16. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Wayne Warfield 5 · essay
  17. Red Nails Portfolio by Gene Day
  18. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Stuart David Schiff [as by Stuart Schiff] 5 · essay
  19. Ramblings (editorial)
  20. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #9) • essay by Scott Connors 5 · essay
  21. Epistle Express (letter column)
  22. N'tu Nusu Ya Chikanda (The Half-Men of Chikanda) • [Imaro] • novelette by Charles R. Saunders 6 · novelette
  23. News Notes
  24. N'tu Nusu Ya Chikanda (The Half-Men of Chikanda) • interior artwork by Gene Day 6 · artwork
  25. Revue Rak (reviews)
  26. N'tu Nusu Ya Chikanda (The Half-Men of Chikanda) [2] • interior artwork by Broc Sears 8 · artwork
  27. News Notes • essay by uncredited 15 · essay
  28. Revue Rak • essay by uncredited 17 · essay
  29. Review of the record "From the Hells beneath the Hells" by Robert E. Howard • essay by Dennis McHaney 17 · review
  30. Fantasy Crossroads #9 [2] • interior artwork by Randy Mohr [as by R. Mohr] 17 · artwork
  31. Review: Bloodstar by Richard Corben and Robert E. Howard and John Jakes • review by Dennis McHaney 17 · review
  32. Review: The Bowl of Baal by Robert Ames Bennet • review by Jonathan Bacon 17 · review
  33. Fantasy Crossroads #9 [3] • interior artwork by Douglas Herring 18 · artwork
  34. Fantasy Crossroads #9 [4] • interior artwork by uncredited 18 · artwork
  35. Review: Celtia: Fantasy Drawings in the Celtic Style by Jim Fitzpatrick • review by Dave McFerran 18 · review
  36. Review: The Banner of Joan by H. Warner Munn • review by Jonathan Bacon 18 · review
  37. Review: From the Archives of Evil by Christopher Lee and Michel Parry • review by Loay Hall 18 · review
  38. The Last Laugh • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 19 · story
  39. Review: Terror Out of Time by C. M. Eddy, Jr. • review by Loay Hall [as by Loay H. Hall] 19 · review
  40. A Whisper of Leathery Wings • novelette by Eddy C. Bertin (trans. of Een fluisteren van lederachtige vleugels 1981) 20 · novelette
  41. A Whisper of Leathery Wings • interior artwork by Clyde Caldwell 20 · artwork
  42. Of Swords & Sorcery: Kane by Karl Edward Wagner • essay by Paul C. Allen 25 · essay
  43. Of Swords & Sorcery: The Dying Earth by Jack Vance • essay by Paul C. Allen 26 · essay
  44. Of Swords & Sorcery: Elak of Atlantis by Henry Kuttner • essay by Paul C. Allen 27 · essay
  45. Fantasy Crossroads #9 [5] • interior artwork by Broc Sears 27 · artwork
  46. White Slayers of the Waste • short story by j. e. coplin 28 · story
  47. White Slayers of the Waste • interior artwork by Stephen Riley 28 · artwork
  48. 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] 31 · essay
  49. Hindu Evil • short story by Tevis Clyde Smith 34 · story
  50. Hindu Evil • interior artwork by Bernie Englum 34 · artwork
  51. Red Nails Portfolio • interior artwork by Gene Day 40 · artwork
  52. Fantasy Crossroads #9 [6] • interior artwork by Gene Day 44 · artwork

Contributors

Richard Corben
Cover artist

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Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Fantasy Crossroads #9
Publisher
Stygian Isle Press
Date
August 1976
Source file
fantasycrossroads9.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Fantasy Crossroads #9
Publisher
Stygian Isle Press
Date
August 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.