Whispers June 1975

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91 contents entries

1. REH letter to Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. Sept. 1931 "Thank you very much for the letter you wrote …"
2. fep • Weird Tales • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay artwork
3. Non-REH Content
4. Whispers (masthead) • (1974) • interior artwork by John Linton 1 · artwork
5. "Editorial" by Stuart David Schiff
6. Editorial (Whispers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff 2 · editorial
7. News column
8. News (Whispers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff 3 · essay
9. "The Glove" by Fritz Leiber
10. Review: The Watchers out of Time and Others by August Derleth and H. P. Lovecraft • (1974) • review by Stuart David Schiff 3 · review
11. "What They Said" by James Wade (poem)
12. Review: Dreams of R'leyh by Lin Carter • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff 3 · review
13. "Sonnet: 1949" by James Wade (poem)
14. Review: Xelucha and Others by M. P. Shiel • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff 3 · review
15. "One Day in the Life of H. P. Lovecraft" by Frank Belknap Long (article)
16. Review: People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff 3 · review
17. "Hamadryad" by Carl Jacobi
18. Review: Tigers of the Sea by Robert E. Howard • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff 3 · review
19. "A Folio: Bonnie Dalzell" (pictorial)
20. Review: Almuric by Robert E. Howard • review by Stuart David Schiff 3 · review
21. "Ladies in Waiting" by Hugh B. Cave
22. Review: The Miscast Barbarian by L. Sprague de Camp • (1975) • review by Stuart David Schiff 3 · review
23. "The Ensorcelled" by Henry Hasse
24. Review: Far Below and Other Horrors by Robert Weinberg • review by Stuart David Schiff 4 · review
25. " Story Writing: A Letter from H. P. Lovecraft" by H. P. Lovecraft
26. The Glove • short story by Fritz Leiber 9 · story
27. "The Beasts that Perish" by Manly Wade Wellman
28. Sonnet: 1949 • (1969) • poem by James Wade 19 · poem
29. "African Wood-carving" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman (poem)
30. What they Said • (1969) • poem by James Wade 19 · poem
31. "Anthropology: Folkways of Fandom" by E. Hoffmann Price (article)
32. One Day in the Life of H. P. Lovecraft • essay by Frank Belknap Long 20 · essay
33. "The Octopus" by L. Sprague de Camp (poem)
34. Whispers #6-7 • interior artwork by Eric Kimball 26 · artwork
35. "The Fourth Seal" by Karl Edward Wagner
36. Hamadryad • short story by Carl Jacobi 27 · story
37. "A Folio: Allan Servoss" (pictorial)
38. Whispers #6-7 • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 36 · artwork
39. "Marianne" by Joseph Payne Brennan
40. Robert E. Howard: An Autobiographical Letter • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to William Blanch Talman, circa September 1931 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / Thank you ery much for the letter...")) 37 · essay
41. "The Survivor" by Joseph Payne Brennan
42. A Letter to H. Warner Munn • essay by Farnsworth Wright 40 · essay
43. "All Hallows" by H. Warner Munn (poem)
44. Weirdisms: Some Ingredients for Potions • [Weirdisms] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 41 · artwork
45. Weirdisms: Some Ingredients for Potions • [Weirdisms] • essay by Lee Brown Coye 41 · essay
46. Bonnie Dalzell: A Folio (Whispers #6-7) • interior artwork by Bonnie Dalzell 42 · artwork
47. Ladies in Waiting • short story by Hugh B. Cave 48 · story
48. Ladies in Waiting • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye (variant of A Lady in Waiting 1977) 56 · artwork
49. Whispers #6-7 • interior artwork by Steve Riley 57 · artwork
50. Book Reviews: Two on Lovecraft and Others (Whuspers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff 58 · essay
51. Review: Lovecraft: A Biography by L. Sprague de Camp • review by Stuart David Schiff 58 · review
52. Review: Lovecraft: at Last by Willis Conover • review by Stuart David Schiff 59 · review
53. Review: Flesh and Fantasy by Frank Brunner • review by Stuart David Schiff 60 · review
54. Review: The Adventure of the Peerless Peer by Philip José Farmer • review by Stuart David Schiff 60 · review
55. Review: Regarding Sherlock Holmes by August Derleth • review by Stuart David Schiff 60 · review
56. Review: The Wolf in the Garden by Alfred H. Bill • review by Stuart David Schiff 61 · review
57. Review: Far Below and Other Horrors by Robert E. Weinberg • review by Stuart David Schiff 61 · review
58. Review: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Donald H. Tuck • review by Stuart David Schiff 61 · review
59. Review: Varney the Vampire or, The Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest • review by Stuart David Schiff 61 · review
60. Review: Manfrome or The One-Handed Monk by Mary Anne Radcliffe • review by Stuart David Schiff 62 · review
61. Review: A Gent from Bear Creek by Robert E. Howard • review by Stuart David Schiff 62 · review
62. Review: The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan by Robert E. Howard • review by Stuart David Schiff 62 · review
63. Review: Fantasy Collector's Annual - 1975 by G. de la Ree • review by Stuart David Schiff 63 · review
64. Review: Gladiator by Philip Wylie • review by Stuart David Schiff 63 · review
65. Review: Kai Lung 6 by Ernest Bramah • review by Stuart David Schiff 63 · review
66. Review: Dr, Cyclops by Will Garth • review by Stuart David Schiff 63 · review
67. Review: Beneath the Moors by Brian Lumley • review by David Drake 63 · review
68. Whispers #6-7 [2] • interior artwork by Denis Tiani 64 · artwork
69. Tower of the Elephant • interior artwork by Richard Robertson 66 · artwork
70. Tower of the Elephant [2] • interior artwork by Richard Robertson 67 · artwork
71. The Ensorcelled • short story by Henry Hasse 69 · story
72. Story-Writing: A Letter from HPL • (1935) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft 80 · essay
73. Story-Writing • interior artwork by Alan Hunter 84 · artwork
74. The Beasts That Perish • [Lee Cobbett] • short story by Manly Wade Wellman 85 · story
75. The Beasts that Perish • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 87 · artwork
76. The Beasts That Perish [2] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 90 · artwork
77. African Wood-Carving • poem by Mary Elizabeth Counselman 95 · poem
78. Anthropology: Folkways of Fandom • essay by E. Hoffmann Price 96 · essay
79. The Octopus • interior artwork by James Shull [as by Jim Shull] 101 · artwork
80. The Octopus • poem by L. Sprague de Camp 101 · poem
81. Weirdisms: Some Brief Notes on Human Dissection • [Weirdisms] • interior artwork by Lee Brown Coye 102 · artwork
82. Weirdisms: Some Brief Notes on Human Dissection • [Weirdisms] • essay by Lee Brown Coye 102 · essay
83. The Fourth Seal • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner 103 · novelette
84. The Fourth Seal • interior artwork by Dave Fletcher 121 · artwork
85. Allan Servoss: A Folio • interior artwork by Allan Servoss 122 · artwork
86. Two by Brennan: Marianne • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan 128 · story
87. Two by Brennan: The Survivor • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan 129 · story
88. Allhallows • poem by H. Warner Munn 131 · poem
89. The End (Whispers #6-7) • essay by Stuart David Schiff 132 · essay
90. bep • Weird Tales: Featuring 'Whispers' by Stuart Schiff • interior artwork by Todd Klein artwork
91. Back Cover (Whispers #6-7) • interior artwork by John Linton bc · artwork

Contributors

Frank Upatel

Cover artist

Lee Brown Coye, Frank Utpatel, Virgil Finlay, Todd Klein

Illustrator

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