A time to love.... A time to love.... A time to love.... Soon, he slept. The End ASSAY REPORT For the July-September issue: _PLACE_ _AUTHOR_ _STORY_ _POINTS_ 1 Don Howard Donnell I LOVE YOU, ROBERTA 1.57 2 Tom Covington A BIT PREMATURE 2.36 3 J. S. Semens I 2.79 4 Terry Carr SUPER BOMB 3.29 ... and the Nov.-Jan.: 1 Larry Saundors A PHONE IS RINGING 1.33 2 Al Leverentz TARRY THOU HERE 2.33 3 Toby Duane COLIN AND THE LEPRECHAUN 2.83 4 Ken J. Krueger SOLUTION T-400 3.50 For once, the ratings flowed in in a manner reminiscent of old times--thanks to my consistent bewailing. There is no rating sheet provided for your use in this issue, so I am not too hopeful about the results. I hope, though, that you will fool me and send in your story-preferences in volume. In the latter issue, the poem most liked was VIGIL, by Isabelle E. Dinwiddie, and second was Toby Duane's THE MAN-HEART. In the next issue, you may definitely expect DeWeese's long story, which was promised for this issue. Circumstances intervened, however. --THE EDITOR NOVA A yellow star Burned wanly in the spreading dawn, Then died. "Hello, Joe, how's the missus?" "Fine, Bill. Did you see the news?" "No, what's up?" "Something about a new bomb, K factor Of two hundred, whatever that means." "Probably Nothing, they're always talking about new bombs, And anyway, we're not at war." "Well, I don't know, I hear this one's something new." "That's what they say about any new stuff. Remember the first Atom bomb?" "Yeah, well there's nothing we can do, and like you said, we're not at war." A red star Burned fiercely in the black void, Then died. --Keran O'Brien THE SEA AT EVENING It was in the purple evening, as the moon rose on the sand, When I heard the restless waters calling me across the land; And I left the moors and meadows and the forests stretching free, Left the wind-swept fields behind me, and went down to meet the sea.