THE FANTASY FAN THE FANS' OWN MAGAZINE Published Editor: Charles D. Hornig 10 cents a copy Monthly (Managing Editor: Wonder Stories) $1.00 per year 137 West Grand Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey Volume 1 April, 1934 Number 8 OUR READERS SAY "Some of us have seen Paul's illustrations so long that we can't get used to Morey's or Wesso's or anyone else's. I would suggest that THE FANTASY FAN have a _different_ artist to illustrate a _different_ kind of picture in a _different_ way. We don't want that stereotyped kind of illustrating we are getting in the other magazines. And we don't want that stereotyped kind of writing that is being done so much lately." --Art Skold It will probably be quite some time before THE FANTASY FAN can afford to have its stories illustrated, for it is an expensive proposition. Weird stories such as we print should have illustrations by artists who know how to draw _weird_ pictures such as Hugh Rankin and Brosnatch. "The March THE FANTASY FAN looks like an excellent issue--typographical impression improved. But may I ask that some extremely misleading misprints in my letter be corrected? One is especially bad, giving a direct contradiction of what I really wrote--this being the substitution of AN for NO in the phrase meant to read '_no_ especial morbidity.' (Your Views department). Other errors are 'prospection' for 'perspective' and the omission of 'g' from the word judgment. "Glad to see the interesting tale by Robert E. Howard and the powerful poem by Clark Ashton Smith." --H. P. Lovecraft We are very sorry about the typographical errors in your article and our printer has promised to do better proofreading in the future. "I enjoyed the February issue. 'Polaris' carries off the honours. I liked very much the poem by William Lumley and hope you will print more of his work. Barlow's fifth 'Annals of the Jinns' is another gem. "I am sorry that the argument in 'The Boiling Point' has aroused any ill-feeling. Perhaps you are wise to discontinue the column and start one on a more abstract intellectual basis. Later on, I may have a little to say on the problems broached for discussion. "I look forward to seeing the stories announced for future publication. More power to TFF!" --Clark Ashton Smith "The 'Our Readers Say' is always interesting, and I'm glad you're increasing the length of Lovecraft's article in the next issue. Lester Anderson's article was good, as well as humorous, and so is Hoy Ping Pong, as usual." --Kenneth B. Pritchard "The March THE FANTASY FAN was a wow!--hope it keeps improving!" --Bob Tucker "The March issue is very interesting. Howard's story is both unusual and well-written, and any poetry of Smith's is predestined to excellence." --R. H. Barlow