"Smith's poem in the March issue was splendid, as always. By all means, publish as many of his poems as possible; I would like to see more by Lumley, and it would be a fine thing if you could get some of Lovecraft's poetry."--Robert E. Howard "Just finished the last FANTASY FAN and in it find an answer to my query. Does Mr. Ackerman write? He does, and how! Enjoyed his little article very much; a touch of humor is as odd as it is welcome in the mostly rather sombre pages of weird and fantastic fiction."--Natalie H. Wooley "Apparently, the only well-known weird tale authors that appear in your columns are Smith and Lovecraft. Surely with these two as a nucleus, a much larger following of authors should have been built up during your seven months of existence. If you cannot contact the horror mags, you surely should be able to get results from the authors."--William S. Sykora We have several weird authors contributing to THE FANTASY FAN besides Smith and Lovecraft, among which are August W. Derleth, Robert E. Howard, R. H. Barlow, and Richard F. Searight. "I especially enjoy articles such as the one by Miss Ferguson, and that written by The Spacehound, which I was sorry to see, did not appear in the following issue. Barlow's stories have more good thought material behind them than some of those published by better known authors in your publication. Here's to everlasting success!"--J. Harvey Haggard "The April number is excellent in both appearance and contents, issuing in, as it does, several new features, the 'Prose Pastels,' a new weird writer, Eando Binder, and the larger instalments of Lovecraft's article."--Duane W. Rimel "Just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed this THE FANTASY FAN. Miraculously, it continues to improve. I don't see how you do it! 'Prose Pastels' by Clark Ashton Smith was a very beautiful bit of word-painting. He has a deftness with the pen that seems to conjure up visions and make the paper seem alive with scenes he describes."--F. Lee Baldwin As you will notice, readers, we have considerably shortened the readers' letters in this issue, due to the large amount of excellent material we have on hand and our limited space. It will continue to be about this length unless we receive many very strenuous objections. * * * * * CELEBRITIES I'VE MET by Mortimer Weisinger Henry J. Kostkos, who permits his charming wife to okay his stories, and if the yarn is mediocre, it's "Quick, Henry, the Flit." Frank R. Paul, who, when asked to be interviewed, modestly answered: "There's not much about me to interview." Conrad H. Ruppert, whose favorite expression, "Shut up, Weisinger," became a threat to have my scalp when I promised to mention him here. And he claims he isn't modest. Goodbye scalp, maybe I can do without it. * * * * * Phantom Lights