Winford Publications will positively launch a new all-weird magazine within a few months, designed expressly for the purpose of competing with _Weird Tales_.... Charles H. Bert, of Philadelphia, is the only fan, to our knowledge, who owns copies of the now defunct weird tales magazine, _Tales of Magic and Mystery_.... Edmond Hamilton has recently written "Cosmo's End," "Master of the Genes," and "World Without Sex".... Otis Adelbert Kline's _Weird Tales_ story, "The Bird People," which he admits was based on the 1926 _Amazing Stories_ cover contest, was originally titled "The Log of the Laurtanian".... His Kline's popular "Thirsty Blades" was originally written by him as a 20,000 word novelette. Wright said that he would use the yarn if Kline boiled it down to a shorter length. So Kline turned the yarn over to Price, who did the necessary revising, and the result was published as a collab.... Just the reverse is the short story Price wrote as a sequel to Lovecraft's "The Silver Key," which he turned over to Lovecraft who worked it into the novelette. "Through the Gates of the Silver Key."... Otis Adelbert Kline was in New York the other week, looking up editors and writers.... He had dinner with his friend, Seabury Quinn, and for the first time in twelve years, was treated to some Napoleon brandy.... It may be a coincidence, but the circulation of THE FANTASY FAN has increased thirty-five per cent since the inception of this column! * * * * * ADVERTISEMENTS Rates: one cent per word Minimum Charge, 25 cents Back Numbers of _The Fantasy Fan_: September, 20 cents (only a few left), October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, 10 cents each. * * * * * CLARK ASHTON SMITH presents THE DOUBLE SHADOW AND OTHER FANTASIES--a booklet containing a half-dozen imaginative and atmospheric tales--stories of exotic beauty, horror, terror, strangeness, irony and satire. Price: 25 cents each (coin or stamps). Also a small remainder of EBONY AND CRYSTAL--a book of prose-poems published at $2.00, reduced to $1.00 per copy. Everything sent postpaid. Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn, California. * * * * * IMPORTANT! Many subscriptions to THE FANTASY FAN expire this fall. Yours is probably one of them. DON'T forget to send in your new subscription if you want THE FANTASY FAN to continue publication. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS! * * * * * FOR SALE: E. F. Benson's best work of fantasy, "Visible and Invisible"--$1.25, ppd. Forrest J. Ackerman, 530 Staples Ave., San Francisco, Calif. * * * * *