Mirage #03 [1961]
Mirage (subtitled "The Amateur Magazine Of Fantasy") was a mimeographed fanzine which was edited and published by Baltimore fan (and later SF author) Jack Chalker. It was primarily devoted to the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and his circle and featured fantasy-oriented material: articles, short stories, bibliographies. The first issue was titled Centaur (1960) and the second was Kaleidoscope (1960). The title of the final eight issues (1961-1971) became Mirage . In 1963, it was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine. Chalker's later Mirage Press was named after it. This third issue from 1961 was the first to use the Mirage title. It includes: "The Poems Of Pan" (Ray Nelson's first story); and the article "Notes On Lovecraft" by David H. Keller, M. D. (which prompted a rebuttal by August W. Derleth to Keller's criticism of Lovecraft, that appeared in Issue #04). The cover artwork by David Prosser features the "Sabbatic Goat". CONTENTS: Mirage #03 [1961] COVER: Dave Prosser • 1 CONCERNING THAT COVER • Dave Prosser • 2 EDITORIALLY SPEAKING • 4 THE POEMS OF PAN (fiction) • Ray Nelson • 6 NOTES ON LOVECRAFT (an article) • David H. Keller • 12 MYTHS & LEGENDS (a column) • Don F. Anderson • 19 BEWARE OF THE DARK! (fiction) • Gene Tipton • 20 HINDSIGHT (letters) • 25 ETONSBRODY (a review) • Alan Dodd • 30 AS THE MISTS CLEARED (fiction) • George H. Wagner • 31 AND TWO POEMS (both by George Jay Crawford): Journeyesques • 11 Witchinghilt Lamp • 18
- Series
- Mirage
- Genres
- Horror, Science fiction, Science and mechanics
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Pulp horror
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Internet Archive