British Fantasy Society Bulletin
The British Fantasy Society Bulletin was, as the name implies, the clubzine of the British Fantasy Society. It was edited by D. R. Smith and initially distributed with Futurian War Digest and independently from #22 onwards. There were 27 or 28 issues, the caveat being that no copies of #12 have ever been traced and it may not exist. #26 and #28 have similarly not been traced as of 2024.
Just as there are two unrelated incarnations of the British Fantasy Society – this one in the 1940s and a later one from 1971 – this Bulletin is unrelated to The Bulletin - The British Fantasy Society Newsletter issued by the later incarnation.
The bulletin proper was preceded by a questionnaire and three preliminary bulletins, the first two called British Fantasy Fan Federation Preliminary Bulletin which was the then working name of the organisation. These were produced by J. Michael Rosenblum:
| Issue | Date | Pages | FWD mailing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | February 1942 | 1 | 17 | questionnaire |
| 1 | March 1942 | 1 | 18 | |
| 2 | April 1942 | 1 | 19 | |
| 3 | May 1942 | 1 | 20 |
The British Fantasy Society Bulletin under Smith began in June 1942:
| Issue | Date | Pages | FWD mailing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1942 | 1 | 21 | |
| 2 | August 1942 | 1 | 22 | |
| 3 | October 1942 | 1 | 23 | |
| 4 | November 1942 | 2 | 24 | |
| 5 | December 1942 | 4 | 25 | contains list of members |
| 6 | February 1943 | 2 | 27 | |
| 7 | March 1942 | 2 | 27 | |
| 8 | May 1943 | 2 | 28 | |
| 9 | June 1943 | 2 | 29 | |
| 10 | August 1943 | 6 | 30 | first anniversary; contains list of members |
| 11 | September 1943 | 1 | 31 | |
| 12 | November 1943 | this may not exist | ||
| 13 | November 1943 | 1 | 32 | |
| 14 | January 1944 | 2 | 33 | |
| 15 | March 1944 | 2 | 34 | |
| 16 | May 1944 | 2 | 35 | |
| 17 | July 1944 | 6 | 36 | second anniversary |
| 18 | September 1944 | 2 | 37 | membership reaches 100 |
| 19 | November 1944 | 2 | 38 | |
| 20 | January 1945 | 2 | distributed with BFS Prospectus | |
| 21 | March 23, 1945 | 2 | 39 | last issue of Futurian War Digest |
| 22 | June 1945 | 8 | ||
| 23 | September 1945 | 6 | ||
| 24 | December 1945 | 6 | ||
| 25 | March 1946 | 4 | ||
| 26 | May 1946 | 4 | ||
| 27 | August 1946 | 4 | ||
| 28 | November 1946 | 4 | believed to be the final issue |
- British Fantasy Society Bulletin online at fanac.org
- transcripts of all but the last bulletin at Rob Hansen's site
| Publication | 1942—1946 |
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