Phantasmagoria

(Did you mean a Kenneth Smith fanzine or a George Beahm fanzine?)

Phantasmagoria was a fanzine published by Derek Pickles with first his sister, Mavis Pickles, and later for its second series with his brother-in-law, Stan Thomas, from Bradford in the UK. For its second series the editors styled themselves DEEPEE and ESSTEE. Marjorie Pickles was associate editor for at least one issue and Alan Hunter was art editor.

It is credited with being the first fanzine to codify the usual which it spelled out in the first issue of its second series (June 1954):

1. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE REQUESTED. If you send money we won't refuse it, but there is NO SUB RATE.
2. You can make sure of receiving future issues, which will appear when we feel like it, by
  a. Writing a letter of comment.
  b. A contribution.
  c. Your magazines.
In the case of c. let us know if you intend to exchange, so that you will get future issues, if you don't drop us a line, you won't get further issues. If you are exchanging send a copy to each address. We will send you two copies of Phantas, IF YOU ASK.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
Series 1
#1 1.1	November 1950	16	Mavis Pickles as co-editor.
#2 1.2	Spring 1951	24	Alan Hunter as art editor,
#3 1.3	Summer 1951	24	last with Mavis Pickles as co-editor
#4 2.1	Spring 1952	22	Marjorie Pickles as associated editor
#5 2.2	Autumn 1952	18
#6 2.3	June 1953	6
Series 2
#7 1.1	June 1954	8	Stan Thomas, co-editor.
#8 1.2	November 1954	24
#9 1.3	June 1955	28
#10 2.1	November 1955	32
— 2.1½	April 1956	2	included in the Cytricon II combozine
#11 2.2	November 1992 (?)	48

• Phantasmagoria online at fanac.org.

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Publication

1950—1992

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