Mary Reed

(1945 – )

Mary Reed (aka “Mushling,” a nickname based on a character in TV's Rawhide, and for a time, Mary Long and Mary Legg) is a British fan now living in Pennsylvania.

She got into British fandom in the early '60s, and published Crabapple; a group, Kinkay Fandom, developed around it (they included Beryl Mercer, Archie Mercer and Arthur Cruttenden, who all went on to found the Herts Science Fiction and Fantasy Group). Her fanzines included her “Tribe-X” fan fiction stories.

Although still called Reed, she became Mary Legg when she married her first husband, fan Charles Legg (known as “Chas” or “Churl”) in the early '70s. They divorced after five years or so. In 1970, Mary met American fan Sam Long, then stationed in the U.K. with the U.S. Air Force, at a London Circle meeting at the Globe pub. They got together in the mid-70s after she and Chas split, and married in 1976, at which time she became Mary Long and immigrated to the USA. Mary and Sam were together for about a dozen years, and had a son, David, before divorcing.

Mary reverted to her maiden name and continued to use Mary Reed after she married her current husband, fan Eric Mayer, with whom she writes mystery fiction, sometimes as “M. E. Mayer” or “Eric Reed.”

• Website.
• Weblog.
• Twitter.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Crabapple for OMPA
• Link with Beryl Henley for PADS
• The Orphan Scrivener with Eric Mayer
• Rosemary [1968-] (for OMPA)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1968 — Doc Weir Award

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Person

1945—

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