Texas SF Inquirer

An 80s fanzine sponsored by FACT and mainly edited by Pat Mueller which served as a newszine with a strong Texas focus. It was nominated for the 1987 Best Fanzine Hugo and won the 1988 Best Fanzine Hugo. Some issues edited by Alexander Slate may have been co-edited by Laurel Slate. Pat Mueller married Dennis Verzi on Oct. 11, 1986, but continued listing herself as "Pat Mueller" for this fanzine (at least through issue #19). Most exact dates of editorial transitions are unknown to us. Christina Lake's TAFF report ("The Caprician 4") writes of the Hugo award, and the first editor: "Excitement in the Texas contingent reached fever pitch when Pat Mueller's Texas SF Inquirer won best fanzine (vindicating her against the forces of evil in the Texas group who'd taken the editorship of the fanzine away from her)."

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	1983		Editor is Pat Mueller
2	May 1983
3	1983
4	1983
5	1983
6	December 1983	8
7	March 1984
8/9	1984		Double issue
10/11	1985		Double issue
12	September/October 1985	14
13	November 1985	8
14	January 1986	14
15	February 1986	55
16	April-May 1986	6	editor Pat Mueller announces her upcoming marriage to Dennis Virzi
17	June 1986	20
18	August 1986	46
19	December 1986	28
20	February-March 1987	36
21	July-August 1987	26
22	October-November 1987	24
23	February 1988	20	Last issue edited by Pat Mueller
24	1988		editor unknown
25	1988	24	ed. Scott M. Merritt
26	1988	28	ed. Scott M. Merritt
27	1989		editor unknown
28			editor unknown
29			editor unknown
30			editor unknown
31	1990
32	1990		editors are now Dale Denton & Alexander R. Slate
33	1990
34	1990		Contains "50 Simple Ways to Destroy Your Next Convention"
35	1990		editor unknown
36	1990		editor unknown
37	1990		editor unknown
38	1991		editor unknown
39	1991		editor is now Alexander R. Slate. Contains an interview of Pat Cadigan by Ellen Datlow.
40	1991	15
41	October 1991	15
42	December 1991	15
43	1992	15
44	1992
45	1992
46	1992
47
48	1993
49	1993
50	June 1993	24
51	1993
52	1994
53	1994
54	April 1995	18
55	Winter 1996	44	editor is Brad & Cindy Foster. Probably last issue.

• Reviewed by Mike Glyer in File 770 65, p. 9

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