Knights

A 21-issue fanzine known as Knights of the Paper Space Ship (sometimes referred to simply as KPSS) issues 1–12 and as Knights for the remaining issues. The first five issues were edited and published by Mike Bracken and Joe Walter. Issues 6–21 were edited and published by Bracken.

The first few issues were published while Mike and Joe were high school juniors in Fort Bragg, CA, and much of the content was fiction written by the editors and their friends. By the time Knights ceased publication, it had been home to articles and LoCs by many SF&F writers who were then or later became well-known (including Robert Bloch, David Gerrold, Larry Niven, and many others) as well as regular columns by Grant Carrington, Charles L. Grant, and Thomas F. Monteleone.

The last issue was published one year after Mike Bracken made his professional writing debut. Writing as Michael Bracken, he is now the author of several books and more than 1,200 short stories in various genres.

Issue	Date	Pages	Medium	Where Pubbed	Notes
1	December 1973	15+cover	spirit duplicator	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Michele Gifford, Patrick Myers, Larry Poulsen, J. A. Van Horn, Joe Walter. Cover by Brutis. "Brutis" was a nickname given to Mike Bracken in ninth grade. "Patrick Myers" is a pseudonym for Mike Bracken, though Joe Walter co-wrote at least one piece of faan fiction bylined by Myers; Mike continues to use the Myers pseudonym for some of his professional fiction. "J. A. Van Horn" was a pseudonym of Joe Walter.
2	January 1974	20+cover	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Charlene Ales, Adrianne Berry, Mike Bracken, J.A. Van Horn, Joe Walter. LoCs: Ann Lawler, J. Lira, Mark Shocklee. Cover: Brutis
3	February 1974	17+cover	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Charlene Ales, Mike Bracken, Pat Lasswell, Joe Walter. LoCs: Lori Branscomb, Paul Gartner, Merle Larson, Roy Mitchell, Mike Roberts. Cover: Brutis
4	March 1974	17+cover	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Mike Bracken, Joe Colombero, Larry Poulsen, John Robinson, Joe Walter. LoCs: Cheri Partain. Cover: Brutis
5	April 1974	19+cover	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Mike Bracken, Patrick Myers, John Robinson, J. A. Van Horn, Joe Walter. LoCs: Dena Brown, Frank Denton, Dan W. Peters, John M. Robinson. Cover: Edward J. Spence Interior illos: Don Ensley, Edward J. Spence. Notes: "John Robinson" and "John M. Robinson" are not the same person. This was the first issue to contain interior illustrations, and they were drawn directly on the mimeograph stencils.
6	May 1974	12+cover	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Mike Bracken, Joe Walter. LoCs: Warren Johnson, John M. Robinson. Cover: Don Ensley. Interior illos: Don Ensley
7	June 1974	22+cover	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Mike Bracken, Larry Poulsen, John M. Robinson. LoCs: Simon Agree, Bill Breiding, Bob Coulsen, Warren Johnson, Sam Long, Wayne W. Martin, David Singer, Joe Walter. Cover: Don Ensley. Interior illos: Myrta Ann Bates, Don Ensley, Patrick Myers. Notes: Myrta Ann Bates is Mike Bracken's mother, an artist who signed much of her work with her maiden name.
8	July 1974	22+cover	mimeograph, photocopied cover	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Charlene Ales, Mike Bracken, Wayne W. Martin, Patrick Myers, John M. Robinson, Dave Sell. LoCs: Brett Cox, Terry Floyd, Sam Long, Wayne W. Martin, Dave Sell. Cover: Simon Agree. Interior illos: Myrta Ann Bates, Don Ensley, Sam Long, Ann Lawler, Patrick Myers
9	August 1974	26+covers	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Simon Agree, Steve Beatty, Sheryl Birkhead, Mike Bracken, interview with K. W. Dailey, Tom Reamy, John M. Robinson. LoCs: Simon Agree, Sheryl Birkhead, Tony Cvetko, Terry Floyd, D. Gary Grady, Chris Hulse, Sam Long, Wayne W. Martin, Larry Poulsen, Brad Parks, Tom Reamy, Joe Walter, Leah A. Zeldes. Cover: Brad Parks. Back cover: Simon Agree. Interior illos: Simon Agree, Sheryl Birkhead, Tim Kirk
10	October 1974	18+cover	mimeograph	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Steve Beatty, Mike Bracken, Ben Indick, Wayne W. Martin. LoCs: Bruce Arthurs, Terry Floyd, Grant Canfield, Ben Indick, Sam Long, Roy Tackett, Joe Walter. Cover: Sheryl Birkhead. Interior illos: Simon Agree, Sheryl Birkhead, Mike Bracken, Don Ensley, D. Gary Grady
11	December 1974	54+covers	mimeograph, photocopied covers	Fort Bragg, CA	Contributors: Margaret A. Basta, Steve Beatty, Sheryl Birkhead, Mike Bracken, Donn Brazier, Don D'Ammassa, Sam Long, Wayne W. Martin, David McDonnell, Patrick Myers, Roy Tackett, Harry Warner, Jr. LoCs: Donn Brazier, Brett Cox, Chris Hulse, Dwain Kaiser, Sam Long, John Robinson, Bud Webster. Front and back covers: Sheryl Birkhead. Interior illos: Simon Agree, Randy Bathurst, Sheryl Birkhead, Mike Bracken, Grant Canfield, Don Ensley, D. Gary Grady, James Venturni
12	April 1975	56+covers	mimeograph, offset covers
13	September 1975	102+covers	mimeograph, offset covers
14	December 1975	58+wrap-around cover	mimeograph, offset cover
15	March 1976	72+covers	mimeograph, offset covers
16	June 1976	65+covers	mimeograph+offset, offset covers
17-18	July 1977	118+covers	mimeograph, offset covers
19	December 1977	66+covers	mimeograph, offset covers
20	March 1979	46+covers	front cover was a fold-out, offset	Reviewed File 770 13, p. 5
21	November 1979	22+covers	typeset, offset	Final issue

Issue 12 (Fort Bragg, CA) Contributors: Bruce D. Arthurs, Steve Beatty, Mike Bracken, Don D'Ammassa, Chris Hulse, Ben Indick, Jon Inouye, Jodie Offutt, John Robinson, John M. Robinson, Michael T. Shoemaker, Roger D. Sween, Wayne W. Martin, Joe Walter LoCs: Sheryl Birkhead, Richard Brandt, Bob Coulson, Don D'Ammassa, Larry Downes, Terry Floyd, Gil Gaier, Mike Glicksohn, D. Gary Grady, Ben Indick, Terry Jeeves, Sam Long, Wayne W. Martin, Henry Ritman, Al Sirois, Roger D. Sween, Bud Webster Cover: Al Sirois Back cover: Dan Stefacek Interior illos: Simon Agree, Sheryl Birkhead, Mike Bracken, Grant Canfield, D. Gary Grady, Terry Jeeves, Brad Parks, James Shull, Al Sirois, Dan Stefacek

Notes: In this issue, Mike Bracken announces the death of his mother. This is the last issue published in Fort Bragg, CA.

Issue 13 (Tacoma, WA) Contributors: Steve Beatty, Mike Bracken, Richard Brandt, Don D'Ammassa, C. L. Grant, Gary Hubbard, Ben Indick, Jon Inouye, Mike Kring, Sam Long, David McDonnell, Wayne W. Martin, John Robinson, John M. Robinson LoCs: Cy Chauvin, Brett Cox, Tony Cvetko, Don D'Ammassa, Terry Floyd, D. Gary Grady, C. L. Grant, Craig Hill, Ben Indick, Mike Kring, Sam Long, Will Norris, Jodie Offutt, George Perkins, Roger D. Sween Cover: Sheryl Birkhead Interior illos: Simon Agree, Todd Bake, Sheryl Birkhead, Mike Bracken, Terry Jeeves, Sam Long, Barry Kent Mackay, Brad Parks, Frank Sederholm, Al Sirois, Bruce Townley Photograph: Yvonne Crytzer

Notes: This issue marked the first installment of SF/F/Horror writer C. L. Grant's column "From the Fire on the Mountain." C. L. Grant later changed his byline to Charles L. Grant.

Issue 14 (Tacoma, WA) Contributors: Mike Bracken, Val D. Conder, C. L. Grant, Wayne Hooks, Keith L. Justice, Robert Werner, Neal Wilgus LoCs: Sheryl Birkhead, Bill Bowers, Richard Brandt, Larry Carmody, Cy Chauvin, Don D'Ammassa, Stephen H. Dorneman, Gil Gaier, Mike Glicksohn, Ben Indick, Sam Long, Jodie Offutt, Jerry Pournelle, Michael Shoemaker, Robert Silverberg, Darroll Pardoe, Al Sirois, Wayne W. Martin Wrap-around cover: Al Sirois Inside front and inside back covers: Phil Foglio Interior illos: Sheryl Birkhead, Mike Bracken, Grant Canfield, Don Ensley, Barry Kent Mackay, Marc Schrimeister, Frank Sederholm, James Shull, Al Sirois, Rod Snyder

Issue 15 (Tacoma, WA) Contributors: Mike Bracken, Cy Chauvin, Don D'Ammassa, C. L. Grant, Wayne Hooks, Keith L. Justice, Thomas F. Monteleone, Neal Wilgus LoCs: Gregory Benford, Cy Chauvin, Brett Cox, John Brunner, Don D'Ammassa, Frank Denton, Steve Fahnestalk, Terry Floyd, David Gerrold, Mike Glicksohn, Patrick Hyden, Hank Heath, Eric Lindsay, Sam Long, Barry M. Malzberg, Jeff May, Thomas F. Monteleone, Jerry Pournelle, David Taggart, Rick Wilber Front and back covers: Randy Mohr Inside front cover: Mike Streff Inside back cover: Al Sirois Interior illos: Phil Foglio, Dave Haugh, Barry Kent Mackay, Randy Mohr, Joe Pearson, Frank Sederholm, James Shull, Al Sirois, Rod Snyder, Mike Streff, Bruce Townley

Note: This issue marks the first installment of Thomas F. Monteleone's column "The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association." After Knights ceased publication, Monteleone's column continued in Mystery Scene and later in Cemetery Dance.

Issue 16 (Tacoma, WA) Contributors: Mike Bracken, Don D'Ammassa, Mike Glicksohn, D. Gary Grady, C. L. Grant, Thomas F. Monteleone, Larry Niven, Neal Wilgus LoCs: Don D'Ammassa, Mike Glicksohn, Keith Justice, Pauline Palmer, Jerry Pournelle, John M. Robinson, Ted White Cover: Thomas Canty Back cover photograph: Michael Vilain/Creative Photography Inside front cover: Joe Pearson Inside back cover: Mike Streff (as the last page of a four-page graphic story) Interior illos: Todd Bake, Dave Haugh, Hank Heath, Terry Jeeves, Randy Mohr, Joe Pearson, James Shull, Al Sirois, Mike Streff

Issue 17/18 (double issue) (Edwardsville, IL) Contributors: Mike Bracken, interview with Grant Carrington, Cy Chauvin, Charles L. Grant, Thomas F. Monteleone, Jerry Pournelle, John M. Robinson, Richard A. Wilber LoCs: Greg Benford, Brett Cox, Don D'Ammassa, George Flynn, Mike Glicksohn, Richard A. Lupoff, Barry N. Malzberg, William Rotsler, Christopher Priest, Jerry Pournelle, John A. Purcell, Robert Runte, Dave Vereschagin, Rick Wilber Cover: Delmote Back cover: Dave Haugh Interior illos: Mike Bracken, Grant Canfield, Dave Haugh, Terry Jeeves, Taral Wayne MacDonald, Joe Pearson, Frank Sederholm, Mike Streff

Notes: LoC writer Rick Wilber is the same person as contributor Richard A. Wilber.

Issue 19 (Edwardsville, IL) Contributors: Robert Bloch, Mike Bracken, interview with Algis Budrys, Grant Carrington, Charles L. Grant, Wayne Hooks, interview with Deborah Lewis, Thomas F. Monteloene, Rod Snyder, Michael Stern LoCs: Grant Carrington, Cy Chauvin, Don D'Ammassa, D. Gary Grady, Charles L. Grant, George Flynn, Neil Kvern, Jim Mann, Laurie Mann, David Moyer, Stella Nemeth, William Rotsler, Michael Shoemaker, David Taggart Cover: Derek Carter Back cover: Delmonte Inside front and inside back covers: W. C. Rhomberg Interior illos: Mike Bracken, Delmonte, Dave Haugh, Terry Jeeves, Taral Wayne MacDonald, Barry Kent Mackay, William Rotsler, Marc Schrimeister, Frank Sederholm, Unknown

Notes: Charles L. Grant's interview with gothic writer Deborah Lewis was an inside joke. Lewis was one of his pseudonyms.

Issue 20 (Collinsville, IL) Contributors: Mike Bracken, Grant Carrington, Joe Wehrle Jr. LoCs: Frank C. Bertrand, Algis Budrys, Don D'Ammassa, Grant Carrington, George Flynn, Mike Glicksohn, J. Owen Hanner, Laurie Mann, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Bob Tucker, Victoria Vayne, Harry Warner, Jr., Gene Wolfe Fold-out cover and back cover: Joe Pearson Inside front cover (two illustrations): Grant Canfield, Dan Steffan Inside back cover: Craig Anderson Interior illos: Chris Black, Mike Bracken, Grant Canfield, Joan Hanke-Woods, C. Lee Healy, Barry Kent Mackay, Randy Mohr, Michael Ogle, Joe Pearson, Joe Wehrle Jr.

Notes: This issue marks the first appearance of Grant Carrington's column "Gremliana."

Issue 21 (O'Fallon, IL) Contributors: Frank C. Bertrand, Mike Bracken, Grant Carrington, David Gerrold, Thomas F. Monteleone, Victoria Vayne LoCs: Grant Carrington, Don D'Ammassa, Steve George, J. Owen Hanner, Jim Mann, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Roger Waddington, Harry Warner, Jr. Cover and back cover: Delmonte Inside front cover: Barry Kent Mackay Inside back cover: Dale Allen Interior illos: Dale Allen & Chris Black, Jim Barker, Grant Canfield, Delmonte, Alexis Gilliland, Joan Hanke-Woods, William Rotsler, Taral

Notes: This was the final issue.

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1973—1979

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