Trends

Trends was a fanzine produced by Arthur F. Williams of London, UK in 1943–4.

Early issues were produced as a single-copy passed between British fans. As a result it is unlikely that any survived. A first issue appeared around April 1943 after which there was a gap, likely as Williams was called up into the Royal Air Force. he was discharged around December 1943 and Cosmic Cuts v2#6 (February 1944) reported that #2 and #3 'have come out in quick succession'. Futurian War Digest #34 (April 1944) reviewed:

the fourth edition of which is now en voyage around Anglofandom. This is a one copy 'zine tastefully prepared and unique in style, including numbers of photographs and cuttings and plentifully bespattered with our Arfer's cute little pictures and remarks. Included in this fourth issue are clippings on jet propulsion, and the fantasy field from a writers viewpoint, hydroponics and an excerpted review of the novel Storm by George Stewart, of which the hero is a meteorological disturbance; sundry fanfotos; a pictorial section; and all sorts of oddments.

There was a change with its fifth issue as reported in Futurian War Digest #35:

Trends recently mutated from a one-copy chain-circulated magazine to a circulation duplicated fan magazine. The first of the new series is dated May 1944, costs 6d, except to Servicemen overseas who can have it for the asking, has 20 half-foolscap pages, features considerably good class artwork, & a policy of reprinting good fan articles from past fanzines. Especially noticed in this issue is 'Cosmic Case #1 – "The Right of a Race to Live"' by D. R. Smith, reprinted from Novae Terrae.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	April 1943
2	February 1944
3	February 1944
4	April 1944
5	May 1944	20	A continuation of The Unique Magazine and so this may be a continuation of its numbering.

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Publication

1943—1944

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