Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary

Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary is a one-shot published by Vin¢ Clarke in 1960, after his common-law wife, Joy, deserted him to marry and move to the United States with Sandy Sanderson, a fan who was a lodger at their house. Clarke retained custody of their daughter, Nicki. It concluded with Clarke saying:

This is a letter. If it had been physically possible I would have typed it and sent it individually. It is not being sent as a "fanzine" and is not therefore a fit subject for fanzine review – no more copies are available, and in any case I should like it treated as a private letter from a fan friend and on a similar confidential basis. 

Clarke described the event as a betrayal and he gafiated for more than 20 years as a result, after publishing this anguished farewell and account of the breakup.

Besides the trio’s interpersonal relations, the Diary also brings in fandom in the U.K. and U.S., TAFF and the WSFS, Inc. brangle.

"Inchmery Fan Diary" had been the name of a regular column by Sanderson in Aporrheta.

• Ebook edition.

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Publication

1960

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