introduction (possibly not entirely serious)
guest introduction by h*rl*n ell*s*n
xanthospia . p**rs anth*ny (original)
tales of the black scriveners . is**c as*m*v (original)
look at it this way (poem) l*w*s c*rr*ll (amazing vol.59 #2, 7/1985)
the distressing damsel . the br*th*rs gr*mm (amazing vol.58 #2, 7/1984); white dwarf #65, 5/1985
duel of words . fr*nk h*rb*rt (sfinx #2.2, 1983) (a novacon garland'' 11/1985)
the thing in the bedroom . w*ll**m h*p* h*dgs*n (knave uk 11/1984)
the gutting . a. n. horrorauthor (extract from the then unpublished ''guts!'' john grant, dave langford (2001), q.v.)
the mad gods' omelette . m*ch**l m**rc*ck (white dwarf #59, 11/1984)
jellyfish . d*m*n r*ny*n (sfinx #11, 10/1976); (knave ?uk? 1985)
lost event horizon . e. e. sm*th attrib, (imagine #12, 3/1984)
outbreak . j*m*s wh*t* (a novacon garland° 11/1985)
° - title of half a novacon double, saddle-stapled, ''free'' to registered members of novacon 15
½ 28pp. (? including card covers, titles ?) with two front covers, contents tête-beché to each other
doubled with ''the interpreters'' (short story) james white, q.v. (original) (a sector general story)
drunken dragon press ~simultaneous first h/cvr editions sharing collected signatures, first edition
(also: a de luxe leather-bound edition limited to 100 copies similar internally, isbn 0-947578-51-X)
mixed original and reprint collection of parodies of popular author's stereotypical works:
eleven short stories, a poem and two introductions
cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover
cover (d-j) price £9.95
(the advertised leather-bound limited edition price was £24.95)
144pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end pp, bound between covered boards