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Crucified Toad #04 [1974-Winter] (Bogof39)

The history of this British fanzine gets even more convoluted as David Britton's Weird Fantasy (later Bognor Regis - renamed after a resort town on the south coast of England) takes over the Crucified Toad name begun by John Muir, for what would be the final issue of both Crucified Toad and Weird Fantasy . This issue reprints one of the first articles on author and artist Mervyn Peake, which was originally written in 1950 for Ken Slater's British fanzine Operation Fantast by Dr. David H. Keller, a writer for Weird Tales (among other pulps) and the author of " The Thing In The Cellar ." The piece is garnished with a fine selection of Peake artwork. The Moorcock Elric piece was rescued from a 1963 issue of Niekas , an American fanzine, and, together with "The Secret Life Of Elric Of Melniboné" (from Weird Fantasy #1) was later collected in the Savoy paperback anthology of early Moorcock writings, Sojan (1977). The in-depth interview with Brian W. Aldiss was produced especially for this edition and, like the Alan Garner interview in Bognor Regis , is essential reading for fans of the author. CONTENTS: Crucified Toad #04 [1974-Winter] Cover: Elric by James Cawthorn. Fiction: Kathryn Br

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