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Challenging Destiny [# 5, January 1999] ed. David M. Switzer & Graham D. Wall (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, C$7.50, 118pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Alfred L. Jones) 2 · So What If Apes Can Use Language? · David M. Switzer · ed 8 · The Red Sled · D. Sandy Nielsen · ss 23 · The Lost Japanese Years of Antonio Stradivari · Anne Louise Johnson · ss 32 · Interview with Robert J. Sawyer · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv [Robert J. Sawyer] 45 · In the Land of the Free · Carol W. Berman · ss 58 · The Dragon of Thistledown · B. R. Bearden · ss 71 · 2001 and All the Years After · James Schellenberg · br 85 · Browsers · Mark Leslie · ss 94 · Night on Bear Mountain · Hugh Cook · ss
Challenging Destiny [# 6, April 1999] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, C$7.50, 122pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Chris Jouan)

2 · Let’s Start Our Own Cult · Robert P. Switzer · ed
6 · Rust · Leah Silverman · ss
24 · A Matter of Taste · Nicholas Pollotta · ss The Time of the Vampires, ed. P. N. Elrod & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996
32 · Interview with Julie E. Czerneda · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv [Julie E. Czerneda]
44 · With Murderous Intent · K. G. McAbee · ss
62 · Ethne · Stacey Berg · ss
69 · The Life of Philip K. Dick · James Schellenberg · br
81 · The Earth Is Flat · Hugh Cook · ss
94 · Over the H.I.L.L. · Daniel Pearlman · nv
Challenging Destiny [# 7, August 1999] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, C$7.50, 122pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Andrey V. Ivanchenko) 2 · Is Technology the Problem or the Solution? · David M. Switzer · ed 6 · The Oil-Splattered Corpse · D. K. Latta · nv 37 · Invasion of the Chickens · Hugh Cook · ss 49 · Interview with Robert Charles Wilson · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv [Robert Charles Wilson] 59 · Pulling Weeds · Kate Tompkins · ss 72 · The Reluctant Scholar · Stefano Donati · ss 81 · Feminist SF [Part 1 of 2] · James Schellenberg · ar 92 · Optical Orifice of the Beholder · K. G. McAbee · ss 101 · Casebook: In the Matter of Father Dante Lazaro · Michael Mirolla · ss
Challenging Destiny [# 8, November 1999] ed. David M. & Robert P. Switzer (Crystalline Sphere Publishing; St. Marys, OT, C$7.50, 118pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Chris Whitlow) 2 · Intelligence Is Wrong · Robert P. Switzer · ed 6 · The Bodysnatchin’ Man · James A. Hartley · ss 15 · The Screaming of the Fish · Vincent Sakowski · vi 19 · Interview with Phyllis Gotlieb · James Schellenberg & David M. Switzer · iv [Phyllis Gotlieb] 29 · Skeletal Structure · Kelly Howard · ss 38 · Crossing · Ken Rand · ss 58 · Feminist SF: Mainstream Invaders [Part 2 of 2] · James Schellenberg · ar 68 · Sky Pearls · James Viscosi · ss 78 · The Gemütlichkeit Escape · A. R. Morlan · ss
Crossroads [#22 & 23, October 1998/February 1999] ed. Pat Nielsen (Beulaville, NC, $4.50, 76pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) 1 · Words from the Editor · Pat Nielsen · ed 2 · Ashes to Ashes · Ken Staley · vi 4 · Looking Glass Masquerade · Charlee Jacob · pm 5 · Rites of Fall · Tim Emswiler · ss 10 · Down in Back · Jason M. Tucker · vi 12 · At the Halloween Party · Mark Leslie · pm 13 · Suicide Corners · James Viscosi · ss 22 · Halloween Dreams · Charlee Jacob · ss 26 · The Musk Gist of the Dusk Tryst · Charlee Jacob · pm 27 · Jerry · David Shtogryn · ss 31 · Antiques · John Grey · pm 32 · Horses Impaled · Brady Allen · ss 35 · Red · David Shtogryn · pm 36 · Halloween · John Grey · pm 41 · End of the Line · Richard Gavin · ss 48 · All Hallows Eve · Dawn Arkin · pm 48 · Halloween · Kurt Newton · pm 49 · Inheritance · Laura Capewell · ss 55 · Death’s Run · Eric Hermanson · ss 62 · Mother’s Instructions · Charlee Jacob · pm 63 · The Palmist · Don Hornbostel · ss 67 · Fire · David Shtogryn · pm 69 · Punishment · Kathleen Woodall · ss 72 · As the Fire Dies · John Grey · pm 73 · Legend Unatural · Phillip Thomasso · ss ibc. · What Roams at Night · John Grey · pm
Crypt of Cthulhu [No.101, v18 #2, Eastertide 1999] ed. Robert M. Price (Necronomicon Press; West Warwick, RI, $4.50, 40pp+, octavo, cover by Erika Henderson) 2 · Editorial Shards · Robert M. Price · ed 3 · The Vermont Horror · H. P. Lovecraft · nv; a reconstruction of the original version of Lovecraft’s “The Whisperer in Darkness” by Robert M. Price.
Crypt of Cthulhu [No.102, v18 #3, Lammas 1999] ed. Robert M. Price (Necronomicon Press; West Warwick, RI, $4.50, 40pp+, octavo, cover by D. L. Hutchinson) 2 · Editorial Shards · Robert M. Price · ed 3 · Secret of the Night-Gaunts · Will Murray · ar 7 · The Door · C. J. Henderson · ss The Ancient Track #2 ’99 13 · Why “The Dunwich Horror” Is So Great · Charles Hoffman · ar 23 · Notes from a Snug Room · T. G. L. Cockcroft · cl 25 · R’lyeh Review · Misc. · br 30 · From the Nightmarium · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · ar 33 · Mail-Call of Cthulhu · The Readers · lt
Crypt of Cthulhu [No.103, v19 #1, Hallowmas 1999] ed. Robert M. Price (Necronomicon Press; West Warwick, RI, $4.50, 48pp+, octavo, cover by D. L. Hutchinson) 2 · Editorial Shards · Robert M. Price · ed 3 · Making Excuses for Lovecraft’s Racism · Charles Hoffman · ar 13 · The Unknown Lovecraft I: Political Operative · Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. · ar 16 · H.P.L. (1890-1991) · Roland C. Wagner · ss 26 · The Whole Wide Lovecraft: An HPL Biopic? · Darrell Schweitzer · ar 30 · R’lyeh Review · Misc. · br 31 · Notes from a Snug Room · T. G. L. Cockcroft · cl 34 · Lustcraft · Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire, Esq. · cl 35 · The Opal Ring · Michael Fatina · pm 35 · cartoon · Paul Monteleone · ct 37 · Mail-Call of Cthulhu · The Readers · lt
Cthulhu Codex [#16, Eastertide 1999] ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Jr. (Necronomicon Press; West Warwick, RI, $4.50, 36pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) 2 · From the Scriptorium · Robert M. Price · ed 3 · Sesqua Bud · Chad Hensley · ss The Ancient Track #1 ’98 6 · What the Moon Brings · Robert A. Lovely · pp The National Amateur May ’23 7 · The Easiest Case · Jason Kuhl · ss 20 · cartoon · Paul Monteleone · ct 21 · The Nightmare of the Spheres · R. Michael Burns · ss 27 · The Dungeon of Self · C. J. Henderson · ss 35 · III. Do Not Calle Up... · Ann K. Schwader · pm 35 · Ishtar · Michael Fantina · pm 36 · After the Wheel Is Turned · Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. · pm
Dark Legacy [# 3, January 1999] ed. Ron Shiflet (Tenoka Press, $7.00, 58pp+, quarto, cover by R. S. Cartwright) 2 · No More Firmament · Peter A. Worthy · ss 7 · Priest of Dagon · Franklyn Searight · pm Nightscapes #1 ’97 7 · Cthulhu Lies Dreaming · Ron Shiflet · pm Nightscapes #3 ’97 9 · Al Azif · Michael Minnis · nv; originally appeared Mythos Online #8 ’98. 23 · Review · Peter F. Guenther · br 24 · Review · E. P. Berglund · br 25 · Stranger on the Street · Franklyn Searight · pm Nightscapes #2 ’97 27 · The Missive of Thaddeus · Sean Rodgers · ss Nightscapes #8 ’98 30 · The Forgotten God · James Ambuehl · ss 32 · Black Letter Day · Ian Davey · ss Nightscapes #1 ’97 39 · Wind on the Lakes · Peter F. Guenther · ss; originally appeared in Mythos Online #5 ’97. 42 · Rejection · R. S. Cartwright · ss Nightscapes #9 ’98 46 · The Towers · E. P. Berglund · ss From the Dark Spaces #3 ’76 48 · What Is Within You... · Alan D. Peschke · ss Nightscapes #9 ’98 51 · The Black Druid · James A. Gruetzmacher · pm 53 · His Hour Upon the Stage · J. B. Lee · ss Nightscapes #9 ’98 58 · Forbidden Knowledge · Ron Shiflet · pm Cthulhu Cultus #8 ’97
Dark Legacy [# 4, March 1999] ed. Ron Shiflet (Tenoka Press, $7.00, 56pp+, quarto, cover by Mike Minnis) 1 · Editorial · Ron Shiflet · ed 2 · Knuckerhole · Mike Minnis · ss; originally appeared on The NetherReal Cyberzine website ’97. 14 · Wings in the Night · E. P. Berglund · ss Dark Messenger Reader #1 ’75 25 · In Strange Aeons · Phillip A. Ellis · pm 26 · De Marigny’s Clock · R. S. Cartwright · ss 31 · The Five Deaths of Uz Kybul · John R. Fultz · vi 31 · The Dreams in the Witch-House · Frank Searight · pm 32 · Sweet Despise · Peter A. Worthy · ss Nightscapes #1 ’97 42 · Summoning the Dream-Sender · Ron Shiflet · pm Nightscapes #10 ’99 43 · Review · Peter F. Guenther · br 44 · The Hidden Books · Christopher B. Hicks · pm; originally appeared on the Christopher B. Hicks website ’99. 52 · Night’s Departing Breath · Phillip A. Ellis · pm 54 · The Threshold · James Ambuehl · ss 56 · The Idol · Christopher B. Hicks · pm; originally appeared on the Christopher B. Hicks website ’99. 56 · Folks of Innsmouth: Attorney · Frank Searight · pm
Dark Legacy [# 5, May 1999] ed. Ron Shiflet (Tenoka Press, $7.00, 56pp+, quarto, cover by Crazy Boy & Jeff Gaither) 1 · Nemesis · J. B. Lee · ss 9 · Genealogies · Todd H. C. Fischer · ss 20 · An Incarceration in Bh’yhlun · Ian Davey · ss 29 · The House in the Woods · R. S. Cartwright · ss Nightscapes #5 ’97 39 · Containing the Disease · Jack Reda · ss 41 · Brick House on a Wet Street · Michael Minnis · ss 6 · The Terrible Old Man · Frank Searight · pm 6 · The Crystallizer of Dreams · Ron Shiflet · pm 7 · Beneath Evil Skies · Phillip A. Ellis · pm 7 · Shadows · Christopher B. Hicks · pm 27 · Stage-Fright · James Ambuehl · pm 36 · Old Man Marsh’s Chauffer · Frank Searight · pm 37 · The Ghouls: A Dream · Phillip A. Ellis · pm 53 · The Abbey · Christopher B. Hicks · pm 54 · Review · Ron Shiflet · br 54 · In the Asylum · Ron Shiflet · pm
Dark Matter [# 2.1, Halloween 1999] ed. Christopher Hennessey-DeRose (Sign of the Celtic Cross Press; La Canada, CA, $4.95, 40pp+, quarto, cover by GAK) 3 · Cthulhu Love · Gerard Daniel Houarner · ss 5 · Timeslide · Stephanie Bedwell-Grime · ss 8 · I Wrote the Book of Diamonds · David Christopher · pm 8 · This Point of Time · David Christopher · pm 8 · The Thin Green Light · David Christopher · pm 9 · Man’s Natural Speech · Charlee Jacob · ss 13 · J.N. Williamson · Michael McCarty · iv [J. N. Williamson] 15 · Done to a Turn · D. F. Lewis · vi 16 · The Christmas Ghost · Linda Addison · ss 17 · P.D. Cacek · Bobbi Sinha-Morey · iv [P. D. Cacek] 21 · The Greatest of All Adventures · Katherine Anne Taras · ss 24 · Bill Mumy · Christopher Hennessey-DeRose · iv [Bill Mumy] 28 · The Halloween Legacy · Michael McCarty · ar 29 · The Top Twenty Halloween Movies to Rent · Misc. · ar 30 · Halloween’s Threefold Strength · Paul Wilson · ar 32 · Nolan, William · Michael McCarty · iv [William F. Nolan] 35 · Between the Divide · Stefano Donati · ss 38 · Contributor Bios · Misc. · bg
Dark Regions & Horror Magazine [#11, Winter 1999] (Dark Regions Press; Concord, CA, $4.95, 112pp+, quarto, cover by Lubov)

· Dark Regions
5 · Shattered Wonderland · Shikhar Dixit · ss
14 · Crow Conversation · Nancy Bennett · pm
15 · Voice of the Turtle · Ken Wisman · ss
23 · False Signs · Steve Eller · ss
30 · A Pyre of Crows · Wayne Edwards · pm
31 · John Sadness · Jeffrey Thomas · ss
36 · Cihuacoatl (Snake Woman) · Ann K. Schwader · pm
37 · Eyes of a Child · C. S. Fuqua · ss
44 · The Beaten Path · Linda D. Addison · pm
45 · Nixies · James S. Dorr · ss
55 · Cleaning Up · Peter Crowther · ss Darklands 2, ed. Nicholas Royle, Edgerton Press, 1992
60 · New Equinox · Kendall Evans · pm
63 · Dust Motes · P. D. Cacek · ss Gothic Ghosts, ed. Wendy Webb & Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1997
72 · Tale of the Were-Writer · Bruce Boston · pm
· Horror
75 · Ed Bryant—Colorado Bedrock · Don Kinney · iv [Edward Bryant]
83 · Book Reviews · Lillian Csernica · br
87 · An Interview with Charlee Jacob · Alex S. Johnson · iv [Charlee Jacob]
91 · Reviews: Film, Video, & T.V. · Lisa Morton · mr
101 · Reviews: Video · Moskomania · mr
105 · Book Reviews · Jordan Stoen · br
107 · Poetry Reviews · Bobbi Sinha-Morey · br
Dark Regions & Horror Magazine [#12, Spring 1999] (Dark Regions Press; Concord, CA, $4.95, 80pp+, quarto, cover by David Martin)

· Dark Regions
1 · Mom’s Room · Dave Smeds · ss
7 · Black and White · Charlee Jacob · pm
9 · The Merchant Feltzner · Ken Wisman · ss Vampire Dan’s Story Emporium #6 ’98
12 · The Bones of Formor · J. W. Donnelly · pm
13 · Lady of the House · Charlene Brusso · ss
19 · Fighting Fire · Nancy Etchemendy · pm
21 · Everyone Needs a Vacation · Bruce Boston · ss
27 · Hives · James Dorr · ss
33 · A Bad Case of Spring · Ardath Mayhar · ss
36 · Ruins of the Heart · Nancy Etchemendy · pm
37 · Sanctuary · Roselyn Silverman · ss
42 · Confessions of a Body Thief · Bruce Boston · pm Miami, FL: Talisman, 1998
45 · Lilith · Shikhar Dixit · ss
· Horror
52 · Famous Monster Speaks: Forrest J. Ackerman Talks About His Magazines, Movies, and Monsters · Michael McCarty · iv [Forrest J Ackerman]
55 · Some Q&A with: Robert Jordan · Charlene Brusso · iv [Robert Jordan]
61 · The State of the Genre: 1998 in Review · Lisa Morton · mr
68 · Book: The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Stories · Jacob Weisman · br
69 · Books · Michael McCarty · br
71 · Poetry · Bobbi Sinha-Morey · br
Dark Regions & Horror Magazine [#13, Summer 1999] (Dark Regions Press; Concord, CA, $4.95, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Andrew Shorrock)

· Dark Regions
5 · Like Dreams of Waking · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss
11 · Natural Causes · Brian Plante · ss
15 · Dreams of Ecstasy · Kendall Evans · pm
16 · Nocturnes · Ken Wisman · ss
24 · The Wordmonger’s Tale · Bruce Boston · pm
25 · Seraphim Red · Christine Gutwein · pm
27 · The Seer Fish · Matt Doeden · ss
31 · Sequel on Skorpiós · Michael Bishop · ss Interzone Aug ’98
33 · Dead Poet Parable · Michael Bishop · pm Time Pieces, Edgewood Press, 1998
35 · The Book of Undoing · Shikhar Dixit · ss
41 · Pyramid of the Moon: Three Views · Ann K. Schwader · pm
43 · Jazz Funeral · Dennis & Joe Fisher · ss
47 · Every Ill Wind Whispers of Another Feast · Sue Burke · pm
· Horror
51 · P.D. Cacek: Always in Darkness · Don Kinney · iv [P. D. Cacek]
54 · I Know That I Have Slept Among the Dead · Darrell Schweitzer · pm
55 · A Tour of Hong Kong Horror · Mike Watt · ar
61 · Reviews: Video · Moskomania · mr
65 · Book Reviews · Misc. · br
67 · Reviews: TV, Movie, & Video · Lisa Morton · mr
75 · Poetry Reviews · Bobbi Sinha-Morey · br
Darkness Within [# 1, 1999] ed. G. Durant Haire (; Statesville, NC, $3.00, 48pp+, octavo, cover by G. Durant Haire) 2 · Creep · Greg F. Gifune · ss 12 · Outside Looking In · Michael Laimo · ss 16 · Zombie Horror! · Lewis Sanders · pm 17 · Holy Ghost Hit Parade · Weston Ochse · ss 24 · Shadows Play the Light · Michelle Scalise · pm 26 · Dreamscape · Sandra Fritz · pm 27 · Gone Crazy · Jack Fisher · vi 28 · Sarah’s Weeping · Michelle Scalise · pm 29 · The Prick of the Needle · Sandy Deluca · ss 36 · Candelabra · G. Durant Haire · pm 37 · The Mind of Hunter Castle · David Whitman · ss 42 · Straight Razor Desires · Christopher Welch · pm 43 · Dargeth · Shawn James · ss 48 · Author Bios · Misc. · bg
Darkness Within [# 2, Autumn 1999] ed. G. Durant Haire (Dread Spectre Press; Statesville, NC, $3.00, 56pp+, octavo, cover by Allen Koszowski) 2 · Still Waters · Cullen Bunn · ss 10 · The Invisible · Suzanne Donahue · ss 15 · Tender Hearts Taste Better in Butter · Weston Ochse · ss 24 · Whistling in the Dark · Scott H. Urban · ss 30 · Requiem · Mark Leslie · ss 39 · Orchids · Richard Gavin · ss 46 · A Bridge to Distant Shores · Stefano Donati · ss 13 · From Beyond · John Grey · pm 14 · Stray · Carlton Mellick, III · pm 23 · Church of the Fallen Angel · Craig Ferguson · pm 29 · Boneyard Diva · Shawn James · pm 38 · Josephine · Kate Hill · pm 53 · Crazy Antoinette · Kate Hill · pm 56 · Contributor Bios · Misc. · bg

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