REALMS OF FANTASY

February 1998  V4#3 

Editor: Shawna McCarthy


Still has the extra covers (the mailer), and is very good,.


Size 8.5” x 11”  80 numbered pages including covers (but see ISFDB data)


Realms of Fantasy was a professional  bimonthly fantasy speculative fiction magazine published by Damnation Books, which specialized in fantasy, nonfiction, and art. The magazine published short stories by some of the genre's most popular and most prominent authors. Its original publisher was Sovereign Media, and it first launched with the October 1994 issue.....  In November 2011, William and Kim Gilchrist of Damnation Books LLC announced that publication of the magazine would end with the October 2011 issue.


For the full story, try Wikipedia (the above is a partial quote).


Cover by Youll.  Includes artwork by Lunsford, Young, Monteleone, Potter, Pollack...

Publication Data and Contents of this issue,  courtesy of ISFDC:


Publication: Realms of Fantasy, February 1998

Editors: Shawna McCarthy

Year: 1998-02-00

Publisher: Sovereign Media Co.

Pages: 76+[12]

Binding: quarto

Cover: Stephen Youll

Notes: Volume 4, Number 3

The "Gabriel King" excerpt is touted on the front cover, so although it appears to be an advertising supplement,

a content entry has been created for this record. It is 12 full-sized pages and is bound between pages 38 and 39. 

The supplement includes individual bios by each of the authors, Jane Johnson and M. John Harrison.


CONTENTS


The Wild Road (excerpt) • [Tag, the Cat] • shortfiction by Jane Johnson and M. John Harrison [as by Gabriel King ]

6 • Editorial (Realms of Fantasy, February 1998) • [Editorial (Realms of Fantasy)] • essay by Shawna McCarthy

8 • ?Letters (Realms of Fantasy, February 1998) • essay by various

10 • Books (Realms of Fantasy, February 1998) • [Books (Realms of Fantasy)] • essay by Gahan Wilson

18 • Robert E. Howard's classic hero comes to the small screen. • [Television (Realms of Fantasy)] • essay by Dan Perez

24 • The Golden Arrows of Eros: Mythic Tales of Passion and Desire • [Folkroots] • essay by Terri Windling

32 • Lost Girls • (1997) • novelette by Jane Yolen

40 • Lustman • shortstory by Pat York

46 • Tithing Night • (1987) • shortstory by Louise Cooper

52 • Fata • shortstory by Peni R. Griffin

54 • Modern Classicism: The Gilded World of Richard Bober • [Gallery (Realms of Fantasy)] • essay by Jane Frank

60 • The Queen of Yesterday • shortstory by Sally McBride

66 • Portal and Final Fantasy VII demonstrate the triumph of evolution. • [Games (Realms of Fantasy)] • essay by Mark Sumner

73 • Books to Watch For (Realms of Fantasy, February 1998) • essay by uncredited

74 • Contributors (Realms of Fantasy, February 1998) • essay by uncredited

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