... ENTR'ACTE
This issue was published with the thought in mind that it would be nice to distribute it at the Midwestcon—in the rush to get it finished, the aid of Robert J. Fritz (editor of the now defunct HYPEROPIA) and Joseph M. Fillinger (editor of the now defunct GHUVNA). This was a mistake—as a matter of fact, two mistakes! Note the sloppiness of the interior reproduction. Note the cover, and realize that Joe swiped it from a Momberger cover on the second issue of GHUVNA; it suffered in the process, and I expect Charlie to sue me any day now. I'm tired of saying in each issue that the next one will see, finally, publication of the DeWeese story. It isnota myth ... and it will appear. What? Well, now, you just wait and see!!
Beginning with this issue I am experimenting with kinds of stories—I'm tired of publishing tales that "almost made the pulps;" eventually, FAN-FARE will be issued in a better format than mimeographing—I'd have it lithographed beginning right away if I thought reader support would pay most of the cost, but I've learned from others' mistakes. And I refuse to issue it in the not-so-costly microscopic form which early issues of SF DIGEST used.... I'd have to provide magnifying lenses!
Next issue the regular page of book reviews should return, and I hope to have another installment of the Loverontz column—having been an observer to one of the latest atom explosions, he should have interesting things to comment on....
—8 June, 1953
—THE EDITOR