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Wotta World    (about) fanzine.

Wotta World [#1, 1969] ed. Gary Acord (Acord Publishing Co., 24pp, 8½" x 11", cover by Alicia Austin) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 2 · Mercury on Terra · Fritz Leiber · ar 4 · From Fiction to Factual Fantasy · Otto Binder · ar 6 · Bantan and Lorni · Maurice B. Gardner · ar 9 · A Friend in Need · Gary Acord · vi 12 · Introducing: Jonny Galaxie · Dave Herring · cs

Woven Worlds    (about) fanzine.

Woven Worlds [#1, December 1999] ed. Spijder (Spijder’s Weavings, 16pp) 1 · “Why” · Renfield · pm 1 · “Life” · Renfield · pm 2 · The Encounter · Greyfell · ss 3 · Peaceful Slumber in the Forrest of the Mind · Michael Levy · pm What Is the Point, Point of Life, Inc. 1998 3 · Bathing Ceremony · Carol “Momkat” Borzyskowski · pm 4 · Eternal Game · Matthew Marovich · ss 12 · untitled (“Walk into the shadows twirling through your mind”) · Ark · pm 12 · Spijder Speaks · [The Editor] · ed 13 · Moskino and Ratnunk · Rhane & Spijder · vi 15 · Details · Rue Devany · vi

Woven Worlds [#4, June 2000] ed. Spijder (Spijder’s Weavings; Bristol, CT, $2.00, 12pp+, quarto) fc. · Gasp · Karen Krajenbrink · cv 1 · Frank, Another Ark Adventure [Part ? of ?] · David J. Wallis · sl 4 · Eden · David J. Rodger · ss 10 · Deadworld · Matt Marovich · ss

Wow Bedtime Stories    (about)

Wow Bedtime Stories [n.d. (1950)] (Paget Publications) Details taken from Table of Contents. Temptation Hotel · Jean Bradley · ss Auld Acquaintance · June Bryony · ss The Colonel’s Wife · Simon Sinclair · ss Isola and the Pearls · Toots · ss In Troubled Waters · [Various] · pt Good Sales Talk— [Part 8 of ?] · Eddie Van Norton · sl Escapade · Mae Le Cloud · ss Away from It All · Gaston Clare · ss

Wow!    (about)

Wow! [v1 #1, October 1930] (Wow Publications, Inc.; Jersey City, NJ, 25¢, pulp) “Real Snappy Stories” Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 7 · Bow Wows! · Ye Editor · cl 8 · The Sins of Scarlet · Merlyn Swift · ss 16 · To Make You Laugh! · [Various] · hu 17 · How Could She! · Hal Jergens · pm 18 · Those Alimony Blues · Nancy Collins · ss 23 · Beauty Plays with the Beast · Robert Dumont · ss 30 · My Lover’s Arms! · Cristel Hastings · pm Breezy Stories Apr #2 1926 31 · Mother-of-Pearl! · Lon Nevins · pm 32 · Lyric in Liquor · Jack Woodford · ss 38 · The Truth Will Out! · C. S. Montanye · ss 45 · A Happy Accident · Atwater Culpepper · ss 51 · What a Memory! · Lenn Glen · ss 56 · A Laugh a Line! · [Various] · hu 58 · Love’s Detour · Emil James · ss 64 · Comedy Plus! · [Various] · hu 66 · One Little Ship · Paul Ernst · ss 71 · How to WOW Your Heart · Davna Davenport · cl 75 · Just to Make Sure · R. M. Dunning · ss 80 · Jokes Galore! · [Various] · hu 82 · Human Cargo · Jane Lacey · ss

Wow! [v1 #2, November 1930] (Wow Publications, Inc.; Jersey City, NJ, 25¢, pulp) “Real Snappy Stories” Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 7 · Bow Wows! · Ye Editor · cl 8 · Her Man of the Moment · C. S. Montanye · ss 16 · To Make You Laugh! · [Various] · hu 18 · Another Little Drink · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 23 · Gangster’s Girl · Jack Woodford · ss 30 · Ample Protection · [Various] · ct 31 · A Laugh a Line! · [Various] · hu 32 · A Radio Romance · Shane O’Houlihann · ss 39 · Good Night! · Russ West · ss 46 · What Women Crave · Robert Bliss · ss 53 · Schemes Bring Screams · Mary Ann deForest · ss 59 · Comedy Plus! · [Various] · hu 60 · Fair, Fond and Foolish · Robert Dumont · ss 69 · It’s a Crime! · Atwater Culpepper · ss 76 · That’s Telling Her · Wilbur Georges · pm 77 · Jokes Galore! · [Various] · hu 78 · Artistic Temperament · Merlyn Swift · ss 85 · Hectic Humor · [Various] · hu 87 · How to WOW Your Heart · Davna Davenport · cl

Wow! [v1 #3, December 1930] (Wow Publications, Inc.; Jersey City, NJ, 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 7 · Bow Wows! · Ye Editor · cl 8 · The Creation of Jenia Lee · Nard Jones · ss 27 · A Sleeping Sister Stumbles · Robert Dumont · ss 34 · Painted Panties! · Cristel Hastings · ms 35 · Dangerous Dilly Dallying! · Reggy Meade · ms 36 · Interference · Merlyn Swift · ss 47 · Getting Daughter Settled · Jack Woodford · ss 54 · Lavender Sheets · Violet Short · ss 62 · Love’s Language · Arthur Lewis · ss 70 · Bigger and Petter · Russ West · ss 78 · Jokes Galore! · [Various] · hu 79 · This Thing Called Faith · Shane O’Houlihann · ss 87 · How to WOW Your Heart · Davna Davenport · cl

Wow! [v1 #4, January 1931] (Wow Publications, Inc.; Jersey City, NJ, 25¢, pulp) “Real Snappy Stories” Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 7 · Bow Wows! · Ye Editor · cl 8 · This Is the Life! · Robert Dumont · ss 21 · Stolen Fruits Are Sweeter · Gwen Wagner · ss 36 · Dollared Damsels · Atwater Culpepper · ss 49 · It’s Not So Simple · Lillian B. Thomas · ss 59 · Gels and a Gigolo · Lotta Byrnes · ms 60 · Steppin’ High · C. S. Montanye · ss 75 · College Widow · Nard Jones · ss 83 · How to WOW Your Heart · Davna Davenport · cl 88 · Jokes Galore! · [Various] · hu

Wow! [v1 #5, Spring 1931] (Wow Publications, Inc.; Jersey City, NJ, 25¢, pulp) “Real Snappy Stories” Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 7 · Bow Wows! · Ye Editor · cl 8 · Breakfast for Two · Jack Woodford · ss 17 · Moonlight on the Ocean · Dolly Ramseur · ss 24 · Regular Habits · Shane O’Houlihann · ss 35 · The Girl Who Reformed · Robert Dumont · ss 43 · Get Happy! · [Various] · hu 44 · Cape Cod Capers · Russ West · ss 52 · Palm Beach Love · Ronald Adair · ss 59 · A Knight of Jazz · Robert Bliss · ss 66 · Happy Ending · Merlyn Swift · nv 87 · How to WOW Your Heart · Davna Davenport · cl

Wright’s Shakespeare Library    (about)

Wright’s Shakespeare Library [#1, 1935] ed. Farnsworth Wright (Popular Fiction Publishing Co.; Chicago, 35¢, 96pp+, pulp) The first of a planned series of reprints of Shakespeare’s plays, in pulp magazine format, profusely illustrated by Virgil Finlay. Only one volume was issued, however. 1 · A Midsummer Night’s Dream · William Shakespeare · pl Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard 1623

The Writer

The Writer [v84 #5, May 1971] (The Writer, Inc., 60¢) Details supplied by Bill Pronzini from Table of Contents. 3 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc _3 · A Dissertation on Roast Lamb · William I. Smith · lt _3 · Testing a Novel Manuscript · Jerry R. Hobbs · lt _3 · Clash of Experts · Pablo Vandermeer · lt 5 · They Say... · [Various] · cl 7 · Off the Cuff: Writers and Money · Lesley Conger · cl 9 · Presenting the Past · Arturo Vivante · ar 12 · The Uses and Abuses of Dialogue · Bill Pronzini · ar 15 · Science Fiction and How It Got That Way · Roger Zelazny · ar 18 · Writing the Male Confession · James D. Harsh · ar 20 · The Poet’s Workshop · Florence Trefethen · cl 24 · From Our Rostrum: Groundwork for a Novel · Arthur Hailey · ar 27 · The Hows and Whys of Writers’ Conferences · Ken McCormick · ar 29 · 1971 Writers’ Conferences · Anon. · ms 36 · Where to Sell Manuscripts: Men’s Magazines; Detective and Mystery; Science Fiction; Confession, Romance Magazines · Anon. · cl 47 · Market Newsletter · Anon. · cl

The Writer [v89 #2, February 1976] (The Writer, Inc., 75¢) Details supplied by Bill Pronzini from Table of Contents. 1 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc _1 · Never Too Old · John W. Fleming · lt _1 · A Question of Security · Joseph Burnette · lt 3 · They Say... · [Various] · cl 7 · Roving Editor · Anon. · cl 9 · Off the Cuff: Nancy Drew and the Secret Fort · Lesley Conger · cl 11 · The Ancestry of Your Characters · Shelby Hearon · ar 14 · The Elements of Suspense · Bill Pronzini · ar 18 · Style and the Fiction Writer · Mary Wallace · ar 22 · Travel Writing · F. A. Rockwell · ar 26 · Editor to Author · Ernest M. Hutter · ar 29 · The Rostrum: How to Write Your Way Through College · Lois Duncan · ar 31 · Where to Sell Manuscripts: Trade Journals and Business Magazines · Anon. · cl 44 · Prize Offers and Awards · Anon. · cl 46 · The Writer’s Library · Anon. · cl 47 · Market Newsletter · Anon. · cl

The Writer [v90 #12, December 1977] (The Writer, Inc., 75¢, quarto) Details supplied by Bill Pronzini from Table of Contents. 1 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc _1 · Three Generations of Readers · Louise Ryan · lt _1 · Using Real Settings · Leslie Moss Davis · lt _1 · Should You Write a Book? · Lindy Michele Parker · lt 5 · They Say... · [Various] · cl; quotes for writers. 7 · Roving Editor · Anon. · cl 9 · Off the Cuff: New Traditions, Old Innovations · Lesley Conger · cl 11 · The Creative Cycle · Sue Grafton · ar 16 · What Do You Learn at a Writers Conference? · Madeleine Costigan · ar 19 · Writing the Mystery Short-Short · Bill Pronzini · ar 24 · The Printed Word · C. P. Snow · ar 26 · George Sand to a Young Writer · Anon. · lt; a posthumous letter. 27 · Free-Lancing for the Religious Markets · Pat Wolff · ar 30 · The Rostrum: Ten Ways to Build Article Sales · Kathleen Cruzic · cl 32 · Where to Sell Manuscripts: Religious and Denominational Magazines · Anon. · cl 42 · Prize Offers · Anon. · cl 45 · Market Newsletter · Anon. · cl 47 · Index to Volume 90 · Anon. · ix

The Writer [v94 #11, November 1981] (The Writer, Inc., $1.00, quarto) Details supplied by Bill Pronzini from Table of Contents. 1 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc _1 · An Open Letter on Censorship · [not given on page] · lt 4 · They Say... · [Various] · cl 5 · Roving Editor · Anon. · cl 7 · Off the Cuff: First, You Are a Sponge · Roger Caras · cl 11 · “But That’s Impossible!” · Bill Pronzini · ar 16 · The Process of Writing a Story · Merrill Joan Gerber · ar 19 · Creating a Character · Thomas Savage · ar 22 · Guidelines for the Beginning Playwright · Louis E. Catron · ar 26 · The Poet’s Workshop · Florence Trefethen · cl 29 · The Rostrum: Twenty Ways to Cure Writer’s Block · Susan C. Feldhake · ar 31 · Where to Sell Manuscripts: Drama: TV Scripts, Play Publishers, Literary Magazines, Regional and University Theaters · Anon. · cl 46 · Prize Offers · Anon. · cl 47 · Market Newsletter · Anon. · cl

The Writer [v98 #3, March 1985] (The Writer, Inc., quarto) Details supplied by Bill Pronzini from Table of Contents. 1 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc _1 · Rewrite, Revise—and Get Published · Serita Stevens · lt _1 · “First-Person” Writer · Addie Meyer Sanders · lt _1 · Romantic Heroes · Trudy Sheets · lt 2 · Roving Editor · Anon. · cl 3 · They Say... · [Various] · cl 4 · The Professional Response: Answers to Questions Writers Ask · Sidney Sheldon · qa 5 · Off the Cuff: The Eagle and the Hummingbird · Jane Yolen · cl 7 · Should You Collaborate? · Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini · ar 11 · Wasting Time for Pleasure and Profit · Eleanor Hyde · ar 14 · Writing the Op-Ed Article · George W. Earley · ar 18 · Turning Characters Into Plot · Dori White · ar 21 · The Poet’s Workshop · Florence Trefethen · cl 25 · The Rostrum: Unusual References for Writers · Eloise Hollyfield Barnes · ar 27 · Where to Sell Manuscripts: Poetry—General Magazines; College, Literary, and Little Magazines—Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry · Anon. · cl 45 · The Writer’s Library · Anon. · cl 46 · Prize Offers · Anon. · cl 47 · Market Newsletter · Anon. · cl

Writer’s Digest:

Successful Writing original incarnation of Writer’s Digest.

Successful Writing [v1 #1, December 1920] ed. J. J. Hoffmann (Atlas Publishing Company; Cincinnati, 25¢) Issue not found. Need Contents

Writer’s Digest Title changed from Successful Writing.

The Writer’s Digest [v1 #4, March 1921] (20¢) Details supplied by John Locke. 3 · Why I Rejected Ten Thousand Manuscripts · W. Adolphe Roberts · ar Adventures of a Showman in Magazineland · Thomas Thursday · ar

Writer’s Digest [v11 #4, March 1931] ed. Richard K. Abbott (Writer’s Digest, 20¢, 64pp+, digest) Details supplied by John Locke. 13 · Adventure’s Editorial Demands · August Lenniger · ar 17 · The Perfect Triangle: Editors, Writers and Readers · Virginia Watson · ar; re Harper’s. 20 · Reading for Writing’s Sake · Ray Hamilton · ar 22 · The Truth About Writing for the Talkies · Stephens Miranda · ar 29 · Fireside Fiction · Lurton Blassingame · ar; “A Study of the Lesser Women’s Magazines”. 33 · Debunking Genius · Thomas H. Uzzell · ar 37 · Getting the Business Paper’s Checks · Prentice Winchell · ar 41 · Adventures in Editing [Part 1 of 3] · Minnie Hoover Linton · ar 43 · Selling the Song Lyric · Edwin T. Grandy · ar

Writer’s Digest [October 1931] Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Writers A-Wing · Arch Whitehouse · ar

Writer’s Digest [December 1931] Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents New Horizons for Mystery · August Lenniger · ar

Writer’s Digest [July 1932] Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Selling Western Stories · Douglas Lurton · ar

Writer’s Digest [May 1933] Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Selling Detective Stories · Lurton Blassingame · ar