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THE CRY THE CRICKET '15

(Volume 2, number 2; whole number 15) Is the Offleial Organ orthe EsotericOrder of Dagon, a quarterly amateur pre:zg association devoted to the lifeand works of H. P. Lovecraft and the Weird Tales tradition. It Is producedfor each mailing of the Order by Its—Öfficia1 Editor, Joe Yyoudry (POB 1005Tuscaloosa, AL 35401; phone: 205-759-1307, after 5PM).

Earthsea Publication #126.5; 7608, 0981337 ,

CONTENTS OF THE 15thDate Submission

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MARGINALIASPECTRAL ANALYSISBARDIC BLASPHEMY +1LETTERS FROM LENGEVERMIST Summer, 1976 -

IBID XVDRAKE'S POUTPOURRI 1976AFTER MIDNIGHT #7ELDRITCH LEANINGSCRUMBLING RELICS -

NOTES FROM ALLANOR'S CASTLE VFROM THE DARK SPACESNOCTURNE/ÆUNTER OF THE

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THE CALIFORNIAN (H. &adofsky )

THE LOVECRAFT COLLECTOR, (R. Zorn)

H. P. LOVECRAFT: A SYMPOSIUM ( )

'HORROR" AT THE HORSESHOE

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FACE 2

(1 ) Charles has eight pageæ-for this mailing, but they areFOOTNOTES (N) not truly approprlgte for the theme of the Order'

1 states clearly that we are about a discussion of

fantasy, Lovecraft and assoolmted areas. Rather than

rejecting Charlest submission entirely and trusting

the Post Office to get my letter to him and another submission of credit—

able material In by the deadline, I 'm accepting two pages of this and as—

signing four (4) pages to complete his minac, by the next deadline. I have

absolutely nothing against personal material In the Order, but the reason

for the apats existence Is clearly stated and the OE should maintain the

apats Identity and Integrety. I think that this compromise Is more than

fair. Minac on the theme of the apa; over that, whatever

(2) Reg Smityfs submission contltutes four pages, Only two

of which count toward his minac (Toh Cockcroftts section allowing one page(3) Vernon Shea offers the membership a wealth of excel—

lent material, but only five pages of it can count toward his minac- require—yment.

(4) Randy Larson, In a lengthy letter enclosed with these

& two submission, metlcuously itemlsed all of the non—

(5) creditible material in these two submissions; as he

noted, the film adaptation doesn e t count, having had prior distribution,

but I thnnk him for it ne v ertheless.

his minac.

INS & OUTS

(6) Bob Culp t s submission counts for only two pages tow

(7) Items 30—34 through the generosity of Randy Everts.

Summer schedules seem to have taken their tolls with the

roster: the Order has lost the following members, all due to

their aailure to meet the minac requirement. Jonathan Bacon,

Tommy Bass, John Finkblner and Wally Stoeltlngg Gentlemen j

the waitingllst would be honoured to have you again.... Along

almost the same lines, Don Herron has declined the invitation to join the

Order. This leaves openings In the roster, and allows me to invite

Frank Stauf Cliff Biggers Thomas Reid, and

Walter Coslet Bill Wallace Mark Sprague to member—

ship with Mailing 16, upon reception of their first submission (of six or

more creditable pages) and the amount outstanding on their first year's

dues. Doug Nathman has resigned.

The following people have been dropped from the Waitinglist for failure to

acknowledge the 00 twice in as many mailings :

Jim Dapkus Terry Dale and

Jim ymennedy Mike Fantina.

Welcomes are due Andy Conder for his joining the ranks of Acolytes with this

mailing, after a longish climb up the Waitinglist.

THE COMPANY OF DAMOCLES

2pp.Bryant 6pp.

Burnham = —= 6pp.

Culp = lwpp.

The following members must have at least the In—dicated number of creditable pages in the next

mailing to retain their memberships in the Orders

Drake

Cates

HallHill

2pp. Korbas = 4pp. D. Smith = 6— 6pp. Lord 2pp. R. Smith =

— 6pp. Metzger 12 pp. Shea W

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Arthur Metzger has been quite ill since the last deadline and spent some

time in the hospital. Knowing that he couldn't make the deadline he resign—

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ed and asked to be placed on the Vlaitinglist, Since his Illness was-sone—e-thing not under his control I have asked him If an extension would be ac—ceptable, since t cant t see penal ising someone for quirks of "fate. " As aresult Arthur owes his six pages with Mig. 16 and the Order has a rare ex—ample of the OE's discretionary ability; for once there seems to be reasonfor a bit of lattitude.

(Yet another list! OOS seem to be studded with them. )THE J?UR$E$TRING$ The following members owe their annual dues before the

deadline for the next mlg:Culp CatesEber Hall

The Treasury looks like

(Dues from Collins& Hart ($1.00))::::::

( Error In lastaccount of 32. 00): : s: :

(Extra sets of MIC. 1 14to Schiff, Weinberg, &

(Extra sets of Tillc. 15to Beasley, Biggers ,Bosky, Hart, Faunter,Inzer, Ruimy, Sprague,Wallace, & llarren): :(Waitlnglist fees fromSchiff, Weinberg,

Inzer Beasley, &Bosky 5

Hill Larson Morris Williamson.Kimber Lord Moudry

this

$ 3.00

6.00

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.003 .00

(Postage for Mlg. 14)' : g: : $16.35

OOS)g:::::::: 1. 95(Shipping on jetpacks): i : : 1.70

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On hand as of T'JIg. 14' s 00 : : : $53.52Income g 36. oo

Out—go -20. ooOn—hand as of 9.v1ii.76 : : s: : :

You are a trusting group; no onecaught the $2.00 error, and I didn'tnotice it until preparing the flguresa few minutes ago.

This may well be a good place to men—tion the fact that there are still two sets of MI g. 14 to be had; also,there are a few sets of MIC. (a yet—to—be—determined number, since Ihold five sets in case a member's copy is eaten by the J?ost Awful). Thesemay be had for the regular amount.

oeLECTION TITTEIt ts almost time to re—elect the Order's Official Editor.Going by the rules, anyone wishing to run for the officeshould make his desire known to me, in writing, on or be—fore 10 October. A teller will be appointed and the

ballots will appear in the Hallowmas mailing (which Is the next one).

Yes (In case anyone asked) I will stand for a second term; I want to get atleast one mailing correct beofre handing over the headache to someone else.

Ben Indlck, in Ibid XV (below) has a fewTHE ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS pertinent thoughts about the Order's annual

awards and the lack of responce they havereceived in the rzst. He has suggestedthat if there is no true Interest In them

that they should be dropped, If you have thoughts on the subject, pleasethem In your next submission. By the normal schedule the nomination

ballot should appear In the Hallowmas mailing; if the awards aren't seen asbeing necessary, there would be no reason for the ballot.

1. GySgt P. Berglund

2; R. Boerem3. Roger Bryant

Crispin Burnham5, Tom Collins

And.y Con r'.er

7. Scot"; Connors8. Bob9. Dave Drake

10, Howard Duerr11. Bob Eber

12. R. Alain Everts13. Ken Faig14. Meade Frierson, 111

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THE ROSTER

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John Cates16 Tooay Hall17. Lawson Hill18. Ben Indick19, Gary Kfi.nlber

20. Charles Korbas21. Randy Larson

22. Glenn Lord23. Arthur Metzger24. Harry Morris

25. Dirk Mosig26. Joe Moud?Y27. Kennett Neily28. J. Vernon Shea

29. Dave Schultz

30. Dave Smith

31. Reg Smith32. Jim Webbert33. Chet Williamson

New Member

FYank StaufWalter Coslet

O. Cliff Biggerso. Bill Wallace

Thomas Reid

Phrk E. Sprague1. David R. Warren2. Ell.mter

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THE WAITINGLIST

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Bernadette BoskyNil. George Wetzel

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575 West End Ave New York, NY 10024 ($1)5508 Dodge Dr Fayetteville, NC 28303 ($1)

POB 91 State University, AK 72467c/o Div. English Entervclse Jr College

Enterprise, AL 36330 ($1)(whose address has successfully eluded me! )55 Ritters Ln Owings Mill, ID 21117

12. This space is reserved for

I t ve converted to a hand—inked mimeograph withoeDITORIAL MUTTERINGS this mlg, and since it's the first time that I t ve

run one the late 50 •s, the printing might be a bit

rough herein; please bear with me, and I '11 have

it by Hallowmas,

Our next deadline, yet again, falls on a Sunday, so the preceedlng day Isthe effective deadline, which is

Saturday, 30 October, 1976

Andy Conder did pay the amount outstanding on his first year's dues, I justforgot to list it. Also, I typoed Vernon Shea r s dues due last time; it has bbeen corrected in the roster.

For the first time In the Order's history 0 1 F m not running the completerules in this 00. I have more than enough copies of them, as printed in the00 for Mlge 14, to supply new waitlisters and interested inquirers, and willrun them in the next 00. Unless there t s strong feelings to the contrary,I t 11 save the time, stencils, paper, postage and effort of running themevery ml g,

I seriously doubt that I t 11 attend the World Fantasy Convention this year,

for qith luck I r 11 be starting a new job not too long before that date, As

a result of my non—attendance, It wont t be possible to hand—deliver sub—

missions to me there, and the next deadline is the same time as the con.

Please remember this when planning your next submission.

Welcome to the new waitlisters. Please rernember to acknowledge the recept—

ion of the 00, so that there will be no danger o? loosing your position on

the Waitinglist. A postcard will do, but a waitinglist submission would beeven better.

That just about concludes the business for the Order

SEALING THE CRYPT for this mailing. With the next mailing the ballot forthe annual OE1ect10n will appears please remember toexercise your voting right/priviledge.

And also, please remember that the next deadline falls on a Saturday, and

30 October, 1976.