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 Are Coming," if "The Grey One" is the best he can do in the fantasy line. I happen to know it isn't, happily. Gottesman and Keller were fair.

"The Words of Guru" and "The Silence" I've saved for last. The latter I enjoyed tremendously, but thought "The Words of Guru" its superior. Gad! Such magnificent handling of a horror theme I haven't seen since "Fear." This was a superb job of writing. That's the only word for it. Superb. But both tales were beautifully gruesome and it was a genuine achievemen to be able to print both in the same issue.

Your art now surpasses that of any other stf mag on the stand. Very happy to see you return Dold. How about making it a regular appearance, no? It's nice to see that Forte is no longer among those present, and Bok is still Bok. Anything added to that would be more than superfluous. The cover is striking; a splendid color contrast. Keep up the two color arrangement by all means.

Thank you. We intend to use Dold as often as we can. However we fear that his appearance will be limited insofar as he no longer resides in New York and his time is limited. We have an illustration of his coming up next month and trust we shall be able to present a Dold with every succeeding issue. Dold is greeted by Walter A. Carrithers of Fresno, California:—

A brief note from A. L. Schwartz of Dorchestre, Mass.:

No, you don't. The question of story lengths depends on our readers. As for smooth edges, our new size has made that a dead issue. About the first however, R. Cornelius Jones of Decatur, Alabama says:—

So you see, readers Schwartz and Jones, that there are two sides to every question. At the present time, we feel that we are giving our readers more satisfaction with a larger number of shorter stories than with a lesser number of longer stories.

Writes Marguerite M. Ward of Klamath Falls, Oregon:—

Ray Garfield of St. Louis, Mo. writes:—

A letter like the above is the sort of thing editors dream of receiving but get, alas, so rarely. Mr. Garfield's yelling was heard in our offices all right, we've given him that desired monthly appearance. But remember if we are to keep on improving and keep this magazine one which you will be delighted to rush for each month, we've got to have your advice. The editor can do his share and the writers theirs only if the readers continue to keep us informed as to how we I are making out, what are our flaws, and what to do about them. Writing letters to the editor is the one sure way of helping to better the magazine. So, readers, do your share. Write us that letter with your comments on this issue.

Donald A. Wollheim, Editor.