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EGINNING with this issue, the price of is reduced to fifteen cents. This marks a radical departure, for the price has always been twenty-five cents. We have long contemplated this step, which will put the magazine in the hands of thousands of new readers. We believe that is the best buy in fiction on the newsstands today—at any price. All of our regular readers know that the quality of WT has remained at an amazingly high level year in and year out since it was founded some sixteen years ago. There will be no falling off in the quality of the stories; it is only the price that is changing. All subscriptions will be automatically extended.

G. Ken Chapman writes from London, England: "I do not often write you, although I have been a steady and constant reader for many years now, but I feel that I really must congratulate you upon the progress that has achieved since the publication came to New York City. Quite apart from the fact that the number of pages has increased, I have seen a gradual improvement in the matter, at all times immaculate, until now a brilliant level has been reached. Of the more recent issues, I enjoyed The Thinking Machine by Connington very much indeed, whilst Quinn always turns out a story chock-full of interest. Earlier in the year I was delighted to see the return of Donald Wandrei to fantasy-fiction, and his Giant-Plasm was a full justification of the faith I have in him to always 'produce the goods.' I am overjoyed to read of the return of C. L. Moore, whose work is of really top ranking, and helps, to a great extent, to submerge my grief at the loss of Lovecraft and Howard, so quickly upon one another, a little while back."

Mrs. Jean Madison writes from Springfield Gardens, Long Island: "This is my first letter to you. I have read for eleven years. Also I have saved them for ten years. Out of ten years I have only lost two magazines. When I'm ill or not feeling up to par, I read back numbers. I've always liked your stories—some maybe not so much. But I read all of the magazine when I get it—any of your stories are too good to pass up. I liked Brundage covers better than Finlay. I rather liked the nude covers. But then I know I bought the magazine to read, not look at pictures. Last June-July issue had me scared. I thought you were starting that every two months stuff again! It seems too long to wait for a magazine from you. I get other magazines, but do not save them. When I first read  I wouldn't dare sleep without a light; now I find that's the best time to read—in bed with light—and I sleep without the light Keep up the good stories."

Donald Allgeier writes from Springfield, Missouri: "I regret very much to see WT miss an issue as it does in July. I can't understand why this should be when WT is so much better than any of its competitors—truly the aristocrat of fantastic fiction. Maybe