Whispers Ed Stuart David Schiff (27 results)

Pictorial card wrappers. Condition: VG+ copy. Issue 19/20 (vol 5, no 3/4, October 1983). The fifth of the author double issues - a WHITLEY STRIEBER Special Issue: 176 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication).…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. No 10 (vol 3 no 2, August 1977). Last of the stapled, single issues, all issues from now on were double-issues, perfect bound paperbacks. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover Frank Utpatel: inside rear cover Lee Brown Coye. Includes fiction from Robert Aickman ''Le Miroir'', Karl Edward Wagner (''Undertow'') and Richard Christian Matheson (''Graduation''). VG+ copy with browning along edges of front cover.…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. No 8 (vol 2 no 4, December 1975). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973 - 1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Laid in is a one page (folded) ''Supplement to Whispers #8'' (news). Page edges browning, a VG+ copy. …

Pictorial covers. No 6/7 (vol 2 no 2/3, June 1975) and the first ''double issue'' (and the first issue to be ''perfect bound'', like a paperback). 132 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Frank Utpatel. Includes ''The Fourth Seal'' by Karl Edward Wagner, ''The Glove'' by Fritz Leiber and other stories by Cark Jacobi, Hugh B. Cave and Manly Wade Wellman. VG+ copy with browning along page edges and rear cover.…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Fourth issue (vol 1 no 4, July 1974). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Tim Kirk. This issue includes ''The Soft Wall'' by Dennis Etchison. Near fine (NF) copy with fading along edge of front cover.…

Single folded sheet. Condition: Covers soiled, a good copy. One large single newspaper sheet folded to make twelve pages. Edited by Stuart David Schiff, this mini-issue of Whispers was published after no 8 and before no 9 of the regular (fantasy fiction) magazine: consisting of news and non-fiction only, the editor being concerned that with the lengthening delay between issues 8 and 9, the ''news'' section might be out of date by the time issue 9 was published. I don't think many people know this issue exists! A rare, fragile item, but it must be said, for completists only.…

Pictorial covers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 6/7 (vol 2 no 2/3, June 1975) and the first ''double issue'' (and the first issue to be ''perfect bound'', like a paperback). 132 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Frank Utpatel. Includes ''The Fourth Seal'' by Karl Edward Wagner, ''The Glove'' by Fritz Leiber and other stories by Cark Jacobi, Hugh B. Cave and Manly Wade Wellman. Laid in is news supplement no 6/7 (one folded sheet).…

Card pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 23/24 (vol 6 no 3/4, October 1987): 176 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication).…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: VG+ copy. No 9 (vol 3 no 1, December 1976). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Steven Fabian: rear cover by Lee Brown Coye. Includes fiction by R. A. Lafferty, Dennis Etchison and William Nolan: also a five-page ''HPL: A Reminiscence'' by H. Warner Munn. THIS COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR SCHIFF/''for John Bredon, Whispers most prolific poet, Stuart David Schiff''. Signed.…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. Second issue (vol 1 no 2, December 1973). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine were published between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). This issue includes ''The Bait'' by Fritz Leiber. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Signed.…

Pictorial card wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 15/16 (vol 4 no 3/4, March, 1982). The third of the author double issues - a RAMSEY CAMPBELL Special Issue: 176 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover cover art by UK artist John Stewart, rear cover (also colour) by Hannes Bok.…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: NF/Fine copy. Third issue (vol 1 no 3, March 1974). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Laid in is a one page (folded) ''Supplement to Whispers #3'' (news). This issue includes the classic story ''Sticks'' by Karl Edward Wagner, with front cover by Lee Coye Brown.…

Card pictorial wrappers. Condition: NF/Fine (unread) copy. No 21/22 (vol 6, no 1/2, December 1984). 176 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication).…

Pictorial covers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 6/7 (vol 2 no 2/3, June 1975) and the first ''double issue'' (and the first issue to be ''perfect bound'', like a paperback). 132 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Frank Utpatel. Includes ''The Fourth Seal'' by Karl Edward Wagner, ''The Glove'' by Fritz Leiber and other stories by Cark Jacobi, Hugh B. Cave and Manly Wade Wellman. Laid in is news supplement no 6/7 (one folded sheet). SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Signed.…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 10 (vol 3 no 2, August 1977). Last of the stapled, single issues, all issues from now on were double-issues, perfect bound paperbacks. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover Frank Utpatel: inside rear cover Lee Brown Coye. Includes fiction from Robert Aickman ''Le Miroir'', Karl Edward Wagner (''Undertow'') and Richard Christian Matheson (''Graduation''). SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Signed.…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. Fifth issue (vol 2 no 1, November 1974). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so he actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973 - 1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Vincent Di Fate. This issue includes stories by Hugh B. Cave and Ramsey Campbell. Laid in is a one page (folded) ''Supplement to Whispers #5'' (news).…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. Fourth issue (vol 1 no 4, July 1974). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Laid in is a one page (folded) ''Supplement to Whispers #4'' (news). Front cover by Tim Kirk. This issue includes ''The Soft Wall'' by Dennis Etchison.…

Pictorial card wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 11/12 (vol 3 no 3/4, October 1978) issue - the first of the author double issues - a MANLY WADE WELLMAN Special Issue: 132 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). This issue has both front and rear cover art by Lee Brown Coye.…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 9 (vol 3, no 1, December 1976). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Steven Fabian: rear cover by Lee Brown Coye. Includes fiction by R. A. Lafferty, Dennis Etchison and William Nolan: also a five-page ''HPL: A Reminiscence'' by H. Warner Munn. Laid in is a one page (folded) ''Supplement to Whispers #9'' (news).…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 8 (vol 2 no 4, December 1975). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973 - 1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Laid in is a one page (folded) ''Supplement to Whispers #8'' (news).…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 9 (vol 3 no 1, December 1976). Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Front cover by Steven Fabian: rear cover by Lee Brown Coye. Includes fiction by R. A. Lafferty, Dennis Etchison and William Nolan: also a five-page ''HPL: A Reminiscence'' by H. Warner Munn. THIS COPY SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Signed.…

Pictorial card wrappers. Condition: Fine (unread) copy. No 11/12 (vol 3, no 3/4, October 1978) issue - the first of the author double issues - a MANLY WADE WELLMAN Special Issue: 132 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). This issue has both front and rear cover art by Lee Brown Coye. Included is an eight-page section of b/w illustrations by UK artist John Stewart, illustrating Clark Ashton Smith's Averoigne. On the contents page John Stewart has drawn a figure saying/''This is where the good stuff is found''/and pointing to his mention there. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY STEWART TO FELLOW UK ARTIST JIM PITTS AT THE START OF HIS ARTWORK ON PAGE 95/''for Jim Pitts with best wishes.I hope you like these Jim 'cos I think they just might be amongst the best I have done, John Stewart''. Signed.…

Hardcover. No 23/24 (vol 6 no 3/4, October 1987): 176 pages. Sixteen magazine issues (some ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). LIMITED EDITION: 350 numbered copies bound in blue cloth and signed by various (but not all) of the contributors. Signed by Hugh B. Cave, David Drake, Steve Rasnic Tem, Joe R. Lansdale and William Relling, Jr. Fine copy as issued without dustjacket (as new). Signed.…

Pictorial card wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. No 17/18 (vol 5 no 1/2, August, 1982). The fourth of the author double issues - a STEPHEN KING Special Issue: 176 pages. Includes two original stories by King ''Before The Play'' and ''It Grows On You''. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Wraparound colour cover art by John Stewart. Near fine (NF) copy, light edge wear.…

Pictorial card wrappers. Condition: Near fine (NF) copy. No 17/18 (vol 5 no 1/2, August, 1982). The fourth of the author double issues - a STEPHEN KING Special Issue: 176 pages. Includes two original stories by King ''Before The Play'' and ''It Grows On You''. Sixteen magazine issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) were published of this US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 magazine between 1973-1987 (with a final issue released ten years later in 1997, combined with Paul Ganley's Weirdbook magazine as a back-to-back publication). Wraparound colour cover art by John Stewart. Paperback issue (there was also a signed/limited hardcover).…

Stapled pictorial wrappers. Condition: A NF/Fine set. All 16 issues (some were ''double issues'' and so the actual numbering goes from 1-24) of US dark fantasy/heroic fantasy A5 small-press magazine 1973-1987. Whispers was an attempt to revive the legendary WEIRD TALES magazine, intended as a follow-up to August Derleth's THE ARKHAM COLLECTOR. Includes no 17/18, a STEPHEN KING double issue. Other single author double issues were Ramsey Campbell, Fritz Leiber, Joseph Payne Brennand and Whitley Streiber. Also included is Whispers: A Mini-issue (a VG copy), comprising one large single newspaper sheet folded to make 12 pages (all news, no fiction), issued between no 8 and no 9. The first 9 issues also include a one page Whispers news supplement laid in, numbered 1-9 respectively.…

Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). The first eight issues of Whispers magazine (1973-1975) were bound up by the publisher into two hardcover volumes (volume 1 and volume 2). LIMITED HARDCOVER: 25 sets of these two hardcover volumes were issued thus. PRESENTATION SET, BOTH VOLUMES WARMLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY EDITOR SCHIFF TO UK ARTIST JIM PITTS IN EACH VOLUME. Volume 1 says ''for Jim Pitts, copy #16 of 25 specially signed and numbered bound sets of Whispers, volume 1. With thanks for his superb artwork and support of Whispers. Best Stuart David Schiff 7/30/75''. This volume 1 additionally inscribed to Jim Pitts (on the same date) by Ramsey Campbell/''best wishes from another contributor'', Karl Edward Wagner/''yes Jim, there really is a Karl Edward Wagner'', David Drake/''dear Jim, a fine magazine to be associated with'', Many Wade Wellman and David Riley. Jim Pitts has himself written/''my first hardback publication 7/10/75''. Volume 2 says/''for Jim Pitts, I hate to rehash how much you and your art have meant to me and Whispers. But it is true! I have relished publishing your artistic genius as well as reading your generous reviews. I hope we can continue to please each other and the genre for years to come. Best Stuart David Schiff 5/20/78. This is copy #16 of 25 specially bound and numbered sets of Whispers, volume 2''. Fine copies as issued without dustjacket (as new). Signed.…