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MaiLing 14

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The Cry of the Cricket

Volume 2, Number 1;Whole Number 14

is the Official Organ of the ESOTERIC ORDER OF DAGON amateur press

association, for the Roodmas, 1976 mailing of that group. Edited,

by the Official Editor, Joe Moudry (address below; phone number g 205—

759-1307; after 5:00 PM),

Earthsea Publication #114.5; 7605.05t 0516.

Contents of the Order's 14th Mlg:Pages

Date

9.

Title Perpetrator

31v- CRY OF THE CRICKET (00)9

22.22 11130.30. ill.

30. ili30.

15. iv16.16.19.21,22,22.26.26.27 .27. 17.27 .28.28.29.29.29.29.29.30.

1- MS FOUND ON THE BEACH

2- ABADDON #73- FROM LENG

4- "THE ACOLYTE"

5- LE MONDE ESTRANGE ET TENEBREUX

6- ANTOINE WIERTZ ----

7- REAL DRACULA WAS NO TOURIST

B- ROGER'S REVENGE

9- SEARCH FOR THE NAPELESS CITY -

10- REVELATIONS IN xmox -

11- IBID XIV -

12- ZARFHAANA #6 =

13- THE DARK SCHLOSS

DRAKE'S POTPOURRI -

15- ELDRITCH LEANINGS #2

16- AFTER MIDNIGHT #6 =

17- CRUMBLING RELICKS -

18- NAMA -

19- FROM, THE DARK SPACES -

20- OUTRE21- THE ELTDOWN SHARDS =

22- HOUSECLEANING -

23-

25-26-27-28-29-

LITTEFÆ.E DLGONIS #11

EFFORTS CHURNING FINGERS

THE DARK ESSENGER #8 -

THE ANCIIORITE #9

THE MISKATONIC =

TOOTH & NAIL -

(Hunter )D. Smith

EvertsEvertsEvertsEvertsBryant

Culp

Hill -

Indick —

Lord

HallDrake(Hart )

- R. Smith -

Williamson —

— Bryant

BerglundShea

—-- Metzger

— Bryant —

= SchultzBoerem

Larson

Burnham

- Moudry= Mosig

— Webbert —

31-HESPERT-A

SPECTRAL ANALYSIS

— Gates

Kimber —

32-33-

THE WINNERS OF THE 1976 C.D. aWARDS Connors

CONTINUITY #3 Connors

- 1811

219

15

211017

212

32Total: 346

OÆcial. Editor :

Joe MoudryP. O. Box 1205

Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401

PAGE 2

FOOTNOTES ( % )

THE, OF CRICKET if1 Lv

*Bob Eber: the cover has been used before, and the

first page is too short to truly call a page, go

this submission counts as pages toward your minoo.

* David Schultz: Since this submission has seen dis—

tribution prior to the deadline, it can Q t

count toward minac credit for you in Its entirlty; only one page ca.n

be counted (as per Rule Il: 28B).

The following members owe the Indicated

THE COMPANY OF DAMOCLES number of creditable pages with the next

deadline to retain their membership In the

Order :

Bacon : g: : :

Bass

BoerumCollins

Drake :

Duerr : : : : :

AND OUTS:

6 Eber6 Paig

Finkbiner : : :

6 Frierson : :

2 Hill6 Korbas : : : : : :

2

666

6

LordPletzger

Morris :

Na thman

NellySchultz :

Stoeltlng s :00 0 ø

Webbert g : : :

3

66656

With my first 00 it Is my sad duty to release two

long—term members from their roster positions. Bob

Weinberg and Stuart Schiff both failed to meet the

required minac due for this mailing, and I have heard

nothing from either of them about possible lateness

of the submission, Rule 11: 2: F leaves me no alternative but to

drop them from the roster, and hope that their names will appear on

the waitinglist with MIC. 15.

With this mailing, however, we welcome J. Vernon Shea to the roster.

Vernon O s material has appeared with enthusiam in quite a number of

and his first submission bodes well for his tenure in the

Order.

With two vacancies now on the roster, William Andy Conder and Don

Herron are invited to membership in the Order, upon sending In the

amount outstanding for their first year's dues and six pages of cred—

i table material (or more)

One person owed dues with this mailing (i.e.

THE PURSESTRINGS: prior to the deadline), but due to possible con—

fusion resulting from the Order's first change

of OEs I have extended his time. The following

members must send their annual dues to me before

the deadline for Mailing 15 to retain their membership:

Bass :: g 15 Finkbiner : g: 15

Collins g gg:: 14 Nathman s : :: : 15

Finkblner : 13 The number in parentheses be—

side your name on the roster is the mailing before which your dues

are owed.

Amount brought forward from Mlg 13 t s 00: $78.09

Outlays postage frr MI g. 13 g s:ggs::::: 24.88 Income: : ; : : $16.

postage for extra mlgs : s

postage for OOS g: : s :

letter postage s

transfer of OEship g : 8 g:

6.60 (from jiffybag re—1.93 fund )

24 Received from rOgEr:61 $53.92.

THE CRY OF THE CRICKET PAGE 3

Since that amoutt was received from rOgEr, the following income and

out—go has taken place:

Income : 017, OO Out—Go

(dues from: R. Smith (for 100 jetpacks)

D, Smith, Coslet,

Burnham, Shea ,

Drake, Duerr, From rOgEr

Neily, Stoelting, Income :

& wtlst. fee from

Cannon) plus extra Out—Go

copies of Mlg 14 : 7.00 On hand :

;iB53.92+24.00

7 92

$53.52(sold to Herron, 2 .00 (As of 9,v .76)

CoS1et, Biggers, This Is the total treasury of the

Wallace, Sprague , Order before posting this ml g to

Hunter, & Hart. the membership and waitlisters who

have purchased extra sets. The least

expensive postal rate could well take half of the treasury, which

would leave little, indeed. Hence, It m going to tamper with what hag

to be the best bargain in apadom today, and raise the cost of the

extra mlgs from $1. 00 (to those on the waitlnglist) to an amount

equaT to their first year's dues: $2.00, effective immediately.

Everyone writing to me about the extra copies have mentioned the in—

credible amount of important material can be had for so little costs

I agree completely,

This mailing is getting out a bit later than

oeDITORIAL l t d planned, but a United Parcel strike In the

midwest slowed up the arrival of a few sub—

missions and I suddenly found myself soft—YWC

"hearted. To those of you owing pages to retain your membership,

please ship early, and enclose a postcard with your submission so

that I can let you know that your parcel successfully ran the USPS

gauntle t.

The next deadline, by the way, falls on a Sunday, so the effective

deadline is the preceeding days Saturday, 31 July.

For the first time in my entire fannish life, I reeeived two opened

parcels: those of Scott Connors and Gary Kimber. Scott's was opened

because he stapled the jetpack together too hastily and missed the

folded section. His Continuity mentions two dittozines, but only one

made it to POB 1205 in the opened parcel. Gary's, on the other hand,

may have been opened when crossing the border; the USPS says that If

that happened, it was done by the Canadians (a handy excuse?) . Please

wrap your submissions securely, so as to thwart the Post Awful's

new atuomatic shredders

The 00' s cover and table of contents pages were hand—set and printed

in the University of Alabama's printing lab by the Antient Czech, The

beautiful wood cut was done by the Lab's master printer, Glenn House,

to whom a respectful tip of the tentacle is due,

This mailing isn e t as large as the record—setting last one, but it is

ne t ertheless a hefty one. My thanks for all the good wishes and oc,n—

dolences received since the transfer of the OEship; now to do a

creditable job

And now, to the dry sections :

PAGE 14, THE cay OF THE CRICKET {144

THE ROSTER

I. Jonathon Bacon PO Box 147 Lamonl, 50140 (16)

2. Tommy Bass 507 Barlow St Americus, GA 31709 (15)

3, GySgt E. Paul Berglund 472-46-7335, 8th ITT Flqco HqBn 2d

R. Boerem

5. Roger Bryant

6. Crispin Burnham

7. Tom Collins

8. Scott Connors

9, Bob Culp

10. Dave Drake11. Howard Duerr12. Bob Eber

13, R. Alain EvertsKen Faig

15. John Finkbiner

16. Meade Frierson,11117. John Gates

18. Loay Hall

19. Lawson Hill

20. Ben Indick

21. Gary Kimber

22. Charles Korbas

23. Randall Larson

214. Glenn Lord

25. Arthur Metzger

26. Harry Morris

27. Dirk Mosig

28. Joe Moudry

29. Doug Nathman

30. Kennett Nelly

31. J. Vernon Shea

32. Dave Schultz

33. Dave Smith

34. Reg Smith

35. Wally Stoelting

36. Jim Webbert

Chet Williamson

FillF, camp Lejeune, 29542 (17)

1012 LaDeney Dr Ontario, CA 91762 (9)

1019 Cordova Ave Akron, OH 44320 (17)

1051 Wellington Rd Lawrence, KS 6604b (20)

PO Box 1261 Stuyvesant Sta New York NY

10009 (14)26004 Kingston Dr Aliquippa PA 15001

2563 Hunter Ter, Fort I:lyers FL 33901 (16)

PO Box 9014 Chapel Hill NC 27514 (18)

1? Arlington House Ijlaitland, FL 32751 (19)

4801 Clair Del Ave Apt 1023 Long Beach CA

90807 (16)

PO Box 864 Madison, 53701

Box 1228 Chicago, IL 60690 (17)

PO Box 784 Eagle Lake, FL 33839 (15)

3705 Woodvale Rd Birmingham, AL 35223(17 )

PO Box 5218 University, AL 35486 (16)

210 11. Florence Blackwell 0K 74631 (16)

3952 W. Dundee Rd Northbrook IL 60062(17)

428 Sagamore Ave Teaneck NJ 07666 (17)

139 Highview Ave Scarborough ONT MIN (16)

2J2 Canada

816 Birch st, 7+103 Honolulu, HI 96814(17)

774 Vista Grande Ave Los Altos CA94022 (16)

PO Box 775 Pasadena, TX 77401 (16)

1171 Need Rd Cincinnati OH 45233 (17)

500 Wellesley SE Albuquerque NM 87106(16)

Psych Dept. GSC Americus, GA 31709 (17 )

POB 1205 Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 (16)

253 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA 02116(15)

17 Albert Ave West Barrington RI 02890

(18)10621 Governor Ave Cleveland OH 44111 (17 )

3019 N. 79th st Milwaulkee WI 53210 (17)

520 Secrest Lane Girard, OH 144420 (18)

1509 Mar—Les Dr. Santa Ana, CA 92706 (18)

2326 Deewood Dr Columbus, OH 43229 (18)

3925 VI. Missouri Phoenix, AZ 85019 (17 )

PO Box 68 Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (16)

— New Member (whose name is also underlined) if = COA

There isngt enough room to begin the stencil ling of the. Waltlnelist,

so 1911 validate those perceptive readers who have deduced that there

are still three extra sets of Mlg. 14 to be had, These, if ordered,

will cost (ib2. 00, and only one set will be sold to any member or

waitlister (so members need not apply.. ,

Also, after due consideration, 1 0 ve added a sub—rule (VI I: 2: B).

THE CRY OF CRICKET #1 14

0.0.

* 1.2.3.

5.* 6.

7.8,

* 9.10.11.12.13.14.

15.

Wm. Andy ConderDon HerronFrank StaufWalter CosletJim Dapkus

Cliff Biggers

Bill WallaceJim Imennedy

Terry Dale

Thomas ReidMike FantinaIViark E. Sprague

David R. Warren

Barry HunterBill HartJoel Ruimy

Peter H. Cannon

WAITINGLIST

4th st Paris, TX 75460 ($1.00)

340 Summit Ave st Paul 55102 ($1.00)

21091 Red-Fir ct Cupertino, CA 95014($1. 00)

PO Box 6 Helena, MT 59601 ($0.00)

Rt 1 Box 247 Westfield WI 53964 ($1.00)

621 Olive St Cedartown, GA 30125 ($1. co)

3205 Helms, Austin, 78705 ($1.00)

Room 208A Mary Vlard Hall 800 Font Blvd

san Francisco CA 9413201.00)

PO Box 214 Blackwell 0K 74631 ($1.00)

PO Box 66265 Houston, TX 77006 ($1.00)

32 Old Army Rd Bernardville NJ 0792 1v($1. 00)

5337 Dorman Rd Elba, 14058 ($1.00)

PO Box 27 La Belle FL 33935 ($1.00)

8 Wakefield PI Rome, GA 30161 ($1.00)

222 N. Muller +75B Anaheim CA 92801 ($1.00)

769 Algonquin Ave Montreal, Quebec (411.00)

IC5 Canada

575 West End Ave New York, 10024 ($1. 00)

16. This space open: recruit E

If there's a zero immediately before your name, you t ve been invited to

join a Strange and Esoterick Order; all you need do is send in six (or

more) creditable pages and the indicated amount before the next dead—

line .

If there's an before your name, you failed to respond to the last

00, and stand in danger of falling foul of Rule 111: 3: Be The "*" isn t t

a Derlethian Star Stone, and it certainly won t t protect you from a

most foul disappearance

William Pugmire requested that his name be removed from the waiting—

list; I have complied.

The amount to the far left of waitlisters' names is the amount owed on

their first year's dues when invited to membership.

RULES OF THE ESOTERIC ORDER OF DAGON:

I. The Esoteric Order of Dagon is a quarterly amateur press assoc-

iation devoted to the works and life of Howard Phillips Love—

craft, the Lovecreft Circle, and the 'VjeiTd [Lia-les tradition.

11. Membership1. Membership in the is limited to 39 (thrice 13) members,

Tho have pai& dues of $2, 00 per year (four mailings), and who

fulfill the requirements as set forth in Section I I; 2.

2. A. Minimum Activity for members in the Is six standard—

size pages of printed or duplicated material every two

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mailings ,

B. Five of the six pages must be the member's own writing

and/or artwork, and all six must not have been circulated

elsewhere prior to the deadline of the mall Ing In which

they are to appear,

C. Any other material, pre-circulated or not, the member's own

work or not, may also be contributed to the mal lings, but

the minimum requirements must be met in order to retain

membership,

D. 50 identical copies of each submission are required; format

and reproduction are the option of the member as long as

they meet the minimum requirements and are legible (as de—

termined by the 0B, who will see all copies). The member Is

responsible for printing his own submission and sending 50

copies of it to the OE before the deadline. Submissions

should always be precollated and bound with at least two

staples per copy.

E. A page is defined as a standard 8ä 11" format; smaller

formats may be submitted, but for minimum page credit the

page count must equal six standard pages.

F. Failure to meet the minimum activity requirements results

In the member being dropped from the roster of the

G. New members must have at least six pages (as defined in

i I: 2: B, above) in their first submission to qualify for

membership,

The Waitinglist

1. waitinglist is provided when there are no vacancies on

-vhe roster.

2. Applicants will be placed on the waitinglist upon payment

o? a $1. 00 fee, which is non—refundable, but may be applied

-vo the first year's dues. If the applicant remains on the

Taitinglist for more than one year, an additional $1.00

will 'be required for membership, to help defray the cost of

ma'. ling the 00 to him.

3. A. 'laitlisters will be sent a copy of the Official Organ

each mailing, and must notify the OE in writing,

upon receiving it, that he is still interested In be—

coming a member.

B. a waitlister fails to acknowledge the 00 twice in as

many mailings, he is automatically dropped from the

waitinglist.

C, vacancies occur, the OE will Invite the top wait—

lister(s) to send the remainder of his first year's dues

along with his first submission (as defined In

above )

D. Waitlisters are encouraged to submit to the mailings

while on the waitinglist.

Deadline s1. The deadlines areg Candlemas (2 February), Roodmas (1 May) ,

Lammas (1 August), and Hallowmas (31 October).

2. When the deadline falls on a Sunday, that deadline Is con—

sidered to be the previous day; i.e. Saturday.

3. Direct mailings and postmailings do not count for minimum

activity credit.

CRY OF THE CRICKET

V, Change of Address

PAGE 7

The OE must be notified of a change of address (COA) by first—

class mail, A COA printed or inserted in a submission, or noted

on the outside of a parcel, will not be considered official,

The Official Editor1, The Official Editor (OE) is responsible for all phases of the

operation of the2. In particular, he is expected to produce the mailings on

time and make a financial accounting to the membership.

3. The OE is authorised to make changes or add to the Rules as

necessary, but should take the wishes of the membership into

account before making any ma jor changes.

The OE is elected in the Hallowmas mailing, for a term of

one year (four mailings). Candidates must notify the pre—

sent OE of their Intention to stand for office before 10

Cctober.B. A teller is appointed before the Hallowmas deadline and a

ballot (to be returned to the teller) is distributed in

the Hallowmas mailing; the results are announced in the

CO of the Candlemas mailing, and the new OE takes office

after that mailing has been distributed.

C. Only persons who are full members of the E*O*D by the

Hallowmas mailing are eligible for OE and only they may

vote .

D. The OE may appoint an Emergency Officer (EO) at his dis—

cression.

Vll. Extra Mailings

1. One extra set of each mailing of the will be sent to

the John Hay Library of Brown University for its H. P, Love—

craft Collection.

2. A. The remaining extra sets of each mailing will be made

available, at $2, 00 each, to those on the waitinglist, in

order of seniority.

B. If a waitlister submits material to a ma 11 Ing (as defined

in IIg2gC, above), and sends his money, he shall receive

a copy of that mailing, even if he does not have enough

seniority on the waitinglist to receive it.

C. If any of the extra sets of the mailing remain unsold to

waitlisters, they will be sold to outsiders at $5.00 each.

3. No one may purchase more than one set of each mailing,

The Annual Achievement Awards

1. The to strengthen the quality of material presented

in its mailings, shall sponsor an Annual Achievement (Lau—

reate) Award in appropiate categories.

2. Only members at the time of nomination are eligible, and

only they may nominate and/or vote.

A. A nomination ballot shall appear in the Hallowman mailing G

B. It should be returned to the Laureate Teller (as appoint-

ed by the OE) before the indicated deadline.

A. A final ballot shall appear in the Candlemas mailing,

listing the finalists in each category.

B. It should be returned to the Laureate Teller before the

indicated deadline. Prizes (donated by members) will be

presented to the winners of the Laureateship In each cat—

e gory.

PAGE 8 THE CRY OF THE CRICKET

Members (and contributing waitlisters) are re..

SEALING THE CRYPT t minded that the next deadline falls on a Sunder

and therefore the effective deadline Is the day

before Lammas. The deadline for Mailing 15 Is

Saturday, 31 July, 1976

Scott Connors' two proposals have not passed the membership, as per—ceptive Rule readers will have noticed by now. Of the members whoexpressed their thoughts on raising the membership, all were opposed,

On the other proposal, Richard Tierney declined the honourary member—ship before the vote was In, and I have honoured his decision.

The Rules, as long and cumbersome as they are, have been tightenedup a bit; please read them, and be conversent with them: ignoranceof them wins one a free trip to Sarnath

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE

The Cry of the Cricket is the Official Organ of the Esoteric Order of

Dagon. People who have written to ask about the Order and others who

have been recommended to us as potential members will be sent a copy

as an indication of what we o re about; this page is for them.

An "amateur press association" (abbreviation: apa) is neither a fan—

zine nor a club, The apa members print their own magazines, in what—

ever format and with whatever method of reproduction they find pleas—

ing and/or convenient. He sends 50 copies of his completed product to

the Official Editor, who takes the bundles from the various members

and sorts them so that each member will receive a copy of each con—

tribution.

We do this every three months, and the member is expected to have six

pages of material, not previously circulated elsewhere, in every two

mailings. For example: if a new member has six pages In his first

mailing (as every new member must), he does not have to have anything

in his second. He nay contribute to his second mailing, of course,

and we hope that he will, but he does not have to do so. On the other

hand, If he has three pages into his second mailing, he Will owe thre€

in his third. In sun, the number of pages a member owes on any given

mailing is determined by subtracting the number he had in the previou:

mailing from six. These are the minimum requirements; any member may

submit more than the minimum he owes, but doing so will not change

the minimum-requirement cycle; i.e. even if he puts 20 pages into his

first mailing he will still owe six pages with his third.

If you are interested and think that you can fulfill these require-

ments (which average one page per month) and can afford $2, 00 per

year dues, read the rest of this E*O*Dzine: it details the contents

of the current mailing, who's in the Order and waitlnclist, and tells

you in (great) detail what is expected of you.

The present Official Editor is: Joe Moudry

POB 1205

Tus caloosa , AL 35401.