The World of Dark Shadows/Issues 41-50

==Issue 41==
The World of Dark Shadows 41 was published in July 1985 and contains 70 pages. It has art by Randall Besch, Dave Billman, Jo Ann Christy, Anne Marie Erental, Sherlock, and Linda Woods.
* Editorial
* two letters of comment/con reports for Dark Shadows Festival (5)
"Transcript: Jonathan Frid Question & Answer -- Second Annual Dark Shadows Festival - Newark" - transcribed by Julie Illescas, proofread by Marcy Robin (7)
* The Dark Shadows Records (LPs) - Article by Jim Pierson (15) 
* The Dark Shadows Newspaper Comic Strip - Part 2 - Article by Jeff Thompson (21)
* Dark Shadows Festival/Timecom (San Jose, CA) con report (24)
* Manhattan Shadows 2 Report - Report by Jeff Thompson (25)
* Their Shadows Return - Article by Chris Nokes (27)
* After the Dream Comes Reality - fiction by William Wylie (31)
* Dark Shadows Summaries - compiled by Geoffrey Hamell (34)
* Confrontation - fiction by Nancy Eddy (35) 
* Amy's Future - fiction by Marcy Robin (36)
* Fan Questionnaires (41)
* The Island - fiction by Andrea T. Sheridan (44) 
* To My Dear Son - fiction by Tom Hotz (53)
* Final Apology" - poetry by Carol Maschke (54)
* Cemetery - poetry by Bonnie Martin (54)
* Journey Through the Shadows - fiction by Virginia Waldron (55)
* After Hours - poetry by Meghan Powell-Nivling (62)
* I Grieve with Thee - poetry by Annaleigh March (63)
* The Collins Story - fiction by Kathy Resch (64)
* Hyde - poetry by James Myers (67)
* To Memory - poetry by Tonya Berry (67)
* The Colilnsport Debating Society (68)
* Ads (69)
Image:twods41-1.jpg|inside page from issue #41, inside back cover, Sherlock
Image:twods41-2.jpg|inside page from issue #41, Randall Besch
Image:twods41-3.jpg|inside page from issue #41, centerfold by Dave Billman
Image:twods41-4.jpg|inside page from issue #41, Anne Marie Erental
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 41==
==Issue 42==
The World of Dark Shadows 42 was published in October 1985 and contains 76 pages. It has art by Randall Besch, Dave Billman, Jo Ann Christy, Will Day, Anne Marie Erental, Jane Lach, Janet Meehan, Shari Metcalf, and Sherlock.
 
* Editorial		(2)
* "A Visit with Grayson Hall" (transcript by Marcy Robin)		(4)
* "To Serve" (fiction by Marcy Robin)		(16)
* "The Collins Family's New Summer Home" (article by Billy McKinley) (17)
* "The Dark Shadows Comic Books" (article by Jeff Thompson)		(19)
* "Shadows 1958" (a serial by Jeff Thompson)	(20)
* "The Dark Shadows Newspaper Comic Strip" (article by Jeff Thompson)		(26)
* "A Station in the Underground Railroad" (fiction by Adriana Pena)		(29)
* Fan Questionnaires		(34)
* "The Island - Conclusion" (fiction by Andrea T. Sheridan)		(41)
* "Midnight Rendezvous" (puzzle by Jean Graham)		(53)
* "Spectres" (poetry by Joe Escobar)		(54)
* "Dorinta" (poetry by Nancy Sprigs)		(55)
* "To Reverend Trask" (poetry by Meghan Powell-Nivling)		(56)
* "Journey Through the Shadows" (fiction by Virginia Waldron)		(60)
* "Swing Low, Sweet Vicki" (filksong by Robert Potter)	(65)
* Letters of Comment (66)
Image:twods42-1.jpg|inside front cover from issue #42, Will Day
Image:twods42-2.jpg|centerfold from issue #42, Janet Meehan
Image:twods42-3.jpg|inside page from issue #42, Randall Besch
Image:twods42-4.jpg|inside page from issue #42, Anne Marie Erental
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 42==
==Issue 43==
The World of Dark Shadows 43 was published in 1986 and contains 76 pages. It has art by Cindy Jorgensen, Jane Lach, Janet Meehan, and Sherlock.
* Editorial		(2)
* Guest Editorial by Jim Pierson (5)	 
* Transcript of television interview with John Karlen (by Lori Zavala) 	(8)
* Roger Davis Plus DS! (transcript by Rita Westrick) (9)		 
* Special Section: Grayson Hall and Joel Crothers	(11)
* Obituaries		(12)
* Joel Crothers: His Life and Career After DS (article by Charles Ellis)	(14)
* Television interview with Joel Crothers 6-24-84 (sent by Esther Nash) 	(26)
* In Memory of Grayson Hall (article by Melody C.)		(18)
* Personal Reflections (article by Jeffrey Arsensault)		(19)
* Q&A With Grayson Hall: Spring, 1982 (sent by Melody C.)		(20)
* Past Memories/Future Hopes (fiction by Marcy Robin)		(22)
* Another Morning (poetry by Melody C.)		(26)
* Wulfilu's Ring (fiction by Lori Paige)		(27)
* The Last Bom Not To Die (fiction by Jetta Rink)		(35)
* Ode to Dark Shadows (poetry by Deborah Rubin)	 	(36)
* Magda's Last Curse (fiction by Adrians Pena)		(41)
* The Other Side of the Coin (fiction by Beth Klapper)		(43)
* My Conscience, My Prisoner (fiction by Dale Clark) 		(45)
* Vigil (fiction by Marcy Robin)		(46)
* Evening Interlude (fiction by Charles Ellis)		 (48)
* Dark Shadows Summaries (compiled by Geoffrey Hamell)	 		(50)
* Dark Shadows festival 1985 Newark (convention report by Jeff Thompson)	(55)
*  Discovering the Dark Shadows Memorabilia Slide Show (article by David McGriff)			(60)
* Memories Art Made of This (article by Julie Illescas)		(61)
* Lynwood (filkson, by Various)	 		(65)
 
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 43==
==Issue 44==
The World of Dark Shadows 44 was published in July 1986 and contains 76 pages. It has art by Sherlock, Cindy Jorgensen, Jane Lach, Warren Oddson, and Janie Stanford.
 
* Editorial (2)
* DS PBS Syndication Brings Sucess (article by Jim Pierson) (7)
* On Grayson Hall: One Person's Remembrance (article by Melody C.) (7)
* Trust Me, Darling: A Personal Remembrance of Grayson Hall (article by Tess Kolney) (11)
* Grayson Hall: Thoughts (article by Jeffrey Arsenault (13)
* Interview with Grayson Hall (by Jeffrey Arsenault, Spring, 1982) (13)
* Grayson Hall: A Remembrance (article by Julie Illescas) (16)
* No Turning Back, fiction by Jane Lach (17)
* Second Thoughts, poetry by Peggy Van Vlack (24)
* The Best of Friends, fiction by Carol Maschke (25)
* Barnabas Remembers, fiction by Susan Gerhardt (31)
* So Long, My Friend, fiction by Jack Kennelly (33)
* The Four Poster (review by Debbie Kreuter) (36)
* The Illusion, fiction by Sharon Meitzner (52)
* The Visit, fiction by Vodka Collins (52)
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 44==
==Issue 45==
The World of Dark Shadows 45 was published in August 1986 and contains 76 pages.
* Editorial		(3) 
* Robert Costello Q&A Session - Dark Shadows Festival Newark 1984		(7) 
* The Video Screen (a column by Charles Ellis)		(16) 
* To Find Peace (Fiction by Marie Bidlack)		(22) 
* The Ballad of Victoria Winters (poetry by Tim Goss)		(28) 
* Peter Bradford's Serenade (poetry by Robert Potter)		(31) 
* Vindicated Character (poetry by Robert Totter)		(31) 
* A Minute With Crystal (fiction by Ton Hotz)		(32) 
* Time Travel lor (poetry by Debra Sims)		(34) 
* Porta-Crypt (Humor by Deborah Gregory Williams)		(35) 
* Shadows 1958 (Serial by Jeff Thompson)		(40) 
* Journey Through the Shadows (Novel by Virginia Waldron)		(45) 
* Epitaph: Laura Collins (fiction by Jean Graham)		(54) 
* Shadows (poetry by James Myers)		(56) 
* Timeless (Fiction by Marcy Robin)		(57) 
* On the Way to Florida (Fiction by Adriana Pena)		(62) 
* A Solitary Bat (poetry by Debra Sims)		(62) 
* Late Lamented ladies (Puzzle by Jean Graham)		(63) 
* Fan Questionnaire Replies		(64) 
* The Collinsport Debating Society		(67) 
* Letters of Comment	 		(70) 
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 45==
==Issue 46==
The World of Dark Shadows 46 was published in November 1986 and contains 76 pages. Art by: Dave Billman, Anne Marie Erental, Ruuth Goodrich, Debra LaValley, John Mangano, Janet Meehan, Warren Oddsson, Mary Overstreet, and Carolyn Staehle
 
* TRANSCRIPT: 1985 NEWARK DARK SHADOWS FESTIVAL STAR PANEL: TERRAYNE CRAWFORD, MARIE WALLACE, AND DONNA WANDREY, 
* DALLAS DARK SHADOWS FESTIVAL 1986 REPORT BY JEFF THOMPSON
* MANHATTAN SHADOWS III REPORT BY CHARLES ELLIKS
* DARK SHADOWS DAILY SUMMARIES EPISODES 922-925 BY GEOFFREY HAMELL
* CTHULHU IN COLLINSPORT: THE LOVECRAFTIAN ROOTS OF THE LEVIATHAN SEQUENCE BY JEFF THOMPSON
* DARK SHADOWS NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP – COLUMN BY JEFF THOMPSON
* The Collinsport Debating Society
* “Succubus” by Dan Sutherland
* Their Shadows Return by Christopher Nokes
* FATEFUL MEETING by Nancy Eddy
* “The Dreams of the Vampire” by Natalie Brown
* JOURNEY THROUGH THE SHADOWS by Virginia Waldron
* “What Is A Curse?” by Tom Hotz
* NIGHTMARE’S END by Richard Billings
* “For All The Girls They’ve Loved Before” – puzzle by Kristi Nelson
* LoCs
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==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 46==
==Issue 47/48==
The World of Dark Shadows 47/48 was published in February 1987 and contains 170 pages. It is the 10th Anniversary Edition.
 
The art is by Anne Marie Erental, Jane Lach, Sherry Ledenbach, Janet Meehan, Warren Oddsson, Mary Overstreet, Sherlock.
From the editorial: 
* Editorial (2)
* Second Generation, fiction by Meghan Powell-Nivling (10)
* Old House, poetry by Tonya Denae Berry (20)
* Unfinished Business, fiction by Louann Wojtalik (21)
* A Personal Loss, fiction by Mary Overstreet (32)
* In a Dark Time, fiction by Melody C. (44)
*A La Belle E'Tiole, poetry by Tonya Denae Berry (58)
*It Was a Dark and Storm Night, article by Cheryl Yamner (59)
* Collinsport Girls and Willie's Lament, filks by Charles Ellis (60)
* From the Dark Shadows Museum, article by Joe Collins (61)
* Life from a Coffin, article by Jeff Thompson (62)
* Social Security Supplemental Income Notes, humor by Nancy Kersey (65)
* Fan Questionnaire Answers, featuring TWODS contributors (67)
* Secret Sin, poetry by Yvonne Wuchter (74)
* Damn the Curse, poetry by William Long (75)
* The Mirror 1795, fiction by K. Resch, art by Janet Meehan (76)
* Through Endless Corridors by Trial and Error, poetry by Tom Hotz (88)
* Victoria, poem by Tim Goss (90)
* Tarot Art Spread: The World, Justice, and The Magician, by Anne Marie Erental, and The Empress, The Empress and Strength by Mary Overstreet (91)
* The Conversation, poem by Carol Maschke (97)
* On the Burning Isle, poem by Tonya Denae Berry (103)
* Night Walk, poem by Nancy Spriggs (104)
* Josette's Song, poem by Pam Wissinger (105)
* Dare I to Dream?, poem by Penny Holdren (106)
* Stolen Destiny, fiction by Adrian a Pena (107)
* The Old House, poem by Jill Sotne (109)
* Next Life, fiction by Lori Paige (110)
* The Grace of God, fiction by Marie Bidlack (124)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream, poetry by Rhonda Foster (133)
* Full Circle, fiction by Marcy Robin and Jo Ann Christy (134)
* Mrs. McGuire, poem by Joe Escobar (142)
* Wreck of the Amber Dragon, fiction by Jean Graham and William Long (143)
* Elizabeth: Still Life with Roses, poetry by Jill Stone (147)
* Sufficient Unto the Day, fiction by Virginia Waldron (148)
* A Charity Bazaar, humor by Julie Illescas (17)
 
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==Issue 49==
The World of Dark Shadows 49 was published in November 1987 and contains 76 pages. This issue has a lot of convention reports, and interviews with DS actors, including many photos.
 
* Turning Back The Clock - Newark 1986 DSF - Jeff Thompson
* All The Convention's A Stage - David McGriff
* A Talk With KLS Part I - DSF Newark 1986
* JOURNEY THROUGH THE SHADOWS PART IV - Virginia Waldron
* Star Panel: Joan Bennett, Jonathan Frid, Marie Wallace, Terrayne Crawford, Donna Wandrey - 1986 Newark DSF
* ART by Warren Oddsson, Sherlock, and Janie Stanford
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==Issue 50==
The World of Dark Shadows 50 was published in November 1987 and contains 78 pages.
It has no table of contents, no fiction, and consists of mostly interviews, con and fan club reports, photos, many ads and flyers, and some art. 
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==References==
Category:Anthology Zines
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Category:Dark Shadows Zines
Category:1980s