Midnight Fantasies

Midnight Fantasies was a Lovecraftian horror zine by Wilum Pugmire, one of his earliest zines. It published articles and essays, poetry, short stories, interviews and reviews. The first two issues were free of charge.
Besides Lovecraft-related topics, Pugmire included in the zine some photos of Barbra Streisand, his favorite actress at that time, and some other Streisand content such as reviews of her movies. This decision was met with negative reactions from some of the readers (see letters of comment for the Midnight Supplement).
==Editor's Comments==
==Issue 0==
Midnight Fantasies #0 was a zine-length advertisement for the new zine. It included the cover for the issue #1, editorial by Wilum Pugmire, some photos of the editor, ads for the zines from the Silver Scarab Press and the movies Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Mummy's Shroud, a comic and some horror art.
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-01.jpg|Cover by Dave Billman (illo for "Pickman's Model"?)
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-03.jpg|Editorial with portrait of Pugmire's character Count Pugsley by M. Squidd
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-05.jpg|Ads for the Silver Scarab Press zines and books
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-06.jpg|Comic by Scott
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-07.jpg|Ad for the movie Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-08.jpg|Illos by Murad Gumen
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-09.jpg|Ad for the movie The Mummy's Shroud by Ludwig
Midnight-fantasies-number-0-10.jpg|Back cover
==Issue 1==
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Midnight Fantasies #1 was published in August 7, 1974.
Contents
* Gently Rapping by Pugs [introduction by Wilum Pugmire] (1)
* Editor's Page by Pugs [editorial by Wilum Pugmire] (2)
* Special Introduction by Robert A. W. Lowndes [essay about Lovecraft from one of his latest correspondents] (3-6) (originally published in Magazine of Horror #24, November 1968)
* A Few Words by Brian Lumley [interview] (7-8)
* Gently Rapping by Pugs [reviews of horror zines and a Barbra Streisand movie, information about the zine artists] (9-12)
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0001.jpg‎|Cover by Dave Billman
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0003.jpg‎|Art by M. Squidd
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0006.jpg‎|Art by Dave Billman
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0007.jpg‎|Art by M. Squidd
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0008.jpg‎|Illo for Lovecraft's story "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family" by Dave Billman 
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0011.jpg‎|Portrait of Count Pugsley by Murad Gumen and a photo of Barbra Streisand
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0012.jpg‎|Davy Billis Manly of Ancient & Evill-Legend Khroyd'hon by Dave Billman
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0014.jpg‎|Top art by Murad Gumen, bottom art by Maurice Squidd
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-1-august-7-1974 page-0016.jpg‎|Back cover by M. Squidd
==Issue 2==
Midnight Fantasies #2 was published in September 1974.
Contents
* Gently Rapping by Pugs (1-2)
* An Interview with Harry Morris, Jr (3-4)
* The Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft by Brian G. Wise [article] (5-9)
* Closing Comments by Bill Pugmire Jr (10)
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-2-september-1974-0004.jpg|Streisand's photos
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-2-september-1974-0008.jpg|Illo by Brian Wise
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-2-september-1974 compressed page-0009.jpg|Illo for Derleth's "The Shuttered Room" by Brian Wise 
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File:Midnight-fantasies-number-2-september-1974 compressed page-0014.jpg|Back cover
==Announcement==
Midnight Fantasies: An Announcement was published in October 1974 (the date was written as 1774). In the two-page announcement, the editor explained that the issue #3 would be delayed, described the content of the next issues and promised not to publish photos of Streisand in the zine anymore ("before I get lynced by certain Barbra-haters within my readership").
==Midfan Supplement==
Midfan Supplement was published in April 1975 (the written date was April 1775). The editor cited financial difficulties as the reason for delaying the issue #3, but explained that 
Contents
* "Esteem'd Readers" by Wilum [editorial] (1-2)
* The Harvest [letters of comment] (3)
* Haunter of the Screen by Kelly Westfall [review of the movie "Let's Scare Jessica to Death"] (4-7)
* At Journey's End by Richard Smoot [short story] (8-9)
* Val Vocalizes by Valerie Macbeth [essay] (10)
File:Midfan-supplement-april-1975-0002.jpg|Art by Dave Billman
File:Midfan-supplement-april-1975-0004.jpg|Art by Dave Billman
File:Midfan-supplement-april-1975-0005.jpg|Art by Dave Billman
File:Midfan-supplement-april-1975-0009.jpg|Art by Dave Billman
File:Midfan-supplement-april-1975 compressed page-0010.jpg|Art by M.Squidd
===Letters of Comment===
Most of the letters published in the Supplement criticized Pugmire's decision to write praises of Barbra Streisand in the previous issues of the zine and publish her photos. The readers voiced their dislike of the actress and argued that she had no place in a Lovecraftian zine.
==Issue 3==
Midnight Fantasies #3 was published in May 1976 (the written date was May 1776).
Contents
* "My Dear Youngsters..." by Wilum [editorial] (1-2)
* Melmoth the Wandrei: the Keeper of Secrets by J. Vernon Shea [article about Donald Wandrei] (3-5)
* In Appreciation: Donald Wandrei by Robert Bloch [article] (6)
* Arkham Excavations by Neal Wilgus [poems] (7)
** The Outsider [poem] (7)
** Strange Gateways [poem] (7)
** Pleasant Dreams [poem] (7)
** This Mortal Coil [poem] (7)
* The Necessity for Objectivity by J. Vernon Shea [essay] (8)
* Brian Lumley, Esq.: the New Lovecraftian by Simon Gregory Williams [article] (9-13)
* Whut is a Black Oracle? by George Stover [zine ad] (13)
* Near the Crypt by Amos Salmonson [poem] (14)
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0005.jpg|Art by Stephen Riley
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0008.jpg|Potrait of Donald Wandrei by Stephen Riley
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0011.jpg|Art by Allen Koszowski
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0013.jpg|Art by Allen Koszowski
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0014.jpg|Art by M. Squidd
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0015.jpg|Art by "William Davis Manly" (Dave Billman)
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0016.jpg|Art by Dave Billman
File:Midnight-fantasies-number-3-may-1976 compressed page-0017.jpg|Art by Allen Koszowski, portraying August Derleth and Robert Bloch
==Reactions and Reviews==
==References==
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