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The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant
reviewed by Greg L. Johnson
Zines have been around almost as long as there has been fandom in science fiction. The compulsion to print your own thoughts and throw them out into the world seems to be strong among SF fans. Occasionally a publication itself has risen out of the ranks, establishing itself with a level of quality that equals the pros and changing its perceived status from fanzine to full-fledged magazine. Such is the case with Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.

The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant
reviewed by Steven H Silver
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is a small press zine begun in 1996 by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant. The original issue had a print run of only twenty-six copies. Over the next decade, the print run grew larger and larger and the 'zine's reputation grew as well, publishing the works of such major authors as Jay Lake, Devon Monk, Bruce McAllister, Benjamin Rosenblum, Carol Emshwiller, and others.

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 14
reviewed by Chris Przybyszewski
Here's a hint: writers must read the publication to which they submit. Read one edition, if that is the only available edition. Read one story, if that is all time allows. If the writer can get more editions, then that writer should read more editions. Here's why: editors publish the stories they like to read. It's that simple. The caveat is that editors will publish the story they like best from what they are given.

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 13
reviewed by David Soyka
This quirky magazine goes upscale (for at least this one issue) with its lucky thirteenth issue, replacing its chapbook-style 'zine look with a perfectly bound higher quality color cover and paper stock, while still remaining, well, quirky. For all the complaints about the supposed demise of genre magazine fiction, it's nice to note that the publishers see an expanding market niche for their peculiar (and I mean that in the best sense of the word) tastes.

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 7
reviewed by Rich Horton
This is a very nice small press publication put out by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link, featuring stories in the general neighbourhood of "slipstream", some quite fine poetry, and "Various Nonfictions," of quite a diverse nature, ranging from music reviews to zine reviews to less easily classifiable (but still interesting) stuff.

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 6
reviewed by David Soyka
Now here's a cool little publication that you're not likely to get a hold of at a "Borders and Noble" superchain. So unless you live near a speciality store such as Dreamhaven in Minneapolis or Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop in Boston, you're going to have to subscribe to what this self-mocking zine says is "supposed to be published twice a year." You could do worse things with 10 bucks than to get four issues of it.

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