Fantastic Story Quarterly, Spring 1950
April 1950
| Editor | Sam Merwin, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Cover art | Earle Bergey |
| Publisher | Best Books, Inc. |
| Price | $0.25 |
| Pages | 164 |
Vol. 1, No. 1.
A Canadian edition with identical contents was published by Better Publications, Inc. of Canada Ltd., Toronto with a price of c$0.25.
The editor is not listed but multiple sources credit Merwin.
There is a request to purchase old issues of Wonder Stories family magazines on page 162. The bound issues in the possession of the publisher are described as "literally falling apart".
Publication month from Mike Ashley's "Transformations". Volume 2 of Haffner's edition of the Interstellar Patrol credits Bergey as the cover artist and Finlay as the artist for "The Hidden World".
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Essay | Non Fiction | Cosmic Encores (Fantastic Story Quarterly, Spring 1950) | The Editor |
| 11 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Hidden World | Edmond Hamilton |
| 61 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Molten Bullet | Anthony Rud |
| 69 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Red Shards on Ceres | Raymond Z. Gallun |
| 76 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Star Slaver | Carter Sprague |
| 86 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Ideal | Stanley G. Weinbaum |
| 99 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Death at the Observatory | John Russell Fearn |
| 106 | Short Fiction | Fiction | A Visit to Venus | Festus Pragnell |
| 125 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Cosmic Stage | Robert Arthur |
| 131 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Trespass! | Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson |
| 142 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Children of the Ray | J. Harvey Haggard |
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Non Fiction | Fantastic Story Quarterly - 1950 | Sam Merwin, Jr. | |
| Cover Art | Non Fiction | Fantastic Story Quarterly, Spring 1950 | Earle Bergey | |
| 11 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Hidden World | Virgil Finlay |
| 12 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Hidden World [2] | Virgil Finlay |
| 17 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Hidden World [3] | Virgil Finlay |
| 61 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Molten Bullet | uncredited |
| 69 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Red Shards on Ceres | uncredited |
| 76 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Star Slaver | uncredited |
| 86 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Ideal | Astarita |
| 99 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Death at the Observatory | uncredited |
| 106 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | A Visit to Venus | Virgil Finlay |
| 125 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Cosmic Stage | uncredited |
| 131 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Trespass! | uncredited |
| 142 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Children of the Ray | uncredited |