This early extract from the novel of the same name appeared in The Time Centre Times Vol. 1 No. 1, dated 1985. Despite its sub-title — “Draft Chapter Eighteen” — it is in fact (or rather went on to become) Chapter Thirteen of the book itself which was published in April 1986.
The City In The Autumn Stars is the second novel in a series featuring various members and generations of the Family von Bek and their curious relationships with both Lucifer and the Holy Grail.
First appearance: The Time Centre Times Vol. 1 No. 1
Memphis: The Guild Of Temporal Adventurers magazine, March 1985;
edited by Alan Pool;
price: $2·50 (subscription only [“$10 (U.S.) for 4 issues”]);
32 pages;
I.S.S.N.: none;
cover artist: unknown.
N.B. This issue was later reprinted (in 1993, for sale to subscribers only) by The Nomads Of The Times Streams (which superceded The Guild Of Temporal Adventurers in 1988).
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