The Story So Far, Issue 3, 1974

Burroughs contributes “The Health Officer”, pp. 164-170.

Published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Coach House Press in 1974. 1500 copies printed. 

As a note, the original working title for this Burroughs work was "Smell Brain" [as noted in the Arizona State University William Seward Burroughs Papers archive], written on September 13, 1973.

This copy was acquired from Philip Smith, Bookseller (Berkeley, CA.).

Bibliographic Information:

• Shoaf III.209
• Schottlaender v4.C372
• Raven 19740000TSSF.0.3, b11

Selected Contents:

• Gerry Gilbert: "14 Stories":
• "Games" (prose)
• "Koan" (prose)
• "RED" (prose)
• "Rapport" (prose)
• "Story" (poetry)
• "October Tenth 1965" (poetry)
• "Problem" (prose)
• "Level" (prose)
• "Rehearsal" (prose)
• "Loophole" (prose)
• "Slug" (prose)
• "Interview" (prose)
• "Gulp" (prose)
• "Feature" (prose)
• Fielding Dawson: "Quietly Really: Two Stories from a Mystery in Process":
• "Quietly," (prose)
• "Really." (prose)
• A. S. A. Harrison: "A Walk in the Park" (prose)
• Tom Robbins: "from Another Roadside Attraction" (prose)
• George Bowering: "Ebbe's Roman Holiday" (prose)
• Terrence Heath: "The Psalmist" (prose)
• Tom Veitch: "The Nazz... scenario for a comicbook" (prose)
• M. Vaughn-James: "The Mole" (art/prose)
• A. A. Bronson: "A Tale with No Women" (prose)
• Noddy McCoy: "Diving" (prose)
• Monica Holden-Lawrence: "A Biography" (prose)
• Sharon Smith: "A Night in Kap" (prose)
• Kati Hewko: "Dimitri" (prose)
• David Young: "Counting Combinations" (prose)
• Barbara (R)rose: "The Love Bug" (prose)
• Keith Abbott:
• "Hero Pills" (prose)
• "Bunting" (prose)
• Doug Watters: "Three Untitled Pieces" (prose)
• Wade Bell: "Music for a Wet Afternoon" (prose)
• Steve McCaffery: "The Fall" (prose)
• bp Nichol: "GORG: a detective story" (prose)
• Daphne Marlatt: "Winter Moving just inside the Door" (prose)
• David McFadden:
• "The Iroquois Hotel" (prose)
• "Free Samples" (script)
• "Chance Meeting in an Elevator" (script)
• Matt Cohen: "Loose Change" (prose)
• Hubert Selby Jr.: "Double Feature" (prose)
• William S. Burroughs: "The Health Officer" (prose)
• letter from the Queen
• letter from Ray Johnson

Publishing Information:

• Editor: David Young