Black Mask, Volume 1, Number 1, August 1974

Burroughs contributes "On the Back Porch of His Farm", the first section of "The Coldspring News" at page 72.

Burroughs also contributes a letter on Sci-Fi reading recommendations at page 96.

Published in New York City by Lopez Publications in August 1974.

Bibliographic Information:

• Shoaf III.211
• Schottlaender v4.C361, v5.C366
• Raven 19740800BMAS.1.1

Contents:

• Keith Deutsch: "Behind the Mask" (editorial)
• Keith Deutsch and Rafael DeSoto: "The Black Mask Interview" (interview)
• Dashiell Hammett: "Women, Politics & Murder" (prose)
• Ross Macdonald: "Gone Girl" (prose)
• Alex Raymond: illustration
• Raoul Fauconnier Whitfield: "Scotty Scouts Around" (prose)
• Ramon Decolta: "The Magician Murder" (prose)
• Fredric Brown: "Abominable" (prose)
• William Cooper: from A Guide to the Wilderness (prose)
• William Burroughs:
• "On the Back Porch of His Farm" from "The Coldspring News" (prose)
• letter to the editor
• Andy Adams: from Log of a Cowboy (prose)
• Barney Campbell: "Sentence to Paradise" (prose)
• anonymous: "Columbo: TV's Softboiled Detective" (essay)
• book reviews
• Curt Siodmak: "Donovan's Brain" (prose)
• letters

Publishing Information:

• Publisher: Adrian B. Lopez
• Concept: Adrian B. Lopez, Keith Deutsch
• Producer, Designer, Editor: Keith Deutsch
• Art Director: Ken Labatsky
• Production Manager: Jerry Hernandez