At the Heart of the Maze

At the Heart of the Maze (Iain Maynard) from Issue #5

Magic Bullet

Magic Bullet (Iain Maynard) from Issue #5

The Watcher

The Watcher (Iain Maynard) from Issue #5

Back to the Dreamtime

Back to the Dreamtime (Sean Russell Friend)

Outline

Beauty Thru Submission

Beauty Thru Submission (Sean Russell Friend) from Issue #6

Bumps and Grinds

Bumps and Grinds (Sean Russell Friend) from Issue #6

Complex

Complex (Sean Russell Friend)

The Birdmen of Thoth

The Birdmen of Thoth (Sean Russell Friend)

Spirit of the Myth-Moth

Spirit of the Myth-Moth (Sean Russell Friend) from Issue #9

Cybermog 3000

Cybermog 3000: The Super Deluxe Genetically Modified Household Cat (Sean Russell Friend)

Issue #1

CONTENTS:

A Fairytale • Matthew Firth
Wreckage • Andrew Hook
A Room of His Own • Joe Rattigan
Bilt • Mark Howard Jones
Breakthrough • Ash Miller
Angel Eyes • Sarah Crabtree
The Giblet Bird • Neil K. Henderson
The River Obscured • John Saxton
The Second Picture • Rhys Hughes
Cheats • Clifford Thurlow
Meeting Point • Gavin Salisbury
Alternate Worlds • D. F. Lewis
A Whining • L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims
First Course • Jason Conway
The Pools of Sadness • John B. Ford
Clear Thinking • Tim Lebbon
Willy’s Tiger • Richard Reeve
The Green Bottle • Paul Lee

The debut issue of the Dream Zone, released in January 1999, contained cover art from the excellent Steve Lines.

Issue #2

CONTENTS:

Bridge Over Troubled Blood • Rhys Hughes
Astral • Paul Kane
Dreamyheads • Sean Russell Friend
The Turning Point • Paul Pinn
The Secret of Eternal Life • Steve Lockley
Sweet and Sour Dreams • John B. Ford
Out of Water • P. C. Attaway
Prettyface • Roger Jackson
Enemy Ours • Paul Finch
Bodybag • Kenneth H. Wood
Slow Snow • Sari Pauloma
Living Beyond the Flesh • David Price
The Dream of Life • David Cowdall
The Two Philosophers • Michael Pendragon

Issue #2 included artwork by Helen Field.

Issue #3

CONTENTS:

With Love, Veronica • Kenneth C. Goldman
Playing Wild Bill • Jason Frowley
God Bless Daddy • Michael O’Connor
A Child’s Mesopotamia in Wales • Neil K. Henderson
The Ups and Downs • Nicholas Waller
Darkness Calls • Joe Rattigan
Alum Chine • D. F. Lewis
Craig and Sheila • Darren Floyd
Maiden • Brian Maycock
The Lost Something • James McConnon
Lydia Goes Off • Russell Chambers
Lifting the Lid • Simon Clark
Run Over While Staring at a Woman’s Legs • Antony Mann

This issue contained illustrations from Gerald Gaubert only, and I shouldn't really have favourites but the Antony Mann story is my all time favourite Dream Zone contribution.

Issue #4

CONTENTS:

Within Us All • Simon Logan
The Brits Down Under • Cathy Wright
Machine Readable • Hugh Cook
The Thing in the Park • Peter Tennant
Ring Mistress • Messalina
Back Above the Clouds • Mark West
Escapee • Paul Lee
It’s for You-Hou! • Dianna Hardy
The Manticore • Rhys Hughes
The Land Spider • R. David Fulcher
Wordless Waffles • D. F. Lewis & Tim Lebbon
Worm • Messalina
Chaos Theory • Steve Byrne
Cocktails for Two • Tamsin Forman
The Art of Driving • Paul Edwards
The Long, Grey Line: A Tale in the Kafkaesque Tradition • Michael Pendragon

This edition included artwork by Todd Fischer, Desmond Knight, and Sean Russell Friend, and the contributions from Messalina were poems, one of the very few occasions that poetry was included.

Issue #5

CONTENTS:

At the Heart of the Maze • Paul Kane
Warm as Snow • L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims
February • Paul Finch
The Watcher • Ash Miller
Water Baby • Peter Tennant
Magic Bullet • Eoin Henderson
Blood Sports • Paul Lockey
The Midnight Necropolis • Simon Bleaken
Squelch • John Saxton
The Nightmare Plot • John B. Ford & Gary Greenwood

This issue was billed as the Special Nightmare Edition and included tales of a more horror-based nature throughout. Illustrations from Eric York, Iain Maynard, and Steve Lines.

Issue #6

CONTENTS:

Natterjack: A Creation Fairy Tale • David Canada
Beauty Thru Submission • Simon Logan
A New Neighbour • Sarah Crabtree
Measureless to Man • Peter Tennant
Mr Smith Comes to Stay • Paul Finch
The Target • Gavin Salisbury
Amphytrion • David Price
Delight in Living Things • Andrew Hook
Outline • Peter Tennant
Spiderbread • Mark McLaughlin
Bumps and Grinds • Kay Fletcher
Dear Rubberjock • D. F. Lewis
In Defence of Old Fettesham • Sean Russell FriendNot an Auteur • Stuart Weller
Defeat, Fragments and the Impossible Island • Andrew Darlington

Issue #6 also included illustrations by Wendy Down, Sean Russell Friend, and Sandra Scholes.

Issue #7

CONTENTS (not in order)

• The Eternally Descending Blade - John B Ford
• Felicia and the Cheese and Onion - Allen Ashley
• Fist World - Carlton Mellick lll
• Oh What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Peter Tennant
• Life Spans - Quentin S Crisp
• A Vinaigrette - Rhys Hughes
• Rooting the Bush - Jill McGroarty
• Folly Beach - Catherine J Gardner
• The Crystal Paperweight - Phil Locascio
• A Splintered Kind of Healing - Lee Jones
• Second Skin - Simon Logan
• Close Call - Gwyneth Hughes
• A Question of Taste - Jason Conway
• The Tower of Wisdom - David Price
• Dirt Babies - Ceri Jordan
• Cicatrice Mistress - Mark Howard Jones

This issue included artwork from the mysteriously-named stl, Russell Dickerson, Mitch Phillips, Sean Russell Friend, Mick Smith and Mike Philbin

Issue #8

CONTENTS

• The Weirdmonger - D F Lewis
• Look'd Too Near - D Harlan Wilson
• Hit And Run - Paul Lockey
• Telepathic Goatboy - Antony Mann
• The Lettuce Field - Paul Finch
• Fusion - Simon Logan
• Gretta May - Clifford Thurlow
• In The House of Magritte - Paul Kane
• Shining Man - Frances Hardinge
• Chaff - Paul Lee
• The Brain Game - Kenneth C Goldman
• Hamburger Clock - Carlton Mellick lll
• Cretaceous Seas - J Paul Dyson
• The Alphabet Stories - Peter Tennant
• The Woman Who Was Dreamed - Patricia Tyrrell
• Behind The Painted Face - John B Ford
• Rinaldini's Hands - Eddie M Angerhuber

Plus Simon Logan: A Literary Evaluation of Inmate #010574 and artwork from Desmond Knight, Iain Maynard, Sean Russell Friend, and Gerald Gaubert

Issue #9

CONTENTS

• Decay - Quentin S Crisp
• Sine Qua Non - Ken Goldman
• Boxing Clever - R Shirt
• In The Keep of the Ebony Moth - Sean Russell Friend
• The Method of Pulse - Simon Logan
• Karma - Harry Walker
• The Nocturnal Product - Eddie M Angerhuber
• The Flower and the Labyrinth - Simon Bestwick
• Last Updated - Steve Mosby
• Nobody (A Tragi-Comedy With Loads of Meaning) - Henrik Johnsson
• The Eagle-Headed Man At The Airport - D Harlan Wilson
• You Are Here (Or: Can Human Machines Find Happiness in Slavery - Ian Watson
• Glory Hole - Eve Rings
• Mimic - Andrew Humphrey
• Spawn of the Rancid Deepnesses - Mark McLaughlin
• Bathroom Secrets - James McConnon
• Dreaming Windows - Allen Ashley

Plus artwork from Mitch Phillips, Sean Russell Friend, Desmond Knight and Gerald Gaubert