Skeyan Pam ALAZ INES Produced. at. Haus Fr ivol Pubbed by Frivolit ess 1986 SePious tgberteties TncHello and welcome to my wonderzine! Allow me to introduce myself. I’m The Avatar, and I live at Haus Frivol with two friends. One is Beverly Hope: a fan, a member of MUSFA and the Seneschal of the College of St. Bartholomew in the SCA, she is a Melbourne Uni. student; the other, Damian Brennan, is @ gafi fan (does anyone out, there remember a fangine called "The Rabbit"?), and is thé current Viceroy of Lochac in the SCA I myself am a member of the MSFC, the Hitcher’s Club Australia, CHAS, Aftermath, the SCA, and JBUL. 1 as commercial computer programm: and my main inter in 1 inelude: Having a good time with my friends, reading, compute. fantasy & SF, FRPGs, and enjoyin if. I am relatively new fandom, but that’s never stopped me before! But evough about me, Let me tell you something about my gine. Somewhere in the back of my mind I have always wanted to pub a regular zine, and the idea went through my mind again when I saw Phil Wlodarcyk’s “The Adventures of Man number 9"; only this time, I suddenly realised, I had the wherewithal to, lil ACTUALLY DO IT!! Wow, like, amaaaaaazing, y’know?! So I did AINK You received thish because 1 You DESERVE this! (XJ I want you to contribute/Lc { ] You contributed. [ ] You Loced [ ] I'm swapping with your zine. [ ] Someone mentioned your name [ ] You paid for it (thanks!) [1 I just felt like it. {1 id you’d send the boys around to interview me over the head with half a brick if I didn’t The cost of this gine is 10 cents, or 50 cents if you want it mailed to you (you mean you trust Aussie Post!?!!), “Copies available from the MSFC, or direct from me at Haus Frivol Avatar, 3/201-207 Barkly Sb. Brunswick 3056; Phone 387-8438 A.H. (i.e. Between §:00a d@_ 9:00em or 6:00pm and 12:00pm weekdays and anytime you can catcls me on weekends.) fiof this issue All the crud wot's between these covers. 1 Introduction 2 Contents 2 Editorial 2 Character design work 4 and in that order, please 5-6 Hand of Ages 6 We want you 7-9 Party quotes 10 Scrabble words 11 Free Spirit 12 Filk & stuff — Yogon’ song 12 - "Dear Borusa” 13 Cube sabotage 15 ATEC form 17 MSFC poster 18 Joke corner First of all, I would like t because without them, I would never have been possible. WAYS LYSIS ISS Andrew Pam Andrew Pam Andrew Pam “Globien" magazine “Globien” megazine Bill Liao 4ndrew Pam Phil Wlodareyk ete. David Main Pippin of Loch Indaal Franz yon Konstanz Eleanor Littlehales "Cube" by John & Lyn St. Clair-Thomas and Steve Shackel Veronika Pam and Chris (drat T forgot) Ethel the Aardvark Alright, I eadmit it! SSSSSSSSSSSSASSASS Abatar Speaks Cut (Or: Editorial Comments on the Meaning of Life thank my family and friends, In fact, some of them have been known to tell me that I’m impossible anyway! Thanks also to Steven Pam for my hairst¥le, and Bill Liao, Tracey Peckham, Adina Hamilton, David Main and various people who came to my 19th birthday party for their contributions to thish This zine supports Lochae for full Principality, Moonbid 2001, and the Britain in 87 club. The Britain in ’87 club aims to raise enough money to send the members to Conspiracy (next year’s Worldcon). Unfortunately, so far there has been very little done. Therefore, I am hereby calling on anyone already planning on going to join, so we can hopefully get a group discount, and for donations or money-raising suggestions, Well, that’s my rave for this time. See y’all round... The = 7f 4 Ber et. AL ox Poms 4 oy + Lape fam Nk (geek Piatt ' ' f 4