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draw fiction out of our audience than it is other types of material. One of the scarcest of all, as you may have noticed, are histories. In No. 83, Maureen gave us a very instructive history of her paregrinations in search of her self. We can all learn from others' experiences, so how about sharing them? They don't have to be as long or as detailed as her story. I don't mean to suggest it as a model, but you do know a lot more about Maureen as a result of her piece so how about telling us about you?

Pictures, too, are practically all used up between this issue and the next so if you want to see pics, send pics, it's as simple as that.

AN ASSIST PLEASE: I am very reluctant to raise the price of this magazine, yet like everything else today the cost of typography, prin- ting, binding, paper, postage and labor goes up. I have in the past ask- ed those of you who were willing, to authorize us to mail to you via third class as the postage is so much less. But only perhaps 3 percent of you have done that which helps but is not enough. On top of that many readers, being in tight circumstances themselves, have simply dropped off the mailing list. This lowers income but has no effect on costs. So I am going to have to ask for a voluntary assist on your part to help me avoid raising the list price. If you possibly can please help share the in- creasing costs with me to the extent of adding a voluntary 10 percent to the total of your order, this will cover the postage of recent issues of TVia but only about half of it for the books and for the older issues now sold at reduced prices. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

PRICE LIST CHANGES: It was a printer's error that failed to change the price list in No. 83 and this time it is changed, so please note that it has been necessary to change the price of the inserts to $5.50. Also some of the back issues previously listed as available are now ex- hausted. The Clipsheet and the Pretti Panties are no longer available and the returnable portion of the deposit on the lending library has been reduced to $3. These changes have been announced in little squbs at the ends of stories in past issues so they aren't new to you, but as the price list was not changed because of the oversight there is an apparent contradiction between these announcements and the price list itself which I wanted to clear up.

FPE AND CHEVALIER: I've said it many times in the past but as it continues to occur I'll have to say it again. Please don't send money for Chevalier purchases and FPE dues or mailing fees in the same check. They are two different operations with two separate bank accounts and it just makes a lot of nuisance and work for me.

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