AUGURIES 2 – 1983

Cover by Ros Calverley
Interior illustrations by Davy Francis, Ros Calverley and Nik Morton
(A5, stapled, 24pp, 50p)

Contents
The Sound – Chris Naylor
Losing – Sue Thomason
Tor – Hilary Robinson
For Amusement Only – Nick Daws
A Little Piece of Home – Dorothy Davies
Gifts from a Dead Race – Nik Morton

AUGURIES 4 – 1986

Cover – Nik Morton
Interior illustrations by Davy Francis, Dr John Light and Nik Morton
(A5, stapled, 36pp, 50p)

Contents
Zygot Medivac – Hilary Robinson
Taking back the Empties (poem) – John Francis Haines
Last Death of the Iron Brain – Charles Stross (illo above)
Pulse – Steve Lockley
Alternative Suggestion – Adrian Taylor
Whispers in Stone (poem) – t Winter-Damon
Excerpt from: The Festival on Lyris V – Nick Daws
Robins – Mark Iles

AUGURIES 6 – 1987

Cover – Nik Morton. This caused some strong responses from the feminists of the time. It featured characters from a comic strip I started, Space Fleet, featuring Colonel Rhodes and his wife, Amber.
Interior illustrations by John Light, Michael Cobley and Nik Morton.
(A5, stapled, 40pp, 50p)

Contents
We are all Talid – Hilary Robinson (illo above)
The flower in the Sky – John Light
Falling down the Outside, Tearing up the Inside – Michael Cobley
The Globe – Jim England
Alf (poem) – Edmund Harwood
A bittersweet assembly (poem) – Steve Sneyd
Refuse Disposal (poem) – John Francis Haines
We the lightnesses (poem) – Christine Michael
The green-eyed Goddess (poem) – Christine Michael
The value of X (poem) – Steve Sneyd
Martin (poem) – Christine Michael
In Asuka River – Steve Bowkett
Post Cards – Wayne Rile Williams

AUGURIES 12–1990

First issue to feature book and magazine reviews. First appearance of apt quotations at the end of each story. This was the pre-internet age and finding the most appropriate quote sometimes took a while.
Cover – Nik Morton, illustrating the story by Hilary Robinson; I committed a cardinal sin and gave the creature wings when he had none in the story!
Interior illustrations by John McCreen, John Light and Nik Morton.
(A5, stapled, 52pp, £1.20p)

Contents
Circus! – Dorothy Davies
Past and present (poem) – John Francis Haines
Eggs – Arabella Wood
April showers and green-eyed girls – Andy Smith
Not in Summer (poem) – Jim England
The sentient cloak – Hilary Robinson
Oasis – Dave Parsons
The lap of the gods – Nick Daws
Find the mage – Sydney J Bounds (illo above)
Do not adjust your head – Matthew Dickens
A presence in Spring – Graham Andrews