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==Fortean Times #393 (June 2020)== | ==Fortean Times #393 (June 2020)== | ||
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| + | * Release date: 21 May 2020 | ||
| + | * Cover price: £4.60 | ||
| + | * Cover Image: [[Etienne Gilfillan]] | ||
| + | * Coronavirus: Getty Images | ||
| + | * All header icons throughout the magazine by [[Capucine Deslouis]] | ||
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| + | ===Contents=== | ||
| + | * 4 The coronavirus files | ||
| + | * 18 Gypsy ghostlore | ||
| + | * 46 Magical mid-air battles and sorcerous contests | ||
| + | * 76 Tales from the Fairy Field | ||
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| + | ==Features== | ||
| + | 34 Beaky Blinders: In Search of the Plague Doctor (cover story)<br />The ominous figure of the plague doctor, with his long robes and bird-like mask, seems an appropriate icon for our pandemic-riven times - but what was his historical reality? '''[[Jonathan Ferguson]]''' traces the macabre medic's evolution and revival. | ||
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| + | 42 The Parallax View<br />A lot of people are opposed to globalisation, but would they go so far as to insist that our planet is actually pancake-shaped? '''[[Gordon Rutter]]''' wonders why the Flat Earth theory has made a comeback - and meets one of its modern proponents. | ||
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| + | 46 "Lifted Up From the Earth"<br />In the Gospels, Christ is transported to a 'high place' by a mysterious adversary. '''[[Bob Rickard]]''' examines an alternative life of Jesus in the context of a magical mid-air battle. | ||
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| + | ==Reports== | ||
| + | 52 Building a Fortean Library - Invizikids '''[[The Hierophant's Apprentice]]''' | ||
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| + | 76 Fortean Traveller - Tales from the Fairy Field '''[[Fiona Maher]]''' | ||
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| + | ==Forum== | ||
| + | 55 Little green man by '''[[Paul Devereux]]''' | ||
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| + | 56 This house is not haunted by '''[[Ryan Shirlow]]''' | ||
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| + | ==Strange Days== | ||
| + | A digest of the worldwide weird, including: vampire panics, 5G conspiracies, Humberside monster, living ghosts and more... | ||
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| + | * 05 The Conspirasphere | ||
| + | * 16 Science | ||
| + | * 18 Ghostwatch | ||
| + | * 23 Mythconceptions | ||
| + | * 24 Alien Zoo | ||
| + | * 32 The UFO Files | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Regulars== | ||
| + | * 02 Editorial | ||
| + | * 59 Reviews | ||
| + | * 69 Letters | ||
| + | * 78 Reader Info | ||
| + | * 79 Phenomenomix | ||
| + | * 80 Strange Deaths | ||
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Revision as of 08:33, 13 August 2020
Contents
Fortean Times #393 (June 2020)
- Release date: 21 May 2020
- Cover price: £4.60
- Cover Image: Etienne Gilfillan
- Coronavirus: Getty Images
- All header icons throughout the magazine by Capucine Deslouis
Contents
- 4 The coronavirus files
- 18 Gypsy ghostlore
- 46 Magical mid-air battles and sorcerous contests
- 76 Tales from the Fairy Field
Features
34 Beaky Blinders: In Search of the Plague Doctor (cover story)
The ominous figure of the plague doctor, with his long robes and bird-like mask, seems an appropriate icon for our pandemic-riven times - but what was his historical reality? Jonathan Ferguson traces the macabre medic's evolution and revival.
42 The Parallax View
A lot of people are opposed to globalisation, but would they go so far as to insist that our planet is actually pancake-shaped? Gordon Rutter wonders why the Flat Earth theory has made a comeback - and meets one of its modern proponents.
46 "Lifted Up From the Earth"
In the Gospels, Christ is transported to a 'high place' by a mysterious adversary. Bob Rickard examines an alternative life of Jesus in the context of a magical mid-air battle.
Reports
52 Building a Fortean Library - Invizikids The Hierophant's Apprentice
76 Fortean Traveller - Tales from the Fairy Field Fiona Maher
Forum
55 Little green man by Paul Devereux
56 This house is not haunted by Ryan Shirlow
Strange Days
A digest of the worldwide weird, including: vampire panics, 5G conspiracies, Humberside monster, living ghosts and more...
- 05 The Conspirasphere
- 16 Science
- 18 Ghostwatch
- 23 Mythconceptions
- 24 Alien Zoo
- 32 The UFO Files
Regulars
- 02 Editorial
- 59 Reviews
- 69 Letters
- 78 Reader Info
- 79 Phenomenomix
- 80 Strange Deaths
