The Fossil

Official Publication of The Fossils

The Fossil is the quarterly Official Publication of The Fossils, "The Historians of Amateur Journalism."

This page provides access to issues going back to 2004, with the newest ones at the top. Issues before number 346 do not incude pictures and the page formatting varies from the printed version. These files are stored in Adobe System's Portable Document Format (PDF). To view the files, you will need to download and install a copy of the free Adobe Reader.

You can search these PDF files using the Google search engine:

If you enjoy reading The Fossil, please consider joining The Fossils. The modest membership fee ensures continued publication.

Latest issue: #405 for October 2025 (Vol. 122, No. 1)

With Halloween close, President Dave Goudsward writes about three times H. P. Lovecraft encountered human skulls.
Fossil Ken Faig researches Oscar Lee Knapp and Edward Henry Mountel, the two amateur journalists who, in 1884, published the first manuscript by Edith May Dowe (later Miniter).
Editor Dave Tribby reprints two items from The Collector for March 1886: a review of that first manuscript, and another early piece written by Edith May Dowe.
Tribby also notes Ken's fourth appearance on the 30+ Minutes with H. P. Lovecraft podcast, and introduces the newest Fossil, Michael Brown.
There is the annual review of The Fossils' finances.

If you want to receive e-mail notification when a new issue becomes available online, send a request to editor@thefossils.org.

October 2025	Issue 405	(Vol. 122, No. 1)
July 2025	Issue 404	(Vol. 121, No. 4)
April 2025	Issue 403	(Vol. 121, No. 3)
January 2025	Issue 402	(Vol. 121, No. 2)
October 2024	Issue 401	(Vol. 121, No. 1)
July 2024	Issue 400	(Vol. 120, No. 4)
April 2024	Issue 399	(Vol. 120, No. 3)
January 2024	Issue 398	(Vol. 120, No. 2)
October 2023	Issue 397	(Vol. 120, No. 1)
July 2023	Issue 396	(Vol. 119, No. 4)
April 2023	Issue 395	(Vol. 119, No. 3)
January 2023	Issue 394	(Vol. 119, No. 2)
October 2022	Issue 393	(Vol. 119, No. 1)
July 2022	Issue 392	(Vol. 118, No. 4)
April 2022	Issue 391	(Vol. 118, No. 3)
January 2022	Issue 390	(Vol. 118, No. 2)
October 2021	Issue 389	(Vol. 118, No. 1)
July 2021	Issue 388	(Vol. 117, No. 4)
April 2021	Issue 387	(Vol. 117, No. 3)
January 2021	Issue 386	(Vol. 117, No. 2)
October 2020	Issue 385	(Vol. 117, No. 1)
July 2020	Issue 384	(Vol. 116, No. 4)
April 2020	Issue 383	(Vol. 116, No. 3)
January 2020	Issue 382	(Vol. 116, No. 2)
October 2019	Issue 381	(Vol. 116, No. 1)
July 2019	Issue 380	(Vol. 115, No. 4)
April 2019	Issue 379	(Vol. 115, No. 3)
January 2019	Issue 378	(Vol. 115, No. 2)
October 2018	Issue 377	(Vol. 115, No. 1)
July 2018	Issue 376	(Vol. 114, No. 4)
April 2018	Issue 375	(Vol. 114, No. 3)
January 2018	Issue 374	(Vol. 114, No. 2)
October 2017	Issue 373	(Vol. 114, No. 1)
July 2017	Issue 372	(Vol. 113, No. 4)
April 2017	Issue 371	(Vol. 113, No. 3)
January 2017	Issue 370	(Vol. 113, No. 2)
October 2016	Issue 369	(Vol. 113, No. 1)
July 2016	Issue 368	(Vol. 112, No. 4)
April 2016	Issue 367	(Vol. 112, No. 3)
January 2016	Issue 366	(Vol. 112, No. 2)
October 2015	Issue 365	(Vol. 112, No. 1)
July 2015	Issue 364	(Vol. 111, No. 4)
April 2015	Issue 363	(Vol. 111, No. 3)
January 2015	Issue 362	(Vol. 111, No. 2)
October 2014	Issue 361	(Vol. 111, No. 1)
July 2014	Issue 360	(Vol. 110, No. 4)
April 2014	Issue 359	(Vol. 110, No. 3)
January 2014	Issue 358	(Vol. 110, No. 2)
October 2013	Issue 357	(Vol. 110, No. 1)
June 2013	Issue 356	(Vol. 109, No. 3)
January 2013	Issue 355	(Vol. 109, No. 2)
October 2012	Issue 354	(Vol. 109, No. 1)
July 2012	Issue 353	(Vol. 108, No. 4)
April 2012	Issue 352	(Vol. 108, No. 3)
January 2012	Issue 351	(Vol. 108, No. 2)
October 2011	Issue 350	(Vol. 108, No. 1)
July 2011	Issue 349	(Vol. 107, No. 4)
April 2011	Issue 348	(Vol. 107, No. 3)
January 2011	Issue 347	(Vol. 107, No. 2)
October 2010	Issue 346	(Vol. 107, No. 1)
July 2010	Issue 345	(Vol. 106, No. 4)
April 2010	Issue 344	(Vol. 106, No. 3)
January 2010	Issue 343	(Vol. 106, No. 2)
October 2009	Issue 342	(Vol. 106, No. 1)
July 2009	Issue 341	(Vol. 105, No. 4)
April 2009	Issue 340	(Vol. 105, No. 3)
January 2009	Issue 339	(Vol. 105, No. 2)
October 2008	Issue 338	(Vol. 105, No. 1)
July 2008	Issue 337	(Vol. 104, No. 4)
April 2008	Issue 336	(Vol. 104, No. 3)
January 2008	Issue 335	(Vol. 104, No. 2)
October 2007	Issue 334	(Vol. 104, No. 1)
July 2007	Issue 333	(Vol. 103, No. 4)
April 2007	Issue 332	(Vol. 103, No. 3)
January 2007	Issue 331	(Vol. 103, No. 2)
October 2006	Issue 330	(Vol. 103, No. 1)
July 2006	Issue 329	(Vol. 102, No. 4)
April 2006	Issue 328	(Vol. 102, No. 3)
January 2006	Issue 327	(Vol. 102, No. 2)
October 2005	Issue 326	(Vol. 102, No. 1)
July 2005	Issue 325	(Vol. 101, No. 4)
April 2005	Issue 324	(Vol. 101, No. 3)
January 2005	Issue 323	(Vol. 101, No. 2)
October 2004	Issue 322	(Vol. 101, No. 1)