Offtrails Magazine Publishers Association

The Offtrails Magazine Publishers Association is a UK based APA.

Founded June 19, 1954, Offtrails Magazine Publishers Association was organized by Ken Bulmer and Vince Clarke (Science Fantasy News). Founding members included Chuck Harris, Joan Carr, Ron Bennett and Archie Mercer. The Official Organ was Off Trails.

Official Editors:

• 1954/55 Vincent Clarke.
• 1955/56 Joy Clarke
• 1956/57 Archie Mercer
• 1959/60 Ron Bennett
• 1960/61 Daphne Buckmaster
• 1962/63 Ken Cheslin
• 1963/64 Ethel Lindsay

Offtrails Magazine Publishers Association Zines

• Aaah! (Ken Bulmer)
• A L'Abandon (Jim Caughran)
• Amble (Archie Mercer)
• And Behold, Cushi Came (Mike Ashley)
• Animus Curiae (George Nims Raybin)
• Annex (Chick Derry)
• Another One (Heinrich Arenz)
• Antwerpse Letterkundige En Wettenschappelijke Gazet (Ron Bennett, Jan Jansen and Archie Mercer)
• APathy (Joy Clarke)
• Apollo Play (Ray Schaffer)
• Archive (Archie Mercer)
• The Ascent of Next to Nothing (Mal Ashworth)
• Atoz (Arthur Thomson)
• Bias Binding (Nigel Lindsay)
• Big Deal (Dave Hale)
• Binary (Joe Patrizio)
• Bletherings (Ethel Lindsay)
• Blunt (H.P. Sanderson)
• Bran Tub (Joy Clarke)
• Brennschluss (Irene Gore, Ken Potter, Dave Wood)
• British SF Book Index (Ken Slater)
• Burp! (Ron Bennett)
• Chux Own (Chuck Harris)
• Comedy Of Errors (Vince Clarke, Joy Clarke, H.P. Sanderson, Jim Caughran)
• Compact (Ella Parker)
• The Complete Story of How Not To Move (Belle Dietz)
• Contact (Ron Bennett, John Hitchcock, Jan Jansen, Ellis Mills)
• Con-vacation July 1955 (Nigel Lindsay)
• Convention 1955 (Stuart Mackenzie)
• Crudbin Quarterly (Ron Bennett and Jan Jansen)
• Crabapple (Mary Reed)
• Directory of SF Fandom (Ron Bennett)
• Double Whammy (John Hitchcock, John Magnus, Larry Stark, Ted White)
• Dupe (Mal Ashworth)
• Duplicating Without Tears (Vince Clarke)
• Dysteleology (Ken Bulmer and Vince Clarke)
• Egg (Peter Roberts)
• Elefantasia (Ken Cheslin)
• Enfocado (Pat Kearney)
• Envoy (Ken Chelsin and Dick Schultz)
• ERG (Terry Jeeves)
• Esprit (Daphne Buckmaster)
• Experimental Investigation (Dave Hale)
• Eyetracks (George Locke)
• Fannish Case Of Ashworth V. Lindsay (Mal Ashworth)
• Fanzine Index (Bob Pavlat)
• Fifty-Second Street (Jim Linwood)
• FIJAGH (Dick Ellington)
• Fix (Ken Potter)
• Foolhardy (Mike Ashley)
• Funtust (Mudway) Ltd. (Ken Slater)
• Galanty (Derek Pickles)
• Gambit (Lisa Conesa)
• Golgotha (Tom White)
• Ground Zero (Belle C. Dietz)
• Haemogoblin (Fred Smith)
• Haggis (Ian Peters)
• Hard Lines (Howard Lyons)
• Harrowgate Crudbin Quarterly (Ron Bennett)
• Heavyside (Geoff Wingrove)
• Hep (Dave Wood)
• Hi-de-hi! (Ken Potter)
• How! (Paul Enever)
• Hungry (Alan Rispin)
• Ib Tenebo (Stuart Mackenzie)
• Imbroglio (Mike Wallace)
• Incntations (Ken Potter)
• In Re: Yours (Ken Slater)
• Inscrewtibobble (Ken Slater)
• Interlude (Roberta (Wild) Gray)
• Io (Geoff Wingrove)
• Iseult (Lisa Conesa)
• I Wish I Knew What 'Nuces Tibi' Meant (Chuck Harris)
• Jetstream (Jim Linwood and Bob Parkinson)
• Joy (Joan Sharpe)
• Kactus (Barry Hall)
• Kobold (Brian Jordan)
• Launching Site (Vince Clarke)
• Lefnui (Fred Patten)
• The Lesser Flea (Joy Clarke)
• Loco (Don Allen)
• Lurk (Mike Meara and Pat Meara)
• The Meadows of Fantasy (Archie Mercer)
• Meander (Chuck Harris)
• Medi-eval (Tony Thorne)
• Mediocre (Tony Thorne)
• Mein Omp-f (Colin Freeman)
• Mobius Strip (Ron Buckmaster, Daphne Buckmaster, Chris Miller)
• Morph (John Roles)
• Moth (Dave Piper)
• Movie Music (Jim Linwood)
• My Feathered Friends (Nigel Lindsay)
• Nantz (Nan Gerding)
• Needle (Fred Smith)
• Nexus (Peter Weston)
• Noise Level (John Brunner)
• Now & Then (Harry Turner and Eric Needham)
• Off Trails (Vince Clark, Joy Clarke, Archie Mercer, John Roles, Roberta Gray, Ron Bennett and Daphne Buckmaster)
• OMPAssible Science Fiction (Alan J. Lewis)
• 'Ot On The Trails (Gerald Bishop)
• Outpost (Fred Hunter)
• Oz (UK) (Beryl Mercer)
• Pablo (Darroll Pardoe and Rosemary Pardoe)
• Pack Rat (Jim Groves)
• Parafanalia (Bruce Burn)
• Perindeus (Michael Moorcock)
• Platform (Eric Bentcliffe)
• Playtime (Norman Wansborough
• Pogram (John Brunner)
• Prose of Kilimanjaro (George Locke)
• Psywar (Keith Walker)
• Rackhamart (Daphne Buckmaster)
• Random (Daphne Buckmaster)
• Red Cake (John Muir)
• Remembrance Of Things Past (Bill Evans)
• Revue (Norman Wansborough)
• The Ron Bennett Appreciation Issue (John Berry)
• Rope of Sand (Brian Jordan)
• Rosemary (Mary (Reed) Long)
• Rot (Mal Ashworth)
• Rune (Norman Wansborough)
• Sally-Port (Ken Cheslin)
• Satan's Child (Dorothy Ratigan)
• The Scarr (George Charters)
• Schnerdlites (Nigel Lindsay)
• Scottishe (Ethel Lindsay)
• Seagull (Rosemary Pardoe, nee Nicholls)
• The Second Saturday After The First Of The Month (Archie Mercer)
• The Scarr (George Charters)
• Schnerdlites (Nigel Lindsay)
• Sizar (Bruce Burn)
• Snooze (Geoff Wingrove)
• Space Diversions (Norman Shorrock)
• Steam (Ken Bulmer and Pamela Bulmer)
• Stopgap (John Brunner)
• Stylus (Keith Walker)
• Styx (Ron Bennett, Archie Mercer, Jan Jansen and Ellis Mills)
• Substitute (Phil Spencer)
• Sulphuryc (Roberta (Wild) Gray)
• Tales From The Oubliette (Archie Mercer)
• Tasa (Norm Metcalf)
• They're Off (Ron Bennett and Norm Shorrock)
• This Goon For Hire (John Berry and Chuck Harris)
• This Is The Trial (Owen Hannifen)
• This Sceptred Isle (Joy Clarke)
• Thomson Saga (John Berry)
• Through Darkest Belgium (Ron Bennett and Dave Vendelmans)
• Tourniquet (Peter Taylor)
• Twin Set (Kenneth F. Slater)
• Tykky-dew (Peter Roberts)
• Ugh (Pamela Bulmer)
• Ul (Norm Metcalf)
• Unicorn (George Spencer)
• Ur (Ellis Mills)
• Vagary (Roberta (Wild) Gray)
• Veritas (John Berry and Arthur Thomson)
• Vert (Ivor Mayne}
• Vignette (Ken Bulmer)
• Viper (Bill Donaho)
• Waldo (Eric Bentcliffe)
• The Wall (Ron Bennett; Jim Groves; Ethel Lindsay; Bill Donaho)
• Wapppoted (Ken Bulmer and Walt Willis)
• Whatsit (Ken Cheslin)
• When A Trufan Dies (Jim Caughran)
• Woz (Walt Willis)
• Yac'sone (Charlie Winstone)
• Ziz (Ken Bulmer and Pamela Bulmer)
• Zounds (Robert Lichtman)
• Zymic (A. Vince Clarke)