Volume 3 Number 1 of The Mystery Fancier contains: "Gene Stratton-Porter: Mistress of the Mini-Mystery " by Jane S. Bakerman, "The Len Deighton Series " by Jeff Banks and Harry Dawson, "Kim Philby, Master Spy in Fact and Fiction " by Theodore P. Dukeshire, "Bouchercon, 1978: IX and Counting " by Donald A. Yates, "The Nero Wolfe Saga, Part XI " by Guy M. Townsend, and "An Index of Books Reviewed in TMF Volume 2 " compiled by David H. Doerrer.