Rob Imes

UFO AWARDS 2025 The 2025 UFO AWARDS (for UFO memberzines published in 2024) were held in January 2026 . (Yes, the awards were conducted a year late.  But better late than never, right?) The eligible nominees were...

The 2025 UFO AWARD winners have been announced! You can find the list of winners on the official UFO (United Fanzine Organization) website at the link below. As a bonus, the link also shows the winners of the award way back in 1975! unitedfanzineorganization.weebly.com/ufo-awards-2...

The 2025 UFO AWARDS Nominees The United Fanzine Organization (UFO) is a co-operative of small-press comics and zine publishers who trade their latest releases with each...

Voting for the 2025 UFO (United Fanzine Organization) AWARDS (for UFO memberzines that were released in 2024) is now being held. Voting is open to the public, and ends on Jan. 31, 2026. You can find the list of nominees at robimes.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

How Many Times Did Fabio Appear on the Cover of a Harlequin Romance Novel? One of my pet peeves is when an article about Harlequin romance novels will characterize them as having had Fabio on their covers.  It's ba...

My newest blog post is all about how often Fabio appeared on the cover of a Harlequin (or Silhouette) romance novel. robimes.blogspot.com/2025/12/how-...

An early example of Lisa Kleypas' writing, prior to the publication of her first novel in 1987. Her review of the novelization of the movie "Jewel of the Nile" appeared in Romantic Times #26 (January/February 1986).

Looking at my copy of LOVE'S TENDER FURY by Jennifer Wilde (Tom E. Huff, 1938-1990) it's astonishing to see inside on the copyright page that my 4th Printing edition came out the same month as the 1st Printing! Wikipedia says the book "had 41 printings in its first five years."

Noticed today that a local library had some "mystery bags" of paperback books for sale, so I gave them a $5 bill and took home three bags. It was mostly a bust, but one of the bags did have a first printing of Janet Dailey's first Harlequin release, "No Quarter Asked."

Michal Ann Perry Read the obituary of Michal Ann Perry from Dallas, TX. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page.

Lots of comments on this funeral home page from people who knew her. I feel a bit bad now for wondering who the heck she was, but I'd honestly never heard of her before. Still a bit odd to me that Falk mentioned her in the same breath as Nora Roberts, etc. www.restlandfuneralhome.com/obituaries/m...

Michal Perry Obituary (2010) - Plano, TX - Dallas Morning News View Michal Ann "Micki" Perry's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

She passed away in 2010, if the obituary link below is correct. Michal Ann "Micki" Perry is how her name is written in the obituary. obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituarie...

You know, this is a good example of the continuing value of something like The Romantic Spirit, even in this digital age where "everything" is online. Web searches didn't take into account a nickname, and no alphabetical list (by last name) of all romance authors to look up online (that I know of).

Thanks, Steve!

Yep I checked FictionDB before posting it, as well as Goodreads, and got nada. I'm wondering if the inclusion of an unfamiliar name was some kind of in-joke? Or maybe it was a case of a new up-and-coming writer at the time who was generating hype but didn't actually publish anything? :-)

In ROMANTIC TIMES #48 (Feb./March 1988) Kathryn Falk in her editorial mentions various romance novelists who are making the genre exciting. I've heard of all of the authors that she names, except one. Who the heck was Micki Perry?

Posting a screencap of a FB post I wrote today (to get around the word-count limits here).

One of the free books at the library sale yesterday: Mary Jo Putney's first novel, from 1987.

A sticker that says "Ephemeral Paperback" attached to the first page of a paperback novel.

Ouch! Why do people do this?

Went to the used-book sale at a local library yesterday where they had these shelves filled with paperback books for free. I ended up taking home around 80 of them, almost all romance novels. The books were free for the taking, but I gave them a $5 bill donation anyway.

Next year, Harlequin Historical will have a novel featuring a suffragist for the heroine. (Not for the first time, of course.) I always find it interesting when real-life (and still relevant) politics are reflected in romance novels. www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9...

Three copies of the first printing of "Tender is the Storm" by Johanna Lindsey (1985).

Went to the library used book sale today...

T-FRAGS #281 is available for $4.00 postpaid in the USA, or $5.00 USD postpaid in Canada. Payment can be made via Paypal to robimes@yahoo.com Copies are also available on eBay, for those who prefer to buy that way (although listed at a slightly higher price there to take into account eBay fees).

Official Website of The UNITED FANZINE ORGANIZATION (UFO) 2025 Comics and zines

TETRAGRAMMATON FRAGMENTS #281 (October 2025) was released this week. T-Frags is the long-running newsletter of the UFO (United Fanzine Organization); each issue consists of articles & reviews from the members. The issue is 48 digest-size (5.5" x 8.5") B&W pages. unitedfanzineorganization.weebly.com

A Guide to Category Romance Series (1965-1989) The following is a list of category romance lines/series/imprints published in the U.S. and Canada from 1965 to   1989 .  The list will b...

I updated today my blog listing old category romance lines (1965-1989) to add an entry for Macfadden/Manor's "Starlight Romance" line of the early 1970s. This is a different line than the hardcover "Starlight" line published by Doubleday in the 1980s. robimes.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-gu...

I have several lots on eBay right now, mostly comic books and DVDs of British TV shows. You can find them at the link below. www.ebay.com/usr/rimes12

Updated my blog post about old category romance lines to add this entry for one that I had previously overlooked: HEARTH ROMANCE, from Christian publisher Zondervan.

Over the past two days I've listed four lots on eBay of British TV series on DVD that I've decided to part with. You can view Lot #1 at the link below. In the description, I also note how much I myself had originally paid for each DVD set on eBay, around 10 years ago. www.ebay.com/itm/20574420...

Yes, I also recommend thrift stores for VCRs, which is where I bought my current one. My TV set up includes a VCR, a DVD player, a Bluray player, a DVD recorder/player and a Region 2 DVD player. I switch around the cables as needed when viewing each device.

An index of Signet/NAL's RAINBOW ROMANCE line The following is my attempt at an index of the titles in the RAINBOW ROMANCE line, published by Signet/NAL (New American Library) from 196...

My latest blog post is my attempt at an index of Signet's RAINBOW ROMANCE line (1968-1973). There were apparently 74 books and I'm missing the names of 14 of them. The funny thing is that I don't think I actually own a book in this line. robimes.blogspot.com/2025/09/an-i...

Sold for $334.10. Wow!

This auction for NIGHT SONG by Beverly Jenkins is now up to $334.10 so far. Which is odd, since it's apparently not even a First Printing (it appears to be a 7th printing, looking at the photo of the copyright page) and with dinged corners. www.ebay.com/itm/30647807...

#111-150 ROMANTIC TIMES Issues:   #111-150   (1993 to 1996) __________________________________________________________________________________________ ​

Here's the link to the specific page on the site that I have been adding interior pages to: romantictimesindex.weebly.com/111-150.html

I added some more scans of interior pages to my Romantic Times magazine index over the past two weeks. Shown here are some "before & after" screencaps of RT #125, 126, 128 & 129, showing how they looked on my site two days ago compared to how they look on my site now.