Yrch! (Tolkien UK zine)

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Zine
Title:	Yrch!
Publisher:	Independently published in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
Editor(s):
Date(s):	both in 1986
Medium:	print
Size:	A5
Fandom:	Tolkien
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Yrch! is a gen Tolkien A5 fanwork published in the UK. "Yrch" is Sindarin for "orc"; the editor says it is pronounced "Eric."

This zine was published by the same fans who produced Rats Tales and Queen Bat.

Issue 1

cover of issue #1

Yrch! 1 was published in 1986 and contains 40 pages.

• 2 - Fal'n'Fingle's Film Guide
• 4 - Bagenders, Episode 1, by S. Hen
• 6 - No More Mr. Nice Guy, by M. Bruce
• 7 - Consumer Guide
• 8 - Second to a Stranger, by Pat Wood
• 14 - Bakshi Burger, by Jackie Marshall
• 17–25 March, by Jackie Marshall
• 19 - Restoration Boromir, by Jacqui Langridge
• 21 - Ioreth's Gossip Column
• 22 - Book Worm, by David Bell
• 23 - Light That Endures, by Keith West
• 26 - The Secret Diary of A. Ranger, aged 20 3/4
• 28 - The Wounding of Frodo, by Oriel Cooper
• 29 - Entertainment ME
• 31 - Dear Auntie Glad
• 32 - Cookery
• 33 - Exclusive Morgul Arms Menu
• 35 - Bagenders, Episode 2, by S. Hen
• 37 - Small Ads
• 38 - Odd Ode
• With art by "Jack", Mervyn Finlay, "Clair".

Issue 2

cover of issue #2

button that came with issue #2

Yrch! 2 was published in 1986 and contains 40 pages.

• 2 - Sauron Dark Lord, or Just Misunderstood?
• 3 - Butterbur's Diary
• 4 - Orodruin, by Oriel Cooper
• 6 - Small Ads
• 7 - Fal'n'Fingle's Film Guide
• 9 - Imaginative Roots, by Martin Wiggins
• 12 - Alphabet
• 13 - Middle Earth Holiday Co., by T. Cook
• 15 - Dear Auntie Glad...
• 16 - Letter
• 17 - Outdoor Catering, by Dolly Shagrat
• 18 - Fear and Loathing on the Mordor Trail, by Alan J. Sim
• 21 - Palantir Viewing Guide For Sale, by Gwyneth of Streatley
• 22 - Middle Earth Juke Box
• 23 - Ioreth's Gossip Column
• 24 - Desperately Seeking Strider, by M. Bruce
• 25 - Gollum Collum
• With artwork by Mervyn Finlay, "JAC".