Yrch! (Tolkien US zine)

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Title:	Yrch!
Publisher:	Michigan State University (MSU) Tolkien Fellowship
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Date(s):	late 1960s-early 1970s
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Size:	letter-sized
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Yrch! is a gen Tolkien fanwork published by members of the Michigan State University Tolkien Fellowship. "Yrch" is Sindarin for "orc".

From the Publisher

YRCH ! is the newsletter of the Michigan State University Tolkien Fellowship, published two or three times a month, or whenever the editors can't get together four for bridge. The title refers to the editors, who are, at this point; Gary Phillips, Virgina Dabney and Tracie Brown.

The purpose of YRCH! is known only to Eru, but it gives us something to do when we can't get a bridge game going. And since only two of the editors play bridge...

— Yrch! Issue 1, January 1968

Issues

Yrch! 1 was published in January 1968 and is one 8½" x 11" page. It was edited by Gary Phillips, Virginia Dabney, and Tracie Brown.

Yrch! 2 was published in January 1968 and is one 8½" x 11" page. It was edited by Tracie Brown and Gil Hilton.

Yrch! 3 was published in February 1968 and is one 8½" x 11" page. It was edited by Sue Anderson, Rita Berens, Tracie Brown, Va. Dabney, Seth McEvoy, Steve Messamer, Celeste Milavec, and Gary Phillips.

Yrch! 4 was published in March 1968 and is one 8½" x 11" page. It was edited by Gil Hilton.

Yrch! 7 was published in September (?) 1968 and is one 8½" x 11" page. It was edited by Tracie Brown.

Yrch! 11 was published in September 1970 and is one 8½" x 11" page. It was edited by Gary Phillips and Tracie Brown.

Yrch! 11.5 was published in September 1970 and is two 8½" x 11" pages. It was edited by The Inner Ring.

Yrch! 24 is one 8½" x 11" page. It was edited by Gary Phillips and Tracie Brown.