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Interregnum was an APA/magazine: an amateur press association that covered roleplaying games and the fields of science fiction and fantasy in general. Each issue was made up of "zines" which are written and designed by different authors. Issues were published aprox. eight times per year. IR was published on Paper, and on electronically on the Internet (PDF format). This site contains some samples and content from past issues, before the publication's demise in October 2001. We were sorry to see the demise of the publication, but like most APAs it was necessary when there was insufficient writer interest, editor time and subscriber money to continue publication.
Interregnum Financial Note: Despite our best efforts to remain solvent, Interregnum APA was hundreds of dollars in debt to its publishers, editors and subscribers when it closed shop. This was caused in part by bad debt (some of which was inherited from the previous publisher/editor) on the part of old subscribers, and part of it was caused by ever spiraling printing and postal costs. No refunds of positive account balances was possible, and IR being an amateur not-for-profit publication had no assets that could be liquidated. Our apologies to all.
Interregnum (called "IR" for short) regularly published original roleplaying game material, original fiction, reviews of science fiction and fantasy books, television, movies, live roleplaying games, RPG supplements, and anything else contributors decide to discuss. An optional topic for each issue provided a focus for conversation, but contributors enjoyed a maximum of freedom. Literally anything could be discussed in Interregnum. Issues range from 40 to 126 pages.
Interregnum was not a commercial publication -- it did not make a profit. Subscription and contribution costs were scaled to cover the cost of production and no more. We published IR for fun, not money.
All writers were subscibers and helped subsidize the publication of their material. Many are semi-professional and professional writers, game designers and editors and use IR as a means to get feedback on material that they will then modify for republication in other venues and publications. Authors retained all copyrghts on their material, we simply have been granted usage rights for inclusion of the material in our issues. If you wish to republish something in IR you need to contact the zine author, not IR.
Do you have any comments, suggestions, or questions? Please drop us a line at ireditor@mindspring.com.