Wark

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Wark was a science fiction fanzine by Rosemary Pardoe.

The first issue of Wark was published in the UK in October 1974. Rosemary Pardoe published 14 issues, with Wark continuing to appear till the end of the 1970s. The Wark Annual appeared in 1980. It was mainly a review zine dealing with fantasy, horror and supernatural small press publications. It also occasionally covered comic zines and Fortean publications. It originally arose out of the editors involvement with the British Fantasy Society's fanzine library.

Contributors included Mike Cassidy, Jon Harvey. Issue 6 featured "Zenith, A Brief History" by Harry Turner on the history of his fanzine Zenith; Issue 11 featured a reprint of "Hidden Shallows" by Dave Langford (Ansible).

Contributing artists included Jim Pitts, who place third in the 1977 British fantasy Award for Best fan artist for his centrespread in Wark #9.

Rosemary Pardoe had previously published the fanzine Seagull, under her name before marriage, Rosemary Nicholls. She later published Ghosts & Scholars.