Abigail Frost died unexpectedly at the end of April 2009. The funeral was at the East London Crematorium on Friday 22 May. Her oldest friend Roz Kaveney records her grief here, and fellow Labour Party worker Paul de Gregorio has also posted memories. This page links to samples of Abigail's writing and artwork for science fiction fanzines and newsletters, 1979-1994 – some long available on line, many others newly scanned. More may be added, especially if helpful people scan or rekey the material. Volunteers please contact David Langford.
Many of these pieces assume a specific context of conversation between participants in SF fandom (Abigail being among the substantial minority who weren't particularly keen on SF but loved the social life of fandom). A selection of the more immediately accessible prose items below – personal and political – are marked ¶ as possibly useful starting points for "outsiders".
Bibliography – with further links and cover scans
Yorcon '79 (Eastercon) Report with Roz Kaveney (1979)
Seacon '79 (Worldcon) Report with Roz Kaveney (1979)
The History of the Haggis (1980) – PDF
¶ Second Thermidor (Level 1) (1980)
¶ She Loves You, Yeah Yeah Yeah (1980)
On Mice and Earl Grey (letter, 1980)
Cutler in Docklands Horror (1981)
Towards a Feminist Reassessment (1981)
¶ Duplicators for Poland (a Cause, 1981) – PDF
Brothers, Sisters, We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang (1982)
Martians Invade Isle of Dogs (1982) – PDF
Toughminded Straighttalking Viciously Elitist Ivory Tower Blues (1982)
Fanzine reviews, January and June 1982
¶ Scraps from the Table (1983)
The Smiler with the Knife (1983)
¶ Give Us Back Our 31 Days! (1984)
This is Cactus Country (the first Mexicon, 1984)
Defunctive Music I: Siren Song (?1984)
Langdon Chart of British Fandom (1984) – PDF with commentary
¶ Splinters and Mysteries (1984)
Life's Little Ironies: The FOULER Boys (1984)
¶ Cooking in a Hotel Room (1987)
Yesterday in Parliament (1989)
A New Concept in Fan Controversy (1989)
A Word from Your New Maximum Leader (1990)
From Here to Conspiracy (1990)
Slouching Towards Oblivion (1991)
The Novacon 21 Tradition (1991)
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: Up the Tollgate (199?)
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: Chairing the Member (1992) with Glossary
As editor: Cactus Times (Mexicon 5 newsletter, 1993)
In Progress and other US trip notes (1993)
McGonagall's "Ode to The Scottish Convention" (with David Langford, 1994)
Thanks to Arnold Akien, Sandra Bond, Rob Hansen, Roz Kaveney (above all), Caroline Mullan and Robert Lichtman for general support and help with research, proofreading, scanning and OCR.