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Active Life

Aimed at over-50s. General interest articles and features with occasional fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1990 – present

Publishers:   Aspen Specialist Media, London
Editors:   Helene Hodge
Frequency:   bimonthly

Actual Detective Cases

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s

Sources: CookMDE

Acumen

Total Issues: 50 (to Dec-2004)

A literary journal that places an emphasis on poetry.

Issues & Index Sources: 1985 – present

Publishers:   Brixham, Devon
Website:   www.acumen-poetry.co.uk
Editors:   Patricia Oxley (in 1998 - 2004)
Frequency:   thrice yearly

Adam

Men's magazine which ran three or four stories per issue. Ran Harlan Ellison's "Dogfight on 101" and "Portrait of an Artist as a Zilch Writer" (both 1969). Had companion Adam Bedside Reader from 1959 with selections from the magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1953? – ?:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Knight Publishing, Los Angeles
Editors:   Merrill Miller (in 1971)
Formats:   slick
Frequency:   monthly, later irregular



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Adam and Eve

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1926 – Jan-1941

Frequency: monthly

Adam (Australia)

Men's magazine which ran three or four stories per issue.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Adam Magazine Pty. Ltd.
Formats:   7.7" x 10.5"
Frequency:   monthly

Adam International Review

Total Issues: 450+ (by 1984)

A magazine started in Hungary in the 1930s; the editor moved to England during the War. Title is an acronym for "art, drama, architecture, music" and is mostly non-fiction but usually runs a story or two each issue. Has special author issues, e.g. L.P. Hartley, Graham Greene. Circulation about 1,000.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1941 – ?

Publishers:   Adam International Review, London, & University of Rochester, N.Y.
Editors:   Miron Grindea
Formats:   pocketbook "little magazine"
Frequency:   irregular; aimed at monthly but usually quarterly
Sources:   BritLit4 (says 1929 - )

Ad Astra

Total Issues: 16

Attempt to combine a science magazine with sf. Finances were never enough and the magazine always looked second-rate. Attracted good fiction writers including David Langford, Brian Stableford, Garry Kilworth, John Brunner, Paul Collins and even reprinted L. Ron Hubbard. Circulation peaked at 18,000.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct/Nov-1978 – Jul/Sep-1981:

Miller/Contento

(fiction and selected articles only)

Publishers:   Rowlot, Ltd., London
Editors:   James Manning
Formats:   slick
Prices:   45p (rose to 55p from #8)
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   bi-monthly



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The Adelphi Magazine (1922)

Total Issues: 1

A one issue magazine short stories by Deverell Dagnal, Mernard Muddiman, Jack Darmuzey, Alexander Griffits, E. Powys Mathers and a poem by Walter Adolphe Roberts.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1922

Publishers: Henry Danielson, 64, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2.

The Adelphi (1923)

Total Issues: 274 (approximately)

Founded by John Middleton Murry (sf writer Richard Cowper's father) to promote his literary and aesthetic beliefs. Nearly always had one or two stories per issue. Authors include Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence, H.E. Bates, Malachi Whitaker, T.O. Beachcroft, Rhys Davies, Dylan Thomas.

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-1923 – Aug-1927

Sep-1927 – Aug-1930, as The New Adelphi

Sep-1930 – Sep-1955, as The Adelphi

Publishers

  Jun-1923 – Sep-1930: British Periodicals Ltd
  Oct-1930 – Jun-1950: self-published
  Jul-1950 – Sep-1955: Staples Press

Editors

  Jun-1923 – Aug-1930: John Middleton Murry
  Oct-1930 – Sep-1938: Sir Richard Rees
  Oct-1938 – 1941: Max Plowman
  1941 – 1948: John Middleton Murry
  1949: Henry Williamson
  1950: George Goodwin
  1951 – 1955: B. Ifor Evans

Frequency

  Jun-1923 – Aug-1927: monthly
  Sep-1927 – Aug-1930: quarterly
  Sep-1930 – Dec-1941: monthly
  Jan-1942 – Sep-1955: quarterly

Sources

BritLit4

Adena

A journal of the history and culture of the Ohio valley, noted for its occasional stories.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1976 – present

Publishers:   Kentuckiana Metroversity, Louisville
Formats:   review
Frequency:   twice yearly

Adventure [1910]

Total Issues: 753

In the 1920s was regarded as the No.1 Pulp; by the late 1940s had become a shadow of itself and in the 1950s converted into a men's "girlie" adventure magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1910 – Apr-1971:

The Index to Adventure Magazine

Publishers

  Nov-1910 – 23-Sep-1926: The Ridgway Co.
  8-Oct-1926 – Jun-1934: Butterick Publishing
  Jul-1934 – Apr-1971: Popular Publications

Editors

  Nov-1910 – Jan-1912?: Trumbull White
  Feb-1912 – 15-Jun-1927: Arthur S. Hoffman
  1-Jul-1927 – 1-Oct-1927: Joseph Cox
  15-Oct-1927 – 15-Feb-1930: Anthony M. Rud
  1-Mar-1930 – Feb-1934: Albert A. Proctor
  Mar-1934 – Aug-1934: William Corcoran
  1-Sep-1934 – Dec-1940: Harold Bloomfield
  Dec-1940 – Dec-1948: Ken White
  Jan-1949 – Sep-1951: Kendall Goodwyn
  Nov-1951 – Mar-1953: Ejler Jacobsson
  Apr-1953 – Jun-1953: Jerry Mason
  Aug-1953 – Jun-1954: James O'Connell
  Aug-1954 – Aug-1964: Alden H. Norton
  Oct-1964 – Aug-1965: Gil Paust
  Oct-1965 – Oct-1970: Peter H. Gannett
  Dec-1970 – Apr-1971: Bruce Cassiday

Formats

  Nov-1910 – Sep-1926: pulp
  Oct-1926 – Jul-1927: slick paper
  Aug-1927 – Dec-1950: pulp
  Jan-1951 – May-1951: digest
  Jun-1951 – May-1953: pulp
  Jun-1953 – Oct-1970: bedsheet (11"x8.5")
  Dec-1970 – Apr-1971: digest

Prices

initially 15c

Pagecounts

192pp (rising to 224pp)

Frequency

  Nov-1910 – Aug-1917: monthly
  1-Sep-1917 – 15-Sep-1921: twice-monthly
  10-Oct-1921 – 30-Mar-1926: thrice-monthly
  8-Apr-1926 – 23-Nov-1926: twice-monthly
  8-Dec-1926 – 31-Dec-1926: thrice-monthly
  1-Jan-1927 – 15-May-1933: twice-monthly
  Jun-1933 – Aug-1934: monthly
  1-Sep-1934 – 15-Oct-1935: twice-monthly
  Nov-1935 – May-1951: monthly
  Jul-1951 – Aug-1955: bimonthly
  Sep-1955 – Apr-1958: monthly
  Jun-1958 – Apr-1971: bimonthly