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Agony in Black

Total Issues: 5

Small press horror magazine containing "chilling stories and graphic artwork by some of the best creators in the business".

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1997 – v2 #1, 2004:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: v2 #1, 2004)

Publishers: Chanting Monks Press



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The Agora

Subtitled "The Magazine of the South".

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1930 – ?

Editors: Richard A. Chace

Ahaaaaaa!

Typical of the UK story magazines published in the immediate post-war years which masqueraded as American titles.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1948

Publishers: R.S. Gray Publications, London
Pagecounts: 36pp

Ahoy

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1956

Publishers: Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London

AIM Magazine

America's Intercultural Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers:   P.O. Box 1174, Maywood, IL 60153 (in 2000)
Editors:   Myron Apilado (in 2000 - 2007)
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   O. Henry Awards Website (not in 2002)

Ainslee's Magazine

Total Issues: 9+6+346=361

The magazine began in March 1897 as The Yellow Kid, a humor semi-weekly, coat-tailing on the popularity of the "Yellow Kid" newspaper cartoons. In July 1897 it became a monthly as The Yellow Book. As the Yellow Kid boom faded, it changed format and was renamed Ainslee's in February 1898.

At first it was a general-interest magazine, with articles and stories, but in late 1902 it changed to an all-fiction format. Authors include Stanley J. Weyman, Bret Harte, Anthony Hope, Stephen Crane, Jack London, some of the earliest stories by O. Henry, Albert Payson Terhune, I.A.R. Wylie, E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Ainslee's lasted until December 1926, after which it was merged into Far West Illustrated.

Issues & Index Sources

20-Mar-1897 – 17-Jul-1897, as The Yellow Kid

Aug-1897 – Jan-1898, as The Yellow Book

Feb-1898 – Sep-1902, as Ainslee's Magazine:

General Fiction Index

Oct-1902 – Dec-1926, as Ainslee's:

General Fiction Index

#merges with Far West Illustrated

Publishers

  20-Mar-1897 – Dec-1898: Howard, Ainslee & Co.
  Jan-1899 – Sep-1902: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
  Oct-1902 – ?: Ainslee Magazine Co.

Editors

  20-Mar-1897 – Jan-1898: Joe Kerr (alias for William Melville Kerr)
  1898 – ?: Richard Duffy
  ?: Gilman Hall
  ?: Archibald Lowry Sessions

Formats

started as a slick (became a pulp in the 1920s?)

Prices

1898 – 1902: 5c
1902 – 1926: 15c

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

  20-Mar-1897 – 17-Jul-1897: weekly
  Aug-1897 – Dec-1926: monthly

Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories

Total Issues: 4+18+23=45

Arguably a revival of Ainslee's Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1934 – Mar-1935, as Ainslee's:

FictionMags Index

Apr-1935 – Sep-1936, as Ainslee's Smart Love Stories:

FictionMags Index

Oct-1936 – Aug-1938, as Smart Love Stories:

FictionMags Index

Publishers

Street & Smith Publications, Inc., NY

Formats

flat (bedsheet) format

Frequency

monthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps



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Ainsworth's Great Works

Total Issues: 17

Issues & Index Sources: 1860s:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut St, Philadelphia
Sources: Dime Novel Bibliography

Ainsworth's Magazine

Total Issues: 155

Designed as a "family" magazine of "entertainment." Originally heavily illustrated by George Cruikshank, later by Phiz (though all artwork dropped by 1850). Mainly a vehicle for Ainsworth's own fiction (ran "Windsor Castle" 1842-3), but little other fiction of note. Circulation peaked at 7,000 in first year.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1842 – Dec-1854:	The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 3	(FicMags sample issue only)
	FictionMags Index	(FicMags sample issue only)

Publishers

  Feb-1842 – Jun-1842: Hugh Cunningham
  Jul-1842 – Oct-1843: Cunningham & Mortimer
  Nov-1843 – Oct-1845: John Mortimer
  Nov-1845 – Dec-1845: Henry Colburn
  Jan-1846 – Dec-1854: Chapman & Hall

Editors

  Feb-1842 – Jun-1845: William Harrison Ainsworth
  Jul-1845 – Nov-1845: Francis Mahoney & John Mortimer
  Dec-1845 – Dec-1854: William Harrison Ainsworth

Formats

standard

Prices

Feb-1842 – Jun-1842: 1/6d
Jul-1842 – ?: 2/6d

Frequency

monthly

Sources: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3

Air Action

Total Issues: 3+3+2=8

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1938 – Apr-1939:	Adventure Fiction Index	(possibly further issues)
	Pulp Magazine Index 1	(possibly further issues)

Aug-1939 – Apr-1940, as Sky Raiders:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Apr-1940 – Sep-1940, as Air Action:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Double-Action Magazines, Inc. (Columbia Publications), NY

Editors

Cliff Campbell

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

132pp (later 16pp)

Frequency

bimonthly/quarterly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Air Action (UK)

British reprint edition of Sky Raiders/Air Action.

Issues & Index Sources

in 1939, as Sky Raiders (UK):

Adventure Fiction Index

in 1940, as Air Action (UK):

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

6d


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Air Adventures [1928]

Total Issues: 11+7=18

Ran Erle Stanley Gardner serial "A Bolt from the Blue" (Oct-1928 - Feb-1929). Other authors include T.T. Flynn, H. Bedford-Jones, Gilbert Patten;

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1928 – Aug-1929:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Sep-1929 – Mar-1930, as Flyers - Air Adventures:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers

Air Adventures, Inc. (Clayton Magazines)

Editors

'Casey Jones' until Aug-1929, then Allan K. Echols

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

144pp

Frequency

monthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Air Adventures [1939]

Total Issues: 2+1=3

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1939 – Feb-1940:

Adventure Fiction Index

Nov-1945:

Adventure Fiction Index

(Missing: Nov-1945)

Publishers

Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., Chicago

Formats

pulp

Frequency

Dec-1939 – Feb-1940: bimonthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Airgedlámh

Total Issues: 1

Semi-professional magazine. Magazine was assembled by Dave McFerran, published after his death by David Sutton and Stephen Jones. All profits from the magazine go to the Cancer Research Campaign.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1980:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   David A. Sutton & Stephen Jones; London.
Editors:   Dave McFerran
Formats:   8¼" x 11¾"
Prices:   £1.50
Pagecounts:   34pp


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Air Mail

The Royal Air Forces Association's Membership Magazine, published initially "to further the best interests of airmen and airwomen, particularly when they return home after World War II". Published occasional fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1943? – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   The Royal Air Forces Association
Formats:   7" x 9" (in 1940s)
Prices:   6d (in 1940s)
Pagecounts:   24pp (in 1940s)
Website:   www.rafa.org.uk

Airplane Stories

Total Issues: 24

Issues & Index Sources

Mar-1929 – May-1931:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 4

Publishers

Ramer Reviews, Inc.

Editors

William L. Mayer & Co. Inc.

Formats

Mar-1929 – Aug-1929: large pulp/bedsheet
Sep-1929 – May-1931: standard pulp

Pagecounts

100pp

Frequency

monthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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