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The Babbler

Total Issues: 105?

Issues & Index Sources:  1948 – 1972?
Publishers:   in London
Editors:   A. Harrop
Frequency:   irregular

Baby Bunting Stories

Issues & Index Sources:  1920 – 1921
Publishers:   Aldine Publishing Co.
Frequency:   issued in sets of 4

Baby: the Mother's Magazine

see under Lloyd's Story Magazine

Bachelor Magazine

Men's magazine that published some stories by Barry Malzberg. At least two different series, one in 1957/1958 (starting with Volume 2 #1) and a second one in the 1960s. Annual selections from the latter appeared from 1964 as Bachelor's Best.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1957 – Nov-1958?
  1961? – 1971?: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)

Publishers

  Magtab Publications, 880 Third Avenue, N.Y. (in 1960s)
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Bachy

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1972 – Spring 1981
Publishers:   Papa Bach Bookstore, Los Angeles

Back Brain Recluse

Total Issues: 24

Small press magazine of high quality exploring more experimental fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1984 – #24, 2002: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   BBR, PO Box 625, Sheffield S1 3GY
Website:   www.bbr-online.com/magazine/index.html
Editors:   Chris Reed
Formats:   octavo (#15) at outset; quarto from Spring 1990; #24 was trade paperback
Pagecounts:   40/56pp, 44pp from Spring 1990
Frequency:   irregular, #23 was Spring 1997 and #24 was October 2002
   
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Back Brain Recluse Collections

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1988: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Chris Reed, Smallfield, Surrey.
Editors:   Chris Reed

Background

A story from the May-1962 issue was reprinted in Short Stories International in 1964 which stated that it was a "quarterly that has ceased publication temporarily".

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1960s

Backwards City Review

Total Issues: 5 (to Aug-2007)

"A journal publishing authors and artists who often don't see their worlds in the same way people around them do."

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 2004 – present: Fictionmags Website
Publishers:   PO Box 41317, Greensboro, NC 27404
Website:   homepage.mac.com/languageismycopilot/backwardscitydotnet/
Editors:   Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan & Jaimee Hills
Formats:   perfect-bound, 9"x6"
Prices:   $5.00
Frequency:   twice-yearly

Bad Boy's Paper

Total Issues: 21

Issues & Index Sources:  5-Oct-1889 – 1-Mar-1890
Publishers:   Guy Rayner
Frequency:   weekly

The Badminton Magazine

Total Issues: 330

Primarily a sports magazine, but it published a not inconsiderable amount of fiction, and initiated at least two significant series: the "Don Q" stories by Kate & Hesketh Prichard, and the "Experiences of an Irish R.M." stories by Edith Somerville & Martin Ross (both late 1890s).

Issues & Index Sources

  Aug-1895 – Jan-1923

Publishers

  1895 – 1900: Longmans, Green
  1900 – 1902: Heinemann
  Jan-1903 – Jun-1903: The 1900 Publishing Syndicate
  1903 – 1911: Sphere & Tatler
  1911 – 1916: Hulton
  Jul-1916 – Oct-1916: John E. Chandler
  1916 – 1921: H. Reiach for Badminton Magazine
  1921 – 1923: United Newspapers

Editors

  Alfred Edward Thomas Watson

Formats

  standard, illustrated

Frequency

  monthly

Sources

  AgeStory

The Baffler

Total Issues: 17 (to Aug-2007)

Calls itself the American Mercury of the 90s. Publishes writings challenging the mainstream political, cultural and social climate. Prefers essays to fiction and loves works on business culture. Circulation about 20,000.

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1988 – Winter 2006
Publishers:   The Baffler, P.O. Box 378293, Chicago, IL 60637 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Thomas Frank (in 1998 - 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   intended as quarterly but seldom more than one or two a year
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Baffling Detective Fact Cases

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s
Publishers:   Baffling Mysteries, Inc., N.Y.
Sources:   CookMDE

Baffling Detective Mysteries

Total Issues: 3

Short-lived sensationalist crime fiction magazine, superseded by the true crime magazine Baffling Detective Fact Cases.

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1943 – Jul-1943: Cook/Miller
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Publishers:   Baffling Mysteries, Inc., N.Y.
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bi-monthly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE
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Bairns Magazine

Issues & Index Sources

  Jul-1914 – ?

#incorporated into Books for the Bairns

Publishers

  Stead's Publishing House

Frequency

  monthly

Bakka Magazine

Total Issues: 7

A combination magazine/catalogue which contained articles on mystery, science fiction and fantasy, along with the occasional fiction. The 7th issue was described as a special "mystery and suspense" issue and was subtitled "Black Box", which has led some authorities to list it as a separate magazine called Black Box Mystery Magazine but this name was never used.

Issues & Index Sources:  ? – Fall 1977: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Bakka Book Stores, Toronto
Editors:   Kathleen Kuklinski
Formats:   large format (11" x 8.5")
Prices:   $1.50 in Fall 1977
Pagecounts:   80pp in Fall 1977
Frequency:   planned as quarterly.
Sources:   CookMDE

Balik

Total Issues: 2

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1976 – Feb-1977: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Simba Reproductions; Hurst, TX
Editors:   Clifford W. Bird
Formats:   quarto


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