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The Arkham Sampler [1983]

Country: US
Total Issues: 12

A series of small booklets, issued as supplements to Etchings and Odysseys. Most issues were thematic with minimal fiction, with the nature of the contents changing from issue to issue.

Issues & Index Sources: v1 #1, 1983 – v3 #4, 1986:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   The Strange Company, Madison, WI
Editors:   R. Alain Everts
Formats:   small chapbook
Prices:   $2.50
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Arkham Tales

Country: US
Total Issues: 8

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-2008 – Oct-2010

Publishers: Cold Fusion Media Empire (#1 - #5); Leucrota Press, Murrieta, California (#6 - #8)
Editors: Nathan Shumate

Ark River Review

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: 1971 – ?

Publishers: Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

Arlington Quarterly

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: Autumn 1967 – Winter 1970/1971: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers: Arlington, Texas

The Arm Chair

Country: US
Total Issues: 296

Chiefly mystery and romance stories. Authors include Bertha M. Clay, Thomas Hanshew, Florence May Carroll.

Issues & Index Sources

27-Sep-1879 – Oct-1883

Oct-1883 – 11-May-1885, as The New York Arm Chair

Publishers

Frank Tousey, NY

Formats

large tabloid story paper

Pagecounts

16pp at outset, reduced to 8pp from Oct-1881

Frequency

weekly

Mentioned in: Dime Novel Bibliography

The Armchair Detective

Country: US
Total Issues: 119

Mystery fanzine featuring articles, commentary, checklists, bibliographical material, etc. Published a single piece of classic reprint fiction in each issue from Oct-1978 to Winter 1986 and original fiction from Winter 1990 to Fall 1994.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1967 – Summer 1997:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

  Oct-1967 – Feb-1976: Allen J. Hubin, 3656 Midland Avenue, White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110
  Jun-1967 – Oct-1978: Publishers Inc., 243 Twelfth Street, Del Mar, California 92014
  Winter 1979 – Summer 1997: The Mysterious Press

Editors

  Oct-1967 – Summer 1980: Allen J. Hubin
  Fall 1980 – Winter 1981: Michael Seidman
  Spring 1981 – Spring 1992: Otto Penzler
  Summer 1992 – Summer 1997: Kate Stine

Formats

quarto

Frequency

quarterly

Mentioned in: Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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The Arm Chair Library [1890s]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1890s: Dime Novel Bibliography (Missing: #1; any after #2)

Publishers:   James H. Brigham, Boston
Formats:   11¾ x 9"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   48pp
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

The Arm Chair Library [1893]

Country: US
Total Issues: 160

Issues & Index Sources:  7-Jan-1893 – 1905: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   F.M. Lupton, New York
Formats:   8 x 6"
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   1-57, weekly; 58-72, monthly; 73-160, quarterly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Army and Navy Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 45

Issues & Index Sources:  1883 – 1884

Publishers:   Army and Navy Pub.
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Army and Navy Weekly

see under Good News

Army-Navy Flying Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 13

Usual air-war pulpsters: Laurence Donovan, Robert Sidney Bowen, but also two stories by Clifford D. Simak.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1942 – Summer 1945:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers:   Standard Magazines
Editors:   Leo Margulies
Formats:   standard pulp
Pagecounts:   100pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Army Romances

Country: US
Total Issues: 3?

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s: Adventure Fiction Index (Missing: any except 1945, Spring 1946, Autumn 1946)

Publishers:   Army Romances, 18 East 41st Street, New York 17
Editors:   Bern Williams
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c


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Arrow Library (UK)

Country: UK

This title appears in Lofts but may be in error for Arrow Schoolboy Series.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers: G. & C. Prod. Ltd, Dublin, in association with Martin & Reid

Arrow Library (US)

Country: US
Total Issues: 328

Issues & Index Sources:  1897 – 1904

Publishers:   Street & Smith (New York)
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Arrow Schoolboy Series

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4 (numbered)

The first issue(s) may have been published under the title Boys' Arrow

Issues & Index Sources: 1947 – Dec-1947:

Story Paper Index

Publishers:   Martin & Reid
Prices:   4½d
Pagecounts:   20pp

Arrow Schoolgirl Series

Country: UK
Total Issues: 3? (numbered)

Issues & Index Sources:  1947: Story Paper Index (Missing: all except #3)

Publishers:   Martin & Reid
Prices:   4½d

Arrowsmith's Annual

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1890s: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers:   J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol
Frequency:   annual