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Black Magic

Pictorial girlie magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

1964 – 1971?

Publishers

in 1965 – 1968: American Art Agency, Inc., 7311 Fulton Avenue, North Hollywood, CA.
in 1969: Jaybird Enterprises, Inc., 7311 Fulton Avenue, North Hollywood, CA.



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Black Mask [1920]

Total Issues: 100+232+7+1+1+8+2=351 (as at Oct-2017)

Black Mask started life fairly innocuously as a general pulp running all types of fiction from adventure to romance to westerns. However, it was the advent of Joseph T. Shaw as editor in November 1926 that saw Black Mask transformed into what is generally regarded as the finest detective pulp magazine ever published. Even though Shaw was fired in 1936, the magazine continued with a consistently high standard into the early 1950s, reaching a total of 340 issues.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1920 – Apr-1927, as The Black Mask:

Crime Fiction Index

May-1927 – Mar-1950, as Black Mask:

Crime Fiction Index

May-1950 – May-1951, as Black Mask Detective:

Crime Fiction Index

Jul-1951, as Black Mask Detective Magazine:

Crime Fiction Index

#merges with Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Aug-1974, as Black Mask:

Crime Fiction Index

#1, 1985 – #2, 1985, as The New Black Mask Quarterly:

Crime Fiction Index

#3, 1985 – #8, 1987, as The New Black Mask:

Crime Fiction Index

Fall 2016 – present, as Black Mask:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Spring 2017)

Publishers

  Apr-1920 – Apr-1940: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 25 West 45th Street, New York, NY
  Jun-1940 – Jul-1951: Popular Publications, Inc., 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL
  Aug-1974: Lopez Publications, 21 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010
  1985 – 1987: Harvest/HBJ, New York
  Fall 2016 – present: Altus Press

Website

www.altuspress.com/product-category/altus-press-products/pulp-magazines/

Editors

  Apr-1920 – Sep-1922: F.M. Osborne
  Oct-1922 – 15-Mar-1924: George W. Sutton, Jr.
  Apr-1924 – Oct-1926: Philip C. Cody
  Nov-1926 – Nov-1936: Joseph T. Shaw
  Dec-1936 – Apr-1940: Fanny Ellsworth
  Jun-1940 – Nov-1948: Ken White
  Dec-1948 – Jul-1951: none listed
  Aug-1974: Keith Alan Deutsch
  1985 – 1987: Matthew Bruccoli & Richard Laymon
  Fall 2016 – present: Matthew Moring

Formats

standard pulp
1985 – 1987: trade paperback

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

  Apr-1920 – Jan-1923: monthly
  Feb-1923 – 15-Apr-1924: twice monthly
  May-1924 – Mar-1943: monthly
  May-1943 – Jul-1951: bimonthly
  1985 – 1987: quarterly
  Fall 2016 – present: semiannually

Sources

The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Black Mask (Canada)

Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Black Mask; later reprinted stories from other US detective pulps.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s – in 1940s:

Crime Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Popular Publications Canada
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Black Mask (Detective) (UK)

Total Issues: 206+120=326

British reprint edition of Black Mask. There were two distinct series. The first series ran for 206 issues from Jun-1923 to Oct-1939. This series was printed in the US for UK distribution; had the same covers as the US editions apart for UK price (sometimes); and reprinted the entire contents of the US edition, plus frequently an additional story or two. Initially the additional stories were reprinted from US issues that had not appeared in the UK but in later issues no prior appearance can be traced (in Black Mask or anywhere else) so they might be original stories that ONLY appeared in the UK issues. The numbering system on these issues was specific to the UK issues and ran from v1 #1 to v17 #12.

The second series ran for 120 issues from Nov-1939 to Nov-1953 (at least). This series was printed in the UK; had different covers to the US issues; typically was a partial reprint of assorted US issues, initially of Black Mask but in later years of other magazines such as Dime Detective. Atlas used a strange numbering system on these (consistent with all the other US pulps they distributed during this period) - initially they used the volume/issue number of the corresponding US issue, then they had no volume/issue numbers at all, and then they settled into a UK-specific numbering that was implicitly backdated to the first Atlas issue.

Issues & Index Sources

15-Jun-1923? – Apr-1927, as The Black Mask (UK):

Crime Fiction Index

(incomplete)

May-1927 – Oct-1939, as Black Mask (UK):

Crime Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Nov-1939 – Oct-1950, as Black Mask (UK):

Crime Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Nov-1950 – Nov-1953, as Black Mask Detective (UK):

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

Atlas Publishing and Distributing Ltd.

Formats

standard pulp

Sources

The Age of the Storytellers



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Black Moon

A professional looking local news stand magazine featuring horror fiction, articles, reviews etc.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1990s

Publishers:   Black Moon Publishing, Freehold, New Jersey
Editors:   Louis Sorrentino
Pagecounts:   98pp

Black October Magazine

Total Issues: 6

The magazine of gothic and psychological horror, including fiction, poetry, artwork, reviews, essays, and more. A seventh issue was announced but appears not to have been published.

Issues & Index Sources: v1 #1, 1996 – Oct-2004:

Science Fiction Index



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Black Oracle

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1970s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Editors: John DiPrete



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Black Orpheus

Total Issues: 22+1+2=25

A journal of African and Afro-American literature.

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1957 – 1967:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

1968

Jan/Jun-1974 – 1975

Publishers

Ministry of Education/Mbari Club, Ibadan, Nigeria

Editors

Ezekiel Mphahlele; Ulli Beier

Pagecounts

64pp/72pp

Black Petals

Total Issues: 41+39=80 (to Summer 2017)

The first eight issues were published as part of a group of home-printed magazines called "The Basement Insanities Group" and were typed on a typewriter.

Went online in 2008 starting with #42.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1997? – Autumn 2007:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any before Autumn 1999)

Winter 2008 – present, as Black Petals (online):

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #80, Summer 2017)

Publishers

Dec-1997? – 1999: D.M. Yorton, 1319 Marshall St., Manitowoc, WI 54220
Autumn 1999 – Autumn 2007: Fossil Publications, 11627 Taft, Witchita, KS 67209

Website

blackpetalsks.tripod.com

Editors

Dec-1997? – 1999: D.M. Yorton
Autumn 1999 – Autumn 2007: Kenneth James Crist & John Gollihar

Formats

octavo

Prices

$5.00

Pagecounts

88+

Frequency

quarterly



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Black Rose

Total Issues: 6

Small press supernatural/ghost, horror and dark fantasy magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1998 – Jan-2001:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Black Rose Publications
Editors:   David P. Dunning
Formats:   A4
Prices:   £2.50
Pagecounts:   60
Frequency:   twice-yearly



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Black Satellite

Total Issues: 7

"A magazine of weird horror and startling science fiction, showcasing the talents of new authors and veterans of the small press".

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2001 – Winter 2006:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Darktree Press, PO Box 748, Boylston, MA 01505
Website:   www.darktreepress.com
Editors:   Brian Lingard
Email Address:   editor@darktreepress.com
Prices:   $4.00
Frequency:   irregular



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Black Skull Magazine

Total Issues: 2?

Black Skull Magazine featured "weird stories by young authors" and appears to have been produced by/for members of the armed forces. The first issue contained 6 stories and 2 "true" stories/articles.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1949 – Aug/Sep-1949

Publishers: Arthur Tate, St Louis, Missouri
Editors: H.S.Weatherby

Black Static

Total Issues: 42+60=102 (to Sep/Oct-2017)

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1994 – Summer 2005, as The Third Alternative:

Science Fiction Index

Mar-2008 – present, as Black Static:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any issues after #60, Sep/Oct-2017)

Publishers

TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB

Website

www.ttapress.com/category/blackstatic/

Editors

Andy Cox

Formats

digest, then A4 slick

Pagecounts

60pp

Frequency

quarterly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Black Tears

Total Issues: 10

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1994 – #10, 1995:

Science Fiction Index



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Black Tulip Thriller Romances

Not a magazine but a series of romantic novellas published by Fleetway Publications in 1959.

Black Warrior Review

Total Issues: 56 (to Dec-2002)

Publishes new writings from both established and emerging writers. Has published Billy Collins, Barry Hannah, Dev Hathaway. Payment for contributions. Circulation 3,000.

Issues & Index Sources

Fall 1974 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

University of Alabama, P.O. Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0027 (in 1998 - 2002)

Website

bwr.ua.edu

Editors

  in 1994: Mark S. Drew
  in 1998: Mindy Wilson
  in 2000: Laura Didyk

Formats

review

Pagecounts

200pp

Frequency

twice yearly

Sources

O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Blackwood's (Edinburgh) Magazine

Total Issues: 1982

Arguably the most influential magazine of the Victorian period and called, by Sutherland "the outstanding magazine vehicle for fiction in the nineteenth century." Set the standard and format imitated by many. Authors include John Galt, John Gibson Lockhart, James Hogg, Samuel Warren, Bulwer Lytton, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Margaret Oliphant, Joseph Conrad, John Buchan ("The 39 Steps" 1915) and many more.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1817 – Dec-1900, as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine:	The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 1
	Index to Periodical Literature

Jan-1901 – Dec-1905, as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine:

An Index to Blackwood's Magazine

Jan-1906 – Dec-1980, as Blackwood's Magazine:

An Index to Blackwood's Magazine

Publishers

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh

Editors

  Apr-1817 – Sep-1817: James Cleghorn & Thomas Pringle
  Oct-1817 – Sep-1834: William Blackwood
  Sep-1834 – Apr-1845: Alexander Blackwood
  May-1845 – Oct-1879: John Blackwood
  Nov-1879 – 1912: William Blackwood
  1912 – 1942: George William Blackwood
  1942 – 1948: James Hugh Blackwood
  1948 – 1976: George Douglas Blackwood
  1976 – 1979: David Fletcher
  1980: Michael Blackwood

Formats

standard (unillustrated)

Frequency

monthly (quarterly for last few issues)

Sources

British Literary Magazines Vol. 2, British Literary Magazines Vol. 4, The Age of the Storytellers