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Cheery Bedtime Stories

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1951
Publishers:   Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London
Pagecounts:   36pp

Cheery Chicks

Total Issues: 6 (numbered Vol 1 No 1 - Vol 1 No 6)

Notable for its editorial policy of being primarily written by children and edited by a 14-year-old, although some older writers (Phillip M. Pethick, Reubens herself) penned a number of stories and features. Barbara became quite a celebrity, meeting famous people and appearing on television at Alexandra Palace and on film (Pathe Pictorial 128).

Becomes Cheery Chicks Chummy Comic (comic).

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1946 – May-1947
Publishers:   Aida Reubens Ltd., 86 Ashgrove Road, Goodmayes, Ilford
Editors:   Barbara Willis
Prices:   9d
Frequency:   monthly

Chelsea

Emphasis on cross-cultural and avant garde. Has published Gregory Djanikian, Ruth Stone, Monica Youn. Circulation about 1,800.

Issues & Index Sources

  Summer 1958 – Summer 1959, as Chelsea Review: Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970
  Fall 1958 – present, as Chelsea: Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970 (to 1970 only)

Publishers

  P.O. Box 773, Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276-0773 (in 1998 - 2002)

Editors

  Richard Foerster (in 2002)

Formats

  review

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  twice yearly

Sources

  OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Chic

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1953
Publishers:   Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London

Chicago Ledger

Story paper; originally ran many serials from UK papers. Merged with The Saturday Blade to form Blade and Ledger.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1870 – 1925: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
Publishers:   W.D. Boyce Publishing Company, Chicago (1892 - 1925)
Editors:   Alfred B. Tozer
Formats:   large tabloid
Frequency:   weekly

The Chicago Review

Full range of literary studies and fiction. No payment. Circulation 3,000.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1946 – present: Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970 (Missing: 1971-1974 at least)
Short Story Index
Publishers:   University of Chicago, 5801 South Kenwood Avenue, Chicago, Ill 60637-1794 (in 1998 - 2002)
Website:   humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/
Editors:   currently David Nicholls; Andrew Rathmann (in 2000 - 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Chicago Sunday Tribune

A Sunday newspaper which published many short stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  ?
Frequency:   weekly

Chief Detective [1946]

Total Issues: 1?

Very little is known about this title which seems to be a one-shot pulp launched by H.C. Blackerby who also launched another one-shot detective pulp, Gem Detective, and a one-shot western pulp called Prize Western at the same time. The title was later used by Frank Communale for a true crime magazine in the 1950s.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1946: Pulp Magazine Index 3
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
Publishers:   H.C. Blackerby
Editors:   Raymond W. Porter
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   16pp
Frequency:   planned as quarterly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide
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Chief Detective [1950]

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  1950 – ?

Chief Detective Stories

Total Issues: 1?

Very little is known about this title which seems to be a one-shot pulp published by the Canadian publisher Norman Book Company reprinting stories from their other magazines such as Daredevil Detective Stories and World-Wide Detective Stories. No date is shown in the magazine but it was probably published in 1942 or 1943.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 194?: Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
Publishers:   Norman Book Company, 78 Wellington Street, Toronto
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Child at Home

Issues & Index Sources:  1842 – 1843
Frequency:   monthly

Child Education

Although aimed at teachers and adults primarily concerned with educational matters, the 1966 edition of W&A Year Book entry reveals it was also a market for "short stories for young children (length: 1000 to 2000 words)."

Issues & Index Sources

  1924 – c. 1970

Publishers

  Evans Bros Ltd

Editors

  c. 1934: E.H. Allen
  c. 1966: Constance G. Sturmey
  c. 1971: Mary E. Bingley

Prices

  c. 1934: 1s.
  c. 1966: 2/6d
  c. 1971: 20p [quarterly issues 2s. / 15p]

Frequency

  monthly; also published 4 quarterly numbers

Childhood

Issues & Index Sources:  1892 – 1900

Childhood For Young Folks

Issues & Index Sources:  1900
Publishers:   Stoneman

Child Life

For most of it's life was a general children's magazine aimed at young children (around 9-11 years old), but was briefly subtitled "Mystery and Science-Fiction Magazine", and intended for children up to 14 years old.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1921 – Sep-1977: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
  Oct-1977 – Nov-1979: Miller/Contento (Missing: Mar-1978, Apr-1978, May-1978)
  Dec-1979 – present

Publishers

  Jan-1921 – in 1937: Rand McNally, Chicago
  The Saturday Evening Post Company
  in 1978: Indianapolis, IN

Editors

  in 1934 – in 1937: Marjorie Barrows
  in 1978: Peg Rogers

Formats

  quarto (in 1934)
  slick (in 1937)

Pagecounts

  48pp

Frequency

  monthly

Child Life: A Kindergarten Journal

Issues & Index Sources:  1891 – ?


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