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Breezy Stories (UK) [1949]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1949: FictionMags Index

Publishers: Thorpe and Porter, Ltd., Leicester


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Brett's Pocket Budget

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  5-Oct-1901 – ?

Publishers:   E.J. Brett
Frequency:   weekly

Brevities

see under Broadway Brevities

Brevities (Canada)

see under Broadway Brevities (Canada)

The Briarcliff Quarterly

Country: US
Total Issues: 12

Authors include Denys Val Baker, J.T. Farrell. Formerly Maryland Quarterly; superseded by Golden Goose.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1944 – Jan-1947:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Editors: Wallace Stevens
Frequency: quarterly

The Briar Cliff Review

Country: US
Total Issues: 27 (as at Aug-2015)

An award winning literary magazine featuring the best fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, photographs, reviews, and essays of the Siouxland region and beyond.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1989 – present

Website:   www.bcreview.org
Publishers:   3303 Rebecca Street, P.O. Box 2100, Sioux City, IA 51104-2100 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Tricia Currans-Sheehen (in 1998 - 2002)
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

The Bridge (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr-1946: FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Editors:   Geoffrey Moore
Formats:   digest
Prices:   2/6d
Pagecounts:   75pp

The Bridge (US)

Country: US

Journal of fiction and poetry. Has published X.J. Kennedy, Ruth Whitman, Christopher Leland. Circulation about 700. No payment.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1990 – 2002?

Publishers:   14050 Vernon Street, Oak Park, MI 48237 (in 1998 - 2000)
Editors:   Jack Zucker (in 2000)
Formats:   digest
Pagecounts:   192pp
Frequency:   twice yearly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (not in 2002)

Brief

Country: US

Pictorial girlie magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: 1953 – 195?

Formats: pocket-size

Brief Confessions

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s

Publishers: Studio Publications

Brief Fantastic Tales

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 1

Three of the four stories reprinted from Canadian Uncanny Tales.

Issues & Index Sources: 1950:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Studio Publications, Toronto
Formats:   mini (5.75" x 3.75")
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   64pp
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

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Brief Smoker Stories

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 1?

A series of jokes, one-liners, and anecdotes, all untitled and uncredited.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s

Publishers: Studio Publications
Pagecounts: 64pp

Brief Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 24+100=124

Issues & Index Sources

May-1919? – Jun-1921, as The Little Story Magazine:

General Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Jul-1921 – Nov-1923, as Brief Stories:

General Fiction Index

Dec-1923 – Dec-1926, as Brief Stories Magazine:

General Fiction Index

Jan-1927 – May-1930, as Brief Stories:

General Fiction Index

Publishers

  Jul-1919 – Sep-1922: Wm. F. Kofoed, 805 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, PA
  Oct-1922 – Mar-1924: Brief Stories Publishing Co., Inc.
  Apr-1924 – Oct-1925: The Houston Publishing Co.
  Nov-1925 – May-1929: Personal Arts Co.
  Jun-1929 – Sep-1929: Lexington Publishing Corporation
  Dec-1929 – May-1930: Novel Magazine Corporation

Editors

Jul-1921 – Jan-1929: William Kofoed
Feb-1929 – May-1930: W. Adolphe Roberts

Formats

pulp

Prices

  Jul-1919 – Jan-1923: 15c
  Feb-1923 – Mar-1925: 20c
  Jul-1925 – May-1930: 25c

Pagecounts

58pp

Frequency

monthly with occasional gaps

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Brief True Crime Cases

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 1?

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s

Publishers: Studio Publications

Brigade

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1961 – May-1963

Mentioned in: It's a Man's World



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Brigadier

Country: UK

Religious paper.

Issues & Index Sources: 1901 – 1904

Publishers: Boys' Brigade
Frequency: monthly

Brigham's Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 30

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1890s: Dime Novel Bibliography (sample issues only)

Publishers:   J.H. & A.L. Brigham, 620 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
Formats:   7¼ x 4¾"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   250 - 300
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Bright Days

Country: US
Total Issues: 31

Written almost entirely by Stratemeyer.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1896 – 27-Feb-1897:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Edward Stratemeyer
Editors:   Edward Stratemeyer
Formats:   tabloid
Prices:   5c
Pagecounts:   16pp (rising to 32pp)
Frequency:   monthly to Aug-1896, then weekly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography