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Movie Story Magazine [1934]

General magazine about films & film stars which frequently included fiction in the form of film stories, several of which were written (anonymously) by Murray Leinster.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1934 – ?

Movie Story Magazine [1937]

Movie Thrillers

An "all-fiction monthly" that "novelizes the plots of the latest adventure films".

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1925:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers: The Brewster Publications Inc.
Formats: standard pulp


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Movie Western

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1941 – 194?:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Albing Publications
Editors:   Jerry Albert
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest

Moving Picture Stories

Total Issues: 834

Ran around six stories based on prominent films each issue.

Issues & Index Sources: 3-Jan-1913 – 29-Oct-1929:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Tousey
Editors:   Lu Senarens
Frequency:   weekly



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M'sieur

Total Issues: 12

Title changes to Monsieur with #5 or #6.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1948

Publishers: Park Trading Company, 14 Portland Road, London W11
Pagecounts: 36pp

Mslexia

Subtitled "the magazine for women who write", it mainly consists of advice to would-be writers and interviews with real writers, but most issues also contain some poetry and/or prose.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1999 – present

Publishers:   Mslexia, PO Box 656, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1PZ
Website:   www.mslexia.co.uk
Frequency:   quarterly

Ms. Magazine

A strong feminist magazine which runs a story or two per issue. Authors include Alice Walker, Eric Jong, Margaret Atwood, Lisa Goldstein, Ursula K. Le Guin.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1971

(pilot issue)

Jul-1972 – 1989:

Short Story Index

(Missing: all before 1974 at least)

Jul-1990 – ?:

Short Story Index

Publishers

  1972 – 1987: Ms Foundation
  1989 – 1996: Lang Communications
  Jun-1996 – Dec-1998: MacDonald Communications
  Dec-1998 – ?: Liberty Media for Women

Editors

  Jul-1972 – ?: Letty Cottin Pogrebin
  ?: Suzanne B. Levine
  in 1998: Marcia Ann Gillespie

Email Address

ms@echonyc.com

Formats

slick

Frequency

bimonthly

Multi-Storey

Subtitled "new writing and art". Publishes a variety of fiction, poetry and art.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 2001 – present:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Trialogue
Website:   www.multistorey.co.uk
Editors:   Gary Parkinson, Finella Davenport & Bill Jones
Formats:   digest
Prices:   £3.95
Pagecounts:   168pp

Multum in Parvo Library

Billed as the "Smallest Magazine in the World" (3" x 4"), appears to have covered anonymous vignettes.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1894 – ?

Publishers:   Keystone Book Company 1210 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Formats:   3" x 4"
Prices:   5c
Pagecounts:   16pp

Munsey's Magazine

Total Issues: 133?+457=590?

Had early hit with Hall Caine's "The Christian" (1896-97); also published F. Marion Crawford, H. Rider Haggard, Anthony Hope in early years. Later was a major market for O. Henry.

Issues & Index Sources

2-Feb-1889 – 18-Aug-1891, as Munsey's Weekly

Oct-1891 – Oct-1929, as Munsey's Magazine:

Fictionmags Website

#becomes All-Story Love (Stories/Tales/Magazine)

Publishers

Frank A. Munsey

Editors

  Feb-1889 – Jun-1889: J. K. Bangs
  Jul-1889 – ?: Richard H. Titherton
  ?: Robert Hobart Davis

Formats

Feb-1889 – Jun-1921: standard quality periodical
Jul-1921 – ?: pulp

Prices

Feb-1889 – Sep-1893: 25c
Oct-1893 – ?: 10c

Frequency

monthly (weekly 2-Feb-1889 - Sep-1891)

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Murdaland

Total Issues: 2 (as at Feb-2009)

Subtitled "Crime Fiction for the 21st Century", Murdaland is "a literary magazine dedicated to fiction that evokes the spirit and motifs of classic crime novels and film noir: dread, lust, violence, greed, nasty habits, bad feelings and worse decisions".

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 2007 – present:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers:   Mug Shot Press, 1739 East Carson St., #355, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Website:   www.murdalandmagazine.com
Formats:   tall digest
Prices:   $12.00
Pagecounts:   267pp
Frequency:   twice yearly


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Murder

Total Issues: 4

Launched after the success of Manhunt, Murder featured the same mix of contemporary murder and crime-adventure stories, but was discontinued in the face of fierce competition before establishing its identity with the reading public.

Title on the cover is Murder!.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1956 – Jul-1957:	Cook/Miller
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers:   Flying Eagle, N.Y.; Decker Publications
Formats:   digest (last issue pulp size)
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   UltGuide, CookMDE



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Murder Mysteries [1929]

Total Issues: 5

Short lived pulp magazine about which little is known.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1929 – Aug-1929:	Cook/Miller	(Missing: Aug-1929)
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)	(Missing: Aug-1929)

Publishers:   Magazine Publishers (Harold Hersey)
Editors:   Harold Hersey
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE


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Murder Mysteries [1934]

Total Issues: 5+9=14

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1934 – Apr-1935:	Cook/Miller
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Dec-1936 – May-1938, as Detective and Murder Mysteries:	Cook/Miller	(Missing: Sep-1937, Mar-1938)
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)	(Missing: Sep-1937, Mar-1938)

Publishers

  Oct-1934 – Apr-1935: Associated Authors, Inc., Hollis, Long Island, NY.
  Dec-1936 – Nov-1937: Associated Authors, Inc., 1008 W. York Street, Philadelphia, PA.
  May-1938: Shade Printing Co., Inc., 1008 W. York Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE



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Murderous Intent

Total Issues: 19

Semi-professional magazine with a mix of fiction, interviews, and nonfiction articles.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1995 – Winter 1999:	Mystery Short Fiction
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers:   Madison Publishing, PO Box 5947, Vancouver, WA 98668
Editors:   Margo Power (initially with Marie Gerules)
Email Address:   madison@teleport.com
Formats:   A4
Prices:   $5
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   quarterly



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Murder Shorts

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1946 – 1946?:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

(Missing: #2)

Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan
Formats:   digest
Prices:   7d
Pagecounts:   36pp


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