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Sinister Wisdom

Subtitled "a Journal for Lesbians".

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1976 – present
Publishers:   Box 30541, Lincoln, NE 68503
Website:   www.sinisterwisdom.org
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   OOV

Sir!

Total Issues: 116+

Was in the adventure genre during the '50s and early '60s. Alternated formats between pin-up, scandal and adventure frequently during the '50s. Switched to a "pin-up" format in 1963.

Issues & Index Sources:  1942 – Jun-1984: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Volitant Publishing; Histrionic Pub. Co.
Editors:   John Dolinac (in 1961)
Frequency:   10 issues a year
Sources:   MansWorld
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Sirius*Visions

Total Issues: 9

Semi-prozine.

Issues & Index Sources

  v1 #0, 1993 – v1 #8, 1995: Miller/Contento

Publishers

  Claddagh Press, Portland, OR

Editors

  Marybeth O'Hallaran

Formats

  v1 #0, 1993 – v1 #4, 1994: tabloid
  v1 #5, 1995 – v1 #8, 1995: quarto

Prices

  v1 #0, 1993 – v1 #4, 1994: $2.25
  v1 #5, 1995 – v1 #8, 1995: $2.50

Pagecounts

  v1 #0, 1993 – v1 #4, 1994: 16pp
  v1 #5, 1995 – v1 #8, 1995: 32pp

Frequency

  roughly six-weekly, based on Celtic dates

Six-Gun Western [1937]
Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1937 – ?: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Red Circle
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest

Six-Gun Western [1946]

Total Issues: 17

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1946 – Dec-1950: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Trojan Publishing
Formats:   standard pulp; digest in 1950
Frequency:   quarterly, but suspended Mar-1947 - Aug-1948
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest
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Six-Gun Western Stories

 see under New All-Action Stories

Six-Gun Western (UK)

British reprint edition of Six-Gun Western.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1950
Publishers:   Thorpe & Porter
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   1/-

The Sixpenny Magazine

Total Issues: 81

Subtitled "a miscellany for all classes and all seasons." Published first full serialization of Mary E. Braddon's "Lady Audley's Secret" (1862) and, in the same year, "The Experiences of a Real Detective" by Inspector F (i.e. William Russell)

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1861 – Mar-1868
Publishers:   Ward & Lock
Formats:   octavo

Six Shooter Western

 Spoof magazine listed on the Adventure House website on April 1st 2001, together with a faked cover.

Six Star Books

Total Issues: 6

Issues & Index Sources:  1946
Publishers:   Bairns Books
Formats:   pocket
Pagecounts:   36pp

Sizzle
Issues & Index Sources:  1959 – ?: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)

Sizzling Detective Mysteries

 see under Snappy Detective Mysteries

Sizzling Romances

 see under Snappy Romances

Sizzling Stories
Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1934 – ?
Sources:   Uncovered

Skeleton Crew

Total Issues: 4+10=14

Semi-professional magazine for issues 1-5. Starting with v2 #1 it became a slick professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1988 – #5, 1989: Miller/Contento
  Jul-1990 – Apr-1991: Miller/Contento

Publishers

  #1, 1988 – #5, 1989: Dave Hughes, Wickford
  Jul-1990 – Apr-1991: Argus Specialist Publication, Hemel Hempstead

Editors

  #1, 1988 – #5, 1989: Dave Hughes & Nick Belcher
  Jul-1990: Dave Hughes
  Aug-1990 – Apr-1991: Dave Reeder

Formats

  #1, 1988 – #5, 1989: digest pamphlet
  Jul-1990 – Apr-1991: A4 semi-glossy

Pagecounts

  #1, 1988 – #5, 1989: 48pp (varied)
  Jul-1990 – Apr-1991: 64pp

Frequency

  2nd series, monthly
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The Sketch

Total Issues: 2989

Ran two or three stories per issue, often society stories but also mysteries. Ran first Agatha Christie "Poirot" stories (1923) and also a series called "Tales With a Sting" including stories by Edwin Baird, E.M. Delafield, Marjorie Bowen.

Issues & Index Sources

  1-Feb-1893 – 17-Jun-1959: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)

Publishers

  Illustrated London News & Sketch

Editors

  1893 – 1899: Clement Shorter & J.M. Bulloch
  1899 – 1902: John Latey
  1902 – 1904: John Keble Ball
  1905 – 1959: Bruce Ingram

Formats

  glossy large-size slick in the 1920s?

Frequency

  weekly

Sources

  AgeStory

Sketch Book and Printer's Pie

 see under Printers' Pie

Sketchy Bits

Total Issues: 782

A humorous weekly journal of drama, sport & fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  29-Apr-1895 – 9-May-1910: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)
Publishers:   "Sketchy Bits" Company Ltd., 1 & 3 Hind Court, Fleet Street, London EC
Editors:   Harry Shurey
Formats:   slim, saddle-stapled magazine on pulp paper, heavily illustrated
Prices:   1d
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   weekly

The Skipper [1930]

Total Issues: 543

Issues & Index Sources:  6-Sep-1930 – 1-Feb-1941
Publishers:   D.C. Thomson
Editors:   Andrew C. Hunter
Prices:   2d
Pagecounts:   28pp
Frequency:   weekly
 

The Skipper [1936]

Total Issues: 12

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1936 – Dec-1937: Cook/Miller
Pulp Magazine Index 1
Publishers:   Street & Smith
Editors:   John L. Nanovic
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE
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Skull

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  v1 #1, 1994 – v1 #2, 1994: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   ASfraid Publishing, Burbank, CA.

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