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Mademoiselle

Country: US

Initially fiction was limited but developed significantly under the fiction editor Marian Ives in the 1940s. Authors include Katherine Anne Porter, Elizabeth Bowen, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Marcel Ayme, Ray Bradbury, Robert Penn Warren and Truman Capote (first story). Circulation reached 500,000 in 1950s.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1935 – Nov-2001:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

1935 – 1960: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
1960 – Nov-2001: Conde Nast

Editors

Betsy Blackwell

Formats

slick

Frequency

monthly

Madge's Prize MSS.

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1938:

FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Forrest J Ackerman
Editors:   Forrest J Ackerman
Related Sites:   Fancyclopedia 3

Madison Magazine

Country: US

Monthly magazine of Madison, Wisconsin. Has annual short fiction contest with winner published in the August issue.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present

Website:   www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine
Publishers:   126 S. Franklin Street, Madison, WI 53703 (in 2000)
Editors:   Brian Howell (in 2000)
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (not 2001 or 2002)

The Madison Review

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  early 1970s – present

Website:   www.english.wisc.edu/madisonreview
Publishers:   University of Wisconsin, 600 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   rotating editorship
Frequency:   twice-yearly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Madison Square Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 176

The name was changed to Madison Square Library some time after no. 69.

Issues & Index Sources: 1888 – Sep-1902:

Dime Novel Bibliography

(incomplete)

Publishers:   G.W. Dillingham, New York
Formats:   7 1/4 x 4 7/8"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   250-400pp
Frequency:   Monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Mad Scientist Journal

Country: US
Total Issues: 32

Online SF magazine that published quarterly print and ebooks compilations.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 2012 – Winter 2020

Website: www.madscientistjournal.org

Maelstrom

Country: UK
Total Issues: 10

Small press science fiction, fantasy & horror magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1987 – Summer 2001:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Sol Publications
Editors:   Malcolm E. Wright
Formats:   A5 (in 2001)
Prices:   £2.40 (in 2001)
Pagecounts:   68pp (in 2001)



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Maelstrom Speculative Fiction

Country: US
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1998 – Oct-2001: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #1, #2)

Website:   maelstromsf.tripod.com
Publishers:   PO Box 3645, Chatham Drive, Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Editors:   Dave Felts
Formats:   7" x 8½"
Prices:   $3.00
Pagecounts:   32
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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The Mag!

Country: UK

"Short features... short fiction".

Issues & Index Sources: 1995 – ?

Publishers:   Specialist Publications, Bristol
Editors:   Karen Ellison
Frequency:   quarterly

Magabook [1963]

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1963 – #3, 1965: Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Galaxy Publishing Co., New York.


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Mag-a-Book [1982]

Country: US
Total Issues: 32?

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1982 – #32, 1982: FictionMags Index

Publishers: SABCO Communications, New York.



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Magazine for Boys

Listed by Lofts as a title that ran 1862-1889, but a subsequent note (p19) explains that this is a combination by Lofts of the run of {Every Boys' Magazine} and its subsequent title changes. see under Every Boy's Magazine (UK)

Magazine for the Young

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources: 1842 – 1875

Frequency: monthly

The Magazine of Bizarro Fiction

Country: US
Total Issues: 11

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 2007 – Winter 2013: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Eraserhead Press
Editors:   Jeff Burk




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The Magazine of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  2007 – 2009: Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.movielocationsplus.com/Fortuna/magERB.htm
Publishers:   Pulp Tales Press
Formats:   digest
Prices:   $14.95
Pagecounts:   114pp



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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Country: US
Total Issues: 746 (to Sep/Oct-2020)

Issues & Index Sources

Fall 1949, as The Magazine of Fantasy:

Science Fiction Index

Winter 1950 – present, as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Sep/Oct-2020)

Website: www.sfsite.com/fsf/

Publishers

Fall 1949 – Sep-2000: Mercury Press (though under the Fantasy House subsidiary until Feb-1958)
Oct-2000 – present: Spilogale, Inc.

Editors

  Fall 1949 – Aug-1954: Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas
  Sep-1954 – Aug-1958: Anthony Boucher
  Sep-1958 – Mar-1962: Robert P. Mills
  Apr-1962 – Nov-1964: Avram Davidson
  Dec-1964 – Dec-1965: Joseph Ferman
  Jan-1966 – Jun-1991: Edward L. Ferman
  Jul-1991 – May-1997: Kristine Rusch
  Jun-1997 – Jan/Feb-2015: Gordon Van Gelder
  Mar/Apr-2015 – present: Charles Coleman Finlay

Formats

digest

Pagecounts

160pp (since Oct 1972)
Apr/May-2009 – present: 260pp

Frequency

  Fall 1949 – Fall 1950: quarterly
  Dec-1950 – Jun-1952: bimonthly
  Aug-1952 – Dec-1990: monthly
  Jan-1991 – Mar-2009: 11 issues per year with a combined Oct/Nov issue
  Apr/May-2009 – present: bimonthly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) [1953]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 12

British reprint edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

This edition may have been distributed in Australia with different cover prices, but no other differences, although this cannot be confirmed (and would have caused some confusion as the same covers were reused in the later Australian edition).

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1953 – Sep-1954:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers: Mellifont Press, London.



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