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Special Report - Fiction

A short-lived product of Whittle Communication LP which flourished in the early '90s, as part of a set of SPECIAL REPORT magazines explicitly aimed at doctors' offices and similar sites.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1990s
Publishers:   Whittle Communication LP
Formats:   slick bedsheet

The Spectator [1711]

Total Issues: 555+80=635

Mayo says: "On the whole the Spectator published less fiction than the Tatler, perhaps because it gave increased emphasis to literary criticism. Nevertheless The Spectator did make one new and significant addition to the repertory of 18thC magazine fiction: the oriental tale." Examples are "The Vision of Mirza", "The Letter from a Monkey", "The Story of Hilpa".

Issues & Index Sources

  1-Mar-1711 – 6-Dec-1712
  1714

Publishers

  Addison & Steele, London

Editors

  Addison & Steele

Frequency

  daily

Sources

  British Literary Magazines Vol. 1

The Spectator [1828]

Primarily a Conservative political weekly, but still publishes the occasional short story, e.g. "Birthday and Christmas" by Tim Parks (18-Dec-1999).

Issues & Index Sources

  1828 – present: Index to Periodical Literature (1882 - 1906 only)

Publishers

  Robert Stephen Rintoul, London

Website

  www.spectator.co.uk

Editors

  1861 – 1897: R. H. Hutton
  1898 – 1925: John St Loe Strachey
  in 1962: Iain Hamilton
  ?: Dominic Lawson
  in 1997: Frank Johnson
  in 2000: Boris Johnson

Frequency

  weekly

Sources

  British Literary Magazines Vol. 2
 

Spectral Tales

Total Issues: 2

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1988 – #2, 1989: Miller/Contento
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Spectrum

Issues & Index Sources

  Winter 1957 – present?: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)

Publishers

  University of California, Santa Barbara

Editors

  Georgia Pearce (in 1959)

Frequency

  1957 – 1975: three times a year
  1976 – 1982: twice a year
  1983 – present: annual

Spectrum SF

Total Issues: 9

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 2000 – #9, 2002: Miller/Contento

Publishers

  Spectrum Publishing, Aberdeen

Editors

  Paul Fraser

Formats

  digest

Prices

  2000 – 2002: £3.50
  2002: £3.99

Pagecounts

  160pp

Frequency

  2000 – 2002: roughly quarterly
  2002: irregular

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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Spectrum Stories

Total Issues: 1

Semi-professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1985: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Wonder Press, Louisville, KY
Editors:   Walter L. Gammons
Formats:   A4 size (spiral bound)
Prices:   $3.95
Pagecounts:   96pp
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Speed Adventure Stories

see under Spicy-Adventure Stories

Speed Detective

see under Spicy Detective Stories

Speed Mystery

see under Spicy Mystery Stories

Speed & Power

Total Issues: 87+1=88

Include a "Christmas Special" in 1974.

Issues & Index Sources

  22-Mar-1974 – 22-Nov-1975: Fictionmags Website

#incorporated into Look and Learn

Publishers

  IPC Magazines

Frequency

  weekly

Speed Stories

Total Issues: 3

The Aug/Sep-1931 issue was an unpublished "ashcan" issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1931/Sep-1931 – Feb/Mar-1932: Fictionmags Website
Adventure Fiction Index (in progress)
Publishers:   Headquarters Publishing (Harold Hersey)
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Speed Western Stories

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Spellbound [1993]

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1993 – Summer 1994: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Spellbound; Douglasville, GA
Editors:   Cathy Shanks
Formats:   quarto
Prices:   $6.00
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Spellbound [1999]

Total Issues: 15

A fantasy magazine for kids ages 9 to 13.

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 1999 – Spring 2003: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Eggplant Productions, PO Box 2248, Schiller Park, IL 60176
Editors:   Raechel Henderson
Email Address:   spellbound@eggplant-productions.com
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $5.00
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SPGA Showcase

Total Issues: 1?

A publication of the Small Press Genre Association meant to get more exposure for their members, containing 11 short stories and 10 poems.

Issues & Index Sources:  1995
Publishers:   Small Press Genre Association, Concord, California
Editors:   David G. Barnett and Bobbi Sinha-Morey
Pagecounts:   10pp

The Sphere

Total Issues: 3343

Illustrated weekly that focused on news stories and society features, but also published occasional fiction such as"The Envelope" by J. Storer Clouston (24 Nov. 1919), etc.

Absorbed two other well-known weeklies, Black and White (1912) and The Graphic (1932); became a big slick by the 1920s.

Issues & Index Sources

  27-Jan-1900 – 27-Jan-1964: Fictionmags Website (sample issue only)

Publishers

  Illustrated Newspapers

Editors

  1900 – 1926: Clement Shorter
  1926 – 1960: Jesse Heitner
  1960 – 1964: John Oliver

Frequency

  weekly

Sources

  The Age of the Storytellers

Spice Box

Rebound issues of Snappy Stories and/or Live Stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1920s
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Spick

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s
Publishers:   Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London
Prices:   2/6d

Spicy

Total Issues: 1

A slender publication, featuring six to eight racey short stories, interspersed with black and white nude or scantily-clad pin-up, purporting to be a US pulp magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1950
Publishers:   R.S. Gray Publications, London
Pagecounts:   36pp


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