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Magazine Issues

Wax Dragon

Total Issues: 3

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1977 – #3, 1980:

Miller/Contento

Wayside Tales [1901]

Published "short stories of interest, ranging from three to five thousand words".

Issues & Index Sources

Mar-1901 – Jul-1901, as Detroit Monthly

Aug-1901 – ?, as Wayside Tales

Publishers

in 1903: Wayside Publishing Company, 38 Congress Street West, Detroit, Michigan
Oct-1903 – ?: Chicago

Prices

10c

Frequency

monthly

Wayside Tales [1912]

Originally a cartooning magazine, but fiction was added from Jul-1921 when the "Wayside" name was first used; authors included Vincent Starrett, Victor Rousseau; also published "The Cupboard" by Jeffery Farnol (Apr-1922).

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1912 – May-1913, as Cartoons

(non-fiction)

Jun-1913 – Jun-1921, as Cartoons Magazine

(non-fiction)

Jul-1921, as Cartoons and Wayside Tales:

Index to Fiction in Wayside Tales

Aug-1921 – Dec-1921, as Wayside Tales and Cartoons Magazine:

Index to Fiction in Wayside Tales

Jan-1922 – May-1922, as Wayside Tales:

Index to Fiction in Wayside Tales

Formats

standard format, slick paper

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AHGTTP

Web Detective Stories

see under (Saturn) (Web Detective/Terror Stories)

Weber Studies

Interdisciplinary humanities journal.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1984 – present

Publishers:   Weber State College, 1214 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-1214 (in 1998 - 2002)
Website:   www.altx.com/ebr/w(ebr)/index.html (not updated since 1997)
Editors:   Neila Seshachari (in 1998); Sherwin W. Howard (in 2000 - 2002)
Frequency:   thrice yearly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Webster Review

#18 (Fall 1994) was a special '20 Years' retro-spective

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1975? – present

Publishers:   Webster College, Webster Groves, MO
Editors:   Nancy Schapiro
Formats:   review
Frequency:   thrice yearly

Web Terror Stories

see under (Saturn) (Web Detective/Terror Stories)

Wedding Bells

Total Issues: 465 (approximately, may be 470)

See Waite, Quest for Bloods, pp.59-60.

Issues & Index Sources

29-Nov-1870 – 1879

1880 – 1883, as Wedding Bells Novelette

(unconfirmed)

Publishers

Brett

Formats

tabloid (imperial quarto)

Prices

Pagecounts

16pp

Frequency

weekly

The Wedding Ring

Total Issues: 40 (approximately)

A companion to Wedding Bells.

Issues & Index Sources: 6-Mar-1871 – Nov-1871?

Publishers:   Brett
Formats:   tabloid (quarto)
Prices:   ½d
Pagecounts:   8pp
Frequency:   weekly

Weekend [1960s]

"Short stories (1000 words) with plenty of atmosphere".

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers:   Northcliffe House, London EC4
Editors:   David Hill (in 1962)
Frequency:   weekly

Weekend [1990s]

Saturday magazine supplement to The Guardian newspaper.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Editors: Deborah Orr (in 1998)
Frequency: weekly

Weekend Novels

A newspaper format publication issued on a weekly basis with each issue containing a complete novel. These were usually reprints of novels that had originally as hard-cover books, though occasionally a novel appearing in WEEK-END NOVELS was the first UK appearance.

Issues & Index Sources: 1919 – ?:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Frequency: weekly

Weekly Friend and Family Stories

Total Issues: 126

Issues & Index Sources: 12-Oct-1912 – 6-Mar-1915

Publishers: Amalgamated Press
Frequency: weekly

Weekly Illustrated

see under Illustrated

The Weekly Magazine

See Waite The Quest for Bloods p.103.

Issues & Index Sources: 22-Dec-1847 – Feb-1848

Publishers:   Wilkins
Formats:   small tabloid
Prices:   1d
Pagecounts:   8pp
Frequency:   weekly

The Weekly News

"Serial stories of 40,000 - 60,000 words, with strong plot and love interest".

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present

Publishers: D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, Courier Place, Dundee
Frequency: weekly

The Weekly Saturday Star Journal

see under Saturday Journal

The Weekly Tale-Teller

Total Issues: 365

Carried 7 or 8 short stories each issue with short serials. Noted for "Sanders of the River" stories by Edgar Wallace; usually carried a weird story each issue along with more general light-hearted stuff. Authors include A.M. Burrage, Alice & Claude Askew, Jessie Douglas Kerruish, Douglas Newton, M.P. Shiel.

Issues & Index Sources: 8-May-1909 – 29-Apr-1916:	Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)	(FicMags has sample issues only)
	Fictionmags Website	(FicMags has sample issues only)

Publishers:   Harry Shurey, London
Editors:   Isabel Thorne
Formats:   slim, saddle-stapled magazine on pulp paper, usually unillustrated
Prices:   1d
Pagecounts:   48-56pp
Frequency:   weekly
Sources:   AgeStory

The Weekly Telegraph

Probably a weekly supplement of The Sheffield Telegraph and sometimes referred to as the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph. Carried a considerable amount of fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: ?:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Frequency: weekly