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The Quiver

Total Issues: 1284

A religious-orientated magazine that concentrated on articles and fiction of a highly moral and improving nature, its full title saying "designed for the defence of Biblical truth and the advancement of religion." The religious stranglehold was relaxed after Cassell's death in 1865. Only writer of note in early years was Mrs Henry Wood; later it published such popular authors as Rider Haggard ("When the World Shook," 1918 - 1919).

In the 1920s and 1930s the magazine was almost all fiction. In August 1940 the magazine shrank to digest size and thereafter looked more like The Dalesman, but still ran 2 or 3 stories per issue. The final issue started a new serial which ran over into The Sunday Companion.

Issues & Index Sources

7-Sep-1861 – Jun-1956:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

#merges with Sunday Companion

Publishers

7-Sep-1861 – Jan-1927: Cassell's
Feb-1927 – Jun-1956: Amalgamated Press

Editors

  1861 – 1863: John Cassell
  1863: Charles Wright
  1863 – 1864: John Willis Clark
  1864 – 1865: Teignmouth Shore
  1865 – 1905: Bonavia Hunt
  1905 – 1909: David Williamson
  Oct-1909 – Aug-1953: Herbert Dakin Williams
  Sep-1953 – Jun-1956: John Erskine Tuck

Frequency

weekly (also issued very attractive Christmas annuals); ?monthly in later years?

Sources: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3, The Age of the Storytellers

QWF (Quality Women's Fiction)

Total Issues: 49

Small-press magazine aimed at producing the best in women's writing.

Issues & Index Sources: 1994 – Jul-2006:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Editors: Jo Good
Frequency: bimonthly

Racing Shorts

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1945?:

Sports Fiction Index

Publishers: Gerald G. Swan
Prices: 7d


Issue Checklist

Racing Special

Total Issues: 1

Mainly non-fiction, but included one story.

Issues & Index Sources: 1934:

Sports Fiction Index

Publishers: The World's Work
Prices: 1/-


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Racket-Buster Detective

Total Issues: 1

One of the many undated "one shot" magazines published in the UK in the years after the Second World War. In a loose series with Crime Detective, Homicide Reporter, Police Detective and Crime Investigator.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1949:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Hamilton & Co
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   9d
Pagecounts:   64pp


Issue Checklist

Racketeer and Gangland Stories

see under Gangland Stories

Racketeer Stories

Total Issues: 19

Racketeer Stories was one of Harold Hersey's less successful gangster pulp magazines, attempting to cash in on the popularity of Gangster Stories. It lasted for only 19 issues before being merged with its companion magazine, Gangland Stories.

The Dec-1929 issue was an ashcan issue containing no fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1929 – Mar/Apr-1932:

Crime Fiction Index

#merges with Gangland Stories

Publishers

Good Story Magazine (Harold Hersey)

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

20c

Frequency

mostly monthly, but bimonthly from May/Jun-1931

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



Issue Checklist

Rackets

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1956

Publishers: Publishing Corporation
Sources: It's a Man's World

Racket Stories

The rumor that a pulp magazine existed by this title has not been confirmed by any positive evidence, and none have been found. It may be confused with Racketeer Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: ?:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues; possibly phantom)

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Raconteur

Quarterly (paperback) magazine of original stories; each issue chooses a winner and runner-up. Sponsored by The European newspaper, who can publish any of the submitted stories under 1500 words.

Issues & Index Sources: 1993? – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Raconteur Publications
Editors:   Graham Lord (in 1995)
Formats:   trade paperback
Prices:   £5.99 (in 1995)
Pagecounts:   241pp (in 1995)