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Magazine Issues

Pleasure (UK) [1950]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1953

Publishers: Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London

Pleasure (US) [1960]

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: 1960: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)



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Pleasure (Aust) [1965]

Country: Australia

Issues & Index Sources: 1965? – ?

Publishers: I.C.A. Publications, Sydney

Pleiades

Country: US

Authors include Leroy Quintana, Rita Ciresi, Shirley Geoklin Lim, Sondra Spatt Olsen, and Jim Sanderson. Circulation 2,000.

Issues & Index Sources: 1981 – present

Website:   www.pleiadesmag.com
Publishers:   Pleiades Press, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO 64093 (in 2000 - 2002)
Editors:   R.M. Kinder & Kevin Prufer (in 2000 - 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   140pp
Frequency:   twice-yearly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Plink

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s

Publishers:   Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London
Prices:   2/6d

Plokta

Country: US
Total Issues: 45

Hugo-winning fanzine that occasionally published fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1996 – Apr-2011:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Website: www.plokta.com/plokta/index.html
Editors: Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Mike Scott

Plot

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1994 – #9, 1997: Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Calypso Publishing, Sugar Land, TX.



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Plots

Country: US

Horror fiction fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1990 – 1992

Publishers: Margi Washburn, 216 N. Vine St., Kewanee, IL 61443
Editors: Margi Washburn

Ploughshares

Country: US
Total Issues: 127 (to Summer 2015)

Known for its compelling fiction and poetry. Each issue is guest-edited by a prominent writer who explores personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Authors include Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Tony Hoagland, Marilyn Hacker, Andre Dubus. Circulation 6,000.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1971 – present:	Short Story Index	(ShStIdx missing all before 1974 at least; FicMags sample issues only)
	FictionMags Index

Website:   www.pshares.org
Publishers:   Emerson College, 100 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   founding editor DeWitt Henry; originally edited by a committee but now has guest editors
Formats:   pocketbook
Frequency:   thrice-yearly (Apr,Aug,Dec)
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Pluck [1894]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 519+594+103=1216

Started with only true stories but soon switched to fiction; ran Nelson Lee stories plus Charles Hamilton's St Jim. 1st 46 issues of original series entitled Stories of Pluck. The second series took over from Sport and Adventure.

Third series included an 8pp supplement from issue 1 entitled Star Library.

Issues & Index Sources

24-Nov-1894 – 5-Nov-1904:

Story Paper Index

(sample issues only)

12-Nov-1904 – 18-Mar-1916

#incorporated into The Boys' Realm (Gifford)

28-Oct-1922 – 11-Oct-1924

#becomes The Triumph

Publishers

Harmsworth; Amalgamated Press

Editors

  William H. Maas
  J.H. Pym
  c. 1890: Percy C. Bishop
  Somers J. Summers
  Hamilton Edwards [Editor in Chief]
  Harold J. Garrish
  c. 1912: Rex Haydon
  1915: Horace Phillips
  c. 1907: Charles Manders [Assistant Editor]
  F. Addington Symonds
  John W. Wheway [Assistant Editor]
  c. 1924: Alfred Edgar [Assistant Editor]

Formats

small tabloid (octavo)

Pagecounts

20pp; 28pp

Frequency

weekly



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Pluck [1956]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources:  1956

Publishers:   L. Miller
Pagecounts:   16pp
Frequency:   monthly

Pluck and Luck

Country: US
Total Issues: 1605

The longest-running dime novel series, primarily printing stories of adventure in many different settings.

Issues & Index Sources: 12-Jan-1898 – 6-Mar-1929:	Dime Novel Bibliography	(sample issues only)
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Publishers:   Frank Tousey, NY
Frequency:   semi-monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography



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Plume & Sword

Country: US

Student literary magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1960 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   University of Virginia
Editors:   Thomas T. Taylor
Formats:   digest
Prices:   30c
Pagecounts:   28pp
Frequency:   monthly (except Jun-Sep)

Plush

Country: US
Total Issues: 12

Subtitled "Living for Men".

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1958 – 1960



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Pluto

Country: US

A classic late 1930s/early 1940s fanzine which included stories, articles and fan notes. It also ran some poetry and has an extensive letter column. There were letters from Damon Knight, Will Sykora, H.C. Koenig and other "big name" fans.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers:   The Literature, Science and Hobbies Club, Decker, Indiana
Editors:   Vincent and Marvis Manning
Frequency:   bimonthly