True crime.

True crime.

Real Detective Tales is one of the most elusive of the early detective pulps. It began in late 1922 under the name Detective Tales as a quarto magazine and published indifferent mystery and detective stories. In 1923 it acquired a companion magazine concentrating on the fantastic - the famous Weird Tales - and both magazines ran in parallel until mid-1924 when the publisher, Rural Publications, ran into difficulty.

At that point Detective Tales was sold to Real Detective Tales, Inc. and changed its name, first to Real Detective Tales and then to Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories. By this point it had shifted to a large (quarto) format and had acquired an interesting stable of authors including Seabury Quinn, George Allan England and Miriam Allen deFord. It ran for six years under this latter title (mainly on a monthly basis) but gradually during 1931 transformed into a non-fiction magazine called Real Detective, although fiction continued to appear into 1934 at least. It is not currently known exactly when the last issue containing any fiction appeared.

In the 1920s a handful of short stories were reprinted as standalone pamphlets possibly to help advertise the magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Publishers

Editors

Formats

Pagecounts

Frequency

Reprints stories from the US F.B.I. Detective Stories. The cover and Table of Contents of the issue seen both give the title as above, but it is also referred to internally simply as FBI Detective.

Risque articles and illustrations, illustrated advertisements for naughty novelties and books, plus four full page photos of nude models.

Issues & Index Sources

Publishers

Formats

Pagecounts

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1890s:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   The Stein Co., Chicago, IL
Prices:   25c & 50c
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1910s:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Royal Publishing Co., 528 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA
Prices:   50c
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

"Short stories".

Initially "a monthly magazine of facts, fun and fiction", it changed in 1923 to a glossy magazine featuring confession-style stories.

Issues & Index Sources

Publishers

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1940

Publishers:   Popular Fiction
Pagecounts:   52pp

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1938

Publishers:   Red Circle Magazines
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s

Publishers:   Transport Publishing Company

The Realm was the ambitious companion to The Lady's World, aiming at a wider family readership. The headline stories were Tom Gallon's serial of shady dealings, "Poverty's Diamonds", and William Le Queux's series about the court of Louis XIV, "The Cardinal's Eye", but of more historical interest are two uncollected early stories by Rafael Sabatini, "The Face of the Clock" and "The Devourer of Hearts", plus several stories by James Barr, especially "This Black Bear", set in northern Canada.

Small press science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1956 – Feb-1975:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Stanley Publications Inc.
Mentioned in:   It's a Man's World