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Snappy (UK) [1930s]

Total Issues: 1?

Although the publisher and displayed price are American, this was a British reprint edition of Snappy.

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 1937: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   D.M. Publishing Co., Inc., Dover, Del.

Snappy (UK) [1950s]

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:   Teal Publications
Pagecounts:   36pp

Snappy Adventure Stories

Total Issues: 2

Following the initial success of Spicy Detective Stories the publishers attempted to reserve the "Spicy" adjective for themselves by producing ashcan issues for two proposed companion titles, Spicy Mystery Stories and Spicy Adventure Stories.

Simultaneously, the same publishers (Harry Donenfeld & Frank Armer) produced three more ashcan issues, for a parallel line of "Snappy" titles. Each of these issues was 12 pages long and was dated July 1934. The three Snappies never did achieve real publication but, for reasons unknown, a second set of ashcan issues was prepared and copyrighted. They were a bit more substantial than the first issues (36 pages) and were all dated May 1935.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1934 – May-1935: Adventure Fiction Index
Publishers:   Trojan Publishing (#1), Culture Publications (#2)
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Snappy Detective Mysteries

Total Issues: 2+3=5

Short-lived risque companion to Snappy/Sizzling Romances and similar titles.

Issues & Index Sources

  May-1935 – Jun-1935: Crime Fiction Index
  Jul-1935 – Sep-1935, as Sizzling Detective Mysteries: Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

  May-1935 – Jun-1935: Edmar Publishing Co., Inc., 125 W. 45th Street, New York
  Jul-1935 – Sep-1935: Nudeal Publishing Co., Wilmington.

Formats

  large pulp

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

Total Issues: 2

Following the initial success of Spicy Detective Stories the publishers attempted to reserve the "Spicy" adjective for themselves by producing ashcan issues for two proposed companion titles, Spicy Mystery Stories and Spicy Adventure Stories.

Simultaneously, the same publishers (Harry Donenfeld & Frank Armer) produced three more ashcan issues, for a parallel line of "Snappy" titles. Each of these issues was 12 pages long and was dated July 1934. The three Snappies never did achieve real publication but, possibly in response to the launch of Snappy Detective Mysteries by a rival publisher, a second set of ashcan issues was prepared and copyrighted. They were a bit more substantial than the first issues (36 pages) and were all dated May 1935.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1934 – May-1935: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Trojan Publishing (#1), Culture Publications (#2)
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Snappy Mystery Stories

Total Issues: 2

Following the initial success of Spicy Detective Stories the publishers attempted to reserve the "Spicy" adjective for themselves by producing ashcan issues for two proposed companion titles, Spicy Mystery Stories and Spicy Adventure Stories.

Simultaneously, the same publishers (Harry Donenfeld & Frank Armer) produced three more ashcan issues, for a parallel line of "Snappy" titles. Each of these issues was 12 pages long and was dated July 1934. The three Snappies never did achieve real publication but, possibly in response to the launch of Snappy Detective Mysteries by a rival publisher, a second set of ashcan issues was prepared and copyrighted. They were a bit more substantial than the first issues (36 pages) and were all dated May 1935.

The contents of the second issue are not known; the Library of Congress can no longer find its copy, and no other has yet surfaced.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1934 – May-1935: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: May-1935)
Publishers:   Trojan Publishing (#1), Culture Publications (#2)
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Snappy Romances

Total Issues: 2+3+6?=11?

Issues & Index Sources

  May-1935 – Jun-1935: FictionMags Index (Missing: Jun-1935)
  Jul-1935 – Sep-1935, as Sizzling Romances: FictionMags Index (Missing: Sep-1935)
  Jan-1936 – Jul-1936, as Real Breezy Romances: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers

  May-1935 – Jun-1935: Edmar Publishing Co., Inc.
  Jul-1935 – Sep-1935: Nudeal Publishing Co.
  Jan-1936 – Jul-1936: Best Publishers

Formats

  May-1935 – Jun-1935: standard pulp
  Jul-1935 – Jul-1936: bedsheet

Prices

  25c

Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Uncovered: The Hidden Art of Girlie Pulps
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Snappy Stories

Total Issues: 316+ (possibly 321)

An early example of liberated fiction full of free women!

Issues & Index Sources

  Aug-1912 – Mar-1927: FictionMags Index (incomplete)
  Apr-1927 – May-1928, as Snappy Stories and Pictures: FictionMags Index (incomplete)
  1930 – 1932?, as Snappy Stories

Publishers

  1912 – 1928: The New Fiction Publishing Corporation (Clayton Magazines)
  1930 – ?: Lowell Publications Inc.

Editors

  Virgina O'Day, Alexander Samalman

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  20c

Frequency

  Aug-1912 – Aug-1915: monthly
  Sep-1915 – Nov-1926: twice-monthly
  Dec-1926 – May-1928: irregular

Related Sites

  The Pulp Magazines Project

Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Uncovered: The Hidden Art of Girlie Pulps
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Snappy Stories [1948] (UK)

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1948: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   The Wesley Press, Bebington, Liverpool

Snappy Stories [1949] (UK)

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1949
Publishers:   Utopian Press, 22 Roland Gardens, London SW7
Pagecounts:   32pp

Snaps: A Comic Weekly of Comic Stories by Comic Authors

Total Issues: 72

All stories reprinted from Five Cent Comic Library.

Issues & Index Sources:  11-Oct-1899 – 20-Feb-1901
Publishers:   Frank Tousey, NY
Formats:   8" x 11"
Prices:   5c
Frequency:   weekly
Sources:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Snap-Shots

Total Issues: 905

Humorous magazine created chiefly from advance proofs and blocks of the American papers Puck, Life, and Judge. Possibly published some Sherlock Holmes parodies.

Issues & Index Sources:  9-Aug-1890 – 19-Nov-1907
Prices:   1d

S1ngularity

Total Issues: 2

Amateur online magazine which converted into a blogzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-2003 – Apr-2003
Editors:   Gabe Chouinard

Society Spanking Stories

Total Issues: 3?

Flagellation magazine containing various stories about corporal punishment and a correspondence section on the same. Despite being published in France, this was targeted at a British audience.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1930s
Publishers:   Les Beaux Oeuvres, Establissement H.P., 43 Chaussee d'Antin, Paris
Prices:   2/6d

Sociopathic Times

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1993 – ?: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Editors:   Rod Marsden

The Sockdolager

Total Issues: 9 (to Summer 2017)

A quarterly magazine of short genre fiction, most of it SF or fantasy.

Issues & Index Sources:  Spring 2015 – present
Editors:   Alison Wilgus & Paul Starr
Website:   www.sockdolager.net

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