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Short Short Story Magazine

 Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1932? – ?: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   The Short Short Story Publishing Co.
Editors:   Thomas M. Kelly
Formats:   11.25" x 8.5"
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   12pp

Short Stories [1890]

 Country: US
Total Issues: 1114

Initially most of the stories -- "25 stories for 25 cents" -- were reprints from all over, including translations; after 1910 converted into an all-fiction pulp adventure magazine, with stories by Sax Rohmer, W.C. Tuttle, Harold Lamb, Max Brand, Talbot Mundy, L. Patrick Greene, James B. Hendryx, Edgar Wallace, etc.

The final issue stated that it was whole number 2014, but a huge mistake was made in whole number totals between December 10, 1948 (whole no. 1029) and December 25, 1948 (whole no. 1930), a mistake of 900 whole numbers that was never corrected. So, subtracting 900 from 2014, we get a total run of 1114 issues.

There was also a sequencing error in 1946 when Vol. 197 No. 3 was followed by Vol. 198 No. 4.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jun-1890 – Sep-1914: General Fiction Index
  Oct-1914 – Jun-1915, as Short Stories with Keith's House Plans: General Fiction Index
  Jul-1915 – Sep-1954, as Short Stories: General Fiction Index
  Sep-1956 – Feb-1959, as Short Stories: General Fiction Index
  Apr-1959 – Aug-1959, as Short Stories for Men: General Fiction Index

Publishers

  Jun-1890 – Feb-1904: The Current Literature Publishing Co., NY
  Mar-1904 – Feb-1910: The Short Stories Company, Ltd.
  Mar-1910 – Jan-1928: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., NY
  Feb-1928 – 25-Nov-1937: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., NY
  10-Dec-1937 – Sep-1954: Short Stories, Inc.
  Sep-1956 – Jun-1957: Codel Publishing Company, East 42nd St, New York
  Dec-1957 – Aug-1959: American Short Stories Corporation

Editors

  ? – 1912: Harry Peyton Steger
  1912 – 1929: Harry E. Maule
  1929 – Sep-1932: R. de S. Horn
  Oct-1932 – 1936?: Harry E. Maule
  1936 – Sep-1954: Dorothy McIlwraith
  Sep-1956 – Jun-1957: M.D. Gregory
  Apr-1959 – Aug-1959: Frank Belknap Long (associate editor)

Formats

  Jun-1890 – Feb-1910: smaller than standard
  Mar-1910 – Jun-1953: pulp
  Jul-1953 – Feb-1959: digest
  Apr-1959 – Aug-1959: large size

Frequency

  Jun-1890 – Aug-1921: monthly
  10-Aug-1921 – 25-Feb-1949: twice-monthly (no issues for 25-Dec-1927, 25-Jun-1947, or 25-May-1948)
  Mar-1949 – Apr-1954: monthly
  Jul-1954 – Sep-1954: bimonthly
  Sep-1956 – Aug-1959: bimonthly (although only one issue, Jun-1957, between Mar-1957 and Dec-1957)

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Online Sources

  Online Books
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Short Stories [1893]

 see also under Magazine of Short Stories

Short Stories (UK)

 Country: UK

Mostly reprint of US original, but issues not necessarily in conjunction. Merged with the UK edition of West in March 1954 and was thereafter known as Short Stories incorporating West on the cover at least.

Issues & Index Sources

  Mar-1920 – Feb-1954: General Fiction Index (sample issues only)
  Mar-1954 – Feb-1955?, as Short Stories incorporating West: General Fiction Index (sample issues only)
  Aug-1958 – Mar-1959?, as Short Stories: General Fiction Index (Missing: any after Mar-1959)

Publishers

  World's Work

Editors

  maybe H. Norman Evans in 1930s

Formats

  pulp

Prices

  1/-

Pagecounts

  Mar-1941 – Jun-1941: 80pp
  Aug-1941 – Mar/Apr-1942: 72pp
  Jul-1942 – ?: 64pp

Frequency

  initially fortnightly; then monthly

Mentioned in:   The Age of the Storytellers
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Short Stories (Australia) [1950s]

 Country: Australia

Australian reprint edition of Short Stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1958: General Fiction Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Magazine Enterprises, 149 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
 
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Short Stories (Canada)

 Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Short Stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s: General Fiction Index (sample issues only)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001
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Short Stories (Australia) [1988]

 Country: Australia

Also known as Writers world short stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  1988? – 1998?
Publishers:   Surfers Paradise, Qld.; Tobago Pty Ltd
Editors:   Peter Hall
Frequency:   weekly

Short Stories Illustrated

 Country: UK
Total Issues: 19

Issues & Index Sources

  30-May-1914 – 3-Oct-1914: FictionMags Index

#merges with The Penny Pictorial Magazine

Publishers

  The Proprietors of The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC

Prices

  1d

Pagecounts

  48pp

Frequency

  weekly

Short Stories Magazine

 Country: UK
Total Issues: 16

A mixture of new short stories and reprints covering all genres.

Issues & Index Sources

  Dec-1980 – Mar/Apr-1982: FictionMags Index

Publishers

  Short Stories Magazine Ltd., Burgess Hill

Editors

  Dec-1980 – Jul-1981: Michael Nelson
  Aug-1981 – Mar/Apr-1982: John Ransley

Formats

  Dec-1980 – Aug-1981: large digest
  Oct-1981 – Mar/Apr-1982: large flat

Prices

  Dec-1980 – Aug-1981: 90p
  Oct-1981 – Mar/Apr-1982: £1.00

Pagecounts

  Dec-1980 – Jan-1981: 128pp
  Feb-1981 – Mar-1981: 112pp
  Apr-1981: 100pp
  May-1981 – Aug-1981: 96pp
  Oct-1981 – Feb-1982: 80pp
  Mar/Apr-1982: 60pp

Frequency

  monthly, last issue bimonthly

Short Stories Quarterly

 Country: US

Quarterly compendium of stories previously published in Short Stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  1898? – ?: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   The Short Stories Company, Ltd., 33 Liberty Street, New York
Frequency:   quarterly

Short Story

 Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 2006 – 2009
Website:   www.shortstoryreview.org
Publishers:   Short Story, P.O. Box 50567, Columbia, SC 29250
Editors:   Caroline Lord
Prices:   $6
Frequency:   twice-yearly

Short Story Digest

 Country: US
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  Spring 1991 – 1992
Publishers:   BWC Publishing, Richardson, Texas
Editors:   Wayne Caldwell
Formats:   digest
Prices:   $2.50

Short Story International

 Country: US
Total Issues: ?+116=?

Published short stories from around the world

Issues & Index Sources

  Nov-1963 – Jan-1966: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
  Apr-1977 – 1997: Short Story Index (Missing: #1 - #10)
FictionMags Index

Publishers

  1963 – 1966: Short Story International, Inc, 240 West 40 St, New York, NY 10018
  1977 – 1997: International Cultural Exchange

Editors

  1963 – 1966: Samuel Tankel
  1977 – 1997: Sylvia Tankel

Formats

  digest

Prices

  1964 – 1965: 50c
  1977 – 1997: $2.50 to $2.95

Pagecounts

  1963 – 1966: 160pp
  1977 – 1997: 168pp

Frequency

  1963 – 1966: monthly
  1977 – 1997: bimonthly

Short Story Magazine

 Country: Australia
Total Issues: 107

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1944? – Jun-1953: FictionMags Index (incomplete)
Publishers:   Invincible Press, Sydney
Formats:   digest
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   128pp
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Short Story Monthly

 Country: UK
Total Issues: 9

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1981 – Jun-1982: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   Short Story Monthly, Ardmoray, Methven Road, Whitecraigs, Glasgow G46
Formats:   digest
Prices:   80p
Pagecounts:   80pp

Short Story Quarterly

 see under Pacific Short Story Club Magazine

A Shot in the Dark

 Country: UK
Total Issues: 15+10=25

Started as a print magazine under the title A Shot in the Dark, was then renamed to Shots and became an online ezine from 2002. Mainly a non-fiction fanzine which published occasional fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jun-1994 – Winter 1997/1998: Crime Fiction Index
  Spring 1998 – Summer 2001, as Shots: Crime Fiction Index

Website:   www.shotsmag.co.uk

Publishers

  Jun-1994 – Winter 1997/1998: The Shot in the Dark Collective, 32 High Street, Bonsall, Derbyshire
  Spring 1998 – Summer 2001: Shots Collective, Woodford Green, Essex

Editors

  Jun-1994 – Winter 1996/1997: Bob Cartwright
  Spring 1997 – Summer 2001: Mike Stotter

Formats

  Jun-1994 – Summer 1996: A5
  Autumn 1996 – Summer 2001: A5

Prices

  £2.95 (first issue was a free preview issue)

Pagecounts

  Jun-1994: 48pp
  Sep-1994 – Mar-1995: 64pp
  Jun-1995 – Sep-1995: 72pp
  Winter 1995 – Summer 1996: 64pp
  Autumn 1996 – Autumn 1997: 48pp
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Show (1960s)

 Country: US

Subtitled "the magazine of entertainment and the arts", this occasionally published condensed (fiction) books and short stories by authors such as Robert Sheckley, as well as articles by authors such as Robert Silverberg and Robert Bloch.

Issues & Index Sources

  ? – Nov-1973: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers

  ? – 1968: The Longines Symphonette Society, Larchmont, NY
  Jan-1970 – Nov-1973: H & R Publications, Hollywood

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