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Magazine Issues

Special Detective Cases

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources

1937 – ?

Publishers

1948 – mid 1950s: Detective House Inc., 114 E. 32nd St., New York, NY, and 441 Lexington Ave., New York, NY
in 1950s: Skye Publishing Co., 270 Park Ave., New York, NY, 60 W 46th St., New York, NY, and Louisville, KY

Frequency

bimonthly

Special Detective Cases (Canada)

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1941 – ?

Publishers: Magazine Publishing House of Canada (Aug-1941 - 1945); Pastime Publications (1946-1947); Merchants House (Jan-1948); Alval Publishers of Canada (1948-1950)

Special Detective Yearbook

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Special Garvice Library

Total Issues: 5

Issues & Index Sources: 1900 – 1910

Publishers: Mutual Book Co.
Sources: Dime Novel Bibliography

Special Report - Fiction

A short-lived product of Whittle Communication LP which flourished in the early '90s, as part of a set of SPECIAL REPORT magazines explicitly aimed at doctors' offices and similar sites.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1990s

Publishers: Whittle Communication LP
Formats: slick bedsheet

Spectacle

A quarterly illustrated fiction and lifestyle magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 2018 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Spectacle Media Inc.
Editors:   Kevin Hale & Danny Dumas
Website:   www.spectacle.com

The Spectator [1711]

Total Issues: 555+80=635

Mayo says: "On the whole the Spectator published less fiction than the Tatler, perhaps because it gave increased emphasis to literary criticism. Nevertheless The Spectator did make one new and significant addition to the repertory of 18thC magazine fiction: the oriental tale." Examples are "The Vision of Mirza", "The Letter from a Monkey", "The Story of Hilpa".

Issues & Index Sources

1-Mar-1711 – 6-Dec-1712:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

1714

Publishers

Addison & Steele, London

Editors

Addison & Steele

Frequency

daily

Sources: British Literary Magazines Vol. 1

The Spectator [1828]

Primarily a Conservative political weekly, but still publishes the occasional short story, e.g. "Birthday and Christmas" by Tim Parks (18-Dec-1999).

Issues & Index Sources

1828 – present:	Index to Periodical Literature	(Poole 1882 - 1906 only; FicMags sample issue only)
	FictionMags Index	(Poole 1882 - 1906 only; FicMags sample issue only)

Publishers

Robert Stephen Rintoul, London

Editors

  1861 – 1897: R.H. Hutton
  1898 – 1925: John St Loe Strachey
  in 1962: Iain Hamilton
  ?: Dominic Lawson
  in 1997: Frank Johnson
  in 2000: Boris Johnson

Frequency

  weekly

Sources:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 2
Website:   www.spectator.co.uk

Spectra-Foundation Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1989 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Team Spectra/Foundation, NY (BantamDoubledayDell)
Editors:   Lou Aronica
Formats:   US Quarto
Prices:   free
Pagecounts:   24pp
Frequency:   Three times annually

Spectral Realms

Total Issues: 11 (to Summer 2019)

Journal devoted to weird poetry.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 2014 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #11, Summer 2019)

Publishers:   Hippocampus Press
Editors:   S.T. Joshi
Website:   www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms



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Spectral Tales

Total Issues: 2

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1988 – #2, 1989:

Science Fiction Index


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Spectra Magazine

Total Issues: 5?

Digital downloadable magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-2010 – Feb-2011?

Publishers: AndrewsUK, Ltd., Luton, Bedfordshire
Editors: Fraser MacInnes and Spanner Spencer

Spectra Pulse

Total Issues: 2

Promotional magazine for the Bantam Dell Publishing Group.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring/Summer 2008 – Fall/Winter 2008:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Bantam Dell Publishing Group
Editors:   Melody Johnson
Formats:   US Quarto
Prices:   free
Pagecounts:   32pp

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Spectrum

Issues & Index Sources

Winter 1957 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

University of California, Santa Barbara

Editors

Georgia Pearce (in 1959)

Frequency

  1957 – 1975: three times a year
  1976 – 1982: twice a year
  1983 – ?: annual

Spectrum SF

Total Issues: 9

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 2000 – #9, 2002:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

Spectrum Publishing, Aberdeen

Editors

Paul Fraser

Formats

digest

Prices

2000 – 2002: £3.50
2002: £3.99

Pagecounts

160pp

Frequency

2000 – 2002: roughly quarterly
2002: irregular

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Spectrum Stories

Total Issues: 1

Semi-professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1985:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Wonder Press, Louisville, KY
Editors:   Walter L. Gammons
Formats:   A4 size (spiral bound)
Prices:   $3.95
Pagecounts:   96pp


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