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Sherlock Holmes Detective Library (Royal)

Country: US
Total Issues: 65

"This series of fascinating stories, by the greatest modern detective writers, is printed in large, clear type, on good paper, with artistic covers, and of a size convenient for the pocket."

Issues & Index Sources: 1900 – 1910:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Royal Publishing Co., 528 Locust St., Philadelphia
Formats:   7 1/16 x 5¼"
Prices:   25c; later editions advertised at 10c
Pagecounts:   175 to 200pp
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Sherlock Holmes Detective Library (Ottenheimer)

Country: US
Total Issues: 60

Believed to have been remainders from Royal Publishing Company sold by Ottenheimer

Issues & Index Sources: 1910s:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   I & M Ottenheimer, 321 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD
Prices:   10c
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Sherlock Holmes Detective Library (White)

Country: US
Total Issues: 50

Believed they are similar in every way to the Sherlock Holmes Detective Library published by Royal Publishing Co.

Issues & Index Sources: 1911 – 1914?:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   J. White, 29 Causeway St., Boston
Formats:   7 x 5"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   250
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

The Sherlock Holmes Gazette

see under Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine

Sherlock Holmes Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 42

Issues & Index Sources:  1900 – 1910

Publishers:   Royal
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 34 (as at Apr-2025)

Irregular crime magazine featuring a blend of fiction and non-fiction about Sherlock Holmes (including Conan Doyle reprints) and unrelated stories.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 2008 – present:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #34, Mar-2025)

Website:   wildsidepress.com/sherlock-holmes-mystery-magazine
Publishers:   Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr, #234, Rockville, MD
Editors:   Marvin Kaye
Formats:   trade paperback
Prices:   $10.00
Pagecounts:   132pp
Frequency:   irregular



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Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 68

Issues #1-#20 carried no fiction; thereafter one story per issue. Announced in Feb-2007 as having "finally folded".

Issues & Index Sources

4-May-1991 – #20, 1997, as The Sherlock Holmes Gazette:

Crime Fiction Index

#21, 1997 – #46, 2002, as Sherlock Holmes: The Detective Magazine:

Crime Fiction Index

#47, 2002 – #68, 2006, as Sherlock:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

  4-May-1991 – #6, 1992: Theme Publications, Weymouth (Elizabeth Wiggins)
  Summer 1993 – Autumn 1993: Robert Godfrey
  Summer 1994 – #20, 1997: Peter Harkness, Wargrave
  #21, 1997 – #55, 2003: PMH Publications, Chichester
  #56, 2003 – #68, 2006: Atlas Publishing, Jordan House, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 6QJ (Mark Coleman)

Editors

  4-May-1991 – Autumn 1993: Elizabeth Wiggins
  Summer 1994 – #15, 1996: Eddie Bissell
  #16, 1996 – #65, 2005: David Stuart Davies
  Jun-2005: Teddy Hayes
  #67, 2006 – #68, 2006: David Stuart Davies

Formats

quarto

Prices

£2.50

Pagecounts

48pp

Frequency

ten-weekly



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Shield Detective Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 17

Issues & Index Sources:  1910 – 1915: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose Street, New York, NY
Formats:   7 1/8 x 4 7/8"
Pagecounts:   200 to 300
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Shield Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 37

Issues & Index Sources:  1894 – 1895

Publishers:   Street & Smith (New York)
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Shield Weekly

Country: US
Total Issues: 22

Non-fiction account of the exploits of various detectives, later rewritten as Nick Carter stories.

Issues & Index Sources: 8-Dec-1900 – 4-May-1901:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Street & Smith, 238 William St., New York
Formats:   10 1/8 x 6 7/8"
Prices:   5c
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   weekly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

The Shilling Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 13?

An illustrated miscellany of literature. Note: This is not the same as Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine (Jan-1845 - Jun-1848), which carried some fiction but was mostly articles, poetry, reviews and much satire.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1865 – 1867

Editors: Samuel Lucas

Shimmer

Country: US
Total Issues: 46

"A speculative fiction magazine, published quarterly. Each issue will contain new fiction from emerging and established writers. We are more concerned with excellent writing than with genre boundaries - so you'll find fantasy, science fiction, horror, magical realism, and stories that defy categorization."

Went online after #18.

Issues & Index Sources: Autumn 2005 – Nov-2018:

Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.shimmerzine.com
Publishers:   PO Box 58591, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-0591
Editors:   Joy Marchand
Prices:   $5.00
Frequency:   quarterly



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Shiny

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 6

Semi-professional downloadable magazine for young adults.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 2007 – #6, 2009

Website:   shinymag.blogspot.com
Publishers:   Twelfth Planet Press, Yokine, Western Australia
Editors:   Alisa Krasnostein & Tansy Roberts

Shiver

Country: Canada

"The Magazine for Active Minds Bent On Twisting Others"

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1996 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Shiver Publications, P.O. Box 178, Surrey V3T 4W8, British Columbia, Canada
Editors: Tracy L. Craigen

Shock [1948]

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Short-lived pulp magazine concentrating on off-trail weird-mystery stories.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1948 – Jul-1948:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 2

Publishers:   New Publications imprint of Popular Publications
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   96pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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Shock [1960]

Country: US
Total Issues: 3+7=10

The magazine started as a companion to Keyhole Mystery under the title Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales, but only lasted for three issues, during which it reprinted classic stories from authors like Theodore Sturgeon, Henry Kuttner and Jack London.

After a brief hiatus it was resurrected by a different publisher as a weird-menace companion to Web Terror Stories under the title Shock Mystery Tales.

Issues & Index Sources

May-1960 – Sep-1960, as Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales:	Crime Fiction Index
	Science Fiction Index

Dec-1961 – Feb-1963, as Shock Mystery Tales Magazine:	Crime Fiction Index	(Missing: Dec-1962 - may not exist)
	Science Fiction Index	(Missing: Dec-1962 - may not exist)

Publishers

May-1960 – Sep-1960: Winston Publications
Dec-1961 – Feb-1963: Pontiac Publishing

Editors

Dec-1961 – Feb-1963: Bart Anders

Formats

May-1960 – Jul-1962: digest
Oct-1962 – Feb-1963: large flat format

Prices

35c

Pagecounts

May-1960 – Jul-1962: 128pp
Oct-1962 – Feb-1963: 96pp

Frequency

bimonthly

Mentioned in: Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Shocking Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 6

Issues & Index Sources:  May-2017 – Nov-2020: Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.rainfallsite.com/Chapbooks01.html
Publishers:   Rainfall Books
Editors:   John B. Ford & Steve Lines
Formats:   A5
Prices:   £4.00



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