Magazine Data File

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Magazine Issues

The Standing Stone

Country: Canada

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1990s

Publishers: Ebenrock Enerprises
Editors: Gordon R. Menzies, Ontario, Canada

Stanley Ellin's Mystery Magazine

Country: US

THIS DID NOT EXIST! USA; published "Fool's Mate" by Stanley Ellin, 1948

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1948

Staple New Writing

Country: UK

Mainstream poems and short stories.

Issues & Index Sources: 1982 – ?:

Index to Commonwealth Little Magazines

(1985 - 1986 only)

Publishers:   Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
Editors:   Bob Windsor & Donald Measham (in 1997)
Frequency:   quarterly

The Star

Country: UK

London evening newspaper that ran from 1888 to 1960.

The Star had a long tradition of publishing short stories and serials, with many well-known authors contributing their work to the paper down the years. Famous writers whose stories appeared in The Star include Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Arthur Conan Doyle, Israel Zangwill, Emile Zola, Walter de la Mare, Katharine Tynan, Ursula Bloom and Richmal Crompton. Fiction featured prominently in The Star for much of its lifespan.

Issues & Index Sources: 1888 – 1960:

An Index to the Fiction Published in The Star

Frequency: daily

Starbuck's Book of Romance

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  1882?: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Augustus Comstock, Long Island City, Queens, New York, NY
Formats:   10¾ x 8"
Pagecounts:   16
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Stardate [1984]

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

One-shot Star Trek fanzine published by Lois McMaster (Bujold) & Lillian Stewart (Carl).

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1968

Editors: Lois McMaster & Lillian Stewart
Related Sites: FanLore

Stardate [1984]

Country: US
Total Issues: 5+4+6+1=16

Stardate started as a gaming magazine, with no fiction. The focus changed radically with #8 (October 1985) and the 4 issues to #11 (March/April 1986) published a fair amount of fiction. It then reverted to a gaming magazine with no fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1984 – Feb-1985

Aug-1985 – Mar/Apr-1986:

Science Fiction Index

Feb-1987 – Winter 1987

Jan-1988, as Stardrive

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



Issue Checklist

Star Detective Cases

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: 1950 – 1958

Star Detective Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 11+5=16

Star Detective was a weird menace pulp that ran for 11 issues in the late 1930s before being replaced by Uncanny Tales, which ran for a further 5 issues.

Issues & Index Sources

May-1935 – Nov-1938:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Apr/May-1939 – May-1940, as Uncanny Tales:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

May-1935 – Nov-1938: Western Fiction (Martin Goodman)
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: Manvis Publications

Editors

May-1935 – Nov-1938: James Randall
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: Robert O. Erisman

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

May-1935 – Nov-1938: 25c
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: 15c

Pagecounts

May-1935 – Nov-1938: 196pp
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: 112pp

Frequency

irregular, though vaguely quarterly

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



Issue Checklist

Stardock [1968]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

The fourth issue wasn't published, but 15 copies were run off for the use of the editorial team.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1968 – Aug-1970:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: Aug-1968; Jan-1970)

Publishers: Gothique Publications, 5 St. Johns Wood Terrace, St. Johns Wood, London NW8
Editors: Jean Dempsey, David Griffiths, Ernest Harris, Stan Nichols & Derek Stokes