Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine    (about)
Irregular crime magazine featuring a blend of fiction and non-fiction about Sherlock Holmes (including Conan Doyle reprints) and unrelated stories. Website: www.wildsidepress.com. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, Winter 2008 (Wildside Press, $9.95, 142pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, Spring 2009 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 132pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, Winter 2009/2010 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 143pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, Winter 2010 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 178pp, tp, cover by Chris Watson) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, Spring 2011 (Wildside Press, $12.00, 192pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, #6, Summer 2011 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 144pp, tp, cover by Chris Watson) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, #7, Spring 2012 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 137pp, tp, cover by Fyodor Pavlov) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, #8, Fall 2012 (Wildside Press, 154pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, #9, July/August 2013 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 144pp, tp, cover by Thomas Gianni) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, #10, September/October 2013 (Wildside Press, $10.00, tp, cover by Jeff Doten) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, #11, January/February 2014 (Wildside Press, $10.00, tp, cover by Thomas Gianni) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, #12, March/April 2014 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 150pp, tp, cover by Ankdesign) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, #13, May/June 2014 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 150pp, tp, cover by Mark Wheatley) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, #14, July/August 2014 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 160pp, tp, cover by Sebastien Annoni) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #5, #15, December 2014 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 160pp, tp, cover by Dessie) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #6, #16, April 2015 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 132pp, cover by Fyodor Pavlov) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, #17, 2015 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 140pp, cover by Thomas Gianni) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, #18, 2015 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 136pp, cover by D. Lobo) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, #19, February 2016 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 136pp, cover by Wolf Forrest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #5, #20, June 2016 (Wildside Press, $15.00, 208pp, cover by Ivan Murgia) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #6, #21, (October) 2016 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 148pp, tp, cover by Elena Betti) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, #22, (March) 2017 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 132pp, tp, cover by Russell Thornton) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, #23, (October) 2017 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 184pp, tp, cover by Elena Betti) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, #24, (March) 2018 (Wildside Press, $10.00, 136pp, tp, cover by Matias del Carmine) (Contents)

Shock    (about)
Short-lived pulp magazine concentrating on off-trail weird-mystery stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, March 1948 (New Publications, Inc., 15¢, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, May 1948 (New Publications, Inc., 15¢, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, July 1948 (New Publications, Inc., 15¢, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, September 1948 (unpublished) (pulp) (Contents)

Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales:    (about)
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.

Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1960 (Winston Publications, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, July 1960 (Winston Publications Inc., 35¢, 130pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, September 1960 (35¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)

Shock Mystery Tales Magazine
Title changed from Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v2 #1, December 1961 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, March 1962 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1962 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, July 1962 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, October 1962 (35¢, 84pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, December 1962 (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v3 #1, February 1963 (35¢, 84pp, quarto) (Contents)

Shots:    (about)
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.

A Shot in the Dark
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ #0, June 1994 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, free, 48pp, A5, cover by Maurice Ingham) (Contents)
• ___ #1, September 1994 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 64pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #2, December 1994 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 64pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #3, March 1995 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 62pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #4, June 1995 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 70pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #5, September 1995 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 70pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #6, Winter 1995 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 62pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #7, Spring 1996 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 62pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #8, Summer 1996 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 62pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #9, Autumn 1996 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 46pp, A4) (Contents)
• ___ #10, Winter 1996/1997 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 46pp, A4) (Contents)
• ___ #11, Spring 1997 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 46pp, A4) (Contents)
• ___ #12, Summer 1997 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 48pp, A4) (Contents)
• ___ #13, Autumn 1997 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 46pp, A4) (Contents)
• ___ #14, Winter 1997/1998 (A Shot in the Dark Collective, £2.95, 48pp, A4) (Contents)

Shots
Title Changed from A Shot in the Dark. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, Spring 1998 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, Summer 1998 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, Autumn 1998 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, Winter 1998 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, Spring 1999 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, Winter 1999 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #7, Spring 2000 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #8, Winter 2000 (Shots Collective, £3.50, 40pp, A4) (Contents)
• ___ #9, Spring 2001 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)
• ___ #10, Summer 2001 (Shots Collective, A4) (Contents)

Sizzling Detective Mysteries    (about)
--- see under Snappy Detective Mysteries.

Skullduggery:    (about)
A short-lived small-press magazine that ran for 8 issues under the title Skullduggery and then a further 4 issues under the title Spiderweb

Skullduggery
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1980 ($2.00, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, April 1980 ($2.00, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, May 1980 ($2.00, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, June 1980 ($2.00, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, #5, Winter 1981 ($2.50, 60pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, #6, Spring 1981 (Skullduggery, $2.50, 68pp, digest, cover by Doreen Greeley) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, #7, Summer 1981 ($2.50, 68pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, #8, Fall 1981 ($2.50, 68pp, digest) (Contents)

Spiderweb
Title changed from Skullduggery. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, #1, Winter 1982 (Corsair Press, $2.50, 76pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, #2, Spring 1982 (Corsair Press, $2.50, 76pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, #3, Summer 1982 (Corsair Press, $2.50, 76pp, digest, cover by Frank Hamilton) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, #4, Fall 1982 (Corsair Press, $2.50, 76pp, digest) (Contents)

Sleuth Magazine    (about)
• ___ v1 #1, August 2015 (The Copper Pig Writers Society, $7.99, 154pp, tp, cover by Cheyne Allen) (Contents)

Sleuthhound    (about)
Elusive small press crime magazine that was a companion and/or successor to Whispering Willow Mysteries that ran for at least four issues, each labelled with names like “Hawk Edition” as well as being dated. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, 1997 (quarto, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, Spring (March) 1998 (quarto, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v2 #2, (Autumn) 1998 (Whispering Willow Ltd., $5.95, quarto, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)
• ___ Winter 1998/1999 (Whispering Willow Ltd., $5.95, 32pp, quarto, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)

Sleuth Mystery Magazine    (about)
Published “in cooperation with the Mystery Writers of America, Inc.”, Sleuth Mystery Magazine provided light-hearted, crime-adventure vignettes by well-known writers, in much the same style as Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. It folded after only two issues, possibly because of distribution problems. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, October 1958 (35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Reese Brandt) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1958 (35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Reese Brandt) (Contents)

Slick Detective Yarns    (about)
One-shot thin magazine, reprinting stories from Black Hood Detective and Crack Detective (Pub. Info.)
• ___ (June 1951) (Gerald G. Swan, 3d, 20pp) (Contents)

Smashing Detective    (about)
Another thin Australian digest about which very little is known. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, 1954 (digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v1 #2, 1954 (1/-, digest) (Contents)

Smashing Detective Stories:    (about)
One of the last detective pulps to be launched, Smashing Detective Stories featured hard-action stories of mystery and detection. After 27 issues the magazine title changed to Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories but only 3 more pulp issues were published under this title, followed by 3 digest issues. From July 1956 to November 1956, the title on the cover read Smashing Detective but the title on the masthead was consistently Smashing Detective Stories throughout.

Smashing Detective Stories
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, March 1951 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June 1951 (25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, September 1951 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, December 1951 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 130pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, March 1952 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, June 1952 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, September 1952 (25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, December 1952 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 130pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, March 1953 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, June 1953 (25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, September 1953 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, December 1953 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, March 1954 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, June 1954 (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, September 1954 (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, December 1954 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, March 1955 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, May 1955 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, July 1955 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, September 1955 (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, November 1955 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, January 1956 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #5, March 1956 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #6, May 1956 (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, July 1956 (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 98pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, September 1956 (25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, November 1956 (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) (Contents)

Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories
Title changed from Smashing Detective Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v5 #4, January 1957 (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #5, March 1957 (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #6, May 1957 (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, August 1957 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, November 1957 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, February 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)

Smashing Detective Stories (UK)    (about)
British reprint edition of Smashing Detective Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/6d, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #3 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #4 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #5 (1952) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #6 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #7 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #8 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #9 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #10 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #11 (195?) (Hermitage Publications, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) (Contents)

Snappy Detective Mysteries:    (about)
Short-lived risque companion to Snappy/Sizzling Romances and similar names.

Snappy Detective Mysteries
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1935 (Edmar Publishing Co. Inc.; New York, 25¢, 64pp, small bedsheet s/s, cover by Geo. Quintana) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June 1935 (Edmar Publishing Co. Inc., 25¢, 68pp, pulp) (Contents)

Sizzling Detective Mysteries
Title Changed from Snappy Detective Mysteries. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #3, July 1935 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1935 (Nudeal Publishing Co. Inc., 25¢, 68pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, September 1935 (Nudeal Publishing Co. Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)

Snappy Detective Stories    (about)
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. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, July 1934 (Trojan Publishing Corp., 16pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, May 1935 (Culture Publications, Inc., 36pp, pulp) (Contents)

Snappy Mystery Stories    (about)
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. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, July 1934 (16pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, May 1935 (36pp, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Soldier Stories    (about)
--- see under Detective Classics.

Speakeasy Stories    (about)
One of several gangster pulps published by Harold B. Hersey. However, by the time it was published, in 1931, public interest in gangsters was fading and it only lasted for four issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, April-May 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June-July 1931 (Good Story Magazine Co. Inc., 20¢, 124pp+, pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, August-September 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, October-November 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)