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Startling Mystery This issue reprints a selection of stories from the first issue of the American edition. It was probably the only British issue.
Publishers: Pemberton’s (of Manchester), Ltd.; Manchester, England: Startling Mystery
Startling Mystery [No#, No Date (probably early 1940’s)] (1’-, 64pp+, pulp) 2 · Flesh for the Flame Worshiper · Francis James · nv Startling Mystery Magazine Feb ’40 22 · Isle of Purple Death · Glenn Harper · nv Startling Mystery Magazine Feb ’40 40 · Tree that Grew in Hell · A. Chay · ss Startling Mystery Magazine Feb ’40 45 · Drink for the Damned · Donald Dale · ss Startling Mystery Magazine Feb ’40 53 · The Blood Farm · Russell Gray · nv Startling Mystery Magazine Feb ’40
Startling Stories
Startling Stories [v27 #1, August 1952] ed. Samuel Mines (Better Publications, 25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Earle K. Bergey) “Today’s Science Fiction—Tomorrow’s Fact” [TM] 6 · The Ether Vibrates · Samuel Mines · ed 8 · letter · D. Y. Cummins · lt; (“Ethergrams”). 11 · Hey, Ma...There Goes a Spaceman! · Anon. · es 12 · The Lovers · Philip José Farmer · na; illus. Virgil Finlay 64 · Major Venture and the Missing Satellite · Charles E. Fritch · ss; (Major Venture—a parody of Captain Future).; illus. Alex Schomburg 74 · The Hour of the Mortals · Kendell Foster Crossen · nv; illus. Alex Schomburg 95 · Family Tree · Boyd Ellanby · ss; (illus. ?Peter P?) 101 · Noise · Jack Vance · ss; illus. ? 110 · Page and Player · Harry Neal · ss; illus. ? 126 · Here Lies Bottlethwaite · Dave Dryfoos · vi; illus. ? 130 · letter · Gregg Calkins · lt 131 · letter · Marvin Williams · lt 132 · letter with poem · Barrie Fletcher & Andy Anderson · lt 132 · letter · Ray Capella, Jr. · lt 133 · letter · Philip José Farmer · lt 134 · letter · Ed Seibel · lt 135 · letter · Johnny Wasso · lt 135 · letter · Joe Gibson · lt 136 · letter · L. W. Carpenter · lt 136 · letter · Norman G. Browne · lt 137 · letter · Winsome Willie · lt 137 · letter · J. Martin Graetz · lt; (“KENDALL FOSTER CROSSEN IS THE GREATEST SCIENCE FICTION HUMORIST OF ALL TIME!!!”). 138 · letter · Larry Ketcham · lt 138 · letter with poem · Eugene D. Pushkin · lt 138 · letter · R. W. Durham · lt 140 · letter · John Huff · lt 140 · letter · Ingram McCallum · lt 141 · Review of the Current Science Fiction Fan Publications · Jerome Bixby · fr 141 · Current Science Fiction, Ronald S. Friedman · Jerome Bixby · fr 142 · Oopsla, Gregg Calkins · Jerome Bixby · fr 143 · Science-Fiction Advertiser, Roy Squires · Jerome Bixby · fr 143 · Spaceship, Robert Silverberg · Jerome Bixby · fr 143 · Blacklist, Gordon L. Black · Jerome Bixby · fr 144 · Confusion, Lynn Haven · Jerome Bixby · fr 144 · Indiana Fantasy, Ray Beam and Lee Tremper · Jerome Bixby · fr 144 · Fantasias, David English · Jerome Bixby · fr 145 · Adozine, W. C. Butts · Jerome Bixby · fr 145 · The Voyage of the SF52, Richard Lupoff · Jerome Bixby · fr
Startling Stories (UK)
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 1, (1950)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp+, pulp) Partial reprint of the Winter 1946 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. 2 · Outlaw World [Captain Future (Curt Newton)] · Edmond Hamilton · na Startling Stories Win ’46 51 · The Forgotten Man of Space · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Wonder Stories Apr ’33 The Futuremen: ___ 60 · Grag’s Pet, the Moon Pup · Anon. · vi Startling Stories Win ’46
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 2, (1950)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Partial reprint of the March 1946 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. 2 · Valley of the Flame · Keith Hammond · na Startling Stories Mar ’46 50 · Twelve Hours to Live! · Jack Williamson · ss Wonder Stories Aug ’31 55 · Shadow Over Venus · Frank Belknap Long · ss Startling Stories Mar ’46
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 3, (1950)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Partial reprint of the Summer 1946 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. 2 · The Dark World · Henry Kuttner · na Startling Stories Sum ’46 47 · The Man with X-Ray Eyes · Edmond Hamilton · ss Wonder Stories Nov ’33 54 · Planet of the Black Dust · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories Sum ’46
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 4, (December 1950)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the September 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. 2 · The Cybernetic Brains · Raymond F. Jones · na Startling Stories Sep ’50 56 · The Harpers of Titan [Captain Future (Curt Newton)] · Edmond Hamilton · nv Startling Stories Sep ’50
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 5, (July 1951)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, pulp, cover by Bergey) Partial reprint of the USA May 1951 issue. [PSP] · The Seed from Space · Fletcher Pratt · na Startling Stories May ’51
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 6, (November 1951)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, pulp, cover by Bergey) Partial reprint of the USA May and July 1951 issues. [PSP] · The Woman from Altair · Leigh Brackett · nv Startling Stories Jul ’51 · Witch War · Richard Matheson · ss Startling Stories Jul ’51 · Letters of Fire · Matt Lee · na Startling Stories May ’51
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 7, (June 1952)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, pulp, cover by Bergey) Partial reprint of the USA July and September 1951 issues. [PSP] · This Way to Mars · William Campbell Gault · nv Startling Stories Sep ’51 · The Masquerade on Dicantropus · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories Sep ’51 · Yes, Sir! · H. B. Fyfe · ss Startling Stories Sep ’51 · The White Fruit of Banaldar · John D. MacDonald · ss Startling Stories Sep ’51 · The Last Story · Alexander Samalman · vi Startling Stories Sep ’51 · The Ultimate Engine · Carter Sprague · ss Startling Stories Jul ’51 · Students — Bone Up on Oxygen! · Matt Lee · ms Startling Stories Jul ’51
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 8, (August 1952)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 68pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. 4 · The Last Days of Shandakor · Leigh Brackett · nv Startling Stories Apr ’52 25 · The Intruder · Oliver Saari · ss Startling Stories Apr ’52 37 · Tame Me This Beast · Robert Moore Williams · ss Startling Stories May ’51 46 · Birthplace of Creation [Captain Future (Curt Newton)] · Edmond Hamilton · nv Startling Stories May ’51 65 · How’s Your Voltage? · The Editor · ar (r)
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 9, (October 1952)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 84pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the May 1952 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. 4 · The Hellflower · George O. Smith · na Startling Stories May ’52
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 10, (December 1952)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, pulp, cover by Jack Coggins) Partial reprint of the USA October 1952 issue. [PSP] · Asylum Earth · Bruce Elliott · na Startling Stories Oct ’52 · The Guided Man · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Startling Stories Oct ’52
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 11, 1953] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 66pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the November 1952 (US) issue, plus two stories from the May 1952 (US) issue. Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 4 · Proposal · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Startling Stories Nov ’52 18 · The Crook in Time · R. J. McGregor · nv Startling Stories Nov ’52 35 · Operation Bats · Lewis Island · ar Startling Stories Nov ’52 36 · Some Like It Cold · Dave Dryfoos · ss Startling Stories Nov ’52 43 · Video-Technics · Pat Jones · cl (r) 44 · The Night the World Turned Over · Joel Townsley Rogers · nv Startling Stories Nov ’52 57 · Take a Seat · Eric Frank Russell · vi Startling Stories May ’52 62 · From Outer Space · Robert Zacks · ss Startling Stories May ’52
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 12, 1953] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 66pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the December 1952 (US) issue. Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 6 · The Long View [Uller] · Fletcher Pratt · na Startling Stories Dec ’52 48 · The Children · Miriam Allen de Ford · nv Startling Stories Dec ’52
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 13, 1953] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 66pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the January 1953 (US) issue. Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 4 · Double Meaning · Damon Knight · na Startling Stories Jan ’53 52 · The Boy with Five Fingers · James E. Gunn · vi Startling Stories Jan ’53 57 · My Old Venusian Home · Kendell Foster Crossen · ss Startling Stories Jan ’53
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 14, (September 1953)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, pulp, cover by Emsh) Partial reprint of the USA January and February 1953 issues. [PSP] · Three-Legged Joe · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories Jan ’53 · Overdrive · Murray Leinster · nv Startling Stories Jan ’53 · No Charge to Membership · Roger Dee · ss Startling Stories Jan ’53 · Button, Button · Isaac Asimov · ss Startling Stories Jan ’53 · Who’s Cribbing? · Jack Lewis · ss Startling Stories Jan ’53 · Sestina of the Space Rocket · Philip José Farmer · pm Startling Stories Feb ’53
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 15, 1953] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 66pp, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 4 · Here Lie We · Fox B. Holden · nv Startling Stories Jun ’53 22 · Imperfection · Leslie Waltham · ss Startling Stories Jun ’53 26 · Obsolescence, Inc. · Dixon Wells · ms Startling Stories Jun ’53 27 · The Black Deep Thou Wingest · Robert F. Young · ss Startling Stories Jun ’53 32 · The Magnetic Monster · Anon. · mr (r) 34 · Video-Technics · Pat Jones · cl (r) 35 · The Monkey’s Fingers · Isaac Asimov · ss Startling Stories Feb ’53 42 · Can Mechanical Brains Have Consciousness? · Gotthard Gunther · ar Startling Stories Feb ’53 53 · Definition · Damon Knight · ss Startling Stories Feb ’53 66 · The Book of the Dead · H. H. West · ss Startling Stories Dec ’52
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 16, (January 1954)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, pulp, cover by Schomburg) Partial reprint of the USA April and December 1952 issues. [PSP] · Love that Air! · Kendell Foster Crossen · nv Startling Stories Dec ’52 · Whoever You Are · Judith Merril · nv Startling Stories Dec ’52 · Looking for Something? · Frank Herbert · ss Startling Stories Apr ’52 · Sail On! Sail On! · Philip José Farmer · ss Startling Stories Dec ’52 · Show Me the Way to Go Home · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Startling Stories Dec ’52
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 17, (March 1954)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, pulp, cover by Walter Popp) Partial reprint of the USA October 1953 and January 1954 issues. [PSP] · Overload · Ed M. Clinton, Jr. · nv Startling Stories Oct ’53 · His Head in the Clouds · Kendell Foster Crossen · ss Startling Stories Jan ’54 · Escape · Joseph Shallit · ss Startling Stories Jan ’54 · The Unprey Spray · Joseph Slotkin · vi Startling Stories Jan ’54 · A Present for Pat · Philip K. Dick · ss Startling Stories Jan ’54 · The Monitor · Margaret St. Clair · ss Startling Stories Jan ’54
Startling Stories (UK) [No. 18, 1954] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 66pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the Spring 1954 (US) issue. Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 4 · The Houses of Iszm · Jack Vance · na Startling Stories Spr ’54 43 · Little Enos · Charles A. Stearns · ss Startling Stories Spr ’54 51 · Stop-Over · Robert F. Young · ss Startling Stories Spr ’54 55 · Submicroscopic Galaxy · A. Kulik · pm Startling Stories Spr ’54 56 · The Seetee Mind · Gotthard Gunther · ar Startling Stories Spr ’54 65 · How Long Will a Space Pilot Live? · G. Gnarlen · ar Startling Stories Spr ’54 66 · Coming: the Great Skyhook! · Norman B. Wiltsey · ms Startling Stories Spr ’54
Stim
Stim [# 1, October 2006] ed. Colin Wright (2and2is5 Design, 28pp) Note: magazine also available online at http://stimmag.com. from TOC. [TD] 3 · A Synopsis of the Destiny Model · Dr. Johnny Washington · ar 10 · And Then the Listeners Started Talking · Ron Davis · ar 17 · Lillith · Laura Nowlin · ss 24 · Bogart on Bogart and Life · Humphrey Bogart · ar (r)
Stirring Adventures
Stirring Adventures [v 1 #1, July 1941] (Manhattan Fiction Publications, 10¢, pulp) [PSP] · Vengeance Bay · George Armin Shaftel · ss · Lanimea Salvage · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss · Tabu - The Past · Fenton W. Earnshaw · ss · Stake · William P. McGivern · ss · The Quick Death of Oomoa · Herbert Dawson · ss · Where Blood Quickens · Arthur J. Burks · ss · Pirate Queen of Renegade Cove · Robert M. Williams · ss
Stirring Detective and Western Stories
Publishers: Albing Publications; New York: Stirring Detective and Western Stories
Stirring Detective and Western Stories [v 1 #1, November 1940] ed. Jerry Albert (15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Come and Get Me · Andrew I. Albert · ss · A Shield and a Club · Ken Crossen · ss · Snatch as Snatch Can · Harold Geller · ss · Attack in the Dark · E. D. Gardner · ss · The Corpse Can See · Paul Allenby · ss · The Sheriff’s Daughter · Martin Brand · ss · Poker Only · Wayne D. Overholser · ss · The Final Settlement · Jerry Albert · ss · Gun Chance · Anson Hard · ss · Trigger Hunt · Leon Walder · ss

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