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World’s Greatest Stories [v 1 # 7, August 1928] (pulp) [VB]

Worlds of Horror Worlds of Horror was a British horror magazine, mostly concerned with horror films but occasionally dipping into horror fiction. They ran a couple of stories per issue and, for a couple of issues, also ran true-life adventures (reprinted from elsewhere, I suspect).
           The first issue had “bimonthly” emblazoned on the cover but was undated; from issue 2 it was “monthly”, although the editorial indicated that there was a gap in the run between issues 3 and 4 due to industrial action. I’ve tried to nail down dates based on adverts but the issue could have come out one month either way, so treat with caution.
           The listed publisher was Gresham Publishing Group, 344/360 South Lambeth Road, London S.W.8; from issue 2 this became Dallruth Publishing Group, 344 South Lambeth Road, Stockwell, London S.W.8.
           No editorial staff were listed in the first issue, although I suspect the first was probably the same crew who were listed in issue 2 which informs us that Gent Shaw was editor and Lee Kennedy was associate editor. The editorial chair was taken over by Boadicea K. Bathory from issue 8. I’ve got a feeling that both Gent Shaw and Boadicea K. Bathory were pseudonyms.
           A number of other magazines were advertised from the same stable: Issue 1 had an advert for New Occult, “the only monthly journal to deal seriously with all aspects of the occult,” which also “includes two gripping tales of the supernatural”. The second issue advertises two other magazines: Witchcraft and Mystic, both on sale monthly and both, possibly, also containing fiction.
           All the articles were anonymous. The following listing covers the fiction only (and the two “true” stories which were probably also fiction).

Worlds of Horror [#1, nd (Aug 1974)] (25p, 64pp, cover photo) [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#2, nd (Oct 1974)] (30p, 64pp, cover photo) Note: ad for The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires “all over London from October 6”. Mentions material published in the August 3-9 issue of Radio Times. [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#3, nd (Nov 1974)] (30p, 64pp, cover photo) Note: ad for Horror & Fantasy in the Cinema by Tom Hutchinson published October 17. Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires “now on general release”; Planet of the Apes TV show “first screened October 13”. [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#4, nd (Feb 1975)] (30p, 64pp, cover photo) Note: competition closes 30 January 1975 but the following issue notes that the issue appeared late due to industrial action. [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#5, nd (Mar 1975)] (30p, 64pp, cover photo) [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#6, nd (Apr 1975)] (30p, 64pp, cover photo) [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#7, nd (May 1975)] (30p, 64pp, cover photo) Note: competition closes 2 June 1975. [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#8, nd (Jun 1975)] (30p, 50pp, cover photo) [SH]

Worlds of Horror [#9, nd (Jul 1975)] (30p, 50pp, cover photo) [SH]

Worlds of Tomorrow (UK) British reprint edition of Worlds of Tomorrow.

Worlds of Tomorrow (UK) [Spring 1967] (3/6d, 164pp, digest, cover by Wenzel) Reprint of the August 1966 (US) issue. Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

Worlds of Tomorrow (UK) [Summer 1967] (3/6d, 164pp, digest, cover by Dember) Reprint of the November 1966 (US) issue. Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

Worlds of Tomorrow (UK) [Autumn 1967] (3/6d, 164pp, digest, cover by Gray Morrow) Reprint of the February 1967 (US) issue. Details supplied by Roger Robinson.
  • 4 · The Dyson Worlds · Frederik Pohl · ed Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 7 · The Star-Pit · Samuel R. Delany · na Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 58 · The Psychiatric Syndrome in Science Fiction · Sam Moskowitz · ar Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 73 · The Planet Wreckers · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 94 · Sun Grazers · R. S. Richardson · ar Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 101 · Station HR972 · Kenneth Bulmer · ss Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 110 · About 2001 · David A. Kyle · ar Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 115 · The Shape of Shapes to Come · Robert Bartlett Riley · ar Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
  • 125 · The Fifth Columbiad · Richard C. Meredith · nv Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67

Worlds of Tomorrow (UK) [Winter 1967] (3/6d, 164pp, digest, cover by Douglas Chaffee) Reprint of the May 1967 (US) issue. Details supplied by Roger Robinson.
  • 4 · Man of Tomorrow · Frederik Pohl · ed Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 10 · Stone Man [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · nv Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 40 · The Negro in Science Fiction · Sam Moskowitz · ar Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 55 · Squared Out with Poplars · Douglas R. Mason · nv Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 76 · The Uncommunicative Venusians · David H. Harris · ar Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 82 · Base Ten · David A. Kyle · ss Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 99 · Syracuse University’s Science-Fiction Collections · Richard Wilson · ar Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 105 · Whose Brother Is My Sister? · Simon Tully · nv Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67
  • 125 · The Throwaway Age [Paul Kosloff] · Mack Reynolds · nv Worlds of Tomorrow May ’67

Wormwood Journal dedicated to writings about fantasy, supernatural and decadent literature. [PSP]

Wormwood [# 1 (2003)] ed. Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press, £7.99, vi+88pp, tp) [DA]

Wormwood [# 2 (Spring 2004)] ed. Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press, £7.99, iv+92pp, tp) [DA]

Wormwood [# 3 (Autumn 2004)] ed. Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press, £7.99, iv+92pp, tp) [DA]

Wormwood [# 4 (Spring 2005)] ed. Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press, £7.99, vi+90pp, tp) [DA]

Wormwood [# 5 (Autumn 2005)] ed. Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press, £7.99, iv+92pp, tp) [DA]

Wormwood [# 6 (Spring 2006)] ed. Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press, £8.99, iv+92pp, tp) [DA]
  • iv · Editorial · Mark Valentine · ed
  • 1 · The October Revolution: Ray Bradbury’s Existential Paradigm for the Horror Genre [Part 2 of 2] · Joel Lane · ar
  • 13 · Old England, New England: M. R. James, Mary Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett · John Howard · ar
  • 24 · Through a Mind Darkly: Some Thoughts on J. S. Le Fanu and the Psychology of the Ghost Story · William P. Simmons · ar
  • 33 · Savage Songs from a Sinful Sea: Robert E. Howard’s Faring Town Trilogy · Benjamin Szumskyj · ar
  • 41 · Introduction to William Hope Hodgson’s ’The Psychology of Species’ · Douglas A. Anderson · ar
  • 43 · The Psychology of Species · William Hope Hodgson · ar; reprinted from Cargunka and Poems and Anecdotes (1914).
  • 47 · The Lost Genius of Britton: Proletarian Misfit, Apocalyptic Anarchist, Forgotten Genius · Adam Daly · ar; on Lionel Erskine Britton.
  • 59 · Trajectory of a Comet: Poland’s Arch-Decadent · Brian R. Banks · ar; on Stanislaw Przybyszewski.
  • 75 · The Decadent World-View 6. Masked Lives: Edmond Goncourt’s La Faustin · Brian Stableford · ar
  • 85 · Late Reviews · Douglas A. Anderson · br; reviews of Sidney Sime, A Curious Case (1891); Friedrich Wilhelm Carové, The Story Without End (1833, rpt. 1912); J. Allen St. John, The Face in the Pool: A Faerie Tale (1905).
  • 89 · Camera Obscura · Mark Valentine · br
  • 91 · Notes on Contributors · Misc. Material · bg

Wormwood [# 7 (Autumn 2006)] ed. Mark Valentine (Tartarus Press, £8.99, iv+92pp, tp) [DA]
  • iv · Editorial · Mark Valentine · ed
  • 1 · G. K. Chesterton: Artist of Fantasy and the Grotesque · William Charlton · ar
  • 9 · Oriental Gothic: William Beckford’s Vathek and The Episodes of Vathek · Albert Power · ar
  • 21 · Introduction to ’Agorit’ by Sarban · Mark Valentine · ar
  • 23 · Agorit · Sarban · ss
  • 37 · Josef Simánek: Czech Pagan Fantasist · Cyril Simsa · ar
  • 52 · Paul Leppin: The Ghost of Prague: An English Reader’s Perspective · Mark Beech · ar
  • 64 · Cry Mider for Zeulas: The Elak Stories of Henry Kuttner · Richard Toogood · ar
  • 73 · The Decadent World-View 7. Beyond Paradise: Thomas de Quincy’s Confessions of an Opium Eater and Suspiria de Profundis · Brian Stableford · ar
  • 83 · Late Reviews · Douglas A. Anderson · br; reviews of R. H. Wright, The Outer Darkness (1906); Vere Shortt and Frances Mathews, The Rod and the Snake (1917); George Sylvester Viereck, The House of the Vampire (1907).
  • 89 · Camera Obscura · Mark Valentine · br
  • 91 · Notes on Contributors · Misc. Material · bg

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