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Black Silk Stockings

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Valley Publications, Inc., 12969-1/2 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA
Editors:   Harlan Crandall
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   44pp

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Black Skull Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 2?

Black Skull Magazine featured "weird stories by young authors" and appears to have been produced by/for members of the armed forces. The first issue contained 6 stories and 2 "true" stories/articles.

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1949 – Aug/Sep-1949
Publishers:   Arthur Tate, St Louis, Missouri
Editors:   H.S.Weatherby

Black Static

Country: UK
Total Issues: 42+80=122

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1994 – Summer 2005, as The Third Alternative: Science Fiction Index
  Mar-2008 – Jul-2023, as Black Static: Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.ttapress.com/category/blackstatic/

Publishers

  TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB

Editors

  Andy Cox

Formats

  digest, then A4 slick

Pagecounts

  60pp

Frequency

  quarterly

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia
 
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The Black Swan

Country: US

Subtitled "The Magazine of Virginia".

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1920s: FictionMags Index (partial issues only)
Publishers:   T. Beverly Campbell, Richmond

Black Tears

Country: UK
Total Issues: 10

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1994 – #10, 1995: Science Fiction Index

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Black Treacle

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 9

A magazine of "Horror, Dark Fantasy and Speculative Fiction".

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-2013 – May-2015: Science Fiction Index
Website:   blacktreacle.ca
Editors:   A.P. Matlock
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Black Tulip Thriller Romances

Not a magazine but a series of romantic novellas published by Fleetway Publications in 1959.

Black Warrior Review

Country: US
Total Issues: 56 (to Dec-2002)

Publishes new writings from both established and emerging writers. Has published Billy Collins, Barry Hannah, Dev Hathaway. Payment for contributions. Circulation 3,000.

Issues & Index Sources

  Fall 1974 – present: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Website:   bwr.ua.edu

Publishers

  University of Alabama, P.O. Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0027 (in 1998 - 2002)

Editors

  in 1994: Mark S. Drew
  in 1998: Mindy Wilson
  in 2000: Laura Didyk

Formats

  review

Pagecounts

  200pp

Frequency

  twice yearly

Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Blackwood's (Edinburgh) Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1982

Arguably the most influential magazine of the Victorian period and called, by Sutherland "the outstanding magazine vehicle for fiction in the nineteenth century." Set the standard and format imitated by many. Authors include John Galt, John Gibson Lockhart, James Hogg, Samuel Warren, Bulwer Lytton, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Margaret Oliphant, Joseph Conrad, John Buchan ("The 39 Steps" 1915) and many more.

Issues & Index Sources

  Apr-1817 – Dec-1900, as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 1 (FicMags sample issues only)
FictionMags Index
  Jan-1901 – Dec-1905, as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: An Index to Blackwood's Magazine
  Jan-1906 – Dec-1980, as Blackwood's Magazine: An Index to Blackwood's Magazine (FicMags sample issues only)
FictionMags Index

Publishers

  William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh

Editors

  Apr-1817 – Sep-1817: James Cleghorn & Thomas Pringle
  Oct-1817 – Sep-1834: William Blackwood
  Sep-1834 – Apr-1845: Alexander Blackwood
  May-1845 – Oct-1879: John Blackwood
  Nov-1879 – 1912: William Blackwood
  1912 – 1942: George William Blackwood
  1942 – 1948: James Hugh Blackwood
  1948 – 1976: George Douglas Blackwood
  1976 – 1979: David Fletcher
  1980: Michael Blackwood

Formats

  standard (unillustrated)

Frequency

  monthly (quarterly for last few issues)

Related Sites

  Wikipedia

Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 2, British Literary Magazines Vol. 4, The Age of the Storytellers

Online Sources

  Online Books
 

Black World

see under Negro Digest

The Blade

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  1847 – 1924
Publishers:   Toledo, Ohio
Editors:   "Petroleum V. Nasby"
Frequency:   weekly


Blade and Ledger

Country: US

Formed from the merger of The Saturday Blade and the Chicago Ledger and continued the volume numbering of the former.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1925 – May-1938: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   W.D. Boyce Publishing Company, Chicago
Formats:   tabloid
Frequency:   monthly

Blast…Review of the Great English Vortex

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2

A little magazine, short-lived but a world-shaker; published fiction by Ford Madox Ford, Wyndham Lewis, Rebecca West.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1914 – Jul-1915: Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970
Publishers:   John Lane, The Bodley Head, London
Editors:   Wyndham Lewis
Frequency:   irregular
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 4

Blast: A Magazine of Proletarian Short Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

A short-lived little magazine that included stories by Ed Lacy and Walter Carlos Williams.

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep/Oct-1933 – Oct/Nov-1934: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   New York
Frequency:   bimonthly

Blast Off

Country: Australia

A literary magazine for elementary-school children.

Issues & Index Sources:  1916 – present
Website:   theschoolmagazine.com.au/the-magazines/blast-off
Publishers:   Department of Education and Training, Sydney, New South Wales

Blaze

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  1961 – 1963: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

   
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Blazing Armadillo Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Blazing Armadillo Stories was a three-issue fanzine that preceded Spicy Armadillo Stories. It carried Armadillo stories as well as new fiction by Mary Elizabeth Counselman and Basil Wells.

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1987 – Aug-1988: Adventure Fiction Index (Missing: #2, Mar-1988; #3, Aug-1988)
Publishers:   Gerald Page, 193 Battery Place, Atlanta, GA 30307
Editors:   Gerald Page
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Blazing Guns Western Story Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1956 – Apr-1957?: Western Fiction Index
Publishers:   Arnold Magazines, Inc.
Editors:   Alfred Grenet
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   128pp

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