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Deathrealm

Country: US
Total Issues: 31

Semi-prozine.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1987 – Summer 1997:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   various, but ended with Malicious Press, Greensboro, NC
Editors:   Stephen Mark Rainey
Formats:   quarto newsprint
Prices:   $4.95
Pagecounts:   56pp
Frequency:   roughly quarterly



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Debonair

Country: US

Mixture of nudes, fiction and non-fiction. Relaunched in the 1970s, seemingly without any fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1960 – Dec-1979?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  in 1960: Stanley Magazine Corp., 261 Fifth Avenue, New York
  in 1964: Stanley Publications, New York
  1966? – Oct-1971?: Debonair Publications, Inc., 261 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016

Editors

  in 1960: Harley R. MacCormack
  in 1964: Jay Standish
  1966? – 1969?: William Pickering
  in 1969: Jerry D. Sutton
  in 1971: Norton McVickers

Prices

75c

Pagecounts

74pp



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Decade of Short Stories

Country: US

A slim magazine featuring "New Trend Fiction at its Best". Most of its contributors were and remained unknown, although there were a few established authors, such as August Derleth & Jesse Stuart, and there were a few newcomers who would later make names for themselves, such as Jessamyn West and a teenage Truman Capote.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1939 – Spring 1952?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Decade, 2952 Belden Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Editors:   Lee Lukes
Frequency:   bimonthly (May-1939 - Mar/Apr-1942); quarterly (Summer 1942 - Spring 1952)



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December: A Magazine of the Arts & Opinion

Country: US

Runs fiction, poetry and opinion. Circulation about 1,200

Issues & Index Sources: 1958 – present:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

(to 1970 only)

Website:   www.decembermag.org
Publishers:   December, Highland Park, Illinois
Editors:   currently Curt Johnson
Formats:   review
Frequency:   irregular
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

Deciduous Tales

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

"A literary-horror journal which features an eclectic mix of new and classic works from a range of different authors."

Issues & Index Sources: Fall/Winter 2017 – Nov-2018:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Black Thunder Press
Editors: Tara Blaine


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Decision: A Review of Free Culture

Country: US

Early issues included Virginia Woolf, Christopher Isherwood.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1941 – Jan/Feb-1942:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Publishers:   Decision Inc., NY
Editors:   Klaus Mann
Formats:   review
Frequency:   monthly?

Deep Magic

Country: US
Total Issues: 49+24=73

Initially a small press online downloadable magazine. Relaunched as a bi-monthly e-zine.

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-2002 – Jun-2006:

Science Fiction Index

Jun-2016 – Summer 2021:

Science Fiction Index

Website: www.deepmagic.co

Publishers

Amberlin, Pocatello, Idaho

Editors

Jun-2002 – Jun-2006: Jeremy Whitted
Jun-2016 – present: Jeff Wheeler



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Deep Outside

see under Outside

The Deeps

Country: US
Total Issues: 2 (as at Jan-2026)

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 2023 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after Fall 2023)

Website:   www.spindlehousepress.com/the-deeps
Publishers:   Spindle House, Chico, California
Editors:   Benjamin Vandersluis


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Deliberately Thirsty

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources: in 1990s: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers: Argyll Publishing

Delicious Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1951

Publishers: Utopian Press, 22 Roland Gardens, London SW7

Delights for the Ingenious

Country: UK
Total Issues: 8

Superseded Ladies' Diary. A miscellany with the emphasis on stories, epigrams, dialogues and wit. Magazine folded when a tax on pamphlets was introduced.

Issues & Index Sources: 1711

Publishers:   John Tipper, Coventry
Editors:   John Tipper
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 1

The Delineator

Country: US

Started as a women's fashion magazine; fiction began appearing in 1896 and serials in 1902, still aimed at women, but broadened under successive editors. Authors include L. Frank Baum, Charles G.D. Roberts, Zona Gale, Hamlin Garland, Anthony Hope, Carolyn Wells, F. Marion Crawford, Mary E. Wilkins, Arnold Bennett, Hall Caine.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1873 – Apr-1937:

FictionMags Index

(FicMags sample issues only)

#merges with The Pictorial Review

Publishers

Butterick Co., Fitchburg (moved to NY in 1894)

Editors

  1873 – 1884: Robert O'Loughlin
  1885 – 1894: H.F. Montgomery
  1895 – 1906: Charles Dwyer
  1906: Ralph Tilton
  1907 – 1910: Theodore Dreiser
  1914 – 1920: Honore Willsie Morrow
  1921 – 1926: Mrs William Brown Meloney
  1926: Loren Palmer
  1927 – 1937: Oscar Graeve

Formats

standard, later slick

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

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Online Sources

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The Delineator (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of The Delineator.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1910s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: The Butterick Publishing Company

Delirium

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 2000 – #4, 2001: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Delirium Books; Warsaw, IN
Editors:   Shane Ryan Staley
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $5.00
Pagecounts:   64



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Dell Mystery Novels Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Dell Mystery Novels Magazine published a combination of short, hard-boiled, mystery novels and novelettes. Its first (and only) issue featured a new. short, Mike Shayne novel.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan/Mar-1955:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Dell Publishing, NY
Editors:   Don Ward
Formats:   digest
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   planned as quarterly
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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Delphic Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 100

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1890s: Dime Novel Bibliography (sample issues only)

Publishers:   American Publishers Corporation, 310-318 Sixth Avenue, New York
Formats:   7 x 4¾"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   200 to 250
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography