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The Merrythoughts' Magazine

Country: UK

The Most Cheery Order of Merrythoughts appears to have been a club formed for the readers of the Daily Chronicle. The only issue of the magazine seen included fiction by Barry Pain.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1932: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   The Most Cheery Order of Merrythoughts Ltd., London
Formats:   11.25" x 8.75"
Prices:   4d
Pagecounts:   24pp
Frequency:   monthly

Meshuggah

Country: US

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1990s: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Feh! Press, New York
Editors:   Simeon Stylites

The Messenger

Country: US
Total Issues: 42?

Called the only radical negro magazine in America. Ran frequent stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1917 – May/Jun-1928: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Messenger Pub. Co., NY
Formats:   large format
Frequency:   monthly
Related Sites:   Spartacus Educational

Metaphorosis

Country: US
Total Issues: 98 (as at Jan-2024)

"Metaphorosis is a magazine of science fiction and fantasy. We offer intelligent, beautifully written stories for adults."

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-2015 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after Jan/Mar-2024)
Website:   www.magazine.metaphorosis.com
Publishers:   Metaphorosis Publishing
Editors:   B. Morris Allen
Frequency:   monthly
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Meta SF

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1982: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Dynasty, Master Designers of Hollywood, California
Editors:   John Dalmas
Prices:   $3.00
Frequency:   bimonthly

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The Metropolitan Magazine [1831]

Country: UK

Pioneered serialization of fiction, running several of Marryat's own novels (e.g. "Peter Simple" 1832-33). Although started as a highbrow magazine it soon shifted to a more dynamic policy with action-orientated fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

  May-1831 – Apr-1850

Publishers

  1832 – 1847: Saunders & Otley

Editors

  1831 – 1832: Thomas Campbell
  1832 – 1836: Frederick Marryat
  ?: James Grant

Formats

  standard

Frequency

  monthly

Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 2

The Metropolitan [1885]

Country: US
Total Issues: 30

Issues & Index Sources:  1885 – 1888
Publishers:   Metropolitan
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


Metropolitan Magazine [1895]

Country: US
Total Issues: 361

Still a standard magazine in 1912, but became an oversize slick before 1920 (perhaps in 1915 - 1916). Titled The New Metropolitan from April to August 1903.

Issues & Index Sources

  Feb-1895 – Oct-1913: FictionMags Index (incomplete)
  Nov-1913 – Dec-1922, as Metropolitan: The Standard Index of Short Stories (incomplete)
FictionMags Index
  Jan-1923 – Jun-1924, as Metropolitan with The Girl of To-day: FictionMags Index
  Jul-1924 – Sep-1924, as Metropolitan Magazine: FictionMags Index
  Oct-1924 – Aug-1925, as Macfadden Fiction-Lover's Magazine: FictionMags Index (Missing: Apr-1925 - Aug-1925)

Publishers

  ?: John Brisben Walker
  Oct-1924 – Aug-1925: Bernarr Macfadden

Editors

  ?: John Brisben Walker
  1904 – ?: John Kendrick Bangs
  Oct-1924 – Aug-1925: F. Orlin Tremaine

Formats

  Feb-1895 – Sep-1911: standard, illustrated, often with posed photographs
  Nov-1911 – Feb-1922: 11" x 14"
  Feb-1922 – Aug-1925: 9.5" x 11"

Prices

  15c

Frequency

  monthly (no issues for Oct-1911; Apr-1916; Jul-1921; Aug-1922 & double issue Feb/Mar-1923)

Online Sources

  Online Books
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Metropolitan [1993]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 9

Dedicated to the short story; seeking to develop new writers but also publishes Russell Hoban, Colum McCann.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1993/1994 – Winter 1997/1998
Publishers:   John Ashbrook, Manchester
Editors:   Elizabeth Baines & Ailsa Cox
Frequency:   twice-yearly

Metropolitan Idle Hour Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1886: Dime Novel Bibliography
Publishers:   Cosmopolitan Co., Ltd., 44 Broadway, New York
Formats:   7 1/4 x 5"
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


The Metropolitan Review

Country: US

On indefinite hiatus in Dec-2002.

Issues & Index Sources:  1998 – 2001?
Publishers:   1 Embarcadero Center, P.O. Box 26470, San Francisco, CA 94126-6470 (in 2000)
Editors:   Mary Claire Ray (in 2000)
Frequency:   twice yearly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (not in 2001 or 2002)

Metropolitan Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 11

Issues & Index Sources:  1892 – 1893: Dime Novel Bibliography
Publishers:   Hovendon Company, 17 and 19 Waverley Place, New York, NY
Formats:   7 1/2 x 5"
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   300
Frequency:   monthly (with extra issues)
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


MEZRAB

Country: US

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Marion Zimmer Bradley & Robert A. Bradley
Editors:   Marion Zimmer Bradley & Robert A. Bradley
Related Sites:   Fancyclopedia 3

Michael Moorcock's New Worlds

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2

Short-lived online magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-2012 – May-2013: Science Fiction Index
Editors:   Roger Gray
Formats:   online
Frequency:   irregular

Michigan Quarterly Review

Country: US

Mostly non-fiction and poetry but runs fiction. Has published Margaret Atwood, Louise Gluck. Circulation 1,800. Supersedes The Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1962 – present: Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970 (Missing: 1971-1974 at least)
Short Story Index
Website:   www.umich.edu/~mqr/
Publishers:   The University of Michigan, 3032 Rackham Building, 3032 Rackham Building, Ann Arbor, MI 41809-1070 (in 2000 - 2002)
Editors:   Laurence Goldstein (in 2000 - 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Mid-American Review

Country: US
Total Issues: 38 (to 1-2000)

A strong literary review. Has published Stuart Dybek, Albert Goldbarth, David Foster Wallace, Stephen Dunn, took over from the in-house magazine Itinerary.

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 1980 – present: website
Website:   casit.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview
Publishers:   Dept. of English, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Robert Early to 1984, Ken Letko to 1988, George Looney to Spring 1999, now Wendell Mayo (in 2000 - 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   twice yearly (Spr, Fall)
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)
 


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