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The Pocket Magazine [1930]

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1930: General Fiction Index
Publishers:   Gilbert Patten Corp.
Editors:   S.W. Jenkins
Formats:   pocketbook
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

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Pocket Man

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 230+

Offshoot from Man with the same mix of pin-ups, cartoons, features and fiction, it was effectively a replacement for Man Junior when that title shifted to full-size format.

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr-1954 – 1973?: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   K.G. Murray, Sydney
Formats:   digest
Related Sites:   www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/man.html

Pocket Reader Series

Country: UK
Total Issues: 34

A series of small paperbacks that are variously listed as anthologies or magazines. Contents of issues varied between detective, romance and westerns, at least. The detective issues were entitled Detective Tales and mainly reprinted stories from the Popular Publications magazine of the same name and Dime Detective, leading it to be listed sometimes as a British reprint edition of the former magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  1947 – 1951: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: #115; #120; #131; #132; #133)
Western Fiction Index
Publishers:   T.V. Boardman, 14 Cockspur St., London, SW1
Editors:   Tom Boardman
Formats:   small digest (4" x 5.5") for #101 - #112; then digest (4.75" x 6.75")
Prices:   6d
Pagecounts:   96pp (#101 - #112); 64pp (#113 - #122); 96pp (#123 - #130)
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Pocket Series

Country: UK
Total Issues: 50

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s
Publishers:   Pocket Editions
Formats:   pocket library


Pocket Sketch

Country: US

Men's humour magazine that published several pieces of fiction in each issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1940 – ?
Formats:   9" x 6"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   94pp

Pocket Western Magazine [1937]

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr-1937 – Oct-1937: Western Fiction Index
Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Formats:   pocketbook
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western

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Pocket Western Magazine [1950]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1950 – Nov-1950: Western Fiction Index
Publishers:   Trojan Magazines
Formats:   paperback
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   96pp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western

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Pocket Wonder Library

Country: UK
Total Issues: 12?

Issues & Index Sources:  1946: Story Paper Index
Publishers:   P.M. Productions
Formats:   60 x 91 mm
Pagecounts:   32pp


Poe Forevermore

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Subtitled "Tales of Mystery & Imagination", features a mix of feature and non-fiction dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe.

Issues & Index Sources:  Autumn 2012: Science Fiction Index
Website:   www.poeforevermore.com
Publishers:   Damfino Media LLC., P.O. Box 19428, Baltimore, MD 21206
Editors:   Mark Redfield
Prices:   $9.95
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The Poet and the Critic

Country: US

Total issues: 2?

Issues & Index Sources:  May-1930 – Sep-1930: FictionMags Index (partial issue only)
Publishers:   Alan Frederick Pater, New York
Editors:   Alan Frederick Pater

Poetry

Country: US

One of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world.

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1912 – present: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Website:   www.poetrymagazine.org
Publishers:   The Poetry Foundation
Editors:   Harriet Monroe (in 1912)
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

The Poetry Review of America

Country: US

Poetry magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  May-1916 – ?: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   The Poetry Review Co., Cambridge, MA
Editors:   W.S. Braithwaite and J. Lebowich

Poker Chips

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Poland

Country: US

Journal promoting economic opportunities in Poland to American companies and industries which also included various stories by Polish authors.

Issues & Index Sources

  May-1920 – Feb-1922?, as Journal of the American-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  Mar-1922? – May-1931, as Poland: FictionMags Index (partial issues only)
  Jul-1931 – Mar-1933, as Poland America
  Apr-1933 – Dec-1933, as Poland

Publishers

  American Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New York

Polar Borealis

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 29 (as at Apr-2024)

A free online magazine devoted to Canadian speculative fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan/Feb-2016 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after #29, Mar-2024)
Website:   www.polarborealis.ca
Publishers:   R. Graeme Cameron
Editors:   R. Graeme Cameron
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Polaris [1940]

Country: US

Important early fanzine with stories by R.H. Barlow, Damon Knight, Robert W. Lowndes, Don Wollheim, Ray Bradbury and others.

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1939 – Jun-1941: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Paul Freehafer, Payette, Indiana
Editors:   Paul Freehafer
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Polaris [1980]

Country: US

A nicely printed sf fanzine of 60 pages which featured an interview with C.J. Cherryh and a story by Darrell Schweitzer among others.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1980s
Publishers:   Starfire Press, Lindewald, New Jersey
Editors:   Colin White and J. Allyson Johnson
Pagecounts:   60pp


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