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Spaceway (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

British reprint edition of Spaceway, with occasional stories from elsewhere.

Issues & Index Sources:  1954 – 1956: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Regular Publications Ltd., 4 Vernon Place, Southampton Row, London WC1
Formats:   digest
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   128pp
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Spaceways [1938]

Country: US

Classic fanzine. Each issue had from 1 to 4 stories, poems, articles and the occasional serial.

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1938 – 1942?
Publishers:   Harry Warner, Hagerstown, Maryland
Editors:   Harry Warner
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SpaceWays [1996]

Country: Canada

Amateur print magazine that converted into an online weekly story subscription service from 5 September 1997.

Issues & Index Sources:  1996 – 2001
Publishers:   London Application Solutions, London, Ontario
Editors:   Rigel Chiokis

Space-Wise

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

Primarily non-fiction with a serial and one story.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1969 – #4, 1970: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Martec Publishing Group Ltd, London, England.
Editors:   Derek Threadgall
Formats:   quarto
Prices:   4/6d
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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Spare Moments

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1206+841=2047

A popular miscellany; it published at least one short story per issue, including Thomas Burke's debut story ("The Bellamy Diamonds") in 1901.

Issues & Index Sources

  22-Dec-1888 – 27-Jan-1912
  3-Feb-1912 – 10-Mar-1928, as Spare Moments and The London Journal

Prices

  1d

Frequency

  weekly

Spark: A Creative Anthology

Country: US
Total Issues: 8 (as at Oct-2017)

"A bold revival of the short story format, punctuated with classic and modern poetry forms, Spark: A Creative Anthology features the freshest work from a range of talented writers, from established professionals to newly-emerging authors and poets."

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr/May-2013 – present
Website:   sparkanthology.org
Publishers:   Empire & Great Jones Little Press, 6100 Horseshoe Bar Road, Suite A-133, Loomis, CA 95650
Editors:   Brian James Lewis

Sparkle

Country: US
Total Issues: 5?

Issues & Index Sources:  1962? – 1964?: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Parliament Publications

 
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Sparkling Bedtime Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1951: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London


Sparkling Confessions

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  1948: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   Brown Watson
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   32pp


Sparkling Love Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1950: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   Avon Periodicals, Inc.
Editors:   Donald A. Wollheim
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps

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The Spartan

Country: UK
Total Issues: 3

A magazine for boys of 9-12 years of age. The high spot of the magazine was a reprint of "The Coral Island" by R.M. Ballantyne; the rest of the paper was a mixture of short articles, a second brief serial, a short story and competitions. The third issue announced that the following month they would begin reprinting "The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's" by Talbot Baines, but it was never to appear.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1953 – Aug/Sep-1953
Publishers:   16 Lister Lane, Bolton, Bradford 2
Editors:   B. Hoyle & W. Barker; G. Suddards (Assistant Editor)
Formats:   5" x 7¾"
Prices:   3d
Pagecounts:   28pp
Frequency:   monthly; bimonthly

Speakeasy Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

One of several gangster pulps published by Harold B. Hersey. However, by the time it was published, in 1931, public interest in gangsters was fading and it only lasted for 2 issues.

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr/May-1931 – Oct/Nov-1931: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Good Story Magazine (Harold Hersey)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Spearhead

Country: US

A literary and poetry zine which included contributions from Stanton Coblentz, e.e.cummings, August Derleth, David H. Keller, Lilith Lorraine, Clark Ashton Smith, and William Carlos Williams.

Issues & Index Sources:  1949? – Spring 1951
Publishers:   Spearhead Press, Martinsville, Virginia
Editors:   Thomas H. Carter
Related Sites:   ZineWiki

Special Detective

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Launched by the then editor of Detective Fiction Weekly, Special Detective featured a blend of fiction (mainly by authors familiar from Detective Fiction Weekly) and factual articles. After the third issue the former were phased out and the magazine continued as a true crime magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1937 – Nov-1937: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Haig-Kostka Publications Inc., 434 Main Street, Mount Morris, Illinois
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Special Detective Cases

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources

  1937 – ?

Publishers

  1948 – mid 1950s: Detective House Inc., 114 E. 32nd St., New York, NY, and 441 Lexington Ave., New York, NY
  in 1950s: Skye Publishing Co., 270 Park Ave., New York, NY, 60 W 46th St., New York, NY, and Louisville, KY

Frequency

  bimonthly

Special Detective Cases (Canada)

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1941 – ?
Publishers:   Magazine Publishing House of Canada (Aug-1941 - 1945); Pastime Publications (1946-1947); Merchants House (Jan-1948); Alval Publishers of Canada (1948-1950)


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