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Phantoms    (about)

Small press fantasy/horror fiction magazine.
Publishers: Phantoms; Derby.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1996






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Sep

Nov

1997
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Phenomena    (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1983





v2 #2
#4
Summer






Phil May’s Annual    (about)

This was an interesting annual - sometimes appearing twice yearly as a WINTER ANNUAL and SUMMER ANNUAL - in fact the full title was usually presented as PHIL MAY’S ILLUSTRATED WINTER [or SUMMER] ANNUAL. Apart from two larger issues it was normally a squat almost square format, always with the same cover of a jester. It went through a range of editors and publishers and the early issues reflected Phil May’s renown for cartoons and jokes and the stories were usually humorous, certainly light hearted, and occasionally romantic. The odd ghost story or weird tale was also often humorous. However over time it grew increasingly macabre, especially under its final editor Harry Thompson whose issues are almost all full of weird and supernatural stories, the best by the Australian Ernest Favenc. I’ve listed the fiction and articles only but between every story was usually a cartoon or sketch by May, sometimes a portfolio of several pages. Needless to say the magazine did not long outlast his death. There are some well known names here but also some very strange stories by virtual unknowns. All the Sophie Osmond stories are weird. There’s also a Sherlock Holmes pastiche - I haven’t checked yet but I wasn’t sure if this was recorded. It’s by a “Mr. M--” who I believe is Julian Croskey - whoever he was. Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1892





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Winter
1893











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Winter
1894










#4
Winter
1895










#5
Winter
1896










#6
Winter
1897










#7
Winter
1898




#8
Summer




#9
Winter
1899











#10
Winter
1900










#11
Winter ’00/’01
1901










#12
Winter ’01/’02
1902




#13
Summer




#14
Winter ’02/’03
1903










#15
Winter ’03/’04
1904










#16
Winter ’04/’05

Philadelphia City Paper    (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2004 Jan 15/22











2005

Mar 17/24









2006 Jan 5/12











2008







#1215
Sep 4/11



2009 Jan 1











2012


#1401
Apr 5/11








The Philadelphia Independent    (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2002






v1 #3
late-Summer		 v1 #4
Autumn



The Philadelphia Inquirer    (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1950

Mar 12









2009


#311
Apr 7		 #312
Apr 8







Philadelphia Stories    (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2005


v2 #1
Spring







v2 #4
Winter ’05/’06

Philosophy and Literature

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1977 # 1











Phoenix    (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1941








v3 #1
Oct/Nov


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