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— Science Wonder Quarterly

Publishers: Stellar Publishing Corporation; Mt. Morris, IL.

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

1929

v1 #1
Fall

1930
v1 #2
Winter

v1 #3
Spring

— Wonder Stories Quarterly

Title changed from Science Wonder Quarterly.

Publishers: Stellar Publishing Corporation; Mt. Morris, IL.

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

1930

v1 #4
Summer

v2 #1
Fall

1931
v2 #2
Winter

v2 #3
Spring

v2 #4
Summer

v3 #1
Fall

1932
v3 #2
Winter

v3 #3
Spring

v3 #4
Summer

v4 #1
Fall

1933
v4 #2
Winter

Wonder Story Annual (about)

Publishers: Best Books, Inc.; New York.

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

1950
v 1 #1

1951
v 1 #2

1952
v 1 #3

1953
v 2 #1

Wonder Story Annual (Canada) (about)

Canadian reprint edition of Wonder Story Annual.

Wonders of the Spaceways (about)

Publishers: John Spencer & Co.; London, England.

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

1951

# 1
(# 1)

1952
# 2
# 3
# 4

# 5

1953
# 6
# 7
# 8

1954
# 9
#10

Works (about)

Small press speculative fiction magazine.

Publishers: Dave W. Hughes & Andy Stewart; Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, England.

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

1988

# 1
Summer

# 2
Autumn

# 3
Winter

1989

# 4
Summer

# 5

# 6

1990

# 7

1992

# 8

1993
# 9

1995

#10

World of Horror (about)

World of Horror was a British horror magazine, mostly concerned with horror films but occasionally dipping into horror fiction. They ran a couple of stories per issue and, for a couple of issues, also ran true-life adventures (reprinted from elsewhere, I suspect).

The first issue had “bimonthly” emblazoned on the cover but was undated; from issue 2 it was “monthly”, although the editorial indicated that there was a gap in the run between issues 3 and 4 due to industrial action. I’ve tried to nail down dates based on adverts but the issue could have come out one month either way, so treat with caution.

The listed publisher was Gresham Publishing Group, 344/360 South Lambeth Road, London S.W.8; from issue 2 this became Dallruth Publishing Group, 344 South Lambeth Road, Stockwell, London S.W.8.

No editorial staff were listed in the first issue, although I suspect the first was probably the same crew who were listed in issue 2 which informs us that Gent Shaw was editor and Lee Kennedy was associate editor. The editorial chair was taken over by Boadicea K. Bathory from issue 8. I’ve got a feeling that both Gent Shaw and Boadicea K. Bathory were pseudonyms.

A number of other magazines were advertised from the same stable: Issue 1 had an advert for New Occult, “the only monthly journal to deal seriously with all aspects of the occult,” which also “includes two gripping tales of the supernatural”. The second issue advertises two other magazines: Witchcraft and Mystic, both on sale monthly and both, possibly, also containing fiction.

All the articles were anonymous. The following listing covers the fiction only (and the two “true” stories which were probably also fiction).

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

1974

# 1

# 2
# 3

1975

# 4
# 5
# 6
# 7
# 8
# 9

World of If Anthologies: (about)

Two magazine-format anthologies of reprints from If.

Publishers: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.; Kingston, NY.

— The First World of If

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

1957
[X]

— The Second World of If

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

1958
[X]

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