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2015

#1
Aug
#2
Sep
#3
Oct
#4
Nov
#5
Dec
Bigfoot Special
Bigfoot Special Edition,
2016
#6
Jan
#7
Feb
#8
Mar
#9
Apr
#10
May
#11
Jun
#12
Jul
#13
Aug
#14
Sep
#15
Oct

2017
#16
Jan

#17
Apr

Diabolical Plots (about)

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

2015

#1
Mar 2 #2
Mar 31 #3
May 1 #4
Jun 1 #5
Jul 1 #6
Jul 29 #7
Sep 1 #8
Oct 2 #9
Nov 2 #10
Dec 2

2016 #11
Jan 1 #12
Feb 1 #13
Mar 2 #14
Apr 1 #15
May 2 #16
Jun 1 #17
Jul 1 #18
Aug 1 #19
Sep 2 #20
Oct 3 #21
Nov 2 #22
Dec 2

2017 #23
Jan 2 #24
Feb 1 #25
Mar 1 #26A
Apr 3 #27A
May 1 #27B
May 15 #28A
Jun 2 #28B
Jun 16 #29A
Jul 3 #29B
Jul 17 #30A
Aug 2 #30B
Aug 16 #31A
Sep 1
2017 #31B
Sep 15 #32A
Oct 2 #32B
Oct 16 #33A
Nov 1 #33B
Nov 15 #34A
Dec 1 #34B
Dec 15

2018 #35A
Jan 1 #35B
Jan 15 #36A
Feb 2 #36B
Feb 16 #37A
Mar 2 #37B
Mar 16 #38A
Apr 2 #38B
Apr 16 #39A
May 2 #39B
May 16 #40A
Jun 2 #40B
Jun 15 #41A
Jul 2
2018 #41B
Jul 16 #42A
Aug 1 #42B
Aug 15 #43A
Sep 3 #43B
Sep 17 #44A
Oct 1 #44B
Oct 15 #45A
Nov 1 #45B
Nov 15 #46A
Dec 1 #46B
Dec 15

2019 #47A
Jan 1 #47B
Jan 11 #47C
Jan 21 #48A
Feb 1 #48B
Feb 15 #49A
Mar 1 #49B
Mar 15 #50A
Apr 1 #50B
Apr 15 #51A
May 1 #51B
May 15 #52A
Jun 3 #52B
Jun 17
2019 #53A
Jul 1 #53B
Jul 15

Diabolique (about)

A Journal of Lost Literature.

Publishers: L’Image Studios/Pentagram Publications.

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

2002

#1
Summer

Different (1945) (about)

Different was a quarto magazine edited by Lilith Lorraine. It was published by the Avalon World Arts Academy, Rogers, Arkansas. The earliest issue appeared in the World War II era but has not been seen. The first issue actually examined was #18, March-April, 1948.

Different was a pretentious magazine. It mainly was an outlet for poetry but it did carry the occasional piece of fiction. The poetry and the fiction could be of a fantastic bent or they could be mainstream. Both the goal of the magazine and its flavor can be found in the following from Lilith Lorraine’s article on the history of Different. “Different was founded as a sincere attempt to use whatever influence we might attain to salvage some last remnants of American culture and to restore within the limits of that influence some of the lost glory of the poetry of earth. For poetry, as we have said before, is the atomic energy of the soul, which exploded against the battlements of hate and terror will level them in the dust of oblivion and leave the liberated soul free in an expanding universe.”

The issues seen all had the same cover by Elizabeth Manning. They were priced at 35¢ and then at 50¢ for the last few issues. All of the issues were 32 pages in length not counting the covers. The last quarto sized issue was v7 #3 dated Autumn 1951. The magazine was then reborn in a large saddle stapled digest format in Spring 1953. It was now 40 pages and was published in Floral Park, Long Island, New York. The price remained 50¢ and the numbering was resumed with v7 #4. This incarnation lasted eight issues (v7 #4 to v7 #7 and v8 #1 to v8 #4) It ended with the Winter 1954 issue v8 #4. The last issue mentions the continuation of Different as an annual hardback but that can not be confirmed.

Different ran poetry from unknowns and from established authors. John Updike, Clark Ashton Smith, Stanton Coblentz and many others all appeared in the 12 or more pages of poetry per issue. There was also the occasional piece of fiction and an article or two of interest. The items listed below reflect those stories and articles. Please keep in mind that most issues of Different were not found. Hence the absence of a listing normally means that the issue was not available for inspection. Lilitth Lorraine also published two other magazines that were totally poetry; Flame and Challenge.

Publishers: Avalon World Arts Academy; Rogers, AR.

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

1945

v1 #1
Mar/Apr
v1 #2
May/Jun
v1 #3
Jul/Aug
v1 #4
Sep/Oct
v1 #5
Nov/Dec

1946 v1 #6
Jan/Feb
v2 #1
Mar/Apr
v2 #2
May/Jun
v2 #3
Jul/Aug
v2 #4
Sep/Oct
v2 #5
Nov/Dec

1947 v2 #6
Jan/Feb
v3 #1
Mar/Apr
v3 #2
May/Jun
v3 #3
Jul/Aug
v3 #4
Sep/Oct
v3 #5
Nov/Dec

1948
v3 #6
Jan/Feb
v4 #1
Mar/Apr
v4 #2
May/Jun
v4 #3
Jul/Aug

v4 #4
Sep/Oct
v4 #5
Nov/Dec

1949 v4 #6
Jan/Feb
v5 #1
Mar/Apr
v5 #2
May/Jun

v5 #3
Jul/Aug
v5 #4
Sep/Oct
v5 #5
Nov/Dec

1950 v5 #6
Jan/Feb

v6 #1
Mar/Apr
v6 #2
May/Jun

v6 #3
Jul/Aug

v6 #4
Sep/Oct
v6 #5
Nov/Dec

1951 v6 #6
Jan/Feb
v7 #1
Mar/Apr

v7 #2
Summer

v7 #3
Autumn

1953

v7 #4
Spring

v7 #5
Summer

v7 #6
Fall

v7 #7
Winter

1954

v8 #1
Spring

v8 #2
Summer

v8 #3
Fall

v8 #4
Winter

Different Realities (about)

Small-press magazine devoted to SF in translation.

Publishers: Verbamation; Washington, DC.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1997

# 1
Aug

# 2
Dec

1998

# 3
Aug

# 4
Dec

Disturbed Digest (about)

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

2013

#1
Jun

#2
Sep

#3
Dec

2014

#4
Mar

#5
Jun

#6
Sep

#7
Dec

2015

#8
Mar

#9
Jun

#10
Sep

#11
Dec

2016

#12
Mar

#13
Jun

#14
Sep

#15
Dec

2017

#16
Mar

#17
Jun

#18
Sep

#19
Dec

2018

#20
Mar

#21
Jun

#22
Sep

#23
Dec

2019

Mar

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