As this site will (hopefully) evolve continually over a period of years, this page will attempt to summarise what sections have been added when so that you can see if there is anything new since you last had a look:

• 5-Apr-2008:
  • Image gallery tidied up for all remaining letters
  • Images added for magazines starting with 'F'
  • Images added for many small-press sf magazines
  • Illustrated checklists added for all remaining magazines in the Crime Fiction Index
  • Several new checklists added
• 9-Dec-2007:
  • Image gallery tidied up for 'A' and 'B'
  • Images added for magazines starting with 'C'
  • Image gallery page throw algorithm tweaked
• 18-Nov-2007:
  • Several new checklists added
  • Cover image gallery extended to include cross-references from data files and a set of index files
• 1-Jul-2007
  • Several new checklists added
  • Another 80 magazines added - now a total of 6636 magazines
  • Another 5000 cover scans added - now 31000 images
• 7-Jan-2007
  • Illustrated checklist added for Short Stories (UK)
  • Illustrated checklist added for West (UK)
  • Fixed all known broken links
  • Fixed all known broken images
  • Another 56 magazines added - now a total of 6556 magazines
  • Another 1500 cover scans added - now 26000 images
• 27-Dec-2006
  • Site is now host to:
    • Bill Contento's Online Indexes:
      • The Fictionmags Index
      • Index of Short Stories from Edward J. O'Brien's THE BEST SHORT STORIES (1915 - 1917)
      • Miscellaneous Anthologies
      • Mystery Short Fiction: 1990-2006
    • Bill Thom's Coming Attractions Newsletter Archive
• 9-Oct-2006
  • Illustrated checklist added for West
• 29-Aug-2006
  • Illustrated checklist added for Navy/Submarine Stories.
  • Another 67 magazines added - now a total of 6500 magazines.
  • Another 2000 cover scans added - now 24500 images.
• 20-May-2006
  • Illustrated checklist added for Short Stories.
• 13-May-2006
  • A further 30 illustrated checklists added, completing all the main checklists for the Crime Fiction Index.
• 30-Apr-2006
  • Entries for most "in progress" indexes removed (due to lack of any visible progress).
  • Another 66 magazines added - now a total of 6433 magazines.
  • Another 4000 cover scans added - now 22735 images.
• 23-Apr-2006
  • Checklists added for Spicy/Speed Adventure Stories, Spicy/Speed Detective Stories, and Spicy/Speed Mystery Stories.
  • 1000 new/updated cover images added to the illustrated checklists.
• 19-Mar-2006
  • Checklist added for Spicy/Speed Western Stories
• 26-Oct-2005:
  • More illustrated checklists added - 63 now available (see here for list).
  • Another 70 magazines added - now a total of 6367 magazines.
  • Another 5000 cover scans added - now 17728 images.
  • Details of forthcoming Crime Fiction Index added.
• 17-Jul-2005:
  • New checklists linked into main data files.
  • New "related sites" links added to external magazine "tribute" sites.
  • Entries added for many Australian (and other) magazines - now a total of 6297 magazines.
  • Many new images added (particularly for checklists and links from Fictionmags Index) - now 12095 images.
  • Folder structure reformatted to make updating easier
• 13-Jul-2005:
  • Illustrated Issue checklists added for a handful of magazines - see .
• 13-Mar-2005
  • Entries added for all known Canadian pulps (reprint or original) - now a total of 6157 magazines
  • A further 500 cover scans added (now 7925)
• 5-Jan-2005
  • A number of formatting problems resolved
  • Explicit entries added for many British/Canadian/etc. reprint editions (now a total of 6050 magazines)
• 1-Dec-2004
  • Background descriptive notes added for many magazines (more to come in due course).
  • Issues with multi-national and other "special" characters resolved
  • Some fine-tuning to hyphenation
  • A further 500 cover scans added (now 7448)
  • A further 70 magazines added (now 5835)
• 2-Sep-2004:
  • Problem with recent thumbnails fixed
  • Contact e-mail address changed
• 13-Jul-2004
  • A further 1000 cover scans added (now 6934)
  • A further 50 magazines added (now 5763)
• 21-Feb-2004
  • New host found for website
  • A further 300 magazines added (now 5716)
  • First batch of new covers added (now 5980) - many more in the weeks to come
• 21-Apr-2003
  • Another periodic update of covers (now 5900 covers for 2284 magazines)
  • Several new magazines added (now 5420)
• 16-Nov-2002:
  • Another periodic update of covers (now 5500 covers for 2133 magazines)
  • Several new magazines added (now 5379)
• 17-Jul-2002:
  • Another periodic update of covers (now 5330 covers for 2097 magazines)
  • Information added from American Crime Fiction: A Bibliography
  • Several new magazines added (now 5288)
  • Main data page format tidied up and enhanced
• 23-Feb-2002:
  • Many story paper/dime novel cover scans added (now 5145 covers for 1996 magazines)
  • Information added from the Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
  • Several new magazines added (now 5200)
• 3-Feb-2002
  • Another 500 cover scans added (now 4709 covering 1855 different magazine)
  • 90% of magazines categorized and new lists added for pulps, sf/fantasy, mystery/detective, saucy, etc. magazines
  • Weblinks page revamped as directory to "current" magazines
  • New page added summarising indexed magazines with missing issues and pulp/genre magazines that have not yet been indexed
  • Some minor bugs fixed
• 27-Dec-2001: Another 225 cover scans plus a dozen new magazines (now 5029 in total). Entry pages for website now relocated to www.philsp.com due to closure of previous ISP.
• 10-Oct-2001: Another 140 cover scans (now 4000 in total), plus a dozen new magazines (up to 4990)
• 20-Aug-2001: Another 100 cover scans, plus a dozen new magazines
• 30-Jul-2001
  • Another 150 cover scans, including some very rare items from Steve Miller's collection
  • Cover images page reorganised so that covers are all in alphabetical order rather than grouped by primary magazine title.
• 9-Jul-2001: Yet another 150 cover scans, plus a couple of new magazines
• 16-Jun-2001: Another 150 cover scans: total is now 3498 (covering 1343 different magazines)
• 9-Jun-2001: A further 200 cover scans added
• 29-May-2001: SF magazines updated through Dec-2000; links to Short Story Index added; further cover scans added.
• 23-May-2001: Yet another 150 cover scans added: total now exceeds 3000!
• 22-May-2001: A further 110 cover scans added
• 21-May-2001: Remainder of story papers added
• 18-May-2001
  • Story papers to f added
  • A further 250 cover scans added
  • First/next buttons added to data pages
  • Separate cover image pages added
  • Separate page of magazine weblinks added
• 17-May-2001: Story papers to e added; further 300 cover scans added; first batch of magazine website links added.
• 10-May-2001: First pass of cover images completed to z.
• 3-May-2001: Cover images added for magazines started q to s.   Initial batch of story papers added.
• 26-Apr-2001: Cover images added for magazines started m to p.   Minor linkage bugs corrected.
• 19-Apr-2001: Cover images added for magazines started h to l.
• 9-Apr-2001: Site restructured to include summary details of all 4000 magazines (!) and several hundred cover images and thumbnails (so far only for magazines up to the letter g).
• 3-Sep-2000: Contents of fictionmags list merged into site (hence the prolonged absence!)
• 9-Jul-2000: Assorted corrections/updates to main magazine index.
• 27-May-2000: Fixed bug with button links on checklist pages.
• 20-May-2000: Web Site first published (officially)