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STARTLING STORIES.
Springfield, MA: Better Publications, Inc., 1950. Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Ray Bradbury, "Purpose," and Jack Vance, a Magnus Ridolph story. Also stories Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.
REX STOUT MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
New York: Avon Detective-Mysteries, Inc., 1946. Small octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. Digest sized magazine. This issue includes "They Can Only Hang You Once," a Sam Spade story by Dashiell Hammett and "Rats in the Walls," by H. P. Lovecraft. Other fiction by John Dickson Carr, William Irish, Dorothy Sayers and others. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 451-453.
SCIENCE WONDER QUARTERLY.
Mount Morris, IL. Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The third of three issues with this title, after this issue it become Wonder Stories Quarterly. Includes "The Stone From the Moon" by Otto Willi Gail. Also includes an early work by Clare Winger Harris, "The Ape Cycle." Harris today is noted for being one of the first (if not the first) female writer who started her career in sf genre magazines. Her work often featured strong female characters and she is today recognized as being an early feminist in the field. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 763-766.
SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE MONTHLY.
Mount Morris, IL: Techni-Craft Pubishing Co., 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Ruger, pictorial wrappers. Bedsheet size pulp magazine. Fiction by Arthur B. Reeve (Craig Kennedy ), Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg (Luther Trant), THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (part three) by S. S. Van Dine, David H. Keller, M.D. Robot cover illustration for the story "The Robot Terror" by Melbourne Huff. An interesting story as it features a remote controlled killer robot. An early use of this theme. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 467-470.
SCIENTIFICTION: THE BRITISH FANTASY REVIEW.
Ilford, Essex: Walter H. Gillings, 1937-1938. Octavo, six issues, printed wrappers, stapled. Six of the seven issues published (lacking issue number 2, April 1937) prior to merging with Doug Mayer's TOMORROW. "SCIENTIFICTION is still one of the most important fanzines ever produced in Britain and is now an invaluable source of news about prewar SF. Moskowitz called it 'a superb effort,' while Warner considers it 'one of the most ambitious fanzines in history.' With his expertise as a journalist, Gillings was able to produce a highly readable magazine useful both to those inside and outside SF. Apart from news and reviews presented in professional newspaper style, the magazine also contained interviews, photographs and critical articles. It is an essential reference aid for the serious researcher." - Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 841. Includes interviews with John Beynon Harris, Festus Pragnell, Olaf Stapledon, Eric Frank Russell, John Russell Fearn, and Benson Herbert, plus articles by John Beynon Harris, John Russell Fearn, Eric Frank Russell, Arthur C. Clarke, and David H. Keller, a notice of the death of H. P. Lovecraft, "Campbell's Plans for ASTOUNDING," and other material. Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm (1974), p. 101. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 103. Warner, All Our Yesterdays, p. 84.
SHOCK.
Chicago: New Publications, Inc. [Popular Publications], 1949. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features two stories by John D. MacDonald "Venomous Lady" and "Sepulchre of the Living" (as Scott O'Hara), also stories by Theodore Sturgeon and Frederick C. Davis. The last of three issues. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 24-25.
SKY DEVILS.
Chicago: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by J[ohn] W. Scott, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Air war fiction. The third of seven issues.
SKY FIGHTERS.
New York: Wm. L. Mayer & Co., Inc., 1933. Octavo, single issue, cover by E. Frandzen, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Air stories.
SKY FIGHTERS.
New York: Better Publications, Inc., 1942. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Air stories.
SKY FIGHTERS.
New York: Better Publications, Inc., 1946. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Air stories.
SMASHING DETECTIVE STORIES.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1956. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Crime fiction. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 510-511.
SMASHING DETECTIVE STORIES.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes a Johnston McCulley story. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 510-511.
SMASHING DETECTIVE STORIES.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1954. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Carroll John Daly and others. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 510-511.
SPACE STORIES.
Kokomo, IN: Standard Magazines, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by Ed Emshwiller, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A short lived magazine which only had five issues. This issue features " Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 591-599.
SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY.
Kokomo, IN: Standard Publications, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by Emsh (Ed Emshwiller), pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes Leigh Brackett, Gordon R. Dickson and others. The third of five issues. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 591-599.
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES.
Wilmington, DE: Culture Publications, Inc., 1937. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Ward, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 515-518.
STAR NOVELS MAGAZINE, i.e. STAR NOVEL QUARTERLY.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1932. Octavo, single issue, cover by Gerald Delano, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Three stories, "The Black Mandarin," by Sax Rohmer, "The Affair of the Gallows Tree," by Stephen Chamers, and "Five Million in Cash" by O. B. King. Note, this is not the first magazine appearance of the Rohmer.
STARTLING MYSTERY STORIES. (Eighteen issues, all published).
New York: Health Knowledge Inc., 1966-1971. Octavo, eighteen issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This publication included new and reprint fiction. Reprints coming mainly from the pulps, including Seabury Quinn's Jules de Grandin stories, Paul Ernst's Dr. Satan, and Edward Hoch's Simon Ark stories. As for new material, a claim to fame is the publication of Stephen King's first two stories "The Glass Floor" in issue number 6 and "The Reaper's Image," in issue number 12. Other new fiction included authors Ramsey Campbell, John Brunner, and F. Paul Wilson with his first professional appearance. Lowndes editorials were also of interest as he covered subjects in the detective fiction genre. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 608-611.
STARTLING STORIES.
Kokomo, IN: Better Publications, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by EMSH, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Kendell Foster Crossen and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.
STARTLING STORIES.
Kokomo, IN: Better Publications, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by Walter Popp, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Sam Merwin, Jr., Theodore Sturgeon and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.
STARTLING STORIES.
Kokomo, IN: Better Publications, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by Walter Popp, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Sam Merwin, Jr., Theodore Sturgeon and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.
STARTLING STORIES.
Chicago, IL: Better Publications, Inc., 1947. Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.
STARTLING STORIES.
Chicago, IL: Better Publications, Inc., 1952. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes fiction by Murray Leinster, A. Bertram Chandler, John Wyndham and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.
STARTLING STORIES.
Springfield, MA: Better Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes a Captain Future story, "Moon of the Unforgotten," by Edmond Hamilton. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.
STARTLING STORIES.
Springfield, MA: Better Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes a Captain Future story, "Moon of the Unforgotten," by Edmond Hamilton. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 611-617.