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Absent Willow Review

Country: US

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-2008 – Oct-2011

Editors: Rick DeCost

Absolute Magnitude

Country: US
Total Issues: 2+21=23

Semi-prozine with emphasis on hard SF. Circulation 6,000.

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1993 – #2, 1994, as Harsh Mistress:

Science Fiction Index

#1, 1994 – Feb/Mar-2006, as Absolute Magnitude:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

DNA Publications, P.O. Box 2988, Radford, VA 24143

Editors

Warren Lapine

Formats

quarto

Frequency

intended as quarterly but rather less regular

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Abyss & Apex

Country: US
Total Issues: 95 (as at Jul-2025)

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan/Feb-2003 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #95, 3rd Quarter 2025)

Website:   www.abyssapexzine.com
Publishers:   ByrenLee Press, Riverdale, New York.
Editors:   Carol Burrell; Aleta Daknis; Wendy S. Delmater; Bonnie Brunish
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia


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AcademFic

Country: US
Total Issues: 6 (as at Jul-2025)

"AcademFic was created by and for the many academics who are not in fields in which writing fiction is considered part of their professional work and expectations, but who do so nonetheless."

Issues & Index Sources: v1, 2020 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after v5 #2, 2024)

Website:   press.palni.org/ojs/index.php/academfic/index
Publishers:   PALNI Press
Editors:   James F. McGrath



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The Academy

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2276

Issues & Index Sources

9-Oct-1869 – 11-Jan-1902:

Index to Periodical Literature

(from 1882 only)

18-Jan-1902 – 4-Mar-1905, as The Academy and Literature:

Index to Periodical Literature

11-Mar-1905 – 10-Dec-1910, as The Academy:

Index to Periodical Literature

(to 1906 only)

17-Dec-1910 – 11-Sep-1915, as The Academy and Literature

18-Sep-1915 – Aug-1916, as The Academy

Publishers

  Oct-1869 – Sep-1870: John Murray
  Oct-1870 – Dec-1873: Williams & Norgate
  Jan-1874 – 1-Mar-1905: Academy
  8-Mar-1905 – 17-May-1907: Country Life
  24-Mar-1907 – 7-Mar-1908: H.E. Morgan
  14-Mar-1908 – Dec-1911: Odhams

Editors

  1869 – 1878: Charles Appleton
  1878 – 1880: Charles Doble
  1881 – 1896: James S. Cotton
  1896 – 1903: Charles L. Hind
  1903 – 1904: William Teignmouth Shore
  1905 – 1906: Graham & Child
  1907 – 1910: Lord Alfred Douglas
  1910 – 1915: Cecil Cowper
  1915: Henry Savage
  1916: T.W.H. Crosland

Frequency

  Oct-1869 – Dec-1870: monthly
  Jan-1871 – Dec-1873: fortnightly
  Jan-1874 – 18-Sep-1915: weekly
  Oct-1915 – Dec-1915: monthly
  Jan-1916 – Aug-1916: irregular (3 revived issues 12-May-1916, 17-Jun-1916, Jul/Aug-1916)

Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 3

Online Sources

Online Books

A Cappella Zoo

Country: US
Total Issues: 14

A Web & Print Journal of Magic Realism & Slipstream.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2008 – Fall 2015:

Science Fiction Index

Website: www.acappellazoo.com



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Accent

Country: US
Total Issues: 80?

Called 'A Quarterly of New Literature'.

Issues & Index Sources: Autumn 1940 – Autumn 1960:

Index to (American) Little Magazines

(to 1947 at least)

Publishers:   University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Formats:   review
Frequency:   quarterly

Accent on Youth

see under Twelve Fifteen

Acclaim

Country: UK

Fiction by amateurs, tied in to the Ian St James Awards; since 1996 merged with Quartos to form The New Writer & shifted mostly to non-fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1992 – 1996

Publishers:   Merric Davidson, Kent
Editors:   Suzanne Ruthven
Frequency:   bimonthly; monthly from 1996

Accused Detective Story Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Hard-boiled detective magazine with stories by Hal Ellson, Jack Webb, John Jakes, Richard S. Prather, Stephen Marlowe, Richard Deming and, surprisingly, B. Traven ("His Wife's Legs" Jul-1956).

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1956 – Jul-1956:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Atlantis Publishing Co., Inc., 1 West 47th Street, New York 36, NY. (William Simms)
Editors:   William R. Thompson
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Ace Magazine

see under Sport Adventure

Ace Detective Magazine

see under Gold Seal Detective

Ace G-Man Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 41

Ran the "Suicide Squad" stories by Emile C. Tepperman. Other authors include Arthur Leo Zagat, Frederick C. Davis, Wyatt Blassingame, Paul Ernst, Norvell W. Page.

Issues & Index Sources

May/Jun-1936 – Apr-1943:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Popular Publications, Inc.; 2256 Grove St., Chicago, IL.

Editors

1936: Henry Treat Sperry
1937 – 1939: Moran Tudury

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c

Pagecounts

112pp

Frequency

bimonthly

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Ace G-Man Stories (Canada)

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 26

This edition ran for at least 26 issues (Jul-1941 - Nov-1945) and though initially a reprint of the US original later issues picked up stories from other Popular pulps and ran new material, many being straight police stories and non G-Men.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1941 – Nov-1945:

Crime Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Publishers:   Popular Publications, Montreal, Canada
Formats:   pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Ace G-Man Stories (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Ace G-Man Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s:

Crime Fiction Index

(samples issue only)

Publishers:   Thorpe & Porter
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   66pp
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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Ace Gripping Action Westerns

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Note that one of the issues of Western Yarns (a sister magazine) was also titled "Ace Gripping Action Westerns" on the cover (only).

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1948/1949:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   International Publications Ltd., 166 Buchanan St., Glasgow
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   32pp


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Ace-High Detective Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 7

Despite the lurid covers and story titles, Ace-High Detective Magazine ran fairly standard mystery-adventure stories. It only lasted seven issues before folding.

General thuggery but ran material by Cornell Woolrich, Dale Clark, Frank Gruber, Carroll John Daly and even Fred MacIsaac.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1936 – May-1937:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers:   Popular Publications, Inc., 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL.
Editors:   Ken White
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   monthly, last issue bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Ace-High Detective Magazine (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Ace-High Detective Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Publishers: Thorpe & Porter
Formats: pulp

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Ace-High (Western) (Stories) Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 279+7+33+91=410

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1921 – Jan-1935, as Ace-High Magazine:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: 1st Sep-1923; 1st Feb-1924; 1st Apr-1925)

Aug-1936 – Feb-1937, as Ace-High Western Magazine:

Western Fiction Index

Mar-1937 – Feb-1940, as Ace-High Magazine:

Western Fiction Index

Apr-1940 – Jun-1951, as Ace-High Western Stories:

Western Fiction Index

#merges with .44 Western Magazine

Publishers

  Sep-1921 – 22-May-1931: Readers' Publishing Corp. (Clayton Magazines)
  5-Jun-1931 – Jun-1933: Clayton Magazines
  Nov-1933 – Jan-1935: Dell Publishing, NY
  Aug-1936 – Nov-1939: Popular Publications, NY
  Feb-1940 – Jun-1951: Fictioneers Inc. (Popular Publications)

Editors

  Apr-1927 – Jun-1927: Harold Hersey
  Oct-1927 – Nov-1927: David Redstone
  Dec-1927 – Feb-1933: H.A. McComas
  1934 – 1935: Carson Mowre

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

1921 – 1929: 20c
1934: 15c

Frequency

  Sep-1921 – Sep-1922: monthly
  Oct-1922 – Mar-1932: twice monthly (bi-weekly during 1930 & 1931)
  Jan-1932 – Jan-1935: irregular
  Aug-1936 – Nov-1939: monthly
  Feb-1940 – Nov-1945: bimonthly
  Jan-1946 – Feb-1949: monthly
  Mar-1949 – Jun-1951: bimonthly

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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