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Action Western

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 77?

Some issues featured two or three short stories, but many issues contained only a single novelette, most of which were by Australian authors.

Also known as Action Westerns and Action Western Stories.

Issues & Index Sources

in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  in 1940s: Leisure Publications
  in 1940s: H. John Edwards Publications
  in 1950s: Action Comics Pty. Ltd., 14 Bond Street, Sydney; later at 153 Walker Street, North Sydney

Formats

digest



Issue Checklist

Action Western Stories

see under New All-Action Stories

Active Life

Country: UK

Aimed at over-50s. General interest articles and features with occasional fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1990 – present

Publishers:   Aspen Specialist Media, London
Editors:   Helene Hodge
Frequency:   bimonthly

Actual Crime Stories

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Super Publications

Actual Detective Cases

Country: US

True crime. Merged with Official Detective on 1943.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s

Mentioned in: Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines

Actual Detective Stories

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: 1937 – ?

Publishers: Detective Stories Publishing Co., 731 Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL
Frequency: monthly

Actuary of the Abstract

Country: UK
Total Issues: 3

Non-fiction fanzine about Michael Moorcock.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1990 – Dec-1992:

FictionMags Index

Publishers: The Nomads of the Time Streams


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Acumen

Country: UK
Total Issues: 82 (to May-2015)

A literary journal that places an emphasis on poetry.

Issues & Index Sources: 1985 – present

Website:   www.acumen-poetry.co.uk
Publishers:   Brixham, Devon
Editors:   Patricia Oxley (in 1998 - 2004)
Frequency:   thrice yearly

Adam [1952]

Country: US
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources

Winter 1952 – Apr-1954:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

#merges with Cavalier

Publishers

Fawcett

Frequency

bi-monthly



Issue Checklist

Adam [1956]

Country: US
Total Issues: 471?

Men's magazine which ran three or four stories per issue. Ran Harlan Ellison's "Dogfight on 101" and "Portrait of an Artist as a Zilch Writer" (both 1969).

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1956 – Apr-1996?:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: all after Dec-1976)

Publishers:   Knight Publishing, Los Angeles
Editors:   Merrill Miller (in 1971)
Formats:   slick
Frequency:   monthly



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Adam and Eve

Country: Australia

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1926 – Jan-1941: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Frequency: monthly

Adam (Australia)

Country: Australia

Men's magazine which ran three or four stories per issue.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Adam Magazine Pty. Ltd.
Formats:   7.7" x 10.5"
Frequency:   monthly



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Adam Bedside Reader

Country: US
Total Issues: 54?

Men's magazine which reprinted selections from Adam. Some issues were also reprinted under the title Adam Reader.

Issues & Index Sources: 1959 – Dec-1972:

FictionMags Index

Publishers: Knight Publishing, Los Angeles
Formats: slick



Issue Checklist

Adam International Review

Country: UK
Total Issues: 450+ (by 1984)

A magazine started in Hungary in the 1930s; the editor moved to England during the War. Title is an acronym for "art, drama, architecture, music" and is mostly non-fiction but usually runs a story or two each issue. Has special author issues, e.g. L.P. Hartley, Graham Greene. Circulation about 1,000.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1941 – 1995?

Publishers:   Adam International Review, London, & University of Rochester, NY
Editors:   Miron Grindea
Formats:   pocketbook "little magazine"
Frequency:   irregular; aimed at monthly but usually quarterly
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 4 (says 1929 - )