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American Way

An airline in-flight magazine, with one story per issue. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Ellery Queen.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1968 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   American Airlines, NY
Editors:   currently Chuck Thompson
Formats:   big slick
Frequency:   fortnightly
Website:   magazines.aa.com

The American Weekly

The American Weekly was published by the Hearst Corporation for inclusion as a supplement to their Sunday newspapers. Sort of the Parade Magazine of its day, it was also the precursor of the National Enquirer and could have given the Police Gazette a run for its money.

It was billed as having a circulation of over 50,000,000 readers and was filled with scantily clad showgirls and tales of murder and suspense including work by H. Bedford-Jones, Max Brand, James F. Dwyer, A. Merritt. It was large - about 21"x15" - and printed on fragile newsprint, so few copies have survived the ensuing decades.

Initially entitled The American Magazine; title changed to Pictorial Living in 1963 (possibly as the result of a merger) and folded in 1966.

Issues & Index Sources

1-Nov-1896 – 1963

1963 – 1966, as Pictorial Living

Publishers

The Hearst Corporation

Editors

  1896 – 1937: Morrill Goddard
  1937 – 1943: Abraham Merritt
  1943 – 1944: Michael Porter
  1944 – 1951: Walter Howey
  1951 – 1959: Ernest Hine
  1960 – 1962: John J. O'Connell
  1962 – 1966: John Sturdevant

Formats

slick?

Frequency

weekly



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American Western (Australia)

Total Issues: 3?

A series of Australian booklets, numbered but not dated.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: #1)

Publishers: Malian Press, Sydney
Formats: digest

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American Western Magazine

Total Issues: 6?

Stories likely to be reprints from US Mammoth Western.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1949:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   The Archer Press Ltd., 20/22 Vine Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   40pp



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American Western Romance

A series of Australian booklets, numbered but not dated.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: #4; #5; #6; #9; #13; #17; #20; #22; #25; #26)

Publishers:   Malian Press, Sydney
Formats:   digest
Pagecounts:   32pp


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American Western (UK)

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1949:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Grant Hughes
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   72pp

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The American Whig Review

Published Poe's "The Raven" and "Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", also Charles Webber's "Shot in the Eye" (Feb-1845).

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1845 – Dec-1852:

Index to Periodical Literature

Publishers

  Jan-1845 – Jun-1845: Wiley & Putnam
  Jul-1845 – Dec-1847: George Colton
  Jan-1848 – Dec-1852: D.W. Holly

Editors

  1845 – 1847: George H. Colton
  1848 – 1849: J.D. Whelpley
  1849 – 1852: G.W. Peck

Frequency

monthly

American Wild West Magazine

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #2, #4, #11, #14, #18, #21, #23, #24)

Publishers: Cleveland Publishing Co. Pty Ltd., 28 Bond Street, Sydney
Pagecounts: 66pp



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The American Woman

Issues & Index Sources: in 1920s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: Vickery & Hill Publishing Company

American Woodsman

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

The American Yellow Book

Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1937 – Summer 1937:

FictionMags Index

Publishers:   The American Yellow Book, 16 Fales Street, Hartford, Connecticut
Editors:   Joseph Baker
Prices:   40c
Pagecounts:   56pp
Frequency:   quarterly

Américas

Appears to publish a very small amount of fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1949 – May/Jun-2012:

Short Story Index

Publishers: Organization of American States, Washington, DC
Website: www.oas.org/en/americas/default.asp

America's Detective Annual

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: 1934 – ?

Publishers: American Almanac Co., 404 N. Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, IL
Frequency: annual

America's Humor

see under Ziff's Magazine

The Americas Review

Publishes works by outstanding Hispanic writers and artists of the USA, as well as works by new and emerging writers and artists. Originally called Revista Chicano-Riqueña. Circulation about 3,000.

Issues & Index Sources: 1972 – 2001?

Publishers:   Arte Publico Press, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2090
Editors:   Lauro Flores (in 1999)
Pagecounts:   128pp (224pp for double issues)
Frequency:   thrice yearly
Sources:   Directory of Literary Magazines 1999

America West Airlines Magazine

The magazine's centerpiece story might be a thoughtful news feature, an essay, a piece of fiction (short story or excerpt from a longer work) or a photo essay. Subjects that evoke a strong sense of place within the airline's route system are particularly welcome. The length ranges from 1,500 - 3,000 words; sidebars often are staff-generated.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – 2006

Publishers: Skyword Marketing
Editors: Michael Derr (in 1998); Ellen Alperstein (in 2004)

A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine

Total Issues: 5

A further attempt at popularising on Merritt's name, though by then lost out to the Avon paperback editions. Magazine was entirely reprint.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1949 – Oct-1950:	Science Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Recreational Reading (an affiliate of Popular Publications), NY

Editors

Harry Widmer

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

25c

Pagecounts

132pp

Frequency

Dec-1949 – Apr-1950: bimonthly
Jul-1950 – Oct-1950: quarterly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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