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Magazine Issues

Ark River Review

Issues & Index Sources: 1971 – ?

Publishers: Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

Arlington Quarterly

Issues & Index Sources: Autumn 1967 – Winter 1970/1971:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Arlington, Texas

The Arm Chair

Total Issues: 296

Chiefly mystery and romance stories. Authors include Bertha M. Clay, Thomas Hanshew, Florence May Carroll.

Issues & Index Sources

27-Sep-1879 – Oct-1883

Oct-1883 – 11-May-1885, as The New York Arm Chair

Publishers

Frank Tousey, NY

Formats

large tabloid story paper

Pagecounts

16pp at outset, reduced to 8pp from Oct-1881

Frequency

weekly

Sources

Dime Novel Bibliography

The Armchair Detective

Total Issues: 119

Mystery fanzine featuring articles, commentary, checklists, bibliographical material, etc. Published a single piece of classic reprint fiction in each issue from Oct-1978 to Winter 1986 and original fiction from Winter 1990 to Fall 1994.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1967 – Summer 1997:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

  Oct-1967 – Feb-1976: Allen J. Hubin, 3656 Midland Avenue, White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110
  Jun-1967 – Oct-1978: Publishers Inc., 243 Twelfth Street, Del Mar, California 92014
  Winter 1979 – Summer 1997: The Mysterious Press

Editors

  Oct-1967 – Summer 1980: Allen J. Hubin
  Fall 1980 – Winter 1981: Michael Seidman
  Spring 1981 – Spring 1992: Otto Penzler
  Summer 1992 – Summer 1997: Kate Stine

Formats

quarto

Frequency

quarterly

Sources

Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



Issue Checklist

The Arm Chair Library [1890s]

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: in 1890s:

Dime Novel Bibliography

(Missing: #1; any after #2)

Publishers:   James H. Brigham, Boston
Formats:   11 3/4 x 9"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   48pp
Sources:   Dime Novel Bibliography

The Arm Chair Library [1893]

Total Issues: 160

Issues & Index Sources: 7-Jan-1893 – 1905:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   F. M. Lupton, New York
Formats:   8 x 6"
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   1-57, weekly; 58-72, monthly; 73-160, quarterly
Sources:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Army and Navy Library

Total Issues: 45

Issues & Index Sources: 1883 – 1884

Publishers: Army and Navy Pub.
Sources: Dime Novel Bibliography

Army and Navy Weekly

see under Good News

Army-Navy Flying Stories

Total Issues: 13

Usual air-war pulpsters: Laurence Donovan, Robert Sidney Bowen, but also two stories by Clifford D. Simak.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1942 – Summer 1945:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers:   Standard Magazines
Editors:   Leo Margulies
Formats:   standard pulp
Pagecounts:   100pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



Issue Checklist

Army Romances

Total Issues: 3?

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:	FictionMags Index	(Missing: any except 1945, Spring 1946, Autumn 1946)
	Adventure Fiction Index	(Missing: any except 1945, Spring 1946, Autumn 1946)

Publishers:   Army Romances, 18 East 41st Street, New York 17
Editors:   Bern Williams
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c


Issue Checklist

Arrow Library (UK)

This title appears in Lofts but may be in error for Arrow Schoolboy Series.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers: G. & C. Prod. Ltd, Dublin, in association with Martin & Reid

Arrow Library (US)

Total Issues: 328

Issues & Index Sources: 1897 – 1904

Publishers: Street & Smith (New York)
Sources: Dime Novel Bibliography

Arrow Schoolboy Series

Total Issues: 4 (numbered)

The first issue(s) may have been published under the title Boys' Arrow

Issues & Index Sources: 1947 – Dec-1947:

FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Martin & Reid
Prices:   4½d
Pagecounts:   20pp

Arrow Schoolgirl Series

Total Issues: 3? (numbered)

Issues & Index Sources: 1947:

FictionMags Index

(incomplete)

Publishers: Martin & Reid
Prices: 4½d

Arrow Western Magazine

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: ? – Feb-1950:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #2)

Publishers:   Dolphin Press (Pty.) Ltd., 16 Hans Street, Jeppe, Johannesburg
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   48pp


Issue Checklist

Arshile: A Magazine of the Arts

Total Issues: 11

Bulk of publication goes to 1) Poetry; 2) Fiction; 3) Essays on the Arts

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1993 – 1999

Publishers:   Mark Salerno, P.O. Box 3749, Los Angeles, CA 90078
Website:   home.earthlink.net/~arshile/
Editors:   Mark Salerno
Prices:   $10.00
Pagecounts:   144pp
Frequency:   twice-yearly
Sources:   Directory of Literary Magazines 1999

Ars Medica

Total Issues: 20 (as at Aug-2015)

A biannual literary journal that explores the interface between the arts and medicine, including narratives from patients and health care workers, medical history, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2004 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: University of Toronto Press, 5201 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M3H 5T8
Website: www.ars-medica.ca