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The Arkham Sampler [1948]

Total Issues: 8

An attempt at a fantasy literary review with emphasis on non-fiction but a high quota of fiction, mostly Lovecraftian or Weird Tales school.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1948 – Fall 1949:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Arkham House, Sauk City, WI
Editors:   August Derleth
Formats:   large digest (9" x 6")
Prices:   $1.00
Pagecounts:   96pp-128pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Sources:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



Issue Checklist

Arkham Tales

Total Issues: 8

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-2008 – Oct-2010

Publishers: Cold Fusion Media Empire (#1 - #5); Leucrota Press, Murrieta, California (#6 - #8)
Editors: Nathan Shumate

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