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Black Orpheus

Country: Nigeria
Total Issues: 22+1+2=25

A journal of African and Afro-American literature.

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1957 – 1967:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

1968

Jan/Jun-1974 – 1975

Publishers

Ministry of Education/Mbari Club, Ibadan, Nigeria

Editors

Ezekiel Mphahlele; Ulli Beier

Pagecounts

64pp/72pp

Black Petals

Country: US
Total Issues: 41+68=109 (to Autumn 2024)

The first eight issues were published as part of a group of home-printed magazines called "The Basement Insanities Group" and were typed on a typewriter.

Went online in 2008 starting with #42.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1997? – Autumn 2007:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any before Autumn 1999)

Winter 2008 – present, as Black Petals (online):

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #109, Autumn 2024)

Website: blackpetalsks.tripod.com

Publishers

Dec-1997? – 1999: D.M. Yorton, 1319 Marshall St., Manitowoc, WI 54220
Autumn 1999 – Autumn 2007: Fossil Publications, 11627 Taft, Witchita, KS 67209

Editors

Dec-1997? – 1999: D.M. Yorton
Autumn 1999 – Autumn 2007: Kenneth James Crist & John Gollihar

Formats

octavo

Prices

$5.00

Pagecounts

88+

Frequency

quarterly



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Black Rose

Country: Ireland
Total Issues: 6

Small press supernatural/ghost, horror and dark fantasy magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1998 – Jan-2001:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Black Rose Publications
Editors:   David P. Dunning
Formats:   A4
Prices:   £2.50
Pagecounts:   60
Frequency:   twice-yearly



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Black Satellite

Country: US
Total Issues: 7

"A magazine of weird horror and startling science fiction, showcasing the talents of new authors and veterans of the small press".

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2001 – Winter 2006:

Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.darktreepress.com
Email Address:   editor@darktreepress.com
Publishers:   Darktree Press, PO Box 748, Boylston, MA 01505
Editors:   Brian Lingard
Prices:   $4.00
Frequency:   irregular



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Black Sheep

Country: US
Total Issues: 19 (to Jan-2025)

Subtitled "Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder".

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-2023 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Jan-2025)

Website:   darkhorsesmagazine.mystrikingly.com
Publishers:   Hobb's End Press
Editors:   Wayne Kyle Spitzer
Frequency:   monthly



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Black Silk Stockings

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers:   Valley Publications, Inc., 12969-1/2 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA
Editors:   Harlan Crandall
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   44pp


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Black Skull Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 2?

Black Skull Magazine featured "weird stories by young authors" and appears to have been produced by/for members of the armed forces. The first issue contained 6 stories and 2 "true" stories/articles.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1949 – Aug/Sep-1949

Publishers: Arthur Tate, St Louis, Missouri
Editors: H.S.Weatherby

Black Static

Country: UK
Total Issues: 42+80=122

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1994 – Summer 2005, as The Third Alternative:

Science Fiction Index

Mar-2008 – Jul-2023, as Black Static:

Science Fiction Index

Website: www.ttapress.com/category/blackstatic/

Publishers

TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB

Editors

Andy Cox

Formats

digest, then A4 slick

Pagecounts

60pp

Frequency

quarterly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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The Black Swan

Country: US

Subtitled "The Magazine of Virginia".

Issues & Index Sources: in 1920s:

FictionMags Index

(partial issues only)

Publishers: T. Beverly Campbell, Richmond

Black Tears

Country: UK
Total Issues: 10

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1994 – #10, 1995: Science Fiction Index



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Black Treacle

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 9

A magazine of "Horror, Dark Fantasy and Speculative Fiction".

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-2013 – May-2015:

Science Fiction Index

Website: blacktreacle.ca
Editors: A.P. Matlock



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Black Tulip Thriller Romances

Not a magazine but a series of romantic novellas published by Fleetway Publications in 1959.

Black Warrior Review

Country: US
Total Issues: 56 (to Dec-2002)

Publishes new writings from both established and emerging writers. Has published Billy Collins, Barry Hannah, Dev Hathaway. Payment for contributions. Circulation 3,000.

Issues & Index Sources

Fall 1974 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Website: bwr.ua.edu

Publishers

University of Alabama, P.O. Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-0027 (in 1998 - 2002)

Editors

  in 1994: Mark S. Drew
  in 1998: Mindy Wilson
  in 2000: Laura Didyk

Formats

review

Pagecounts

200pp

Frequency

twice yearly

Mentioned in: O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Blackwood's (Edinburgh) Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1982

Arguably the most influential magazine of the Victorian period and called, by Sutherland "the outstanding magazine vehicle for fiction in the nineteenth century." Set the standard and format imitated by many. Authors include John Galt, John Gibson Lockhart, James Hogg, Samuel Warren, Bulwer Lytton, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Margaret Oliphant, Joseph Conrad, John Buchan ("The 39 Steps" 1915) and many more.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1817 – Dec-1900, as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine:	The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 1	(FicMags sample issues only)
	FictionMags Index	(FicMags sample issues only)

Jan-1901 – Dec-1905, as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine:

An Index to Blackwood's Magazine

Jan-1906 – Dec-1980, as Blackwood's Magazine:	An Index to Blackwood's Magazine	(FicMags sample issues only)
	FictionMags Index	(FicMags sample issues only)

Publishers

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh

Editors

  Apr-1817 – Sep-1817: James Cleghorn & Thomas Pringle
  Oct-1817 – Sep-1834: William Blackwood
  Sep-1834 – Apr-1845: Alexander Blackwood
  May-1845 – Oct-1879: John Blackwood
  Nov-1879 – 1912: William Blackwood
  1912 – 1942: George William Blackwood
  1942 – 1948: James Hugh Blackwood
  1948 – 1976: George Douglas Blackwood
  1976 – 1979: David Fletcher
  1980: Michael Blackwood

Formats

standard (unillustrated)

Frequency

monthly (quarterly for last few issues)

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 2, British Literary Magazines Vol. 4, The Age of the Storytellers

Online Sources

Online Books

Black World

see under Negro Digest

The Blade

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  1847 – 1924

Publishers:   Toledo, Ohio
Editors:   "Petroleum V. Nasby"
Frequency:   weekly

Blade and Ledger

Country: US

Formed from the merger of The Saturday Blade and the Chicago Ledger and continued the volume numbering of the former.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1925 – May-1938:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   W.D. Boyce Publishing Company, Chicago
Formats:   tabloid
Frequency:   monthly

Blast…Review of the Great English Vortex

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2

A little magazine, short-lived but a world-shaker; published fiction by Ford Madox Ford, Wyndham Lewis, Rebecca West.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1914 – Jul-1915:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Publishers:   John Lane, The Bodley Head, London
Editors:   Wyndham Lewis
Frequency:   irregular
Mentioned in:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 4