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The Magazine of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  2007 – 2009: Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.movielocationsplus.com/Fortuna/magERB.htm
Publishers:   Pulp Tales Press
Formats:   digest
Prices:   $14.95
Pagecounts:   114pp



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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Country: US
Total Issues: 752 (to Sep/Oct-2021)

Issues & Index Sources

Fall 1949, as The Magazine of Fantasy:

Science Fiction Index

Winter 1950 – present, as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Sep/Oct-2021)

Website: www.fandsf.com

Publishers

Fall 1949 – Sep-2000: Mercury Press (though under the Fantasy House subsidiary until Feb-1958)
Oct-2000 – present: Spilogale, Inc.

Editors

  Fall 1949 – Aug-1954: Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas
  Sep-1954 – Aug-1958: Anthony Boucher
  Sep-1958 – Mar-1962: Robert P. Mills
  Apr-1962 – Nov-1964: Avram Davidson
  Dec-1964 – Dec-1965: Joseph Ferman
  Jan-1966 – Jun-1991: Edward L. Ferman
  Jul-1991 – May-1997: Kristine Rusch
  Jun-1997 – Jan/Feb-2015: Gordon Van Gelder
  Mar/Apr-2015 – present: Charles Coleman Finlay

Formats

digest

Pagecounts

160pp (since Oct 1972)
Apr/May-2009 – present: 260pp

Frequency

  Fall 1949 – Fall 1950: quarterly
  Dec-1950 – Jun-1952: bimonthly
  Aug-1952 – Dec-1990: monthly
  Jan-1991 – Mar-2009: 11 issues per year with a combined Oct/Nov issue
  Apr/May-2009 – present: bimonthly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) [1953]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 12

British reprint edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

This edition may have been distributed in Australia with different cover prices, but no other differences, although this cannot be confirmed (and would have caused some confusion as the same covers were reused in the later Australian edition).

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1953 – Sep-1954:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers: Mellifont Press, London.



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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Australia)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 14

Australian reprint edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1954 – #14, 1958:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Consolidated Press, Ltd., Sydney, Australia.



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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) [1959]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 55

British reprint edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

From Jul-1964 to Jul-1970 variant versions of the US edition were produced with a UK price on the cover for distribution in the UK and related markets, but these were identical to the US issues.

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1959 – Jun-1964:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., London.



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Magazine of Fiction

see under Monthly Magazine of Fiction

Magazine of Horror

Country: US
Total Issues: 36

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1963 – Apr-1971: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Health Knowledge Inc., NY
Editors:   Robert A.W. Lowndes
Formats:   digest
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   mostly bimonthly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Magazine of Short Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 807+

Issues & Index Sources

12-Jan-1889 – 8-Jul-1893:

FictionMags Index

(first volume only)

15-Jul-1893 – 18-Jun-1904, as Short Stories:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

25-Jun-1904 – 10-Aug-1907, as Smith's Weekly:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

12-Jan-1889 – 8-Jul-1893: E. & H. Bennett, 20 Bedford Street, Strand, London WC
15-Jul-1893 – 17-Feb-1900: C.A. Pearson

Formats

tabloid

Frequency

weekly

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers

The Magazine of Speculative Poetry

Country: US
Total Issues: 35

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1984 – Fall 2013: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #2; #24; #26; #33)

Publishers:   Magazine of Speculative Poetry, PO Box 564, Beloit, WI 53512
Editors:   Roger Dutcher
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $3.50
Pagecounts:   28
Frequency:   irregular


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The Magazine of the Year

Country: US

Full title was "'47: The Magazine of the Year" in 1947 and "'48: The Magazine of the Year" in 1948. Published a couple of pieces of fiction in each issue.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1947 – 1948:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Associated Magazine Contributors, New York
Editors: Richard E. Lauterbach

Magazine World

Country: US

Literary magazine "filled with short stories, poetry, essays, and the like".

Issues & Index Sources: 1925 – 1931:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: American Education Press, Columbus, Ohio
Prices: 25c

The Mage

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 198? – #7, 1987:

Science Fiction Index

#8, 1987, as The Best of the Mage:

Science Fiction Index

#9, 1988 – #13, 1990, as The Mage:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: #13, Fall 1990)



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The Magi

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

A scarce school magazine devoted to weird fiction and edited by Joel Lane when he was 16.

Issues & Index Sources: 1979:

FictionMags Index

Editors: Joel Lane & Laurence Westwood
Prices: 10p

Magical Blend

Country: US

Magical Blend was a "New Age" magazine which "tracked the changes that society is undergoing; we endorse no one pathway to spiritual growth, but attempt to explore many alternative possibilities to help transform the planet". Many issues contained some fiction

Issues & Index Sources: 1980 – 2007

Publishers: CSI Media, P.O. Box 600, Chico, CA 95927-0600
Editors: Katherine Zunic & Michael Peter Langevin

The Magic Carpet Magazine

see under Oriental Stories

Magic Love

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1945 – Jan-1947: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers:   Arrow Publishing, NY; last issue as Trojan Magazines
Editors:   Madge Bindamin
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Magic Realism

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Runs stories of magic realism, literary fantasy, folktales and fable.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1990 – #10, 1995:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: #1, #2, #3)

Publishers:   PYX Press, P.O. Box 922648, Sylmar, CA 91392-2648 (in 1998)
Editors:   C. Darren Butler
Formats:   digest
Pagecounts:   70pp
Frequency:   quarterly


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The Magic Wand

Country: UK
Total Issues: 256

An "independent journal of the magical arts" that occasionally published fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1910 – Dec-1957

Editors

  1910 – 1913: Harry Leat
  1914 – 1945: George Johnson
  1946 – 1957: George Armstrong