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Munro's Ten Cent Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  1863: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   George Munro
Prices:   10c
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Munro's Twenty-Five Cent Edition

Country: US
Total Issues: 849

Issues & Index Sources:  1883 – 1888

Publishers:   N. Munro
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Munsey's Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 133?+457=590?

Had early hit with Hall Caine's "The Christian" (1896-97); also published F. Marion Crawford, H. Rider Haggard, Anthony Hope in early years. Later was a major market for O. Henry.

Issues & Index Sources

2-Feb-1889 – 18-Aug-1891, as Munsey's Weekly

Oct-1891 – Oct-1929, as Munsey's Magazine:

General Fiction Index

#becomes All-Story Love (Stories/Tales/Magazine)

Publishers

Frank A. Munsey

Editors

  Feb-1889 – Jun-1889: J.K. Bangs
  Jul-1889 – ?: Richard H. Titherton
  ?: Robert Hobart Davis

Formats

Feb-1889 – Jun-1921: standard quality periodical
Jul-1921 – ?: pulp

Prices

Feb-1889 – Sep-1893: 25c
Oct-1893 – ?: 10c

Frequency

monthly (weekly 2-Feb-1889 - Sep-1891)

Related Sites

  Wikipedia
  The Pulp Magazines Project
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Online Sources

Online Books



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Munsey's Magazine (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Munsey's Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1910s:

General Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: The Frank A. Munsey Company, London
Prices: 6d


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Munsey's Popular Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 22

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1887 – May-1889: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Frank A. Munsey, 81 Warren Street, New York, NY
Formats:   6½ x 4½"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   200 to 300
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Munyon's Illustrated World

Country: US

Magazine that published some poetry by Walt Whitman.

Issues & Index Sources

1884 – 1887

1887 – 1894, as Munyon's:

Publishers

J. M. Munyon

Murdaland

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Subtitled "Crime Fiction for the 21st Century", Murdaland is "a literary magazine dedicated to fiction that evokes the spirit and motifs of classic crime novels and film noir: dread, lust, violence, greed, nasty habits, bad feelings and worse decisions".

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 2007 – #2, 2007:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Mug Shot Press, 1739 East Carson St., #355, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Formats:   tall digest
Prices:   $12.00
Pagecounts:   267pp
Frequency:   twice yearly


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Murder

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

Launched after the success of Manhunt, Murder featured the same mix of contemporary murder and crime-adventure stories, but was discontinued in the face of fierce competition before establishing its identity with the reading public.

Title on the cover is Murder!.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1956 – Sep/Oct-1957:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Flying Eagle, NY; Decker Publications
Formats:   digest (last issue pulp size)
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Murder Mysteries [1929]

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

Short lived pulp magazine about which little is known.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1929 – Aug-1929:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: Aug-1929)

Publishers:   Magazine Publishers, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
Editors:   Harold Hersey
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Murder Mysteries [1934]

Country: US
Total Issues: 5+9=14

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1934 – May-1935:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: May-1935; Jul-1935)

Dec-1936 – May-1938, as Detective and Murder Mysteries:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: Oct-1936; Jan-1938)

Publishers

  Oct-1934 – Apr-1935: Associated Authors, Inc., Hollis, Long Island, NY.
  Dec-1936 – Nov-1937: Associated Authors, Inc., 1008 W. York Street, Philadelphia, PA.
  May-1938: Shade Printing Co., Inc., 1008 W. York Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Murderous Intent

Country: US
Total Issues: 19

Semi-professional magazine with a mix of fiction, interviews, and nonfiction articles.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1995 – Winter 1999:

Crime Fiction Index

Email Address:   madison@teleport.com
Publishers:   Madison Publishing, PO Box 5947, Vancouver, WA 98668
Editors:   Margo Power (initially with Marie Gerules)
Formats:   A4
Prices:   $5
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   quarterly



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Murder Shorts

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1946 – 1946?: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: #2)

Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan
Formats:   digest
Prices:   7d
Pagecounts:   36pp


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Murder Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Short-lived pulp magazine published by Harold Hersey about little is known.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul/Aug-1931 – Nov/Dec-1931:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Good Story Magazine (Harold Hersey)
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   20c
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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Murky Depths

Country: UK
Total Issues: 19

A quarterly comic-book-sized anthology that features top quality speculative fiction with sprinklings of horror and fantasy that push the boundaries of science fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 2007 – Dec-2011:

Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.murkydepths.com
Publishers:   Terry Martin
Editors:   Anne Stringer
Formats:   6.5" x 10"
Prices:   £6.99



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Murray's Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 60

A fairly stuffy magazine with marginal acceptance of fiction (Murray's were not great fiction publishers at this time). Nevertheless published some interesting items by Emily Lawless, Thomas Hardy, Vernon Lee ("Amour Dure," Jan-1887), Lucas Malet, Margaret L. Woods.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1887 – Dec-1891:

Indexes to Fiction #4: Time, Murray's Magazine and The Quarto

Publishers

John Murray

Editors

Jan-1887 – Apr-1890: Edward Arnold
May-1890 – Dec-1891: W.L. Courtney

Formats

standard, monthly, 1/-

Frequency

monthly

The "Murrell" Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 20

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1860s

Publishers:   Peterson
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography