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Magazine Issues

Rapid-Fire Action Stories

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-1932 – Dec-1932:

Publishers:   Rapid-Fire Publications (Clayton Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Rapid-Fire Detective Stories

Total Issues: 8

Published as a companion to Rapid-Fire Action Stories and Rapid-Fire Western Stories, Rapid-Fire Detective Stories was an undistinguished detective pulp that ran for 8 issues.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1932 – May-1933:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers:   Rapid-Fire Publications (Clayton Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Rapid-Fire Western Stories

Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1932 – May-1933:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Mar-1933)



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The Rapid Review

Total Issues: 34+4+6=44

Although the name was first changed to The Rapid in Dec-1906, the magazine was relaunched in Apr-1907 as a short-lived companion to Pearson's and The Novel, which ran some fiction but was chiefly a vehicle for comment on matters of social and human interest.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1904 – Nov-1906

Dec-1906 – Mar-1907, as The Rapid

Apr-1907 – Sep-1907, as The Rapid:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: May-1907, Jun-1907, Jul-1907)

Publishers

C.A. Pearson

Editors

Percy Everett?

Prices

Pagecounts

144pp

Rapture

Issues & Index Sources: 1959 – 1974:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: American Art Agency



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Rare Constellations

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1993 – #2, 1993:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: #1)

Publishers:   Rare Constellations, Princeton, WV
Editors:   Dana K. Allen
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $5.00


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Rare Crime Cases

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Fireside Publications Ltd.

Rare Detective Cases

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Sparkling Publications/Albert Publications
Frequency: monthly

Rare Detective (Stories)

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Classic Publishing Co. (1944); Fireside Publications Ltd. (1947-1949)

Raritan

Subtitled "A Quarterly Review"; infrequently publishes fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1981 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Rutgers University, 31 Mine Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08093 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Richard Poirier (in 1988 - 2002)
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)
Website:   raritanquarterly.rutgers.edu

Rascal

Contained "western and crime sleaze stories and lots of delicious cheesecake".

Issues & Index Sources: in 1960s

Publishers:   Camerarts Publishing Company, 2715 North Pulaski Rd., Chicago, Illinois 60639
Editors:   Frank Sorren
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   50pp



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Rats

Australia's Monthly Satire Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1972 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Rats Publishing, Carlton North, Vics
Editors:   Piotr J. Olszewski
Prices:   A$0.45
Pagecounts:   40pp

Rattapallax

Total Issues: 24 (as at Sep-2015)

Issues include poetry readings on CD.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present

Publishers:   523 La Guardia Place, Suite 353, New York, NY 10012 (in 2000 - 2002)
Editors:   Martin Mitchell (in 2002); George Dickerson (in 2000)
Frequency:   twice yearly
Sources:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)
Website:   www.rattapallax.com/issues
Email Address:   rattapallax@hotmail.com

Rattler's Tale

General fiction fanzine, mainly publishing vignettes.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1992:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Anthony North Enterprises, BCM Keyhole, LONDON, WC1N 3XX
Editors:   North, Anthony
Formats:   A5
Prices:   £2.00
Pagecounts:   80pp

Rave

Mostly aimed at teenagers and containing features about pop entertainers, but also included "fiction involving action or adventure, romance, dialogue, and set among contemporary young people" of 1000-3500 words.

Issues & Index Sources: 1964 – early 1970s

Publishers:   Fleetway Publications; IPC
Editors:   P. Lamburn (c. 1966); Betty Hale (c. 1971)
Prices:   2/6d; 12½p
Frequency:   monthly

The Raven Chronicles

Total Issues: 22 (to Fall 2015)

Publishes work which reflects cultural diversity. Also publishes on the internet and occasional chapbooks. Circulation 1,000.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer/Fall 1991 – present

Publishers:   Raven Chronicles, Seattle, WA
Editors:   Phoebe Bosch^e'
Formats:   A4
Pagecounts:   48+pp
Frequency:   thrice yearly
Website:   www.ravenchronicles.org