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Quest [1909]

Esoteric magazine that published occasional fiction, including pieces by Algernon Blackwood.

Issues & Index Sources: 1909 – 1930

Publishers: John Watkins, 21 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2.

Quest [1926]

Religious paper. Subtitled "A magazine for young people" at first, and later "A Baptist magazine for young people"; was briefly entitled The War-time Quest.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1926 – Oct-1973

Publishers

  Jan-1926 – Oct-1931: Carey Press
  Jan-1932 – Oct-1952: Baptist Union & Baptist Missionary Society
  Jan-1953 – Oct-1973: Baptist Missionary Society

Pagecounts

32pp

Frequency

quarterly

The Quest [1965]

Quarterly literary magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1965/1966 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   The Quest Inc., Cathedral Station
Editors:   Alexis Levitin
Formats:   digest
Prices:   $1.00
Pagecounts:   72pp

Questar

Total Issues: 13

A comics and media fan magazine with newsstand distribution. Most issues contain some amounts of fiction. Many changes took place in the last issue, including an increased fiction content.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1978 – #13, 1981:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   MW Communications, Pittsburgh from #3
Editors:   William G. Wilson; Horace L. Gold was Fiction Editor on last two issues
Formats:   slick
Prices:   various
Pagecounts:   various
Frequency:   roughly quarterly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Quest Detective News

Total Issues: 1?

One-shot magazine/anthology of original stories by South African authors.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1950:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Dolphin Press (Pty.) Ltd., 16 Hans Street, Jeppe, Johannesburg
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   48pp


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Question Mark

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: xx:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Amateur Fantasy Publications of Australia
Editors: Kevin Wheelahan

Quick Action Detective Stories

see under New All-Action Stories

Quick-Trigger Stories of the West

see under Quick Trigger Western Magazine

Quick Trigger Western Magazine

Total Issues: 13

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1929 – Mar-1930:

Western Fiction Index

Apr-1930 – Jan-1931, as Quick Trigger Stories of the West:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers

Good Story Magazine (Harold Hersey)

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

25c

Frequency

monthly to May-1930 and from Oct-1930; in between bimonthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Quick Trigger Western Novels Magazine

Total Issues: 1+12=13

Issues & Index Sources

May-1936, as Quick Trigger Western:

Western Fiction Index

Sep-1936 – Oct-1939, as Quick Trigger Western Novels Magazine:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Sep-1937, Dec-1938)

Publishers

Quick Trigger

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

bimonthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Quick Trigger Westerns (Australia)

Total Issues: 2?

Thin Australian digest.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers: Ayers & James

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The Quill

Subtitled "a magazine of Greenwich Village".

Issues & Index Sources: 30-Jun-1917 – 1922?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: Sheridan Square Company
Editors: Harold Hersey

The Quiver

Total Issues: 1284

A religious-orientated magazine that concentrated on articles and fiction of a highly moral and improving nature, its full title saying "designed for the defence of Biblical truth and the advancement of religion." The religious stranglehold was relaxed after Cassell's death in 1865. Only writer of note in early years was Mrs Henry Wood; later it published such popular authors as Rider Haggard ("When the World Shook," 1918 - 1919).

In the 1920s and 1930s the magazine was almost all fiction. In August 1940 the magazine shrank to digest size and thereafter looked more like The Dalesman, but still ran 2 or 3 stories per issue. The final issue started a new serial which ran over into The Sunday Companion.

Issues & Index Sources

7-Sep-1861 – Jun-1956:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

#merges with Sunday Companion

Publishers

7-Sep-1861 – Jan-1927: Cassell's
Feb-1927 – Jun-1956: Amalgamated Press

Editors

  1861 – 1863: John Cassell
  1863: Charles Wright
  1863 – 1864: John Willis Clark
  1864 – 1865: Teignmouth Shore
  1865 – 1905: Bonavia Hunt
  1905 – 1909: David Williamson
  Oct-1909 – Aug-1953: Herbert Dakin Williams
  Sep-1953 – Jun-1956: John Erskine Tuck

Frequency

weekly (also issued very attractive Christmas annuals); ?monthly in later years?

Sources: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3, The Age of the Storytellers

QWF (Quality Women's Fiction)

Total Issues: 49

Small-press magazine aimed at producing the best in women's writing.

Issues & Index Sources: 1994 – Jul-2006:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Editors: Jo Good
Frequency: bimonthly

Racing Shorts

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1945?:

Sports Fiction Index

Publishers: Gerald G. Swan
Prices: 7d


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Racing Special

Total Issues: 1

Mainly non-fiction, but included one story.

Issues & Index Sources: 1934:

Sports Fiction Index

Publishers: The World's Work
Prices: 1/-


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Racket-Buster Detective

Total Issues: 1

One of the many undated "one shot" magazines published in the UK in the years after the Second World War. In a loose series with Crime Detective, Homicide Reporter, Police Detective and Crime Investigator.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1949:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Hamilton & Co
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   9d
Pagecounts:   64pp


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Racketeer and Gangland Stories

see under Gangland Stories