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Rapture

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources

1959 – 1974:

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  in 1959: Tower Publications, Inc., 12969-1/2 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA
  in 1959: Beacon Publications, Inc., 12969-1/2 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA
  1961 – 1968: American Art Agency, 7311 Fulton Avenue, North Hollywood, CA.

Editors

  1959 – 1961: Paul Bessi
  1962 – 1963: Clyde Beashers
  1963 – 1966: Felix Redmond



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Rare Constellations

Country: US
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

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Fireside Publications Ltd.

Rare Detective Cases

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Sparkling Publications/Albert Publications
Frequency: monthly

Rare Detective (Stories)

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

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

Raritan

Country: US

Subtitled "A Quarterly Review"; infrequently publishes fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1981 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

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

Rascal

Country: US

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

Issues & Index Sources: in 1960s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

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



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Rats

Country: Australia

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

Country: US
Total Issues: 24 (as at Sep-2015)

Issues include poetry readings on CD.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present

Website:   www.rattapallax.com/issues
Email Address:   rattapallax@hotmail.com
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
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Rattler's Tale

Country: UK

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

Country: UK

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

Country: US
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

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

Ravenwood Quarterly

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-2016 – #2, 2016: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Electric Pentacle Press
Editors:   Travis Neisler
Prices:   $15.00


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Ray Gun Revival

Country: US
Total Issues: 57

Semi-professional downloadable online magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-2006 – #57, 2010:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Double-Edged Publishing, Inc., Cordova, Tennessee
Editors: Johne Cooke, L.S. King, Paul Christian Glenn



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Razar Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Thick, themed, horror magazine that contained considerable horror short fiction, articles, artwork and the occasional poem.

Issues & Index Sources: 2006 – 2007:

Science Fiction Index

Editors: Chris Bartholomew, Brian Hodges & Chuck Turner


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Read! [1943]

Country: US

A newsstand magazine containing a mixture of articles and short stories, including ones by Erskine Caldwell and John Cheever.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1943 – ?

Publishers:   Magazine Management Co., Dunellen, New Jersey
Editors:   Ralph Clark
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   68pp
Frequency:   monthly