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Six Star Books

Country: UK
Total Issues: 6

Issues & Index Sources:  1946: Story Paper Index

Publishers:   Bairns Books
Formats:   pocket
Pagecounts:   36pp

6 Star Western Stories (Australia)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: ?: Western Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)

Publishers: Fitchett Brothers, West Melbourne, Victoria


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1632 & Beyond

Country: US
Total Issues: 7 (as at Oct-2024)

Magazine featuring fiction and non-fiction set in Eric Flint's 1632 Universe.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-2023 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Sep-2024)

Website: 1632magazine.com



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Sizzle (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1950: FictionMags Index

Publishers:   The Truman Book Co. Ltd., 401 Eastcote Lane, South Harrow, Middlesex
Prices:   2/6d
Pagecounts:   32pp

Sizzle (US)

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: 1959 – 1962?: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers: Spice Publications (Tri-S Publications), 8032 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood CA



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Sizzling Detective Mysteries

see under Snappy Detective Mysteries

Sizzling Romances

see under Snappy Romances

Sizzling Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1934

Mentioned in: Uncovered: The Hidden Art of Girlie Pulps


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Skeleton Crew

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4+10=14

Semi-professional magazine for issues 1-5. Starting with v2 #1 it became a slick professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1988 – #5, 1989:

Science Fiction Index

Jul-1990 – Apr-1991:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

#1, 1988 – #5, 1989: Dave Hughes, Wickford
Jul-1990 – Apr-1991: Argus Specialist Publication, Hemel Hempstead

Editors

  #1, 1988 – #5, 1989: Dave Hughes & Nick Belcher
  Jul-1990: Dave Hughes
  Aug-1990 – Apr-1991: Dave Reeder

Formats

#1, 1988 – #5, 1989: digest pamphlet
Jul-1990 – Apr-1991: A4 semi-glossy

Pagecounts

#1, 1988 – #5, 1989: 48pp (varied)
Jul-1990 – Apr-1991: 64pp

Frequency

2nd series, monthly



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Skelos

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Subtitled "The Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy" and featuring short fiction, essays, poetry, reviews, and art by both seasoned pros and talented newcomers!

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 2016 – Fall 2020:

Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.skelospress.com
Publishers:   Skelos Press, P.O. Box 20781, Tallahassee, Florida 32316
Editors:   Mark Finn
Formats:   US quarto
Prices:   $11.95



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The Sketch

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2989

Ran two or three stories per issue, often society stories but also mysteries. Ran first Agatha Christie "Poirot" stories (1923) and also a series called "Tales With a Sting" including stories by Edwin Baird, E.M. Delafield, Marjorie Bowen.

Issues & Index Sources

1-Feb-1893 – 17-Jun-1959:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

Illustrated London News & Sketch

Editors

  1893 – 1899: Clement Shorter & J.M. Bulloch
  1899 – 1902: John Latey
  1902 – 1904: John Keble Ball
  1905 – 1959: Bruce Ingram

Formats

glossy large-size slick in the 1920s?

Frequency

weekly

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers

Online Sources

Online Books

Sketch Book and Printer's Pie

see under Printers' Pie

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Country: US

Total issues: 7

A collection of 34 essays and short stories written by Washington Irving and published serially throughout 1819 and 1820.

Issues & Index Sources: 23-Jun-1819 – 13-Sep-1820:

FictionMags Index

Publishers:   C.S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich Street, New York
Editors:   Washington Irving
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

Sketchy Bits

Country: UK
Total Issues: 782

A humorous weekly journal of drama, sport & fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 29-Apr-1895 – 9-May-1910:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   "Sketchy Bits" Company Ltd., 1 & 3 Hind Court, Fleet Street, London EC
Editors:   Harry Shurey
Formats:   slim, saddle-stapled magazine on pulp paper, heavily illustrated
Prices:   1d
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   weekly

Skewed

Country: US
Total Issues: 1?

Well-produced fanzine, with a mixture of fiction, poetry and articles, which looks like an outlet for graduates of the Clarion Summer Program.

Issues & Index Sources: 1982

Publishers: Claudia Peck, Knoxville, Tennessee
Editors: Claudia Peck

Skinned Alive

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 5

"The Horror Fiction Fanzine".

Issues & Index Sources: 1991? – Aug-1993:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers: Rod Williams, Keperra, Queensland
Editors: Rod Williams


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The Skipper [1930]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 543

Issues & Index Sources:  6-Sep-1930 – 1-Feb-1941: Story Paper Index (sample issues only)

Publishers:   D.C. Thomson
Editors:   Andrew C. Hunter
Prices:   2d
Pagecounts:   28pp
Frequency:   weekly



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The Skipper [1936]

Country: US
Total Issues: 12

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1936 – Dec-1937: Adventure Fiction Index

Pulp Magazine Index 1
Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Editors:   John L. Nanovic
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   128pp
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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The Skipper [1947]

Country: US

Described as the "national sailing magazine", The Skipper frequently published fiction, some of which was collected in TALES FROM "THE SKIPPER" (Barre Publishing, 1968).

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1947 – Feb-1972

Publishers:   Skipper Pub. Co., Spa Creek, Annapolis, Maryland
Editors:   H.K. Riggs
Frequency:   monthly