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Smash!

Country: US
Total Issues: 4?

Pinup magazine that published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1961 – 1963?:

FictionMags Index

(partial issue only)

Publishers:   Smash Publications, 1157 West 25th Place, Los Angeles 7, CA
Editors:   Al. B. Clinton
Prices:   50c


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Smash Detective Cases

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: 1945 – ?

Publishers: Detective House Inc., 114 E. 32nd St., New York, NY, and 441 Lexington Ave., New York, NY



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Smash Detective-Crime Cases

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s

Smashing Detective (Australia)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 2 (at least)

Another thin Australian digest about which very little is known.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1954:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #2)

Publishers: Action Comics, 14 Bond Street, Sydney


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Smashing Detective Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 27+6=33

One of the last detective pulps to be launched, Smashing Detective Stories featured hard-action stories of mystery and detection. After 27 issues the magazine title changed to Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories but only 3 more pulp issues were published under this title, followed by 3 digest issues.

Issues & Index Sources

Mar-1951 – Nov-1956:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Jan-1957 – Feb-1958, as Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

Columbia Publications

Editors

Robert A.W. Lowndes

Formats

Mar-1951 – May-1957: standard pulp
Aug-1957 – Feb-1958: digest

Prices

Mar-1951 – May-1957: 20c
Aug-1957 – Feb-1958: 35c

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

  Mar-1951 – Dec-1954: quarterly
  Mar-1955 – May-1957: bimonthly
  Aug-1957 – Feb-1958: quarterly

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



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Smashing Detective Stories (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 11?

British reprint edition of Smashing Detective Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1952:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #11)

Publishers:   Hermitage Publications / Thorpe & Porter
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   100pp
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Smashing Novels Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 4+7?=11?

Issues & Index Sources

May-1936 – Nov-1936:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Feb-1937, as Adventure Novels Magazine:

Adventure Fiction Index

Jul-1937 – Dec-1939, as Adventure Novels and Short Stories:	Adventure Fiction Index	(Missing: Apr-1938)
	Pulp Magazine Index 1	(Missing: Apr-1938)

Publishers

Chesterfield Publications (Columbia Publications)

Editors

Cliff Campbell

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

15c

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

  May-1936 – Nov-1936: bimonthly
  Feb-1937 – Dec-1939: irregular

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



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Smashing Western

Country: US
Total Issues: 15

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1936 – Oct-1939: Western Fiction Index (Missing: Sep-1937; Aug-1938)

Publishers:   Chesterfield Publications (Columbia Publications)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Smashing Western (Stories) (Canada)

Country: Canada

Issues & Index Sources:  1941 – 1942?: Western Fiction Index (sample issue only)

Publishers:   Duchess Printing & Publishing Co.
Editors:   William Brown-Forbes
Formats:   pulp
Pagecounts:   99pp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001


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Smash Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1941 – Dec-1941: FictionMags Index


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The Smith

see under Pulpsmith

Smith's Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 202

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1905 – Feb-1922:

General Fiction Index

#merges with Love Story Magazine

Publishers

Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

Editors

Theodore Dreiser

Formats

standard; became a pulp circa 1919

Frequency

monthly

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



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Smith's Monthly

Country: US

Total issues: 67 (as at Jan-2025)

Magazine publishing new and reprint fiction by Dean Wesley Smith.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-2013 – May-2017:

Science Fiction Index

Jan-2021 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #67, Nov-2022)

Website: www.wmgpublishinginc.com/smiths-monthly-magazine

Publishers

WMG Publishing

Editors

Dean Wesley Smith



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Smith's Weekly

see under Magazine of Short Stories

Smoked Glass

Country: US

Semi-professional magazine. A continuation of Space Grits by two of the editors.

Issues & Index Sources: 1985

Smokehouse Monthly

Country: US

Companion magazine to Captain Billy's Whiz Bang.

Issues & Index Sources: 1926 – ?

Publishers: Fawcett Publications

Snake Nation Review

Country: US
Total Issues: 25 (at at Sep-2015)

Regional journal of fiction, poetry, essays. Circulation 2,000.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1989 – present

Website:   www.snakenationpress.org
Publishers:   110 #2 West Force Street, Valdosta, GA 31601 (in 1998 - 2002)
Editors:   Robert George (in 1998 - 2002)
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   100pp
Frequency:   thrice yearly at outset, now quarterly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Snap (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  1950?: FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Utopian Press, 22 Roland Gardens, London SW7
Pagecounts:   36pp