The leading UK popular fiction magazine, a major trendsetter at the turn of the last century and still a well-known name in the present.

It published most of the famous writers of its day, in particular A. Conan Doyle (the "Sherlock Holmes" short stories, which set the fashion for series stories), W.W. Jacobs, H.G. Wells, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, A.E.W. Mason, Anthony Hope, O. Henry, P.G. Wodehouse, Gilbert Frankau, Agatha Christie, Sapper, Hugh Walpole, Dorothy L. Sayers.

See also under The New Strand.

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A number of issues of The Strand Magazine have been seen which are identical to the UK issues except that they are dated one month later and have prices on the cover for Australia, New Zealand and/or South Africa. These are believed to be a "Colonial Edition", printed locally and dated to allow for the delay caused by shipping the printing plates.

American reprint edition of The Strand Magazine. The American edition initially carried the same material as the British edition, but (typically) one month later; but as time went by there were numerous items carried in one edition but not the other.

A second revival of the original Strand, this one concentrates on mystery and supernatural fiction.

The bulk of each issue (typically everything after the first 16 or 20 pages) consisted of sheet music for songs of the day, but almost every issue contained one short story often written (and illustrated) by regular contributors to The Strand Magazine.

Each issue contained a single complete original novelette, illustrated with three engravings.

Strange was sub-titled the magazine of true mystery. It was intended to publish non-fiction articles dealing with bizarre and unsolved mysteries. Topics covered included The Mary Celeste, feral children, death camps, cursed diamonds, dreams, swindles and so on. It lasted for three issues; March 1952(#1), May 1952(#2), July 1952(#3). The contents for the first issue were fairly typical.

Sub-titled "True Stories of the Supernatural," this magazine was written entirely by Brad Steiger. Some, if not all, of the pieces are reprinted from his earlier books.

The contents page of the first issue has no title, but a self- referential blurb refers to the magazine as Amazing Adventures. The latter title has never actually been used as the title of an SF magazine; rumors of such a title were probably produced by coverless copies of SA.

"Classic Pulp Fiction, an Anthology series containing Novels and Short Stories by acclaimed writers in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery, and Horror."

High quality side stapled fanzine from Scotland dedicated to H.P. Lovecraft. Each issue contained a comic strip adaptation of a Lovecraft story.

Issues & Index Sources:  Spring 2010 – present

Website:   www.strange-aeons.com
Publishers:   Eryx Press, P.O. Box 25261, Seattle, WA 98165

Small press dark fantasy/horror fiction magazine.

Fanzine that published a short story by Brian Stableford.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1991 – #7, 1993:

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(Missing: v1 #6, 1993)

Publishers:   Broken Arrow Publishing, Worcester, MA.

Strange Detective Mysteries specialised, as the title implied, in "bizarre, thrilling, eerie-laden, mystery stories" and featured a host of bizarre crime fighters. Briefly, for five issues in 1938, it changed its name to Captain Satan and concentrated on the eponymous hero, but soon reverted to the original title, publishing a total of 33 issues in 6 series.

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