True crime.

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True crime.

True crime magazine which featured some fiction including "The Glass That Laughed" by Dashiell Hammett (Nov-1925).

True crime.

Macfadden; downmarket slick

British reorint edition of True Romances.

Perhaps UK editions of the US magazines of the same titles (?); "first-person true stories with strong love interest... 7000 - 8000 words".

Flagellation magazine containing various stories about corporal punishment and a correspondence section on the same. Despite being published in France, this was targeted at a British audience.

Reprints from earlier magazines.

The first of the so-called "confessions" magazines, hugely successful and a trail-blazer in its own downmarket way. Stories were purportedly true and many are anecdotal experiences; but by the mid-1920s many more had become staff-written or were professional submissions. Most were by Macfadden's stable of writers, e.g. Fulton Oursler, Lyon Mearson.

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UK edition of the US magazine but with some British material; stories uncredited.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1923 – Jun-1923:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   McFadden Publications, Inc., 1926 Broadway, New York, NY
Formats:   first 4 numbers: 8 x 5¾"; nos. 5 and 6: 7 5/8 x 5½"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   250-300
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

The November issue says Strange Stories on the cover but says True Strange Stories on the spine and contents page.

True Strange may be a revival of True Weird. They share the same publisher and followed one upon another. True Strange also reprinted material from True Weird. True Strange was a large magazine subtitled "incredible...weird... and factual." There were a total of seven issues with one short story in four of the issues.

Other authors with material that may be of interest are: Arthur J. Burks (5-6/57); M.E. Counselman (10/56, 3/57, 10/57, 2/58); Jules De Grandon (3/57); Theophile Gautier (3/57); R. DeWitt Miller (8/57).

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True crime.