The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Magazine Issue: Page 72

Whispering Willow:   (about)
Very elusive small press crime magazine that ran for five issues, each labelled with names like “Dagger Edition” rather than being dated.

Whispering Willow
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ Premier Edition (Spring 1997) ($9.95, digest, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)

Whispering Willow Mysteries
Title changed from Whispering Willow. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ Dagger Edition (Summer 1997) (Whispering Willow Publications, $9.95, 158pp, digest, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)
• ___ Bon Voyage Edition (Fall 1997) ($9.95, digest, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)
• ___ Poison Quill Edition, 1997 (Contents) (Missing)
• ___ #1 Sleuth Edition, 1997 (cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)

Who? Detective Magazine   (about)
Short-lived magazine publishing original stories by South African authors. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1950 (Dolphin Press, pulp) (Contents) (Missing)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1950 (Dolphin Press, 1/6d, 48pp, pulp) (Contents)

Whodunit?   (about)
Unusual magazine with a stated policy of using only stories with surprise endings although, in the single issue published, only one story was actually a whodunit. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, September/October 1967 (50¢, digest) (Contents)

Wild & Wooly Mammoth Detective   (about)
One-shot fanzine—a parody of the Ziff-Davis pulps. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, 1991 (Pulp Confidential Press, $10.00, 12pp, 8.5″ x 5.5″, cover by George Chastain) (Contents)

Wit   (about)
Despite the title, this magazine, subtitled “Modern Mirth and Mystery” mainly contained a series of detective stories about sleuths Rex Dimond & Sally Dexter by Martin Thomas, and anonymous mystery vignettes. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 1947 (Wit Publications, 1/-, 52pp, 4.75″ x 7.25″) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1947 (Wit Publications, 1/-, 66pp, 4.75″ x 7.25″) (Contents)
• ___ #3, 1947 (Contents)

The World of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine   (about)
A one-shot, large, illustrated magazine, devoted to Sherlock Holmes. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, December 1977 (Stories, Layouts & Press, Inc., $1.95, 100pp, quarto, cover by Luis Dominguez) (Contents)

World Wide Detective Stories   (about)
Short-lived magazine publishing original stories by Canadian authors. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, July 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, August 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Walter Leslie) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, September 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Walter Leslie) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, December 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Wilf Long) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, February 1942 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Wilf Long) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, April 1942 (Daring Publishing Company, pulp) (Contents)

Yankee Magazine Fiction
--- see under Dime Detective Magazine (UK) (1948).

Yankee Gang Shorts
--- see under Yankee Shorts.

Yankee Mystery Shorts
--- see under Yankee Shorts.

Yankee Shorts:   (about)
The first series was published from 1940 to 1942, numbered sequentially, but with each individual issue carrying the name of an individual magazine. The series mixed reprints with original stories probably depending on how much space there was left in each issue.

The second series, published in 1943/1944, were digest-sized and were explicitly labelled Yankee Shorts as well as a separate title such as Romance Shorts and Western Shorts and a number. In this series, however, the issues were numbered as sequels to the equivalent title in the first series. whether these numbers represented a second generic series, or if each was numbered as a sequel to the first series.

Yankee Shorts (first series)
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, Yankee Romance Shorts (November 1940) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #2, Yankee Mystery Shorts (November 1940) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #3, Yankee Science Fiction (November 1940) (3d, 32pp+, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #4, Yankee Romance Shorts (November 1940) (Contents)
• ___ #5, Yankee Mystery Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #6, Yankee Weird Shorts (January 1941) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #7, Yankee Western Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #8, Yankee Gang Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #9, Yankee Love Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #10, Yankee Air Action (April 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #11, Yankee Science Fiction (April 1941) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #12, Yankee Romance Shorts (April 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #13, Yankee Gang Shorts (April 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #14, Yankee Weird Shorts (July 1941) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #15, Yankee Romance Shorts (July 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #16, Yankee Air Action (July 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #17, Yankee Western Shorts (July 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #18, Yankee Romance Shorts (April 1942) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #19, Yankee Weird Shorts (May 1942) (32pp+, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #20, Yankee Gang Shorts (June 1942) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)
• ___ #21, Yankee Science Fiction (July 1942) (32pp+, 6.75″ x 9.5″) (Contents)

Yankee Gang Shorts
A single issue of Yankee Gang Shorts is known to exist in the second series, numbered #4 after the three issues in the first series.
• ___ #4 (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75″ x 6.75″) (Contents)

Yankee Romance Shorts
Two issues of Yankee Romance Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #7 & #8 after the six issues in the first series titled either Yankee Romance Shorts or Yankee Love Shorts.
• ___ #7, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75″ x 6.75″) (Contents)
• ___ #8, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75″ x 6.75″) (Contents)

Yankee Western Shorts
Two issues of Yankee Western Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #3 & #4 after the two issues in the first series.
• ___ #3, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 68pp, 4.75″ x 6.75″) (Contents)
• ___ #4, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 68pp, 4.75″ x 6.75″) (Contents)