The FictionMags Index

Index by Magazine Issue: Page 787

[]True Life Stories
• []n.d. (c. 1950) (Hamilton & Co., 1/-, 24pp+, 7¼″ x 9¾″ s/s, cover by H. W. Perl) (Contents)

[]True Love Affairs (1929)   (about)
--- see under Love Affairs.

[]True Love Affairs (1940)   (about)
• []v1 #1, Jan.-Feb. 1940 (The Frank A. Munsey Company, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)

[]True Love and Romance   (about)
• []v38 #6, January 1943 (Macfadden Publications, 10¢, 72pp, quarto, cover by Robert Keene Studios) (Contents)

[]True Love Stories   (about)
--- see under Live Girl Stories.

[]True Marriage Stories   (about)
--- see under Marriage Stories.

[]True Men Stories   (about)
• []v1 #3, February 1957 (Contents) (Incomplete)
• []v1 #4, April 1957 (cover by Wil Hulsey) (Contents) (Missing)
• []v2 #3, February 1958 (cover by Wil Hulsey) (Contents) (Missing)
• []v3 #2, December 1958 (Feature Publications, Inc., 25¢, 74pp) (Contents)
• []v3 #4, April 1959 (Feature Publications, Inc., 25¢, 76pp) (Contents)
• []v10 #6, January 1968 (Stanley Publications, 35¢, 74pp, quarto) (Contents)

[]True Mystic Confessions   (about)
True Mystic Confessions featured articles on astrology and dreams but mainly carried fictionalized and sensationalized accounts of nudist camp orgies, drugs and sex crimes. Nearly all of the pieces are anonymous and that is understandable. Many of the stories do have a weird element to them but in general this magazine is only for the completist. The contents of the only known issue are given below. (Pub. Info.)
• []#1, 1937 (10¢, 76pp, large) (Contents)

[]True Mystic Crimes   (about)
--- see under Mystic Magazine (1930).

[]True Mystic Science   (about)
True Mystic Science contained articles on astrology, numerology, graphology, mediums, prophecies, famous crimes and unexplained events and various psychic phenomena. R.T.M. Scott was a frequent contributor, Talbot Mundy had an article on Mystic India in the second issue and Otis Adelbert Kline had articles in the second and fifth issues. Arthur J. Burks appeared in the eighth.

The front covers were photos of some staged mystic scene, the back covers were often reproductions of oil paintings. A ninth issue was scheduled to appear but never did according to Chester Cuthbert who was to have an article appear in it.. (Pub. Info.)
• []v1 #1, November 1938 (Continental News, 25¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v1 #2, December 1938 (Continental News, 25¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v1 #3, January/February 1939 (Continental News, 25¢, 84pp, large, cover by Underwood & Underwood & The Bettmann Archive) (Contents)
• []v1 #4, March 1939 (Continental News, 25¢, 68pp, large) (Contents)
• []v2 #1, April 1939 (Continental News, 25¢, 68pp, large) (Contents)
• []v2 #2, May 1939 (Continental News, 25¢, 68pp, large) (Contents)
• []v2 #3, June 1939 (Continental News, 25¢, 68pp, large) (Contents)
• []v2 #4, July 1939 (Continental News, 25¢, 68pp, large) (Contents)

[]True Police Stories:   (about)

True Police Stories
Title changed from Police Stories.
• []v4 #1, November 1925 (Police Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, standard, cover by J. M. Clifton) (Contents)
• []v4 #2, December 1925 (Police Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, standard, cover by J. M. Clifton) (Contents)
• []v4 #3, January 1926 (Police Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, standard, cover by J. M. Clifton) (Contents)

Police Stories
Title changed from True Police Stories.
• []v4 #4, April 1926 (Police Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, standard, cover by Haritonoff) (Contents)

[]True Story   (about)
• []November 1919 (standard) (Contents) (Incomplete)
• []June 1923 (Contents)
• []July 1923 (Contents)
• []August 1923 (Contents)
• []October 1923 (Contents)
• []v9 #4, November 1923 (True Story Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 144pp, 9″ x 11.5″, cover by Leo Sielke, Jr.) (Contents)
• []January 1924 (Contents)
• []February 1924 (Contents)
• []February 1929 (The True Story Publishing Company, cover by Leo Sielke, Jr.) (Contents)
• []v22 #1, February 1930 (True Story Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 200pp, cover by Jules Cannert) (Contents)
• []v26 #2, March 1932 (True Story Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 208pp, cover by Jules Cannert) (Contents)
• []v31 #6, January 1935 (True Story Publishing Corporation, 15¢, 130pp, cover by A. Mozert) (Contents)
• []v40 #2, March 1939 (Macfadden Publications, 15¢, 158pp, quarto) (Contents)

[]True Story Magazine (UK)   (about)
UK version of the US True Story, which was the first of the so-called “confessions” magazines. Stories were purportedly true and hence were uncredited. An unusual feature of the magazine is that each story is prefixed by a “Reading Time” - to the nearest second!
• []#11, September 1923 (Hutchinson, 1/-, 160pp, standard) (Contents)
• []#125, April 1933 (MacFadden Magazines, 6d, 72pp, quarto) (Contents)
• []#127, June 1933 (MacFadden Magazines, 6d, 72pp, quarto) (Contents)
• []#315, February 1949 (The Argus Press, 1/-, 48pp, 10.7″ x 7.5″) (Contents)

[]True Strange Stories (1929)   (about)
(Pub. Info.)
• []v1 #1, March 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by Delos Palmer) (Contents)
• []v1 #2, April 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by Doris Stanley) (Contents)
• []v1 #3, May 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by R. A. Cameron) (Contents)
• []v1 #4, June 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by Hubert Rogers) (Contents)
• []v1 #5, July 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by F. P. Sylos) (Contents)
• []v1 #6, August 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by W. F. Soare) (Contents)
• []v1 #7, October 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by R. A. Cameron) (Contents)
• []v1 #8, November 1929 (25¢, 96pp+, large, cover by R. A. Cameron) (Contents)

[]True Strange (Stories) (1956)   (about)
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 published by Weider Periodicals Inc., 16 Hopkins Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey. William R. Shelton edited the first five issues and Allen Camelli edited the last two. It was 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).

The magazine dealt with sensationalized accounts of myths, legends, and stories. Unlike True Weird, True Strange often tied their articles to the famous and the infamous: Stalin, Hitler, Ilse Koch, Houdini, Ingrid Bergman, etc. The covers also emphasized the famous with Elvis Presley, James Dean, Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren and others appearing. The magazine would be of marginal interest to collectors. The contents of the first issue and information on the other issues follows:
• []v1 #1, October 1956 (35¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v1 #2, March 1957 (35¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v1 #3, May-June 1957 (35¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v1 #4, August 1957 (35¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v1 #5, October 1957 (35¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v1 #6, December 1957 (35¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)
• []v2 #1, February 1958 (35¢, 84pp, large) (Contents)

[]True Supernatural Stories   (about)
This magazine was assembled for trademark purposes and was never offered for sale to the general public. Special thanks to Sam Moskowitz for this information. (Pub. Info.)
• []vA #1, October 1934 (15¢, 12pp, 7″ x 10″) (Contents)

[]True Twilight Tales   (about)
(Pub. Info.)
• []#1, Fall 1963 (50¢, 96pp+, large, cover by photo) (Contents)
• []#2, Spring 1964 (50¢, 96pp+, large, cover by photo) (Contents)

[]True War   (about)
• []July 1958 (Contents) (Incomplete)

[]True Weird   (about)
True Weird was a large magazine published by Weider Periodicals Inc., 16 Hopkins Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey. Howard Booth edited the magazine. It was subtitled “strange… fantastic… true!”. The magazine contained no fiction. It dealt with sensationalized accounts of myths legends and stories. Topics such as Lincoln’s ghost, Count St. Germain (4000 year old man), levitation, the Holland tulip mania of 1635 and various vampires, witches and werewolves. The magazine would not be of interest to most collectors. The contents of the first issue and information on the other two issues follows:
• []v1 #1, November 1955 (35¢, 84pp, large, cover by Clarence Doore) (Contents)
• []v1 #2, February 1956 (35¢, 84pp, large, cover by Clarence Doore) (Contents)
• []v1 #3, May 1956 (35¢, 84pp, large, cover by John Martin) (Contents)

[]True West (UK)   (about)
• []#4, n.d. (ca. Jan 1959) (L. Miller & Co., 1/3d, 32pp) (Contents)

[]True Western and Far West
Incorrect listing for True Western Stories.

[]True Western Stories   (about)
--- see under Far West Stories.

[]True Woman’s Adventures   (about)
• []v1 #1, May 1956 (148 Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, quarto, cover by George Giguere) (Contents)

[]Trumpet   (about)
Amateur magazine.
• []#1, February 1965 (Tom Reamy, 50¢, 40pp, quarto, cover by Tom Reamy) (Contents)
• []#2, June 1965 (Tom Reamy, 50¢, 40pp, quarto, cover by Richard Huebner) (Contents)
• []#3, December 1965 (Tom Reamy, 50¢, 56pp, quarto, cover by George Barr) (Contents)
• []#4, April 1966 (Tom Reamy, 60¢, 52pp, quarto, cover by Al Jones) (Contents)
• []#5, April 1967 (Tom Reamy, 60¢, 44pp, quarto, cover by Glenn Helm) (Contents)
• []#6, June 1967 (Tom Reamy, 60¢, 44pp, quarto, cover by Dennis Smith) (Contents)
• []#7, May 1968 (Tom Reamy, 75¢, 44pp, quarto, cover by Jeff Jones) (Contents)
• []#8, September 1968 (Tom Reamy, 60¢, 44pp, cover by Jeff Jones) (Contents)
• []#9, 1969 (Tom Reamy, 75¢, 52pp, quarto, cover by Hannes Bok) (Contents)
• []#10, 1969 (Tom Reamy, 75¢, 52pp, quarto, cover by George Barr) (Contents)
• []#11, 1974 (Nostalgia, Inc., $1.00, 36pp, quarto, cover by Steve Fabian) (Contents)
• []#12, Summer 1981 (Ken Keller, $3.50, 52pp, quarto, cover by Ned Dameron) (Contents)

[]Trunk Stories   (about)
(Pub. Info.)
• []#1, November 2003 ($4.00, 44pp+, 7″ x 8½″, cover by Timothy Dedman) (Contents)
• []#2, December 2004 ($4.00, 44pp+, 7″ x 8½″) (Contents)
• []#3, November 2005 ($4.00, 44pp+, 7″ x 8½″) (Contents)
• []#4, July 2008 (Contents)

[]Truth (UK)   (about)
• []September 19, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 26, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 3, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 10, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 17, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 24, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 31, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 7, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 14, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 21, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 28, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 5, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []#102 December 12, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 18, 1878 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 26, 1878 (1/-, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 2, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 9, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 16, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 23, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 30, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 6, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 13, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 18, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 25, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 6, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 13, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 20, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 27, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 3, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 10, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 17, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 24, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 1, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 8, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 15, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 22, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 29, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 5, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 12, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 19, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 26, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 3, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 10, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 17, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 24, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 31, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 7, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 14, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 21, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 28, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 4, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 11, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 18, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 25, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 2, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 9, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 16, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 23, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 30, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 6, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 13, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 20, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 27, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 4, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 11, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 18, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 25, 1879 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 1, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 8, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 15, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 22, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []January 29, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 5, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 12, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 19, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []February 26, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 4, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 11, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 18, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []March 25, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 1, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 8, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 15, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 22, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []April 29, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 6, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 13, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 20, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []May 27, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 3, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 10, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 17, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []June 24, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 1, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 8, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 15, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 22, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 29, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 5, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 12, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 19, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 26, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 2, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 9, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 16, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 23, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 30, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 7, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 14, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 21, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 28, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 4, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 11, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 18, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 25, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 2, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 9, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 16, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 23, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 30, 1880 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 7, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 14, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 21, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []July 28, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 4, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 11, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 18, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []August 25, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 1, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 8, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 15, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 22, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []September 29, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 6, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 13, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 20, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []October 27, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 3, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 10, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 17, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []November 24, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 1, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 8, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 15, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 22, 1881 (6d, 36pp) (Contents)
• []December 25, 1881 (6d, 64pp) (Contents)
• []v11, January 5, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, January 12, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, January 19, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, January 26, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, February 2, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, February 9, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, February 16, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, March 2, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, March 9, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, March 16, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, March 23, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, March 30, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, April 6, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, April 13, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, April 20, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, April 27, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, May 11, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, May 18, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, May 25, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, June 1, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, June 8, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, June 15, 1882 (Contents)
• []v11, June 22, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, June 29, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, July 6, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, July 13, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, July 20, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, July 27, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, August 3, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, August 10, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, August 17, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, August 24, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, August 31, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, September 7, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, September 14, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, September 28, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, October 5, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, October 12, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, October 19, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, October 26, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, November 2, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, November 9, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, November 16, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, November 23, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, November 30, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, December 7, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, December 14, 1882 (Contents)
• []v12, December 21, 1882 (Contents)
(continued)