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Publishers: Southern Goblin Productions, Sarasota, Florida
Editors: Vincent Kuklewski

Black Lite

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1976 – Jan-1978:



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Black Lotus

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

Small press horror magazine containing at least 1 story by D.F. Lewis.

Issues & Index Sources: 1992 – 1996:

(Missing: #1, #3)

Publishers: Pentagram Publications, 11410 NE 124 Street, PMB 270, Kirkland, WA 98034
Editors: John M. Navroth



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Black Magic

Country: US

Pictorial girlie magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

1964 – 1971?:

(sample issues only)

Publishers

1964 – 1968: American Art Agency, Inc., 7311 Fulton Avenue, North Hollywood, CA.
in 1969: Jaybird Enterprises, Inc., 7311 Fulton Avenue, North Hollywood, CA.

Editors

Ian Duncastle (in 1964)



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Black Mask [1920]

Country: US
Total Issues: 100+232+7+1+1+8+5=354

Black Mask started life fairly innocuously as a general pulp running all types of fiction from adventure to romance to westerns. However, it was the advent of Joseph T. Shaw as editor in November 1926 that saw Black Mask transformed into what is generally regarded as the finest detective pulp magazine ever published. Even though Shaw was fired in 1936, the magazine continued with a consistently high standard into the early 1950s, reaching a total of 340 issues.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1920 – Apr-1927, as The Black Mask:

May-1927 – Mar-1950, as Black Mask:

May-1950 – May-1951, as Black Mask Detective:

Jul-1951, as Black Mask Detective Magazine:

#merges with Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Aug-1974, as Black Mask:

#1, 1985 – #2, 1985, as The New Black Mask Quarterly:

#3, 1985 – #8, 1987, as The New Black Mask:

Fall 2016 – 2019, as Black Mask:

Website: www.steegerbooks.com/product-category/altus-press-products/pulp-magazines/

Publishers

  Apr-1920 – Apr-1940: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 25 West 45th Street, New York, NY
  Jun-1940 – Jul-1951: Popular Publications, Inc., 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL
  Aug-1974: Lopez Publications, 21 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010
  1985 – 1987: Harvest/HBJ, New York
  Fall 2016 – present: Altus Press

Editors

  Apr-1920 – Sep-1922: F.M. Osborne
  Oct-1922 – 15-Mar-1924: George W. Sutton, Jr.
  Apr-1924 – Oct-1926: Philip C. Cody
  Nov-1926 – Nov-1936: Joseph T. Shaw
  Dec-1936 – Apr-1940: Fanny Ellsworth
  Jun-1940 – Nov-1948: Ken White
  Dec-1948 – Jul-1951: none listed
  Aug-1974: Keith Alan Deutsch
  1985 – 1987: Matthew Bruccoli & Richard Laymon
  Fall 2016 – present: Matthew Moring

Formats

standard pulp
1985 – 1987: trade paperback

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

  Apr-1920 – Jan-1923: monthly
  Feb-1923 – 15-Apr-1924: twice monthly
  May-1924 – Mar-1943: monthly
  May-1943 – Jul-1951: bimonthly
  1985 – 1987: quarterly
  Fall 2016 – present: semiannually

Related Sites

  The Pulp Magazines Project
  MagazineArt

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

Online Sources

Online Books



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Black Mask (Canada)

Country: Canada

Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Black Mask; later reprinted stories from other US detective pulps.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s – in 1940s:

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Popular Publications Canada
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Black Mask (Detective) (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 206+120=326

British reprint edition of Black Mask. There were two distinct series. The first series ran for 206 issues from Jun-1923 to Oct-1939. This series was printed in the US for UK distribution; had the same covers as the US editions apart for UK price (sometimes); and reprinted the entire contents of the US edition, plus frequently an additional story or two. Initially the additional stories were reprinted from US issues that had not appeared in the UK but in later issues no prior appearance can be traced (in Black Mask or anywhere else) so they might be original stories that ONLY appeared in the UK issues. The numbering system on these issues was specific to the UK issues and ran from v1 #1 to v17 #12.

The second series ran for 120 issues from Nov-1939 to Nov-1953 (at least). This series was printed in the UK; had different covers to the US issues; typically was a partial reprint of assorted US issues, initially of Black Mask but in later years of other magazines such as Dime Detective. Atlas used a strange numbering system on these (consistent with all the other US pulps they distributed during this period) - initially they used the volume/issue number of the corresponding US issue, then they had no volume/issue numbers at all, and then they settled into a UK-specific numbering that was implicitly backdated to the first Atlas issue.

Issues & Index Sources

15-Jun-1923? – Apr-1927, as The Black Mask (UK):

(incomplete)

May-1927 – Oct-1939, as Black Mask (UK):

(incomplete)

Nov-1939 – Oct-1950, as Black Mask (UK):

(incomplete)

Nov-1950 – Nov-1953, as Black Mask Detective (UK):

Publishers

Atlas Publishing and Distributing Ltd.

Formats

standard pulp

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers



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Black Moon

Country: US

A professional looking local news stand magazine featuring horror fiction, articles, reviews etc.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1990s

Publishers:   Black Moon Publishing, Freehold, New Jersey
Editors:   Louis Sorrentino
Pagecounts:   98pp

Black October Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 6

The magazine of gothic and psychological horror, including fiction, poetry, artwork, reviews, essays, and more. A seventh issue was announced but appears not to have been published.

Issues & Index Sources: v1 #1, 1996 – Oct-2004:



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Black Oracle

Country: US

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1969 – ?:

(sample issue only)

Editors: John DiPrete



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Black Orpheus

Country: Nigeria
Total Issues: 22+1+2=25

A journal of African and Afro-American literature.

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1957 – 1967:

(sample issues only)

1968

Jan/Jun-1974 – 1975

Publishers

Ministry of Education/Mbari Club, Ibadan, Nigeria

Editors

Ezekiel Mphahlele; Ulli Beier

Pagecounts

64pp/72pp

Black Petals

Country: US
Total Issues: 41+67=108 (to Summer 2024)

The first eight issues were published as part of a group of home-printed magazines called "The Basement Insanities Group" and were typed on a typewriter.

Went online in 2008 starting with #42.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1997? – Autumn 2007:

(Missing: any before Autumn 1999)

Winter 2008 – present, as Black Petals (online):

(Missing: any after #107, Summer 2024)

Website: blackpetalsks.tripod.com

Publishers

Dec-1997? – 1999: D.M. Yorton, 1319 Marshall St., Manitowoc, WI 54220
Autumn 1999 – Autumn 2007: Fossil Publications, 11627 Taft, Witchita, KS 67209

Editors

Dec-1997? – 1999: D.M. Yorton
Autumn 1999 – Autumn 2007: Kenneth James Crist & John Gollihar

Formats

octavo

Prices

$5.00

Pagecounts

88+

Frequency

quarterly



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Black Rose

Country: Ireland
Total Issues: 6

Small press supernatural/ghost, horror and dark fantasy magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1998 – Jan-2001:

Publishers:   Black Rose Publications
Editors:   David P. Dunning
Formats:   A4
Prices:   £2.50
Pagecounts:   60
Frequency:   twice-yearly



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Black Satellite

Country: US
Total Issues: 7

"A magazine of weird horror and startling science fiction, showcasing the talents of new authors and veterans of the small press".

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2001 – Winter 2006: