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The Lucile Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  1893 – 1896: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   E. A. Weeks & Company, Chicago
Formats:   7 3/8 x 5"
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   200-300pp
Frequency:   monthly first, quarterly later
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Lucky for Men

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Mainly non-fiction, but first issue contained "The Case of the Poisoned Lips" by Mike Avallone.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1961 – Jun-1961

Publishers: Agard Publishing Corp


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Lucky Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 114

"This series of books contains Stories of Adventures, and of Army, Navy and Detective life."

Issues & Index Sources: 5-Sep-1898 – 1905:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   George Munro's Sons, 17 to 27 Vandewater St., New York
Formats:   7¼ x 4 7/8"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   150pp
Frequency:   Weekly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Lucky Star

Country: UK

Young women's story paper. Incorporated: Peg's Paper from 21-Aug-1950

Issues & Index Sources

19-Sep-1935 – 7-Aug-1950:

Story Paper Index

(sample issue only)

21-Aug-1950 – 9-Jan-1960, as Lucky Star and Peg's Paper:

Story Paper Index

(sample issue only)

#merges with Silver Star

Publishers

C. Arthur Pearson

Formats

9.75" x 11.5" (in 1950)

Prices

3d (in 1950)

Pagecounts

20pp (in 1950)

Frequency

fortnightly (in 1950)

Lucky Star Library

Country: UK
Total Issues: 236?

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1950 – 1961?

Publishers:   C. Arthur Pearson
Pagecounts:   68pp
Frequency:   monthly?

Lucky Stories

see under Thrills of the Jungle

Ludd's Mill

Country: UK

Fanzine featuring articles on various aspects of alternative culture, including music, art, books, fiction and poetry, with features on bands such as Devo, and The Fugs, among others, as well as reviews of books, records and tapes.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1970s

Editors: Andrew Darlington
Related Sites: ZineWiki

The Ludgate Monthly

Country: UK
Total Issues: 30+24+64=118

The first cheap competitor to The Strand Magazine, but not a very successful one; authors included Walter Besant, James Barr, Rafael Sabatini, Helen Mathers, D.F. Hannigan, Richard Dowling, Hawley Smart, George R. Sims, C.L. Pirkis.

Issues & Index Sources

May-1891 – Oct-1893:

FictionMags Index

Nov-1893 – Oct-1895, as The Ludgate Illustrated Magazine:

FictionMags Index

Nov-1895 – Feb-1901, as The Ludgate:

FictionMags Index

#merges with The Universal Magazine

Publishers

  May-1891 – Oct-1894: The Ludgate Monthly Limited, 4 and 5 Creed Lane, London, E.C.
  Nov-1894 – Oct-1895: Messrs. Horace Marshall & Son, 125 Fleet Street and Temple House, Temple Avenue, London
  Nov-1895 – Oct-1897: The "Black and White" Publishing Co.
  Nov-1897 – Feb-1901: F.V. White & Co., 14 Bedford Street, Strand, W.C.

Editors

  May-1891 – Apr-1894?: Phil May
  Nov-1895 – 1897: James Nicol Dunn
  1897 – 1898: Henry D. Lowry
  1899 – Feb-1901: Vharles Hyatt-Woolf
  ?: Alexis Maria de Beck

Formats

standard

Prices

May-1891 – Oct-1892: 3d
Nov-1892 – Feb-1901: 6d

Pagecounts

  Nov-1891 – Oct-1892: 64pp
  Nov-1892 – Oct-1895: 112pp
  Nov-1895 – Apr-1898: 106/112pp
  May-1898 – Feb-1901: 96pp

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers

Online Sources

Hathi Trust



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The Ludgate Weekly Magazine

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  5-Mar-1892 – ?

Editors:   Charles Ogilvie
Prices:   1d
Pagecounts:   32pp

Luke Short's Western

Country: US
Total Issues: 2?

Sturgeon's "Cactus Dance" is reprinted from Oct/Dec-1954 issue (which WorldCat says is #2).

Issues & Index Sources: Apr/Jun-1954 – Oct/Dec-1954:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Dell
Formats:   digest
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western


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Lullaby Hearse

Country: US
Total Issues: 6

Lullaby Hearse is a resting place for art, poetry, and fiction that emphasize concrete imagery. Modern horror, surrealistic prose, and the poetry of violence all crawl across these pages, but never to the detriment of visual clarity.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 2003 – 2005:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Bangor, ME
Editors:   Sarah Ruth Jacobs
Prices:   $5.00
Pagecounts:   48pp



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Lulu

Country: US

Subtitled "The Life of the Party", primarily a humour magazine, but also published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1937 – ?



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Lulu Magazine (Canada)

Country: Canada

Also subtitled "The Life of the Party", like the US magazine of the same name, but this version primarily published saucy fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Superior Magazine Publishers, 104 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Canada
Editors:   William Browne-Forbes
Formats:   quarto
Frequency:   monthly


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Lunar Castles

Country: US

Online magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1999 – ?

Editors: Tim Sousa, Seattle

Luna Station Quarterly

Country: US
Total Issues: 59 (as at Oct-2024)

Amateur online downloadable magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-2010 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #59, Sep-2024)

Website:   www.lunastationquarterly.com
Publishers:   Luna Station Press, Wayne, New Jersey
Editors:   Jennifer Lyn Parsons



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Lunatic Chameleon

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-2002 – Sep-2005: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Tolland, CT
Editors:   Nancy Purnell
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $3.50
Pagecounts:   76pp



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Lungfish

see under The Periodical Lungfish