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Pirate Writings

Country: US
Total Issues: 18+8=26

"Fantastic Stories features fantasy and science fiction in all their forms. While elements in the story must be SF/F oriented, mixing genres is permissible (e.g., an SF Mystery.) All stories must be well written, factually correct and, of course, entertaining. Stories should be entirely fictional; do not send stories based on actual events. We take First North American Serial Rights."

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1992 – #18, 2000:

Science Fiction Index

#19, 2000 – #26, 2005, as Fantastic Stories of the Imagination:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

1992 – 2000: Pirate Writings, Islip, NY
2000 – 2005: DNA Publications, PO Box 329. Brightwaters, NY 11718

Editors

Ed McFadden

Formats

quarto newsprint

Prices

various

Pagecounts

various

Frequency

roughly quarterly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Pix

Country: US

From v1 #4, 1964 to v2 #1, 1966 inclusive, the title on the cover and at the top of the Table of Contents is given as The New Pix, but this seems to be a marketing tactic rather than a formal change of name.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1960s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Knight Publishing Company. Inc, 8060 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Editors:   David Hine
Prices:   $1.00
Pagecounts:   96pp



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Plainsong

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

A Minnesota literary and art journal featuring work by August Derleth.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1967 – Summer 1967

Publishers:   Eden Prairie Press
Editors:   Franklin Brainard
Frequency:   quarterly

Plain Talk

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  1927 – 1938?: FictionMags Index (partial issues only)

Publishers:   Plain Talk Inc., New York
Editors:   G.D. Eaton
Online Sources:   Hathi Trust

Planet

Country: UK

"Short stories, poems, topical articles".

Issues & Index Sources

1970 – 1979

1985 – ?

Publishers

Aberystwyth, Wales

Editors

John Barnie (in 1997)

Frequency

bimonthly

Planetary Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 39

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 2005 – Jul-2017:

Science Fiction Index

Editors: Shelby Vick



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The Planeteer

Country: US
Total Issues: 6+1=7

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1935 – Apr-1936:

Science Fiction Index

Mar-1939:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

Nov-1935 – Apr-1936: Blish-Grim Enterprises, 131 Harrison Street, New Jersey
Mar-1939: Cosmic Publications

Editors

Nov-1935 – Apr-1936: James Blish
Mar-1939: James V. Taurasi and Mario Racic



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Planet Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 35

Amateur online magazine. Switched to blogzine format from September 2004.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1994 – Jun-2004

Website: www.planetmagazine.com.
Editors: Andrew G. McGann

Plane Tree Library

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Planet Relish

Country: US
Total Issues: 35

Amateur online magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #0, 1999 – #33, 2003

Editors: Mark Rapacioli

Planet Scumm

Country: US
Total Issues: 16 (as at Jan-2025)

Planet Scumm is a triannual science-fiction magazine, born out of a reverence for the bizarre science fiction magazines of the '30s, '50s, and '60s.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 2018 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #16, Spring 2024)

Website:   www.planetscumm.space
Publishers:   Spark & Fizz Books
Editors:   Sean Clancy



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Planets of Peril

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-2020: Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.rainfallsite.com/Chapbooks01.html
Publishers:   Rainfall Books
Editors:   John B. Ford & Steve Lines
Formats:   A5
Prices:   £5.50


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Planet Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 71

Issues & Index Sources

Winter 1939 – Summer 1955:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

Love Romances imprint of Fiction House

Editors

  Winter 1939 – Summer 1942: Malcolm Reiss
  Fall 1942 – Fall 1945: Malcolm Reiss & Wilbur S. Peacock
  Winter 1945 – Summer 1946: Chester Whitehorn
  Fall 1946 – Spring 1950: Paul Lawrence Payne
  Summer 1950 – Jul-1951: Jerome Bixby
  Sep-1951 – Summer 1955: Jack O'Sullivan

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

Winter 1939 – Jan-1951: 20c
Mar-1951 – Summer 1955: 25c

Pagecounts

  Winter 1939 – Spring 1949: 128pp
  Summer 1949 – May-1954: 112pp
  Summer 1954 – ?: 96pp

Frequency

  Winter 1939 – Fall 1950: quarterly
  Nov-1950 – May-1954: bimonthly
  Summer 1954 – Summer 1955: quarterly

Related Sites

  The Pulp Magazines Project
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Planet Stories (Australia)

Country: Australia

Australian reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #7 & #8)

Formats: pulp


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Planet Stories (Canada)

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 12

Canadian reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent US issues, except for Canadian pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1948 – Mar-1951:

Science Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   American News Company of Toronto
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Planet Stories (New Zealand)

Country: New Zealand

New Zealand reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any before #7; #8)

Formats: pulp



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