The FictionMags Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Supernatural Tales    (about)
Small press ghost story magazine. Available from 291 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead, NE8 4NN. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1 (2001) (David Longhorn, £2.50, 52pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #2 (2001) (David Longhorn, £2.50, 64pp, A5, cover by Rob Vicary) (Contents)
• ___ #3 (2002) (David Longhorn, £2.50, 72pp, A5, cover by Rob Vicary) (Contents)
• ___ #4 (2002) (David Longhorn, £2.50, 76pp, A5, cover by Rob Vicary) (Contents)
• ___ #5 (2003) (David Longhorn, £2.50, 73pp, A5, cover by Rob Vicary) (Contents)
• ___ #6, Autumn 2003 (David Longhorn, £2.50, 96pp, A5, cover by Rob Vicary) (Contents)
• ___ #7, Spring 2004 (David Longhorn, £3.50, 93pp, A5, cover by Dallas Goffin) (Contents)
• ___ #8, Autumn 2004 (David Longhorn, £2.50, 93pp, A5, cover by Dallas Goffin) (Contents)
• ___ #9, 2005 (David Longhorn, £6.00, 194pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #10, 2006 (David Longhorn, £6.00, 187pp, A5, cover by Allison Lovelock) (Contents)
• ___ #11, Spring 2007 (David Longhorn, £6.00, 187pp, A5, cover by Allison Lovelock) (Contents)
• ___ #12, Autumn 2007 (David Longhorn, £5.00, 97pp, A5, cover by Dallas Goffin) (Contents)
• ___ #13, Summer 2008 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 92pp, A5, cover by Tony Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ #14, Winter 2008 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 94pp, A5, cover by Tony Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ #15, Summer 2009 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 94pp, A5, cover by Tony Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ #16, Winter 2009 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 94pp, A5, cover by Tony Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ #17, Summer 2010 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 94pp, A5, cover by Tony Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ #18, Winter 2010 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 94pp, A5, cover by Stephen J. Clark) (Contents)
• ___ #19, Summer 2011 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 98pp, A5, cover by Stephen J. Clark) (Contents)
• ___ #20, Winter 2011 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 99pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #21, Summer 2012 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 90pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #22, Winter 2012 (Supernatural Tales, £5.00, 99pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #23, Spring 2013 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 98pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #24, Autumn 2013 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 95pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #25, Winter 2013/14 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 95pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #26, Spring 2014 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 91pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #27, Autumn 2014 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 96pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #28, Winter 2014/15 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 88pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #29, Spring 2015 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 80pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #30, Autumn 2015 (David Longhorn, £4.80, 80pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #31, Winter 2015/16 (David Longhorn, £3.50, 92pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #32, Spring 2016 (David Longhorn, £3.50, 73pp, A5, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #33, Autumn 2016 (David Longhorn, £3.50, 82pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #34, Winter 2016/2017 (David Longhorn, £3.50, 84pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #35, Summer 2017 (David Longhorn, £2.95, 78pp, tp, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #36, Winter 2017/18 (David Longhorn, £3.40, 86pp, tp, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #37, Spring 2018 (David Longhorn, £2.95, 70pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ #38, Summer 2018 (David Longhorn, £3.20, 78pp, tp, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #39, Winter 2018/19 (David Longhorn, £2.99, 76pp, tp, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)
• ___ #40, Summer 2019 (David Longhorn, £3.62, 78pp, tp, cover by Sam Dawson) (Contents)

Suplemento de Rastros
Argentinian western magazine.
• ___ #115, 1955? (Editorial Acme S.A.C.I., 50¢, 111pp, digest) (Contents)

Sure-Fire Detective (Canada)    (about)
Despite the title this was not a Canadian reprint edition of Sure-Fire Detective Magazine but was a mixture of original stories and reprints from other US detective magazines. The cover title was consistently Sure-Fire Detective but some issues were titled Sure-Fire Detective Stories internally. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #3, August 1941 (15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, September 1941 (Superior Magazine Publishers, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, October 1941 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v1 #6, November 1941 (Superior Magazine Publishers, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, December 1941 (pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1942 (15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, February 1942 (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Barnard Clarke) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, March 1942 (15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Barnard Clarke) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, April 1942 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v2 #5, June 1942 (Duchess Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., 15¢, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, August 1942 (Duchess Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., 15¢, pulp, cover by Barnard Clarke) (Contents)

Sure-Fire Detective Magazine    (about)
Short-lived magazine from Aaron Wyn’s Magazine Publishers featuring rather standard fare for the period. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, February 1937 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, April 1937 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June 1937 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)

Sure-Fire Detective Stories:    (about)
Sure-Fire Detective Stories was typical of the action-packed, violent, crime-adventure fiction of the mid-1950s which not only continued the tradition of the pulp magazines, but added to it by inserting a large measure of brutal sex. It ran for 9 issues from January 1957 to July 1958, and was then replaced by/renamed to Off Beat Detective Stories under which title it ran for a further 26 issues (at least). It is mainly remembered today for its graphic cover art, and for the occasional contributions from authors such as Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison.

Sure-Fire Detective Stories
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1957 (Pontiac Publishing Co, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1957 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1957 (Pontiac Publishing Co, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by M. E. Sherwood) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1957 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, October 1957 (cover by M. E. Sherwood) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, December 1957 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, February 1958 (35¢, digest, cover by M. E. Sherwood) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, April 1958 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, July 1958 (Pontiac Publishing Co, Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest, cover by M. E. Sherwood) (Contents)

Off Beat Detective Stories
Title changed from Sure-Fire Detective Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v2 #4, September 1958 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 112pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, November 1958 (Pontiac Publishing, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, February 1959 (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, March 1959 (Pontiac Publishing, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, May 1959 (Pontiac Publishing, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, July 1959 (Pontiac Publishing, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, September 1959 (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, November 1959 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, January 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, March 1960 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, May 1960 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, July 1960 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, September 1960 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #5, November 1960 (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #6, January 1961 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, March 1961 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, May 1961 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, July 1961 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, September 1961 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #5, January 1962 (cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #6, May 1962 (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, July 1962 (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, September 1962 (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, November 1962 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #4, January 1963 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, March 1963 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v8 #2, May 1963 (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 127pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) (Contents)

Sure-Fire Screen Stories    (about)
• ___ v1 #1, February 1934 (Dell Publishing Co. Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, March 1934 (Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1934 (Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by H. J. Ward) (Contents)

Sure-Fire Western    (about)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1936 (Periodical House, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, January 1937 (Periodical House, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Rafael M. de Soto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, March 1937 (Periodical House, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by William Luberoff) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, May 1937 (Periodical House, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, July 1937 (Periodical House, Inc., 15¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, September 1937 (Periodical House, Inc., 15¢, 160pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, November 1937 (Periodical House, Inc., 15¢, 160pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, January 1938 (Periodical House, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp, cover by Gayle Hoskins) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, April 1938 (Periodical House, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, July 1938 (Periodical House, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, October 1938 (Periodical House, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, January 1939 (Periodical House, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) (Contents)

Surfer    (about)
• ___ v15 #3, August/September 1974 (quarto) (Contents)

The Surprise    (about)
• ___ v3, #70, July 1, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #71, July 8, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #72, July 15, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #73, July 22, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #74, July 29, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #75, August 5, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #76, August 12, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #77, August 19, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v3, #78, August 26, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #79, September 2, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #80, September 9, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #81, September 16, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #82, September 23, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #83, September 30, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #84, October 7, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #85, October 14, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #86, October 21, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #88, November 4, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)
• ___ v4, #89, November 11, 1933 (2d, 28pp) (Contents)

Surprising Stories    (about)
• ___ #49, January 2019 (Oort Cloud Publications/VacHume Press, online, cover by Stoney Emshwiller) (Contents)

Surreal    (about)
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, Winter 2005 ($5.50, 96pp+, quarto, cover by Russell Dickerson) (Contents)
• ___ #2, Spring 2005 ($5.50, 80pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #3, Summer 2005 ($5.50, 80pp+, quarto, cover by Kirk Alberts) (Contents)
• ___ #4, Fall 2005 ($5.50, 80pp+, quarto, cover by B. A. Bosaiya) (Contents)

Suspect Detective Stories    (about)
Suspect Detective Stories was a fairly standard crime digest featuring fast-action, contemporary, crime adventure stories. It never made a mark in the crowded marketplace for such fare and folded after 5 issues. The issue numbering was continued by Infinity SF. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1955 (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1956 (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June 1956 (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Robert Engle) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1956 (35¢, digest, cover by Emsh) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, October 1956 (35¢, digest, cover by Clarence Doore) (Contents)

Suspense (UK)    (about)
Created as a companion magazine to the British Argosy magazine, Suspense published many original stories by crime writers of the first rank. It lasted for 32 issues before being absorbed into its parent magazine. Some of the early issues (at least) were distributed in Australia with identical contents but with covers changed to read “English Suspense” and to contain an Australian price. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, August 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, September 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, October 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, November 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, December 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, February 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 146pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, March 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, April 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, May 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 145pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, June 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/6d, 153pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #7, July 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #8, September 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #9, October 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #10, November 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #11, December 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, January 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, February 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, March 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, April 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, May 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, June 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #7, July 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #8, August 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #9, September 1960 (Fleetway Publications, 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #10, October 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #11, November 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #12, December 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, January 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, February 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, March 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, April 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)