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Swill (about)
[www.swillmagazine.com]

Swill [#1, 2006] ed. Rob Pierce ($5.00, 68pp, 8½" x 11" s/s)

2 · Ebenezer Redux · Corey Mesler · ss
9 · Clownkiller · Bucky Sinister · ss
16 · Fortunate Day · Delphine Lecompte · ss
24 · The Snow Field · Mark Scheel · ss
31 · The Guy Who Ate His Sister · Dan Donche · ss
35 · Clown Love · Sean Craven · ss
46 · The Ugliest Whore · Rob Pierce · ss
50 · Web of Diamonds · Keith Rutledge · ss
59 · The Cutter · Russell Bittner · ss
63 · Wrong · Spencer Dew · ss

Swill [#2, 2007] ed. Rob Pierce ($5.00, 56pp, 8½" x 11" s/s)

2 · Fat-City-Loop · Mark Vanner · ss
3 · Spell This! · Andrew Killmeier · ss
8 · The Assistant · Jen Michalski · ss
13 · Hope Lives on a Paved Surface · Sean Craven · ss
21 · Pee · Nina Alvarez · ss
23 · Malcolm Gets Fired · Doug Draime · ss
30 · Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Owen Roberts · ss
31 · Eureka, California · Giano Cromley · ss
41 · First Floor Apartment · Randy LoBasso · ss
46 · Fairhaven Angel · Samantha Roman · ss
48 · The Leaves · Rob Pierce · ss

Swill [#3, 2008] ed. Rob Pierce ($5.00, 60pp, 8½" x 11" s/s)

3 · Dead Boys · Gene Hines · ss
9 · It’s the Little Things · Sean Craven · ss
17 · Smash Me Up · Sam J. Miller · ss
23 · Pleasuredome of the Go-Go Reich · William Peacock · ss
31 · Psychopaths Ltd. · Ben Cheetham · ss
37 · Sammy’s Night Out · Ross Cavins · ss
43 · Dead for a Day · Rob Pierce · ss
49 · Property Line · Robert N. Jennings · ss

Swill [#4, 2009] ed. Rob Pierce ($5.00, 64pp, 8½" x 11" s/s)
Sean Craven, art & design. Details supplied by Gordon Van Gelder.

3 · You Blundering Idiot, You Fucking Failed to Kill Me Again! · John Shirley · ss
11 · Girl Like That · W. G. Kelly · ss
21 · Mud People · Rob Pierce · ss
27 · Holy Adam and Saint Jason · Steve Young · ss
35 · My Day at the Mall with Paul Bowles and Jack Kerouac · Craig Hartglass · ss
45 · Mackler’s Last Fare · Brian Haycock · ss
53 · Hate Her, Hate Her, Tribulator! · Sean Craven · ss

Swill [#7, 2013] ed. Rob Pearce
The Seventh Anthology of Exquisitely Unpleasant Fiction. There are b&w photographs on pages 2, 13, 14, 19, 20, 28, 35, 37, 38, 43 44, 52,and 64. Presumably all are by Sean Craven, who is credited with “art & design’ on the masthead, which lists no publisher. Details supplied by Gordon Van Gelder.

3 · The Lazarus Effect · Amy Yolanda Castillo · ss
11 · Till She Fill My Mouth with Laughing · Lisa Nohealani Morton · ss
15 · Oblivion · Holly Day · ss
21 · Kevin Grows Up · Sean Craven · ss
27 · Newark · Shana Graham · ss
36 · Women in the River · Gene Hines · ss
39 · Susanna Quietly · Stephen McQuiggan · ss
45 · Pancake Collection · Rob Pierce · ss
53 · Vigilant Resolve · Tom Hoisington · ss

Swing Capers! (about)

Swing Capers! [n.d. (c. 1950)] (Teal Publishing, 75¢, 32pp, cover by Marcus)
Only price listed is 75¢. Subtitled “A Magazine for Men” Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

[dozen interior girlie art] · Marcus · il
3 · Bertie and the Hokum · A. B. Zair · vi
6 · Rejuvenating Reggie · John Logan · vi
10 · (Sour)Puss in Boots · B. Ward · vi
13 · Mad About You · Mark France · vi
17 · Blow Me a Kiss · Ed. La Rue · ss
22 · Investigating Sadie · Zeke N. Fine · ss
27 · I Love Susie · Jimmy Van Dell · ss

Swingle (about)

Swingle [v12 #6, July 1976] ed. Herb Hills (Sunway Periodicals, $1.50, 82pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Rick Toothman.

12 · Guess Who’s Sleeping in MY Bed · Will Holm · ss
36 · Canned Heat · Maurie Goodman · ss

Swinton’s Story-Teller (about)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#1, October 10, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Cromwell’s Statue · Edward Everett Hale · ss (r)
6 · Olivia · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss (r)
17 · The Jumping Frog of Calaveras · Mark Twain · ss Saturday Press Nov 18 1865, as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog”
19 · The Siege of Berlin · Alphonse Daudet; translated by Edwin Francis Edgett · ss The Boston Transcript; given as by Anthony Daudet.; translated from the French.
21 · Two “Pards” · A. A. Hayes · ss (r)
29 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar A. Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov 1846

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#2, October 24, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Nance · Ella Wheeler · ss (r)
5 · The Haunted and the Haunters · E. Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Aug 1859, uncredited
19 · How Many Fins Has a Cod? · Judge T. C. Haliburton · ss (r)
25 · A Modern Knight · John Habberton · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#3, October 31, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Nat Sprucington’s Umbrella · Anon. · ss (r)
3 · The Man in the Reservoir · Charles Fenno Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Aug 1842, as “Ben Blower’s Story”
6 · The Story of Two Lives · Julia Schayer · ss (r)
14 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar A. Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper Jun 21 1843 (+1)
27 · Mrs. Banwell’s Legacy · Anon. · ss (r)
31 · The Damp Straw of the Cell · Jean Richepin · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#4, November 7, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
all but the first few pages of this issue is missing in the HathiTrust volume, so no page numbers. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · A Luxurious Bohemian · Mel R. Colquitt · ss (r)
Mother Antoine’s Lad · Jean Richepin · ss (r)
The Hidden Witness · Charles Dickens · ss (r)
The Governess · Anon. · ss (r)
Lady Eleanore’s Mantle · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss (r)
"Snooper" · Fred C. Valentine · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#5, November 14, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Hiring a Dory · Mary J. Safford · ss (r)
5 · Mrs. Wimbush’s Revenge · Anon. · ss (r)
9 · Nettie Dunkayne · Mary Cecil Hay · ss (r)
13 · To the Death · Edmund Yates · ss (r)
18 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray 1824
23 · “La Rabbiata” · Paul Heyne · ss (r)
29 · Major Wagstaff’s Wig · Anon. · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#6, November 21, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · By the Night Express · Mary Cecil Hay · ss The Argosy (UK) Dec 1871, as by Mark Hardcastle
5 · Size · Albany Fonblanque, Jr. · ss (r)
10 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar A. Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan 1843
12 · The Scent of a Dead Rose · Anon. · ss (r)
15 · Fiel’s Delicate Case · Anon. · ss (r)
20 · An Amateur Letter-Carrier · Judge T. C. Haliburton · ss (r)
23 · The G.B.C.: A Tale of a Telegram · James Payn · ss The New York Times Oct 1 1876
25 · Doubts and Fears · Anon. · ss (r)
29 · Mr. Flintshire’s Marriage · Henry Labouchere · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#7, November 28, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Something to Be Thankful For · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss (r)
5 · John Inglefield’s Thanksgiving · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss (r)
7 · John Smith, or, Two Thanksgivings · Ella Wheeler · ss (r)
12 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent Nov 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
17 · Rab and His Friends · Doctor John Brown · ss Ticknor & Fields 1859
22 · The Widow Merand · Anon. · ss (r)
30 · Diamond Cut Diamond · Henry Sarton · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#8, December 5, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · The American Ghost · Lucretia P. Hale · ss (r)
5 · The Mysterious Sketch · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss Strange Stories, Appleton 1880; translated from the French (“L’esquisse mystérieuse”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860).
11 · How to Make Home Happy · Mark Lemon · ss (r)
13 · Widow Townsend’s First Love · Anon. · ss (r)
17 · Love and Lawn Tennis · Findlay Muirhead · ss (r)
26 · The Gentleman in the Plum-Colored Coat · Dutton Cook · ss (r)
31 · The Rock of Quiot · Eugene Blairot · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#9, December 12, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Neck or Nothing · Helen W. Pierson · ss (r)
4 · The Iron Shroud · William Mudford · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Aug 1830, as by The Author of “First and Last”
10 · The Box Tunnel · Charles Reade · ss Bentley’s Miscellany Nov 1853
13 · Denis · Harvey Brandt · ss (r)
19 · A Fight for a Wife · William Black · ss (r)
26 · Catching a Crab · John Baker Hopkins · ss (r)
28 · John Jarvis’s Wig · Richard Harris Barham · ss Bentley’s Miscellany May 1843, as “Jerry Jarvis’s Wig” by Thomas Ingoldsby

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#10, December 19, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · A Christmas Eve Experience · Miriam Coles Harris · ss (r)
9 · Pete Shivershee’s Miracle · Herbert W. Collingwood · ss (r)
13 · The Old Man’s Christmas · Ella Wheeler · ss (r)
18 · A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · na Chapman & Hall Dec 19 1843
30 · Simpson of Bussora · James Payn · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Mar 1876, uncredited

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#11, December 26, 1883] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Epistolary Crazy-Work · Fred C. Valentine · ss (r)
7 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar A. Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart 1844
14 · Equalized · Florence B. Hallowell · ss (r)
16 · A Night of Terror · Katharine S. Macquoid · ss (r)
26 · The Bit of Bread · Francois Coupee · ss (r)
28 · Keep My Secret · Anon. · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#12, January 2, 1884] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · The Denver Express · A. A. Hayes · ss Belgravia Jan 1884
10 · A Postal Courtship · Litchfield Moseley · ss (r)
13 · The Old Coat · Francois Coupee · ss (r)
16 · Uncertain—Coy · Morris Benson · ss (r)
20 · A Sailor’s Yarn · W. Clark Russell · ss (r)
24 · The Philosopher’s Baby · Henry Saxton · ss (r)
27 · My Grandmother’s Ring · Anon. · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#13, January 9, 1884] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Ma’amselle Felice · Julia Schayer · ss (r)
9 · Steer N.W. · Walter Ingram · ss (r)
11 · “Little Mrs. Haynes” · Margaret Verne · ss (r)
14 · A Deadly Feud · Rudolph Lindau · ss (r)
20 · The American Gentleman with the Moist Eye · Archibald Forbes · ss (r)
24 · My Uncle’s Will · J. Arbuthnot Wilson · ss (r)
29 · The Doomed Skater · Harvey Brandt · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#14, January 16, 1884] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · An Accident · Francois Coupee · ss (r)
3 · A Mesmerist of the Years Gone By · Mrs. Henry Wood · ss (r)
11 · Father Giles of Ballymoy · “Father Prout” · ss (r)
18 · The 4:15 Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1867 1866
28 · My Aunt Jop · Lucy Ledyard · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#15, January 23, 1884] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Roger Malvin’s Burial · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token 1832
9 · Legal Metamorphoses: A Reminiscence of a Police Officer · Charles Dickens · ss (r)
14 · Misfortune’s Favorite · Carlotta Perry · ss (r)
20 · The Clown’s Vengeance · Paul Bonnetain · ss (r)
22 · A Modern Delilah · James Payn · ss The New York Times Aug 3 1879
26 · Love Finds the Way · Besant & Rice · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#16, January 30, 1884] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · She Loves and Lies · Wilkie Collins · ss The Spirit of the Times Dec 22 1883
9 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar A. Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr 1841
22 · A True Story · Mark Twain · ss (r)
24 · A Farewell Appearance · F. Anstey · ss Longman’s Magazine Feb 1883
29 · A Pair of Dramatists · A. von Winterfield · ss (r)

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#17, February 6, 1884] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · A Bishop’s Confession · Anon. · ss (r)
13 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”
18 · No Rose Without a Thorn · F. C. Burnand · ss (r)
24 · William Wilson · Edgar A. Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart 1839

Swinton’s Story-Teller [#18, February 13, 1884] ed. William Swinton (NY: Swinton, Barnes & Swinton, 10¢, 32pp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent Jun 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
7 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar A. Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart 1842
13 · A Chase for a Wife · Judge T. C. Haliburton · ss (r)
19 · The Knightsbridge Mystery · Charles Reade · nv Life 1882

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