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    True Supernatural Stories    (about)
    This magazine was assembled for trademark purposes and was never offered for sale to the general public. Special thanks to Sam Moskowitz for this information.

    • Publishers:
      • Gernsback Publications, Inc.; New York: True Supernatural Stories

    • Editors:

    True Weird    (about)
    True Weird was a large magazine published by Weider Periodicals Inc., 16 Hopkins Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey. Howard Booth edited the magazine. It was subtitled “strange... fantastic... true!”. The magazine contained no fiction. It dealt with sensationalized accounts of myths legends and stories. Topics such as Lincoln’s ghost, Count St. Germain (4000 year old man), levitation, the Holland tulip mania of 1635 and various vampires, witches and werewolves. The magazine would not be of interest to most collectors. The contents of the first issue and information on the other two issues follows:

    Trumpet    (about)
    Amateur magazine.

    • Publishers:
      • Tom Reamy; Plano, TX: Trumpet, # 4, 5, 6.
      • Tom Reamy; Dallas, TX: Trumpet, # 7, 8.
      • Tom Reamy; Richardson, TX: Trumpet, # 9, 10.
      • Nostalgia, Inc.; Dallas, TX: Trumpet, #11.
      • Ken Keller; Kansas City, MO: Trumpet, #12.

    • Editors:

    Trumpet [#4, April 1966] (60¢, 48pp+, quarto, cover by Al Jones)
    no fiction.

    Trunk Stories [#2, December 2004] ($4.00, 44pp+, 7" x 8½")
    Available in two editions, the regular edition and a special edition (limited to 100 numbered copies) containing a painstakingly hand-crafted pop-up centerfold.

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