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Acolyte [#6, v2 #2, Spring 1944] (15¢, 30pp, large e/s)

3 · The Shadow Over Innsmouth (First Draught) · H. P. Lovecraft · ss
7 · Amor · Clark Ashton Smith · pm
7 · Haunted House · Sara Borschow · pm
8 · The Arcana of Arkham-Auburn · R. A. Hoffman · ar
13 · Destiny · Ronald Clyne · ar
14 · Black Cathedrals · Lilith Lorraine · pm
14 · Fatality · Duane W. Rimel · pm
15 · Excerpts from the Black Book · Clark Ashton Smith · ms
17 · The Statues · R. A. Hoffman · pm
18 · The House at the End of the Road · Manly Banister · ss
24 · Forsaken Things · Norma Edmonds · pm
25 · Little-Known Fantaisistes: 4. John Metcalfe · Harold Wakefield · ar [John Metcalfe]
26 · Fascinating Horror · Ruby Diehr · pm
27 · Fifth Column · Nanek · vi

Acolyte [#7, v2 #3, Summer 1944] (15¢, 30pp+, large e/s, cover by Maliano)

3 · Morte Jambe · T. Bruce Yerke · ss
7 · The Little Ones · Duane W. Rimel · pm
8 · Summer’s Cloud · Anthony Boucher · vi
9 · The Family Tree of the Gods · Clark Ashton Smith · ar
10 · Light Fantastic · Arthur Kennedy · pm
11 · The Harp · Alan P. Roberts · ss
13 · Little-Known Fantaisistes 6. A. M. Burrage · Harold Wakefield · ar [A. M. Burrage]
14 · Regnar Lodbrug’s Epicedium · H. P. Lovecraft · pm
16 · Shop Talk · E. Hoffmann Price · ar
19 · Dark Garden · Richard Ely Morse · pm The Phantagraph Sep 1936
20 · The Small, Dark Thing · Duane W. Rimel · ss
24 · Satan’s Hole · Rita Barr · pm

Acolyte [#8, v2 #4, Fall 1944] (15¢, 30pp+, large e/s, cover by Alva Rogers)

3 · The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · ar
6 · The Way I Heard It · Anthony Boucher · ss
8 · Decadence · Fywert Kinge · pm
9 · The Battle That Ended the Century · H. P. Lovecraft (with Robert H. Barlow) · ss; first distributed anonymously to a circle of Lovecraft’s friends in June 1934 by Barlow.
12 · The Law of the Swamp · Ruby Diehr · pm
13 · Ervool · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · ss
16 · The Grey Mouser [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · pm
17 · Howard Phillips Lovecraft [H.P. Lovecraft] · E. Hoffmann Price · bg
19 · Destiny · Banks Mebane · pm
20 · Little-Known Fantaisistes: 6. Margaret Irwin · Harold Wakefield · ar [Margaret Irwin]
22 · Swamp Mud · Sylvia Moore · pm [Shirley Chapper]; given as by Shirley Chapper in the Table of Contents.
22 · Strange Entity · Cosette Middleton · pm
22 · Brief Song · Edythe Hope Genee · pm
24 · The Corpse Gate · Dorothy E. Jacobs · pm

Acolyte [#9, v3 #1, Winter 1945] (15¢, 30pp+, large e/s, cover by Alva Rogers)

3 · Prose Pastels: 9. Narcissus · Clark Ashton Smith · pp
3 · Prose Pastels: 10. The Peril That Lurks Among Ruins · Clark Ashton Smith · pp
3 · Challenge · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · pm
4 · Edgar Poe and the French Parnassians · Leon Lemonnier; translated by Harry Warner, Jr. · ar; translated from the French.
9 · Toy Cassowary · Anthony Boucher · ss
11 · The High Priest · Arthur F. Hillman · pm
11 · Ghosts · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · pm
11 · Robert E. Howard · E. Hoffmann Price · bg
17 · The Key · John Hollis Mason · ss
19 · Defiance · Tigrina · pm
20 · Some Random Thoughts About Lovecraft’s Writings · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · ar
22 · The Runner · Duane W. Rimel · pm
22 · The Mummy · Arthur F. Hillman · pm
23 · Little-Known Fantaisistes: 7. E. M. Forster · Harold Wakefield · ar [E. M. Forster]

Acolyte [#10, v3 #2, Spring 1945] (15¢, 34pp+, large e/s, cover by Alva Rogers)

3 · Little-Known Fantaisistes: 8. Edward Lucas White · Harold Wakefield · ar [Edward Lucas White]
5 · The Whisperer · Duane W. Rimel · pm
6 · The Dreams of Albert Moreland · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · nv
14 · The Fantastic Element in the Short Stories of Ivan Turgenev · Carol Wyatt · ar [Ivan Turgenev]
17 · Affinity · Tigrina · pm
18 · Melange · E. Hoffmann Price · ar
20 · Lyramudis · L. Vorkonezh · vi
22 · In Recognition of Death · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · pm
23 · Little-Known Scientifictionists: 1. Chauncey Thomas · Francis T. Laney · ar [Chauncey Thomas]
25 · Witches’ Sabbath · Robert Avrett · pm
25 · The Fisher · Arthur F. Hillman · pm

Acolyte [#11, v3 #3, Summer 1945] (15¢, 32pp+, large e/s, cover by Alva Rogers)
Given as Vol. III, No. 2.

3 · Criteria for Criticism: The Preliminary to a Survey · Francis T. Laney · ar
9 · Prose Poems · Arthur F. Hillman · gp
_9 · Heritage · Arthur F. Hillman · pp
_9 · The Belle of the Ball · Arthur F. Hillman · pp
_9 · Release · Arthur F. Hillman · pp
10 · Fantasy in Italy · W. R. Gibson · ar
12 · Dark Era · Burnham Eaton · pm
12 · “Conquetes” · Harry Warner, Jr. · ar
14 · Grecian Rhapsody: A Fragment · Robert Avrett · pm
15 · Interlude with Lovecraft · Stuart Morton Boland · ar
18 · The Intruder · Margaret Stavely · pm
18 · They · Ruby Diehr · pm
19 · The Scientifictional History of the Future [Part 1 of ?] · Elmer Perdue · ar

Acolyte [#12, v3 #4, Fall 1945] (15¢, 32pp+, large e/s, cover by Thos. G. L. Cockcroft)

1 · Editorially Speaking · Francis T. Laney & Samuel D. Russell · ed
3 · Irony and Horror: The Art of M.R. James · Samuel D. Russell · ar [M. R. James]
27 · Building a Library the Economical Way · Bob Tucker · ar
29 · [letter] · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · lt
29 · [letter] · Jack Speer · lt
29 · [letter] · Robert Bloch · lt
30 · [letter] · E. Hoffmann Price · lt; given as by E. Hoffman Price.

Acolyte [#13, v4 #1, Winter 1946] (15¢, 32pp+, large e/s, cover by W. Robert Gibson)

3 · The Decimal Classification of Fantasy · Jack Speer & Samuel D. Russell · ar
13 · Dirge for the Unvirginal · Margaret Stavely · pm
13 · Cro-Magnon · Maurice Ogden · pm
14 · Invasion, 1949 · Charles Burbee · ss
16 · Little-Known Fantaisistes: 9. R. H. Malden · Harold Wakefield · ar [R. H. Malden]
17 · Travelers · Verne Moore · pm
22 · Little-Known Scientifictionists: 2. Cyrus Cole · Francis T. Laney · bg
23 · The Flowers of Koo-Lun · Arthur F. Hillman · pm
24 · Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Critical Appraisal · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Stanley G. Weinbaum]

Acolyte [#14, v4 #2, Spring 1946] (15¢, 32pp+, large e/s, cover by William Rotsler)

3 · A Defense of The New Adam · John Hollis Mason · ar
6 · An Appreciation of the Prose Works of Clark Ashton Smith · Richard Stockton · ar
7 · The Black Tower · Thomas G. L. Cockroft · pm
8 · European Horror Films · Lesley Blanch · ar
10 · The Elephants’ Graveyard · Arthur F. Hillman · pm
11 · The Acolytes · Lilith Lorraine · pm
12 · Vagrant Soul · Burton Crane · ss
18 · “Little-Known Fantaisistes Thomas Ingoldsby” · James Sandoe · ar [Thomas Ingoldsby]
20 · Fantasy Marquee · Forrest J. Ackerman · ar
25 · Vampire’s Lullaby · Tigrina · pm
25 · The Pacificon · Francis T. Laney · ar

The Acorn (about)
Details taken from online copies at HathiTrust. Only the two issues (“volumes”) were ever published. nb: the variant spellings in the two Wheeler sonnets are sic.

The Acorn [v1, October 1905] (Caradoc Press, 23cm, 2/6d, 152pp+)
“An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Literature and Art”. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Angkor: A Pilgrimmage · Edmund Candler · ar
20 · Do Not Love Too Long · W. B. Yeats · pm
21 · The Wythan Tree · Violet Jacob · ss
33 · The Troth of the Sword · Arthur C. Benson · ss
52 · Presience · Jeannie W. Netter · pm
53 · El Djezalr · Israfel · ar
67 · Sonnets from the Thuringen Wald · Ethel Wheeler · pm
69 · The Secret of the Wood · Ella Hepworth Dixon · ss
80 · The Sun · G. K. Chesterton · pm
81 · A Word About Watteau · John Todhunter · ar
91 · Madame de Meline · Netta Syrett · ss
112 · In Defence of Modernity · Constance Smedley · ar
123 · The Suitor · Marc Ryan · ss
137 · The Work of Laurence Hope · H. Pearl Humphrey · ar
148 · A Wagner Fantasy · G. H. · ar

The Acorn [v2, February 1906] (Caradoc Press, 23cm, 2/6d, 130pp+)
“An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Literature and Art”. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

viii · Night · Alfred East · pm
153 · Prince Rupert · A. L. Baldwin · ar
159 · Love’s Shrine · E. R. · pm
160 · The Oak of Mivole · Warwick Deeping · nv
189 · A Vision · John Todhunter · pm
191 · Fritz Kreisler: A Minature · G. H. · ar
194 · The Academician’s Apology · Dion Clayton Calthrop · ar
201 · Another Guinevere · Sutcliffe Marsh · ss
218 · Islands of Sleep · Lauchlan Maclean-Watt · pm
220 · Tunis · Israfel · ar
235 · The Song That No One Knows · Netta Syrett · pl
259 · A Dead Man’s Honour · E. M. Goodman · ss
270 · The Fields of Dream · I. K. Lloyd · pm
272 · The Poet’s Corner · A. · ms
277 · Sonnets: From the Thuringian Forest · Ethel Wheeler · pm
279 · Orchid, Gardenia and Heliotrope · A. R. Rose-Soley · vi

Action (about)

Action [v1 #2, May 1953]
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Male Body · Anon. · ms
8 · And Sudden Death · Anon. · ar
11 · Stalin’s Secret Book of Death · Anon. · ar
14 · I Rode a Flying Saucer · Anon. · ts
16 · Lost Loot of Cocos Island · Anon. · ts
18 · Rok Leathernecks · Anon. · ar
20 · Will Boxing Be Prohibited? · Anon. · ar
22 · A Psychologist Looks at GI Marriage Problems · Anon. · ar
26 · I Fly Sabre Jets · Anon. · ts
29 · I Saw an Impi Buried · Anon. · ts
32 · Deadly Killer of the Australian Plains · Anon. · ar
34 · The Buffalo Is a Bum · Anon. · ts
36 · Whirlybirds Can Do Anything · Anon. · ms
38 · Water · Anon. · ss
40 · They’ll Scare You to Death · Anon. · ts
42 · Buenos Aires, City of Sin · Anon. · ar
46 · Action Free for All · [The Readers] · lc

Action [v1 #4, August 1953] (Picture Magazines, Inc., 25¢, cover by Joe Szokoli)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Oregon’s Bloodiest Grudge Fight · Mike Curtis (as told to George Hill) · ts
Air Rescue Under Fire · Captain Everett Curtis, U.S.A.F. · ts
Between the Hurricane and the Rats · Thomas W. Helm, III · ts
Colonel E. R. Bradley—He Beat the Horses Every Time · Morgan Colt · ar
Greatest Throws of the Century · Tom Norton, Jim Fuchs, Don Grate, Harry Hooper, Bob Feller & Bunny Levitt · ms
I Stormed a Korean Palace · Sgt. Ray Massey · ts
I Saw 1,000,000 Girls for Sale · Don Sheldon · ts; “Slave Trading Is Brisk As Ever in North Africa’s Wide Open Deserts.”
Kisses That Changed Men’s Lives · Vincent H. Gaddis · ar [Silvana Pampanini; Rossano Brazzi]
Max Macon—Minor League Boss · Jack Kofoed · ts; “How to Get Your Head Blown Off While Hunting...And How to Stay Alive.”
England’s V-Girl Scandal · Harry Johnson · ts; “John Bull’s Girls of Joy Are Selling Their Charms by Ads.”

Action [v1 #5, October 1953] ed. Clair W. Huffaker (Picture Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 66pp, cover by Joe Szokoli) (Full Text)
Details supplied by Denny Lien from a copy online at Internet Archive.

6 · The Male Body: How Boxers Get Punch-Drunk · Anon. · cl
8 · You Asked for It · Clair W. Huffaker · ed
11 · The Kinsey Report and Your Wife · R. B. Armstrong · ar
16 · I Was Eaten by a Giant Devilfish · Captain Morgan Flemish · ts
19 · Follow-the-Leader—or Die! · Dwight Oehlerking (as told to Jerry Hulse) · ts
22 · How to Make Orange Juice with a Sixshooter · Anon. · ms
24 · The Gook from Antang · Yong Koh Lee (as told to Grant Hordon) · ts
29 · Do Gamblers Really Want to Win? · Robert Galway · ar
30 · 70 Tons of Steel in the Sky · Anon. · pi
34 · I Walked the Plank · George Brandon · ts
37 · Death Rides the Races · Bob McKnight · ar
40 · The Luck of the Knock · Roland A. Martone · ss
42 · Fire in the Hole · Paul Lacoar · ar
46 · Action Free for All · [The Readers] · lc

Action Adventure Stories (about)

Action Adventure Stories [#1, 1st May 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

2 · The Torch of Doom [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace (by George A. McDonald) · na The Phantom Detective Feb 1937

Action Adventure Stories [#2, 2nd May 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

3 · Phantom Detective [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Anon. · cs Thrilling Comics
14 · Hot Money [Dan Fowler] · C. K. M. Scanlon (by George Fielding Eliot) · na G-Men Dec 1935

Action Adventure Stories [#3, 1st June 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

2 · The Spectral Strangler [Secret Agent X] · Brant House (by Paul Chadwick) · na Secret Agent X Mar 1934

Action Adventure Stories [#4, 2nd June 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

2 · The Case of the Laughing Corpse [George Chance (The Green Ghost)] · George Chance · na The Ghost Detective Fll 1940

Action Adventure Stories [#5, 1st July 1997] ed. Tom & Ginger Johnson (Fading Shadows, $5.00, 80pp, ph)

2 · Decks of Death [James Quincy Gilmore (Mr. Death)] · G. Wayman Jones · ss Thrilling Detective May 1939
14 · Death Over Verdun [John Masters (The Lone Eagle)] · Lt. Scott Morgan · na The Lone Eagle Apr 1934

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