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Revision [806]

Last edited on 2020-01-18 19:03:21 by TpnEditor [corrected internal links]
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A short-lived [[FantasyGenre|fantasy]]- and [[HorrorGenre|horror-fiction]] companion to //[[ThrillingWonderStories|Thrilling Wonder Stories]]// and the rest of the [[ThrillingPublications|Thrilling Group]], it featured many of the same contributors as the other [[BetterPublications|Better Publications]] magazines and //[[WeirdTales|Weird Tales]]//. Despite publishing some interesting fiction, such as [[WellmanManlyWade|Manly Wade Wellman]]'s "The Changeling" in the first issue, it is not well-remembered today.
**Publisher:** [[BetterPublications|Better Publications]]
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre|fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith|Street and Smith]]'s //[[Unknown|Unknown]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA|Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries|Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis|Ziff-Davis]]'s (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre|science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures|Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales|Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications|Thrilling Publications]] group (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories|Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Edited anonymously by [[WeisingerMort|Mort Weisinger]], //SS// featured a mix of fiction rather similar to that of //[[WeirdTales|Weird Tales]]//, with a slightly less gothic sensibility than //[[WeirdTales|WT]]// and lacking the [[FantasyGenre|heroic fantasy]] component stressed in the other magazines. In the first issue, February 1939, along with a long editorial column attributed to Mephistopheles, there were stories by such //[[WeirdTales|WT]]// and [[ThrillingPublications|Thrilling Group]] veterans as [[BlochRobert|Robert Bloch]] (two stories, one as by "Tarleton Fiske"), [[KuttnerHenry|Henry Kuttner]] (two stories, one as by "Keith Hammond," which playfully drew not only on Lovecraftian [[CthulhuMythos|Cthulhu mythos]] motifs but specifically on Bloch's own contributions to that Mythos, notably the "forbidden" book //The Mysteries of the Worm//), [[KlineOtisAdelbert|Otis Adelbert Kline]], [[FarleyRalphMilne|Ralph Milne Farley]] and [[DerlethAugust|August Derleth]] and [[SchorerMark|Mark Schorer]].
[[QuinnSeabury|Seabury Quinn]], [[RussellEricFrank|Eric Frank Russell]], [[BrackettLeigh|Leigh Brackett]] and [[PriceEHoffman|E. Hoffmann Price]] were among the other notable contributors to the magazine; Ashley has noted that Weisinger's moving on from the [[ThrillingPublications|Thrilling]] pulp line to edit //Superman// comics was coincident with, and probably resulted in, the folding of //SS// with the February 1941 issue.
Deletions:
A short-lived [[FantasyGenre fantasy-]] and [[HorrorGenre horror-fiction]] companion to //[[ThrillingWonderStories Thrilling Wonder Stories]]// and the rest of the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]], it featured many of the same contributors as the other [[BetterPublications Better Publications]] magazines and //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//. Despite publishing some interesting fiction, such as [[WellmanManlyWade Manly Wade Wellman]]'s "The Changeling" in the first issue, it is not well-remembered today.
**Publisher:** [[BetterPublications Better Publications]]
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]'s //[[Unknown Unknown]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]'s (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] group (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Edited anonymously by [[WeisingerMort Mort Weisinger]], //SS// featured a mix of fiction rather similar to that of //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//, with a slightly less gothic sensibility than //[[WeirdTales Weird]]// and lacking the [[FantasyGenre heroic fantasy]] component stressed in the other magazines. In the first issue, February 1939, along with a long editorial column attributed to Mephistopheles, there were stories by such //[[WeirdTales WT]]// and [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]] veterans as [[BlochRobert Robert Bloch]] (two stories, one as by "Tarleton Fiske"), [[KuttnerHenry Henry Kuttner]] (two stories, one as by "Keith Hammond," which playfully drew not only on Lovecraftian [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu Mythos]] motifs but specifically on Bloch's own contributions to that Mythos, notably the "forbidden" book //The Mysteries of the Worm//), [[KlineOtisAdelbert Otis Adelbert Kline]], [[FarleyRalphMilne Ralph Milne Farley]] and [[DerlethAugust August Derleth]] and [[SchorerMark Mark Schorer]].
[[QuinnSeabury Seabury Quinn]], [[RussellEricFrank Eric Frank Russell]], [[BrackettLeigh Leigh Brackett]] and [[PriceEHoffman E. Hoffmann Price]] were among the other notable contributors to the magazine; Ashley has noted that Weisinger's moving on from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling]] pulp line to edit //Superman// comics was coincident with, and probably resulted in, the folding of //SS// with the February 1941 issue.


Revision [716]

Edited on 2014-03-31 20:55:20 by TpnEditor [updated Unknown url]
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**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]'s //[[Unknown Unknown]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]'s (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] group (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Deletions:
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]'s //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]'s (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] group (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.


Revision [544]

Edited on 2010-03-14 17:44:39 by TpnEditor [fixed type problems from site move]
Additions:
A short-lived [[FantasyGenre fantasy-]] and [[HorrorGenre horror-fiction]] companion to //[[ThrillingWonderStories Thrilling Wonder Stories]]// and the rest of the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]], it featured many of the same contributors as the other [[BetterPublications Better Publications]] magazines and //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//. Despite publishing some interesting fiction, such as [[WellmanManlyWade Manly Wade Wellman]]'s "The Changeling" in the first issue, it is not well-remembered today.
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]'s //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]'s (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] group (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Edited anonymously by [[WeisingerMort Mort Weisinger]], //SS// featured a mix of fiction rather similar to that of //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//, with a slightly less gothic sensibility than //[[WeirdTales Weird]]// and lacking the [[FantasyGenre heroic fantasy]] component stressed in the other magazines. In the first issue, February 1939, along with a long editorial column attributed to Mephistopheles, there were stories by such //[[WeirdTales WT]]// and [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]] veterans as [[BlochRobert Robert Bloch]] (two stories, one as by "Tarleton Fiske"), [[KuttnerHenry Henry Kuttner]] (two stories, one as by "Keith Hammond," which playfully drew not only on Lovecraftian [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu Mythos]] motifs but specifically on Bloch's own contributions to that Mythos, notably the "forbidden" book //The Mysteries of the Worm//), [[KlineOtisAdelbert Otis Adelbert Kline]], [[FarleyRalphMilne Ralph Milne Farley]] and [[DerlethAugust August Derleth]] and [[SchorerMark Mark Schorer]].
Wellman's "The Changeling" is perhaps the best-remembered story from that first issue, and one of the few from the magazine's run of thirteen bimonthly issues to be cited by historian Mike Ashley as rising above the general run of competence.
[[QuinnSeabury Seabury Quinn]], [[RussellEricFrank Eric Frank Russell]], [[BrackettLeigh Leigh Brackett]] and [[PriceEHoffman E. Hoffmann Price]] were among the other notable contributors to the magazine; Ashley has noted that Weisinger's moving on from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling]] pulp line to edit //Superman// comics was coincident with, and probably resulted in, the folding of //SS// with the February 1941 issue.
Deletions:
A short-lived [[FantasyGenre fantasy-]] and [[HorrorGenre horror-fiction]] companion to //[[ThrillingWonderStories Thrilling Wonder Stories]]// and the rest of the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]], it featured many of the same contributors as the other [[BetterPublications Better Publications]] magazines and //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//. Despite publishing some interesting fiction, such as [[WellmanManlyWade Manly Wade Wellman]]ís ìThe Changelingî in the first issue, it is not well-remembered today.
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] group (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Edited anonymously by [[WeisingerMort Mort Weisinger]], //SS// featured a mix of fiction rather similar to that of //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//, with a slightly less gothic sensibility than //[[WeirdTales Weird]]// and lacking the [[FantasyGenre heroic fantasy]] component stressed in the other magazines. In the first issue, February 1939, along with a long editorial column attributed to Mephistopheles, there were stories by such //[[WeirdTales WT]]// and [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]] veterans as [[BlochRobert Robert Bloch]] (two stories, one as by ìTarleton Fiskeî), [[KuttnerHenry Henry Kuttner]] (two stories, one as by ìKeith Hammond,î which playfully drew not only on Lovecraftian [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu Mythos]] motifs but specifically on Blochís own contributions to that Mythos, notably the ìforbiddenî book //The Mysteries of the Worm//), [[KlineOtisAdelbert Otis Adelbert Kline]], [[FarleyRalphMilne Ralph Milne Farley]] and [[DerlethAugust August Derleth]] and [[SchorerMark Mark Schorer]].
Wellmanís ìThe Changelingî is perhaps the best-remembered story from that first issue, and one of the few from the magazineís run of thirteen bimonthly issues to be cited by historian Mike Ashley as rising above the general run of competence.
[[QuinnSeabury Seabury Quinn]], [[RussellEricFrank Eric Frank Russell]], [[BrackettLeigh Leigh Brackett]] and [[PriceEHoffman E. Hoffmann Price]] were among the other notable contributors to the magazine; Ashley has noted that Weisingerís moving on from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling]] pulp line to edit //Superman// comics was coincident with, and probably resulted in, the folding of //SS// with the February 1941 issue.


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Edited on 2008-04-01 17:57:10 by TpnEditor [fixed image link]
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>>{{image class="center" alt="Strange Stories" url="images/wiki-images/strangestoriespulp.jpg" }}**//Strange Stories//**
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>>{{image class="center" alt="Strange Stories" url="wiki-images/strangestoriespulp.jpg" }}**//Strange Stories//**


Revision [364]

Edited on 2006-05-15 19:17:44 by ToddMason [syntax again]
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**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] group (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Deletions:
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.


Revision [363]

Edited on 2006-05-15 19:16:44 by ToddMason [syntzx]
Additions:
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Deletions:
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (the initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.


Revision [352]

Edited on 2006-05-07 00:37:52 by TpnEditor [fixed genre links]
Additions:
A short-lived [[FantasyGenre fantasy-]] and [[HorrorGenre horror-fiction]] companion to //[[ThrillingWonderStories Thrilling Wonder Stories]]// and the rest of the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]], it featured many of the same contributors as the other [[BetterPublications Better Publications]] magazines and //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//. Despite publishing some interesting fiction, such as [[WellmanManlyWade Manly Wade Wellman]]ís ìThe Changelingî in the first issue, it is not well-remembered today.
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for [[FantasyGenre fantasy pulps]]; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (the initially mostly [[FantasyGenre science-fictional]]) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Edited anonymously by [[WeisingerMort Mort Weisinger]], //SS// featured a mix of fiction rather similar to that of //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//, with a slightly less gothic sensibility than //[[WeirdTales Weird]]// and lacking the [[FantasyGenre heroic fantasy]] component stressed in the other magazines. In the first issue, February 1939, along with a long editorial column attributed to Mephistopheles, there were stories by such //[[WeirdTales WT]]// and [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]] veterans as [[BlochRobert Robert Bloch]] (two stories, one as by ìTarleton Fiskeî), [[KuttnerHenry Henry Kuttner]] (two stories, one as by ìKeith Hammond,î which playfully drew not only on Lovecraftian [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu Mythos]] motifs but specifically on Blochís own contributions to that Mythos, notably the ìforbiddenî book //The Mysteries of the Worm//), [[KlineOtisAdelbert Otis Adelbert Kline]], [[FarleyRalphMilne Ralph Milne Farley]] and [[DerlethAugust August Derleth]] and [[SchorerMark Mark Schorer]].
Deletions:
A short-lived fantasy and horror-fiction companion to //[[ThrillingWonderStories Thrilling Wonder Stories]]// and the rest of the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]], it featured many of the same contributors as the other [[BetterPublications Better Publications]] magazines and //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//. Despite publishing some interesting fiction, such as [[WellmanManlyWade Manly Wade Wellman]]ís ìThe Changelingî in the first issue, it is not well-remembered today.
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for fantasy pulps; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (the initially mostly science-fictional) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Edited anonymously by [[WeisingerMort Mort Weisinger]], //SS// featured a mix of fiction rather similar to that of //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]//, with a slightly less gothic sensibility than //[[WeirdTales Weird]]// and lacking the [[HeroicFantasyGenre heroic fantasy]] component stressed in the other magazines. In the first issue, February 1939, along with a long editorial column attributed to Mephistopheles, there were stories by such //[[WeirdTales WT]]// and [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Group]] veterans as [[BlochRobert Robert Bloch]] (two stories, one as by ìTarleton Fiskeî), [[KuttnerHenry Henry Kuttner]] (two stories, one as by ìKeith Hammond,î which playfully drew not only on Lovecraftian [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu Mythos]] motifs but specifically on Blochís own contributions to that Mythos, notably the ìforbiddenî book //The Mysteries of the Worm//), [[KlineOtisAdelbert Otis Adelbert Kline]], [[FarleyRalphMilne Ralph Milne Farley]] and [[DerlethAugust August Derleth]] and [[SchorerMark Mark Schorer]].


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Edited on 2006-05-03 02:05:34 by TpnEditor [formatting fix]
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>>{{image class="center" alt="Strange Stories" url="wiki-images/strangestoriespulp.jpg" }}**//Strange Stories//**
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>>{{image class="center" alt="Strange Stories" url="wiki-images/strangestoriespulp.jpg" }}
**//Strange Stories//**


Revision [295]

Edited on 2006-04-26 01:30:35 by TpnEditor [fixed bad link]
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**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for fantasy pulps; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (the initially mostly science-fictional) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[WeirdTales Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.
Deletions:
**Publication range:** February 1939-February 1941>>1939 was a banner year for fantasy pulps; [[StreetandSmith Street and Smith]]ís //[[UnknownMagazine Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]//, the sf/fantasy [[MunseyFrankA Munsey]] reprint magazine //[[FamousFantasticMysteries Famous Fantastic Mysteries]]//, and [[ZiffDavis Ziff-Davis]]ís (the initially mostly science-fictional) //[[FantasticAdventures Fantastic Adventures]]// all joined //[[Weird Tales]]// on the newsstands, as did a new magazine from the [[ThrillingPublications Thrilling Publications]] (which would also add the sf title //[[StartlingStories Startling Stories]]// the same year), the modestly titled //Strange Stories//.


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The oldest known version of this page was created on 2006-04-26 00:19:36 by TpnEditor [fixed bad link]

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