FANTASY FICTION/FANTASY STORIES

FANTASY FICTION/FANTASY STORIES
   US DIGEST-size magazine. 2 issues, May and Nov 1950, published by Magabook, ed Curtis Mitchell. "Old and New Fantasy Stories but Always the Best" was the slogan of this shortlived magazine, whose stories were largely reprinted from general PULP MAGAZINES of the 1930s and early 1940s. It also offered prizes for reports of true fantastic experiences and of haunted houses. \#2 was retitled Fantasy Stories, carried a lengthy UFO feature ("Flying Saucer Secrets Blabbed by Mad Pilot", as the cover put it), and was three months late. \#3 never materialized.The final 3 issues of the 1950s FANTASY MAGAZINE, an unconnected publication, were also titled Fantasy Fiction.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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