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FANTASY COMMENTATOR
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Fantasy in The Blue Book Magazine

by
William H. Evans

Note: The Blue Book Magazine first appeared in May 1905 as The Monthly Story Magazine; with the September 1906 number it became The Monthly Story Blue Book Magazine; and finally with the issue of May 1907 the title as it appears today was adopted. Throughout its career, although undergoing metamorphoses in size---in 1930, 1932 and 1942---the magazine has retained its regular monthly schedule of appearance, with six issues to a volume.

1905:
May   Charles F. Willcut: "The Enchanted Ring"
July   S. J. Adair Fitzgerald: "A Strange Experience"
Talbot Morgan: "A Withered Hand"
Aug.   O. H. Hawley: "The Forgotten Fugitive"
Sep.   George Allan England: "The Time-Reflector"
Oct.   R. Y. Boland: "Walking on Air"

1906:
Jan.   Bertram Lebhar: "The Red Devil"
Charles M. Williams: "The War on Steel"
Harry B. Allyn: "The Flight of the Obelisk"
Mar.   Edgar Franklin: "The Man with the Minute Glass"
F. S. Knight-Adkin: "Five Men from Atlantis"
Apr.   George W. Draper: "The Secret of Japan"
William Hope Hodgson: "From the Tideless Sea"
May   George B. Howard: "Valdor and Osiri"
Sigmund Krausz: "The Secret of the Mummy's Foot"
July   James Barr: "The Last Englishman"
Aug.   Florence E. Austin: "A Missle from Mars"
Sep.   James S. Boyd: "The Great Ray Experiment"
Norman H. Crowell: "The Lung Machine"
Oct.   H. E. Thompson: "Benson's Scientific Hobby"
Nov.   A. W. Busbridge: "Pugsby's Manufacture of Diamonds"
Dec.   R. F. Adams and J. A. Tiffany: "An Assisted Evolution"
A. P. Aden: "A Curly Gray Hair"
Frank L. Packard: "An Inter-Planetary Adventure"

1907:
Jan.   A. Edmunsten: "The Reflected City"
Feb.   Helen Tompkins: "The Queen's Anklet"
Mar.   J. Gordan Smith: "Beyond the Great Wall"
May   Gilbert P. Coleman: "A Self-Inflicted Vengeance"
June   Charles E. Walk: "The Odyle"
July   Frank L. Nelson: "The Hugmetite Airship"
Aug.   J. S. Fletcher: "The Ivory God"
William Hope Hodgson: "More News of the Homebird"
Alllen G. Miller: "The Eye Witness"
Sep.   Barton W. Currie: "A Geological Crime"
Ashby Ford: "In the Balance Room"
William Hope Hodgson: "The Terror of the Water-Tank"
Nov.   James A. Boyd: "The Gravitat"
William Hope Hodgson: "The Voice in the Night"

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FANTASY COMMENTATOR 59 Fantasy in The Blue Book Magazine by William H. Evans Note: The Blue Book Magazine first appeared in May 1905 as The Monthly Story Magazine; with the September 1906 number it became The Monthly Story Blue Book Magazine; and finally with the issue of May 1907 the title as it appears today was adopted. Throughout its career, although undergoing metamorphoses in size---in 1930, 1932 and 1942---the magazine has retained its regular monthly schedule of appearance, with six issues to a volume. 1905: May Charles F. Willcut: "The Enchanted Ring" July S. J. Adair Fitzgerald: "A Strange Experience" Talbot Morgan: "A Withered Hand" Aug. O. H. Hawley: "The Forgotten Fugitive" Sep. George Allan England: "The Time-Reflector" Oct. R. Y. Boland: "Walking on Air" 1906: Jan. Bertram Lebhar: "The Red Devil" Charles M. Williams: "The War on Steel" Harry B. Allyn: "The Flight of the Obelisk" Mar. Edgar Franklin: "The Man with the Minute Glass" F. S. Knight-Adkin: "Five Men from Atlantis" Apr. George W. Draper: "The Secret of Japan" William Hope Hodgson: "From the Tideless Sea" May George B. Howard: "Valdor and Osiri" Sigmund Krausz: "The Secret of the Mummy's Foot" July James Barr: "The Last Englishman" Aug. Florence E. Austin: "A Missle from Mars" Sep. James S. Boyd: "The Great Ray Experiment" Norman H. Crowell: "The Lung Machine" Oct. H. E. Thompson: "Benson's Scientific Hobby" Nov. A. W. Busbridge: "Pugsby's Manufacture of Diamonds" Dec. R. F. Adams and J. A. Tiffany: "An Assisted Evolution" A. P. Aden: "A Curly Gray Hair" Frank L. Packard: "An Inter-Planetary Adventure" 1907: Jan. A. Edmunsten: "The Reflected City" Feb. Helen Tompkins: "The Queen's Anklet" Mar. J. Gordan Smith: "Beyond the Great Wall" May Gilbert P. Coleman: "A Self-Inflicted Vengeance" June Charles E. Walk: "The Odyle" July Frank L. Nelson: "The Hugmetite Airship" Aug. J. S. Fletcher: "The Ivory God" William Hope Hodgson: "More News of the Homebird" Alllen G. Miller: "The Eye Witness" Sep. Barton W. Currie: "A Geological Crime" Ashby Ford: "In the Balance Room" William Hope Hodgson: "The Terror of the Water-Tank" Nov. James A. Boyd: "The Gravitat" William Hope Hodgson: "The Voice in the Night"