Pulp Magazine Archive PDF – Pulp Fiction Free Online

Pulp Magazine Archive

1840s – 2020s

Various Places and Publishers

More than 20,000 pulp mags online in all genres, collected at the Internet Archive.

Adventure Magazines

1911-1963

U.S. – Various publishers

Adventure magazine was first published in 1910 by the Ridgway company. It became one of the most popular and profitable of the pdf pulp magazines, continuing until 1971. This collection also contains some other magazines with similar titles, such as World Wide Adventure and Spicy Adventure Stories.

Argosy

1874-1967

1948-1967

UK – Fleetway Publications

Argosy was a British monthly literary magazine featured a mix of fiction, poetry, and illustrations for a middle-class readership. It was founded by publisher Alexander Strahan in 1865. The magazine serialized several novels. Notable contributors include Christina Rossetti, Anthony Trollope, Amelia B. Edwards, Julia Kavanagh and Sarah Doudney.

Aviation Fiction Variety

1923-1974

U.S.: Various publishers

Various magazines, mostly short story fiction, about flyers and flying. Some titles: Fighting Aces of War Skies, Air Trails, Dare-Devil Aces, American Sky Devils, Bill Barnes Air Trails, American Eagle, Air War, Air Stories, Flying Cadet, Air Adventures.

Men’s Adventure Magazines

1881-1975

Various Publishers

A variety of titles billed as ‘Men’s Adventure’ magazines. Titles include: Air Wonder Stories, Short Stories, Far East Adventure Stories, Dare-Devil Aces, Amazing Adventures, Wings, Cavalier for Men, Erb-Dom, Pluck and Luck, Flying Cadet, Jungle Stories, The Wide World, Bill Barnes Air Trails, Sea Stories, Black Mask, Magic Carpet, Mystic, Oriental Stories.

Oriental Stories

1930-1932

Indiana: Popular Fiction

Advernture short stories set in Asia and the Middle East.

Sports Magazines

1905-1958

Various Publishers

A number of different free old sports magazines. Titles include: Popular Sports, Ten-Story Sports, Complete Sports, thrilling Sports, Super Sports, Fight Stories, Exciting Football, All-American Football, Motor Boating, Body Builder, Basketball Stories, Baseball Digest, Physical Culture, Official Wrestling.

The Thrill Book

1919

NY: Street & Smith

Novelettes and short stories, often with an adventure theme, for both men and women.

Youth Magazines

1877-1970

Various Publishers

A variety of pulp mags for boys and a few for girls. Titles include: Eagle, Diamond Dick Jr., Tip Top Weekly, Chums, American Boy, Work and Win, The Modern Boy, Frank Reade Library, Beadle’s Frontier Series, Happy Days, Boy’s Cinema, Child Life, Calling All Girls, Boys’ Own Paper, The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine, American Girl.

Blue Book

1907-1951

U.S.: Consolidated Magazines & other publishers

Blue Book was one of the four top fiction magazines in the U.S. in the early 20th century. The target audience was both men and women, and the work of many well-known writers and illustrators appeared there. Authors included Edgar Rice Burroughs, Agatha Christie, Zane Grey and Rider Haggard. The Blue Book was published under varying titles from 1906 to 1975. – from Wikipedia.

The Dial

1840-1922

Chicago, New York

‘The Dial Magazine’ was established in 1840 as a Transcendentalist magazine, edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller. It ceased publication in 1844. In Chicago in 1880 the editor and publisher Francis F. Browne gave his new journal of literary criticism and politics the same name, claiming it was in the same tradition. It achieved national prominence and was the most respected magazine of its type in the Midwest, before declining after 1910. In 1918 it was moved to New York and again became very influential, publishing important artwork, poetry and fiction.

Everybody’s Magazine

Vol 1 – 49 (1899-1923)

1899-1929 at Internet Archive (Black & White)

NY: North American Company

According to the Magazine’s entry in Wikipedia, Everybody’s Magazine was founded by Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker in 1899, who had little role in its operations. It published a mix of non-fiction and fiction. In 1903, with a circulation of 150,000, it was sold to a group headed by Erman Jesse Ridgeway. A series of muckraking articles called “Frenzied Finance” in 1904 boosted circulation to over 500,000, and it stayed above that mark for many years, while changing its content to mainly fiction.

The Lakeside Monthly Magazine

Vols 1-4, 7-9 (1869-1873)

Vols 6-11 (1871-1874)

Chicago

‘The Lakeside Monthly’, which ran from 1869 to 1874, was edited by Francis Fisher Browne. It was the predecessor to Browne’s more successful Chicago literary periodical ‘The Dial’, which began in 1880 (also found on this webpage). Issues contain non-fiction, fiction, poetry and book reviews. Included were nonfiction articles about Chicago, including a section called “The Rebuilding of the City’ on page 281 of Volume 8 (Oct 1872), which describes the restoration of Chicago in the wake of the great fire of October 1871.

Overland Monthly

1868-1923

1868-1935 at Internet Archive (Black & White)

San Francisco

Monthly. Edited by Bret Harte, the Overland Monthly; devoted to the Development of the Country began publication in 1868 in San Francisco and continued through 1875. It contained non-fiction, short stories and poetry. In 1880 the publishers founded the Californian, which then became the Californian and Overland Monthly and in 1883 was re-titled the Overland Monthly. In 1923 it merged with the magazine Out West, and continued until 1935. Some writers associated with the magazine were Alice Cary, Jack London, Mark Twain and Henry George.
— Information from Wikipedia entry for “Overland Monthly”.

The Passing Show

1936-1938

UK: Oldhams Press

The Passing Show was a weekly magazine published in London from 1915 to 1939.

Popular Magazine

1910-1930

NY: Street & Smith

“An early American literary magazine that ran for 612 issues from November 1903 to October 1931. It featured short fiction, novellas, serialized larger works, and even entire short novels. In October 1931, The Popular Magazine was merged with another Street & Smith pulp, Complete Stories.” – Wikipedia.

The Savoy

1896

London, UK: The Savoy

The Savoy was a magazine of literature, art, and criticism published in eight numbers from January to December 1896 in London (all of which are here). It featured work by authors such as W. B. Yeats, Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, Aubrey Beardsley and William Thomas Horton.

The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly

1891-1927

London, UK: Newnes

“A monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950. It was edited by Herbert Greenhough Smith from 1891 to 1930. The popularity of Sherlock Holmes became widespread after first appearing in the magazine in 1891.” – Website.

Nickel & Dimes Collection Part 1

1860-1930

Various Publishers

Big collection of small novels and magazines that sold for 5 or 10 cents in the late 19th and early 20th century. They opened up leisure reading for the American masses. Titles include Beadle’s Half Dime Library, Deadwood Dick, Fame and Fortune Weekly, Five Cent Wide Awake Library, Nick Carter Stories, Pluck and Luck, Waverly Library, and others.

Nickel & Dimes Collection Part 2

1860-1930

Various Publishers

See the description of Nickels & Dimes Collection Part 1, above. This contains titles such as: All-Sports Library, Brave and Bold, Buffalo Bill Stories, Fame and Fortune Weekly, Franke Reade Library, Nick Carter Weekly, Secret Service, Old and Young King Brady, Deadwood Dick, Jesse James Stories, Liberty Boys of ’76, Young Rough Riders, and more.

Classics Illustrated Magazines

1941-1969

U.S.: Classics Illustrated

“Classics Illustrated is an American comic book/magazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad. Created by Albert Kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. ” – Internet Archive.