{{Short description|American fantasy and horror fiction magazine}} {{italic title}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} thumb|right|Cover of Winter 1949 issue of ''The Arkham Sampler'' '''''The Arkham Sampler''''' was an American fantasy and horror fiction magazine first published in Winter 1948.<ref name=jwk>{{cite web|title=The Arkham Sampler|url=http://www.jwkbooks.com/pages/books/14829/august-derleth/the-arkham-sampler-winter-1948-autumn-1949-volume-1-number-1-volume-2-number-4|work=JWK Books|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref> The headquarters was in Sauk City, Wisconsin.<ref name=jwk/> The magazine, edited by August Derleth, was the first of two magazines published by Arkham House.<ref name=jwk/> It was published on a quarterly basis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arkham Sampler, The Seventeen Basic SF Titles|url=http://www.sfadb.com/Arkham_Sampler|work=SFADB|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref> The cover design was prepared by Ronald Clyne and was printed in alternating colors for the eight quarterly issues. Each issue had a print run of 1,200 copies with the exception of the Winter 1949 "All Science-Fiction Issue", of which 2,000 copies were printed. The Autumn 1949 issue was the last edition of the magazine.<ref name=jwk/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arkham Sampler, The|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/arkham_sampler_the|encyclopedia=SF Encyclopedia|accessdate=12 January 2016}}</ref>
''The Arkham Sampler'' published fiction, poetry, reviews, letters, articles and bibliographic data. The magazine published original works by H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Robert E. Howard, Theodore Sturgeon, A. E. van Vogt, Robert Bloch and others. Other writers featured in the magazine include Anthony Boucher, Everett F. Bleiler, Martin Gardner, Carl Jacobi, David H. Keller, Fritz Leiber, Frank Belknap Long, E. Hoffmann Price, Vincent Starrett, Jules Verne and H. Russell Wakefield.
==See also== * Science fiction magazine * Fantasy fiction magazine * Horror fiction magazine
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== Sources == * {{cite book|last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=29–30, 35–36| date=1989 | isbn=1-55742-005-X|ref=none}} * {{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=32–34 | date=1998|ref=none}} * {{cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=44–47, 51–53 | date=1999 | isbn=0-87054-176-5|ref=none}} * {{cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=64–67, 69–71 | date=2004 | isbn=0-7864-1785-4|ref=none}}
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