On the 31st October it is Hallowe’en. To mark this occasion here are some weird and wonderful Hallowe’en titles which can be found in SUNCAT. There are some really fascinating records, especially the one for the first title below!

• Interviews in the realms of death: or, Dialogues of the dead
  between several great personages deceas’d. …
• Sabrina’s halloween spoooktacular.
• Gold digger Halloween special.
• Marge’s Lulu and Tubby Halloween fun.
• Batman, legends of the dark knight Halloween special.
• The folklore round table. No.9: Special Halloween issue.
• City slab : urban tales of the grotesque.
• How to haunt your house.
• Modern witch.
• Wacky Witch.
• Wendy’s witch world.
• The witch’s almanac … : practical magic and spells for
  every season.
• Witch’s brew.
• The crooked path.
• Llewellyn’s … witches’ spell-a-day almanac : holiday
  & lore, spells & recipes, rituals & meditations.
• Ghost voices : the magazine of all things haunted.
• The Haunted House, or the Revelations of Theresa Terence …
  Being the Christmas number of the Pearl … Illustrated with six … colored
  plates.
• Hotwire. Requiem for the dead.
• The psychic mirror.
• Uri Geller’s encounter : the world’s most paranormal
  magazine.
• Pumpkin variety evaluation.
• 2006 2011 World Outlook for Canned Pumpkin and Squash.
• Black sun / PHAT…Pumpkin Hollow Anarchy Tribe.
• Brian Pulido’s Lady Death: A Medieval Tale.
• The cauldron : pagan journal
  of the Old religion.
• Dragons well : newsletter for pagans in Oxfordshire.
• Frostfire.
• Pagan edge lifestyle & passions of the modern pagan.
• Nightveil’s cauldron of horror.

From the 8th to 14th October it is both Chocolate Week and National Cake Week. Perfect for those wanting comfort food to help keep away the cold, but not so good for those on a diet! Here are some cake and chocolate weird and wonderful titles.

• Baked & delicious : international classics to make at
  home.
• The baking sheet. 
• Baking with the American harvest. 
• Squires Kitchen bake school. 
• 2006 2011 World Outlook for Cake Mixes Made from Purchased
  Flour. 
• Annual review / The Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate &
  Confectionery Alliance. 
• Brazil cakes and pastries Datamonitor. 
• The “B.B.” Album of Cake Designs. [With plates.] 
• 2006-2011 World Outlook for Seasonal Chocolate Father’s Day
  Candy. 
• Archives of cocoa research. 
• Chocol8 Inc. 
• Chocolate addiction. 
• Cocoaroma. 
• Hotel Chocolat: Establishing a Market Presence with
  Super-Premium Chocolate. 
• Nestle & Cadbury Case Study: Adapting to the Growing
  Demand for Dark Chocolate. 
• Report of the cocoa conference. 
• Unwrapped / Cadbury Ltd. 
• Haribo Case Study: Reinvigorating the Sugar Confectionary
  Market by Focusing on Health & Comfort.

For more baking and confectionary titles take a look in SUNCAT.

• 007 dossiers secrets.
• 007 extra : the newsletter of the James Bond 007 Fan Club.
• 007 spy files.
• Bondage / James Bond 007 Fan Club.
• Double-0-seven magazine.
• Goldeneye : the magazine of the Ian Fleming Foundation.
• The James Bond car collection.
• James Bond’s DB5.
• Shaken not stirred / a publication of the Ian Fleming
  Foundation.
• James Bond – 007 premiere crossword puzzles.
• James Bond for your eyes only

Today (4th October) is National Poetry Day. In celebration of this fact here are soem weird and wonderful poetry titles found in SUNCAT.

• Amethyst arsenic : poetry and art.
• Bad poetry quarterly.
• The Bibelot, a Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers,
  Chosen in Part From Scarce Editions and Sources Not Generally Known.
• Bumble jacket miscellany : a miscellany for poetry and
  fiction.
• Coconut poetry magazine.
• Half drunk muse.
• Oddrot : the journal of funny bizarre and subversive poetry.
• Poetry is dead.
• Symtex & grimmer : a magazine of contemporary poetry.
• Waifs and strays. A terminal magazine of Oxford poetry.
• The ballot, a political poem, by a snob.
• Echoes of Gilgamesh the long poem magazine.
• TRUTH -LONDON- POEM-.
• Affection’s keepsake.
• Anarchist angel youth poetry quarterly.
• Brittle star.
• Cabinet of curiosities.
• Deliberately thirsty.
• Grilled flowers. Special issue series
• Hot gun!
• Moodswing.
• PigeonBike.
• Ploplop.
• Poetmeat.
• Poor old tired horse.
• The quiet feather.
• The Stinging fly.
• The ugly tree.
• Unmuzzled ox.
• Verbal abuse.
• Water from the moon.
• A wigman to wind the sun up.
• The Windless orchard.

 For more poetry titles and other weird and wonderful serials take a look at SUNCAT.

Here is the sixth and final post in the series of weird and wonderful football titles. Can you match the fanzine with the home nation?

• Two left feet. 
• Que sera sera. 
• The dragon has landed. 
• Haggis supper. 
• The Italian job. 
• There’s a wee spot in Europe. 

Here are some other football titles:

• Miss-kick.
• My favourite shirt. 
• Dial M for Merthyr. 
• Five jam parts. 
• The cage to the jungle. 
• Tomato soup and lentils. 
• Wonderful wedding venues in
  England and Wales : from castles to football clubs. 
• Off the ball. 
• United front. 
• Four Four Two: The Bobbing And
  Weaving Football Magazine. 
• Migrating Football Players,
  Transfer Fees & Migration Controls. 
• The Gladwish Land Sales ultimate
  book of non-league players. 
• Balls! : the alternative football
  annual. 
• Nothing to write home about : the
  magazine of the London Clarets. 
• Offensive line coaches handbook. 
• Where’s the bar? : an alternative
  guide to non-league football. 
• The effects of television on
  college football attendance. (Published 1950) 
• The duffle. 
• Football punk. 
• When the ball moves : the Burnley
  fanzine. 
• One minute to go. 
• League of their own : a guide to
  the mid-Wilts youth and minor football league.

More information on these titles can be found by searching SUNCAT. Also take a look at SUNCAT for more football serials  and other weird and wonderful titles.

Here is the fifth in the series of weird and wonderful football titles. Match the football club with the fanzine! All the answers can be found in SUNCAT. 

Fanzines:

• The Gibbering clairvoyant.
• One f.
• In the loft.
• Heroes and villains.
• The water in Majorca.
• Not the wee green book.
• Purple reign.
• Raging Bull.
• One step beyond.
• Give ’em beans.
• No more plastic pitches.
• The tricky tree.
• Kicker conspiracy.
• The square ball.
• Pyramuddle.
• The greasy chip buttie.
• Winning isn’t everything.
• Love shaq.
• The giant awakes.
• WALOC : What a load of cobblers!
• Deranged ferret.

• Faithful through and through.
• O bluebird of happiness.
• Well red.
• Waiting for the great leap forward.
• A lot 2 answer 4.
• Le de’ja-vu.
• Always look on the bright side.
• Where’s the vaseline?
• Mad as a hatter!
• Cockney rebel.
• The Derry rumba.
• No idle talk.
• Revenge of the killer penguin II.
• FOULmouth.
• Hey big spender.
• City down under.
• Loadsamoney.
• 38 hours from Vilnius.
• War of the monster trucks.
• Mr. Bismarck’s electric pickelhaube.

• Don’t run… trott!
• When skies are grey.
• Rave on!
• Voice of the beehive.
• Marlon’s gloves.
• Remember, remember the 5th of December.
• Windmill wonderland.
• “Eh Mind O’ Gillie”.
• City ’til I cry.
• The oatcake.
• Can you hear us on the box?
• Hibees here, Hibees there.
• The silence of the bann-she’s.
• The East End bounce.
• The clean sheet.
• Hanging on the telephone.
• The Jam piece.
• Warboys is still God.

As all Doctor Who fans know, series seven starts tomorrow with the showing of ‘Asylum of the Daleks’. To celebrate this here are some Doctor Who titles found in SUNCAT. 

• Celestial toyroom : the Doctor Who Appreciation Society
  newsletter.
• The Big Finish companion.
• Doctor Who : an adventure in space & time.
• Doctor Who. The forgotten.
• Doctor Who. The time machination.
• Doctor Who activity annual.
• Doctor Who battles in time special.
• Doctor Who DVD files : the ultimate build-up Doctor Who
  encyclopedia.
• Doctor Who … events.
• Doctor Who poster magazine.
• The Doctor Who quiz book.
• Doctor Who Radio Times Special.
• The Doctor’s recorder.
• Howe’s transcendental toybox : update …/ the
  complete guide to … merchandise.
• In-vision : the making of a television drama series.
• Second Dimension.
• Star Trek : the Next Generation. Doctor Who: Assimilation.
• Tardis.
• The tides of time : magazine of the Oxford University Doctor
  Who Society.
• The Tomb.

Today is the start of competition in the London 2012 Paralympics. To mark this occasion here are some weird and wonderful titles covering the various Paralympics sports, as well a couple of titles on this year’s Paralympics Games. Can you guess which sports the titles refer to? All answers can be found in SUNCAT. We wish Team GB the very best of luck during the next 11 days.

• The egg chaser.
• Wooden Spoon Society rugby world.
• Nock-nock.
• The Athlete : he who strives / edited by Capt. F. A. M.
  Webster.
• Autumn tints newsletter.
• Bike to the future newsletter.
• Alotta balls.
• The May bee.
• Hello Sea Lions!! The official organ of the first and only
  international league of young swimmers (Young Swimmers’ League). no. 1-4, 6.
  Feb., April-June, Aug., 1937.
• The Tadpole.
• Touché!
• Musketeers news.
• Tennis & fashion.
• Topspin.
• Muzzle blasts.
• S.O. alive!
• Sports ’n spokes.
• Matside.
• Relax, etc.
• Maple Street Press Wildcat tip-off.
• XXL basketball.
• The Spiker.
• London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games annual report.
• Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 related Internet sites.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT football fanzines blog posts.