''Fate'' is a

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magazine about paranormal phenomena. ''Fate'' was co-founded in 1948 by Raymond A. Palmer (editor of ''

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'') and Curtis Fuller. ''Fate'' magazine is the longest-running magazine devoted to the paranormal. Promoted as "the world's leading magazine of the paranormal", it has published expert opinions and personal experiences relating to UFOs,

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abilities,

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s and hauntings,

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methods, belief in the survival of personality after death, Fortean phenomena, predictive

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s, mental telepathy,

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, warnings of

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, and other

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topics. Though ''Fate'' is aimed at a popular audience and tends to emphasize personal anecdotes about the paranormal, American writer and frequent ''Fate'' contributor Jerome Clark says the magazine features a substantial amount of serious research and investigation, and occasional debunking of dubious claims. Subjects of such debunking articles have included Atlantis, the

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, and the Amityville Horror.

History

Established in 1948 by Clark Publishing Company, the first edition of ''Fate'' hit world newsstands in the spring. Co-founded by Ray Palmer,

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of the ''Amazing Stories'' magazine, and Curtis Fuller, an accomplished editor in his own right, the magazine's inaugural edition featured an article by Kenneth Arnold who recounted in it his UFO encounter in 1947. Arnold's sighting marked the beginning of the modern UFO era, and his story propelled the magazine to national recognition. The headquarters is in Lakeville, Minnesota. In 1953, Curtis Fuller and his wife Mary took full control of ''Fate'' when Palmer sold his interest in the venture. The Fullers expanded the magazine's focus, and increased readership to well over 100,000 subscribers. In 1988, ''Fate'' was sold to Llewellyn Publications (now

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). In his farewell column, Curtis Fuller wrote, "Our purpose throughout this long time has been to explore and to report honestly the strangest facts of this strange world and the ones that don't fit into the general beliefs of the way things are." ''Fate'' underwent a facelift in 1994, when Llewellyn decided to change it from

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to a full-size, full-color magazine. In 1998, the magazine celebrated its 50th year of publication. When asked to comment on how a magazine like ''Fate'' survived through five decades, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke said, "No product, especially a magazine, can stay around for fifty years unless it meets a need. ''Fate'' recognizes that the impossible can be possible; we explore the unknown so that it can be known." In September 2001, Galde Press, Inc., owned by editor-in-chief Phyllis Galde, purchased ''Fate''. Galde has continued ''Fate'''s reporting of unusual events and active reader involvement in shaping the content of the magazine. In May 2003, ''Fate'' returned to its pre-1994 digest size. In 2008, it moved to a bi-monthly format with its July/August issue. True to its origins, in many issues ''Fate'' magazine continues the tradition of having retro looking art appear on the cover.

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External links

Official website

OCLC Worldcat page for library holdings of ''Fate''

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