The FictionMags Index

Stories, Listed by Author

BEST, MARY SUE (chron.)

• * You Too Can Write (with Ruth S. Kivett), (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Jul/Aug 1973

BEST, RAYLEIGH BRETON AMIS; see pseudonyms Desmond Roberts & Leslie Wilde (chron.)

BEST, RITA (chron.)

• * Whisky—Western Style, (ar) The Masked Rider Western Magazine Feb 1952

BEST, ST. GEORGE (chron.)

• * Helen of Troy, (pm) The Smart Set Sep 1901
• * Let Summer Die, (pm) Metropolitan Magazine Oct 1901
• * Mignonette, (pm) Metropolitan Magazine Nov 1901

BEST, SUSIE M. (chron.)

• * Amor Semper, (pm) The Smart Set Jun 1902
• * As Pass Strange Ships, (pm) The Smart Set Jan 1902
• * A Ballad of the Skirt, (pm) Munsey’s Feb 1914
• * A Canter, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger
  • The Argosy May 21 1892
• * Chime, Sweet Bells, (pm) The Ladies’ World Dec 1894
• * The Ghost Flowers, (pm) The Smart Set Sep 1900
• * The Grave’s Compass, (pm) Harper’s Monthly Oct 1901
• * Hope, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger
  • The Argosy May 14 1892
• * In the Cabaret, (pm) The Cavalier Mar 21 1914
  • Argosy All-Story Weekly Sep 13 1924
• * The Lesson, (pm) Harper’s Monthly Oct 1902
• * Man, (pm) Harper’s Monthly Feb 1910
• * The Month of Roses, (pm) Bob Taylor’s Magazine Jun 1906
• * On Christe’s Day [sic], (pm) McBride’s Dec 1915
• * The Retribution, (pm) Munsey’s Dec 1902
• * Snow White and Rose Red, (ss) Normal Instructor and Primary Plans Apr 1922
• * The Turkey-Trot, (pm) The Cavalier Aug 2 1913
• * Uncle Zeke’s Wisdom, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger
  • The Argosy Mar 12 1892
• * When Duty’s Done, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger
  • The Argosy Apr 9 1892

BEST, THOMAS R. (chron.)

• * Across the Great Salt Lake, (ar) Western Story Magazine Nov 25 1920
• * Along the Columbia River Highway, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 3 1923
• * Along the Way in Wyoming, (ar) Western Story Magazine Dec 2 1920
• * Coal Mining in the West, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 3 1926
• * Columbia, the Gem of the Diggings, (ar) Western Story Magazine Sep 27 1924
• * Extra! News from the West!, (ar) Western Story Magazine Nov 23 1929
• * The Forty-Niners, (ar) Western Story Magazine Feb 12 1921
• * From Spokane to Puget Sound, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 20 1923
• * Gold Lands, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 5 1921
• * Great Days in the West: A Day at the Diggings, 1849, (ar) Western Story Magazine Feb 2 1924
• * Great Days in the West: A Day in San Francisco, 1851, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 24 1924
• * Great Days in the West: A Day on the Overland Trail, 1849, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 15 1924
• * Great Days in the West: A Day with the Padres in 1822, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 5 1924
• * Great Days in the West: The Cradle of Gold, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 22 1924
• * A Great Mountain and Its Great Explorers, (ar) Western Story Magazine Feb 3 1923
• * Hiking Along Lake Tahoe, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 13 1923
• * How the West Was Won: A Knight of the Wilderness, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 29 1922
• * How the West Was Won: Before the Pioneers Came, (ar) Western Story Magazine Nov 26 1921
• * How the West Was Won: Lewis and Clark at the Pacific Coast, (ar) Western Story Magazine Dec 24 1921
• * How the West Was Won: The First Round Trip to the Pacific, (ar) Western Story Magazine Dec 10 1921
• * How the West Was Won: The First Westerners, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 4 1922
• * How the West Was Won: The Greatest Tragedy of the Overland Trail, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 5 1923
• * How the West Was Won: The Old Man of the Mountains, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 5 1924
• * How the West Was Won: The Trail Over the Rockies, (ar) Western Story Magazine Dec 17 1921
• * How the West Was Won: Trappers and Indians, (ar) Western Story Magazine Feb 25 1922
• * Metals of the West, (ar) Western Story Magazine Aug 28 1926
• * Metals of the West: A Glance at the History of Copper, (ar) Western Story Magazine Nov 13 1926
• * Metals of the West: Copper Smelting, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 1 1927
• * Metals of the West: How Copper Is Mined, (ar) Western Story Magazine Dec 4 1926
• * Metals of the West: How Iron Is Smelted, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 2 1927
• * Metals of the West: Iron Mines and Mining, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 14 1927
• * Metals of the West: Iron, the Great Metal, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 2 1927
• * Metals of the West: Lead, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 8 1927
• * Metals of the West: Mining and Treating Gold Ores, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 10 1926
• * Metals of the West: Placer Mining, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jun 26 1926
• * Metals of the West: Platinum, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 23 1927
• * Metals of the West: Quicksilver, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 14 1928
• * Metals of the West: Radium, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 9 1927
• * Metals of the West: Silver Mines, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 17 1926
• * Metals of the West: Silver: From Ore to Mint, (ar) Western Story Magazine Sep 4 1926
• * Metals of the West: Steel and Its Alloys, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 16 1927
• * Metals of the West: The Assay Office, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 21 1928
• * Metals of the West: The Gold Districts, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 24 1926
• * Metals of the West: The Prospector, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 1 1926
• * Metals of the West: Where and How They Are Obtained, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 27 1926
• * Metals of the West: Zinc, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 5 1927
• * Mining in British Columbia, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 24 1926
• * Monterey, (ar) Western Story Magazine Aug 12 1922
• * Notable Events of the West in 1925, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 16, Feb 20, Mar 13, Apr 10, May 29, Jun 12, Sep 25 1926
• * Notable Events of the West: October, (ar) Western Story Magazine Oct 23 1926
• * Over the Narrow Gauge, (ar) Western Story Magazine Oct 28 1920
• * Sacramento Celebrates ’49, (ar) Western Story Magazine Sep 9 1922
• * Seen from a Train in Utah, (ar) Western Story Magazine Nov 4 1920
• * Some Island Westerners, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 17 1923
• * The Story of Oil: A World Problem, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Nov 7 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Drilling, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Jun 13 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Feast and Famine, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 17 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Fishing, Cementing, Shooting, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 1 1931
• * The Story of Oil: How It Flows, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 15 1931
• * The Story of Oil: How It Was Formed, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 14 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Is a Shortage Possible?, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Feb 6 1932
• * The Story of Oil: Looking for It, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Jun 6 1931
• * The Story of Oil: New Wealth for the West, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Oct 10 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Oil-Field Activities, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 22 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Products of Petroleum, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 5 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Small Beginnings of a Great Industry, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 12 1931
• * The Story of Oil: The Driller Goes West, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 26 1931
• * The Story of Oil: The Great Company, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 19 1931
• * The Story of Oil: The Great Flood, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Oct 17 1931
• * The Story of Oil: What Oil Is and Does, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 3 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Where It Is Found, (ar) Western Story Magazine Feb 28 1931
• * The Story of Oil: Who Gets the Oil Millions?, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 29 1931
• * Through the Royal Gorge, (ar) Western Story Magazine Oct 21 1920
• * Vacationing Around Pike’s Peak, (ar) Western Story Magazine Oct 7 1920
• * Westerners, Whence and Whither?, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 17 1925
• * Where the West Ends, (ar) Western Story Magazine Sep 16 1922

BESTER, ALFRED (1913-1987) (chron.)

• * Adam and No Eve, (ss) Astounding Sep 1941
  • Astounding Science Fiction (UK) Sep 1941
• * Adam… and No Eve, (cs) Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction Mar 1975; adapt. by Denny O’Neil
• * Bester’s World, (cl) Rogue Apr, Aug, Oct, Dec 1960, Feb, Mar 1961, Jan, Feb, Aug 1962, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1963, Jan, Mar, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec 1964, Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec 1965, Feb/Mar 1966
• * Bester’s World: Diogenes and the FCC, (cl) Rogue Apr 1962
• * Bester’s World: Little Bell, (cl) Rogue Nov 1961; (account of Bester’s falling for Italian actress Adriana Campanella).
• * Bester’s World: My Midsummer Meet-Cute: Or How Politics Cooked My Bluefish, (cl) Rogue Oct 1962
• * The Biped, Reegan, (ss) Super Science Stories Nov 1941
  • Super Science Stories (UK) Jun 1953
• * Chez Lather, (ar) Woman’s Day Nov 1950; an article about the Siamese cat.
• * Jerry Wald and the Windmill, (ar) Rogue Mar 1961
• * letter, (lt) New Worlds Nov 1954
  • , Letters in New Worlds
• * letter, (lt) New Worlds Mar 1955
  • , Letters in New Worlds
• * The McGrabb Bag, (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Oct 1 1941
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) Jan 1957
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Mar 1957
• * The Probable Man, (nv) Astounding Jul 1941
  • Astounding Science Fiction (UK) Jul 1941
• * The Push of a Finger, (na) Astounding May 1942
  • Astounding Science Fiction (UK) May 1942
• * Slaves of the Life Ray, (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1941
  • High Adventure #72 2003
• * The Stars My Destination (with Byron Preiss), (ad) Heavy Metal Mar, Nov 1979
• * Treachery on Camoia, (na) South Sea Stories Oct 1940
• * Would You Want Your Product to Marry a Negro, (ar) P.S. Apr 1966

_____, [ref.]

• * “The Demolished Man” by Anon., (br) Astounding Science Fiction (UK) Feb 1954
• * “The Demolished Man” by P. Schuyler Miller, (br) Astounding Dec 1953
• * “Starburst” by P. Schuyler Miller, (br) Astounding Feb 1959
• * “The Stars My Destination” by P. Schuyler Miller, (br) Astounding Nov 1957
• * “‘There Are No Yesterdays!’” by Denny O’Neil, (iv) Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction Mar 1975
• * “Tiger! Tiger!” by Anon., (br) Astounding Science Fiction (UK) Aug l956

BESTER, GUTHRIE (chron.)

• * Shows, (cl) Penthouse Jun 1972
• * Sounds, (cl) Penthouse Sep 1972
• * Sounds (with Patrick Carr & Bud Scoppa), (cl) Penthouse Sep 1973

BESTERCEY, HELEN L. (chron.)

• * Naked Hours, (ss)
  • The Yellow Book #77 1937

BESTERCEY, ILONA (chron.)

• * Breath of His Image, (pm) Driftwind Feb 1936
• * A Rose, (pm) Street & Smith’s Love Story Magazine Sep 3 1938
• * Tears of a Rose, (pm) Street & Smith’s Love Story Magazine Jun 24 1939
• * Woods in the Dawn, (pm) Street & Smith’s Love Story Magazine Jan 2 1937

BESTIC, ALAN (chron.)

• * Borstal Boy Makes Good (On Gallons of Hot Tea): A profile of Brendan Behan, (ar) Men Only Sep 1960

BESTOR, CONSTANCE (chron.)

• * Darling!, (ss) Liberty Sep 20 1941
• * Just Say the Word, (ss) Story Jul/Aug 1938
  • Argosy (UK) Dec 1938
• * Man is a Romantic Animal, (ss) Cosmopolitan Mar 1942

BEST-RANDALL, W. C. (chron.)

• * The Pain-God of the Hills, (ss) London Life Apr 27 1935; (“Up there, upon the hill top, shrieking men and women writhed and twisted in the terrible ecstatic Dance of Pain. The High Priest of the Pain God was a mad menace. But below, in that hidden cavern of the hills, his madness was a mask for horrors even beyond the ken of those mad dancers”).

BESWICK, (Robert) EARDLEY (1885-1979) (chron.)

• * Old House, (ss) The Windsor Magazine Apr 1935
• * A West Country Tale, (ss) Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Mar 1934

BESWICK, NORMAN W. (chron.)

• * After Disaster, (pm) The London Magazine Jul 1956; Two Poems, gp.
• * Lady Macbeth: 3 Lucidities, (pm) The London Magazine Jul 1956; Two Poems, gp.
• * Two Poems, (gp) The London Magazine Jul 1956; Lady Macbeth: 3 Lucidities, pm; After Disaster, pm.

BETANCOURT, JOHN GREGORY (1963- ) (chron.)

• * The Blotter, (ed) Adventure Tales Win 2004, Win 2005, Sum 2006, Spr 2007
• * Bonus Material for the Book Paper Edition, (si) Adventure Tales Sum 2006
• * The Dead We Bear, (pm) Undinal Songs #7 1983
• * Elsewhere, (pm) Undinal Songs #2 1982
• * From the Editor, (ms) The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Win 1998, Spr 1999
• * Horse Pit [Pit Gellar], (na) AHMM Jul/Aug 2008; Black Orchid Novella Award Winner, presented by AHMM and the Wolfe Pack.
• * A Note from the Publisher, (ed) H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror Fll 2004
• * A Note from the Publisher, (ms) Adventure Tales Win 2004
• * Pit and the Pendulum [*Peter “Pit” Geller], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2005
• * Pit on the Road to Hell [*Peter “Pit” Geller], (nv) AHMM Jul/Aug 2006

BETANCOURT, LUIS ADRIÁN (chron.)

• * Guilty, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2004; translated from the Spanish. In EQMM’s “Passport to Crime”.; tr. by Donald A. Yates
• * One Confession Too Many, (ss) EQMM Mar/Apr 2009; Translated from Spanish. In EQMM’s “Passport to Crime”.; tr. by Donald A. Yates

BETHAM-EDWARDS, M(atilda Barbara) (1836-1919) (chron.)

• * The Due d’Enghien’s Love-Story, (ar) Chambers’s Journal May 16 1908

BETHEA, JACK (chron.)

• * Bed Rock, (ss) Comfort Feb 1932
• * Coming Through, (sl) Colliers May 17, Jul 5 1924
• * The Deep Seam, (sl) Colliers Oct 17, Oct 24, Oct 31, Nov 28 1925
• * Murder—State vs. David Kendrick (with David R. Solomon), (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Feb-Mar 1923
• * The Valley of Humility, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1924

BETHEA, MALCOLM (chron.)

• * Death Picks His Men, (ss) The Underworld Magazine May 1933

BETHEA, MIRIAM WOODWARD (chron.)

• * After the Battle, (pm) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 13 1920

BETHEL, V. H. (chron.)

• * letter, (lt) Weird Tales Sep 1923
  • , Letters in Weird Tales, Strange Tales, Strange Stories, Oriental Stories & Golden Fleece: Part 2