Test of Timeline Index

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Best, (Evangel) Allena Champlin (1892-1974); used pseudonym Erick Berry (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Golden Book Magazine #62, February 1930, as by Erick Berry

Best, Ashley-Elizabeth (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• [unknown poem], (pm) Pulp Literature #9, Winter 2016

Best, (Rayleigh) Breton Amis (1905-1972); used pseudonyms Breton Amis & Leslie Wilde (items)
• The Red Hot Robber, (ss) John Bull April 2 1955, as by Breton Amis
• The Helping Hand, (ss) John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1957, as by Leslie Wilde

Best, Bry (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Editor’s Note, (is) The Kismet Magazine Fall 2025

Best, Bryan (fl. 2010s) (items)
• The Forbidden Rite: A Duel, (ss) Devolution Z #3, October 2015

Best, Derek (items)
• The Arts: Radio, (cl) Omni February 1983

Best, Eva (fl. 1890s) (items)
• Easter Lilies, (ss) Short Stories April 1896

Best, Eva Williams (fl. 1910s) (items)
• The Music of the Train, (pm) The Railroad Man’s Magazine May 1910

Best, Fred W. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• A Close Call, (ts) Short Stories June 10 1936

Best, George A(lfred) (fl. 1890s-1910s) (items)
• The Guard-Boat of Yantlett Creek, (ss) The Royal Magazine July 1900

Best, Gerald M. (fl. 1930s) (items)
• An Old-Timer Goes Hollywood, (ar) Railroad Stories August 1937
• Back Yard Railroad, (pi) Railroad Magazine July 1939

Best, (Oswald) Herbert (1894-1980) (about) (items)
• The Twenty-Fifth Hour, (n.) Random House, 1940

Best, Jack (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Nommo, (ss) Ethereal Tales #1, October 2008

Best, Jim (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Risen, (ss) Saros Speculative Fiction #2, March 2025
• “Risen” Recipe, (ms) Saros Speculative Fiction #2, March 2025

Best, Joel (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Alien Dreams, (pm) Icarus Ascending #1, 2000
• Them Towers, (ss) ChiZine #11, January/March 2002
• Once Upon a Time in Alphabet City, (ss) Strange Horizons July 22 2002
• Twenty-One Pennies, (ss) Strange Horizons November 3 2003
• Walking West, (ss) Fictitious Force #1, 2005

Best, John (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Canticcini, (ss) AcademFic v5 #2, 2024

Best, Ken (fl. 2020s) (items)
• Ace of Hearts, (cs) Aphotic Realm #10, 2020
• Paper Beats Rock, (cs) Aphotic Realm #9, 2020

Best, Mark (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items)
• Comeback, (ss) Hardboiled #15, February 1993
• Who the Hell Am I?, (mr) Other Worlds #5, Summer 1993
• A Slight Change of Plan, (ss) Naked Kiss v1 #1, 1994
• The Shooting Script, (ss) Red Herring Mystery Magazine v2 #2, 1995
• The Words of a Sad Country Song, (ss) Murderous Intent Fall 1999
• Okayed for Browns, (ss) Hardboiled #25/26, April 2000
• Alibi, (sl) Futures #15, June/July 2000, etc.
• Legacy, (ss) The Vampire’s Crypt #23, Spring 2001
• The Safest Place on Earth, (ss) Thrilling Detective (online) Spring 2005
• Dark Time, (ss) Digital-SF #1, May 2013
• State Dinner, (vi) Digital-SF #2, January 2015

Best, McMurray (fl. 1930s) (items)
• Bad Order Locomotive, (ts) Railroad Man’s Magazine April 1931

Best, Michael T. (fl. 2010s) (items)
• Kane and Grable, (ss) Kzine #16, September 2016
• The Jade Star, (nv) The Colored Lens #26, Winter 2018
• The Lexicon Case, (ss) Mystery Weekly March 2018
• Silverfly City, (ss) Alien Dimensions #15, 2018

Best, Rita (fl. 1950s) (items)
• Whisky—Western Style, (ar) Masked Rider Western February 1952

Best, Robb (fl. 2000s) (items)
• Kori Turns a Corner, (ss) Aphelion #76, November 2003

Best, Robert R. (fl. 2000s) (items)
• She Does Not Know, (pm) Twisted Tongue #9, February 2008

Best, Sam (fl. 2010s) (items)
• From the Depths, (ss) Aphelion #167, October 2012
• A Dream of Waking, (ss) Aphelion #172, April 2013

Best, Susie M(ontgomery) (?-1944) (items)
• The Retribution, (pm) Munsey’s Magazine December 1902
• The Turkey-Trot, (pm) The Cavalier August 2 1913
• A Ballad of the Skirt, (pm) Munsey’s Magazine February 1914
• In the Cabaret, (pm) The Cavalier March 21 1914
• The Miracle, (pm) Amazing Stories December 1929
• A Canter, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger
• Hope, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger
• Uncle Zeke’s Wisdom, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger
• When Duty’s Done, (pm) Philadelphia Ledger

Best, Thomas R. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items)
• Vacationing Around Pike’s Peak, (ar) Western Story Magazine October 7 1920
• Through the Royal Gorge, (ar) Western Story Magazine October 21 1920
• Over the Narrow Gauge, (ar) Western Story Magazine October 28 1920
• Seen from a Train in Utah, (ar) Western Story Magazine November 4 1920
• Across the Great Salt Lake, (ar) Western Story Magazine November 25 1920
• Along the Way in Wyoming, (ar) Western Story Magazine December 2 1920
• The Forty-Niners, (ar) Western Story Magazine February 12 1921
• Gold Lands, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 5 1921
• Before the Pioneers Came, (ar) Western Story Magazine November 26 1921
• The First Round Trip to the Pacific, (ar) Western Story Magazine December 10 1921
• The Trail Over the Rockies, (ar) Western Story Magazine December 17 1921
• Lewis and Clark at the Pacific Coast, (ar) Western Story Magazine December 24 1921
• Trappers and Indians, (ar) Western Story Magazine February 25 1922
• The First Westerners, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 4 1922
• A Knight of the Wilderness, (ar) Western Story Magazine April 29 1922
• Monterey, (ar) Western Story Magazine August 12 1922
• Sacramento Celebrates ’49, (ar) Western Story Magazine September 9 1922
• Where the West Ends, (ar) Western Story Magazine September 16 1922
• Police Chiefs Meet in San Francisco, (ar) Detective Story Magazine December 2 1922
• Guardians of Vancouver, (ar) Detective Story Magazine December 9 1922
• Hiking Along Lake Tahoe, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 13 1923
• From Spokane to Puget Sound, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 20 1923
• A Great Mountain and Its Great Explorers, (ar) Western Story Magazine February 3 1923
• Along the Columbia River Highway, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 3 1923
• Policing Omaha, (ar) Detective Story Magazine March 17 1923
• Some Island Westerners, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 17 1923
• Berkeley’s Scientific Police Force, (ar) Detective Story Magazine April 7 1923
• The Los Angeles Police Department, (ar) Detective Story Magazine May 5 1923
• The Greatest Tragedy of the Overland Trail, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 5 1923
• A Canadian Police Department, (ar) Detective Story Magazine July 21 1923
• A Day with the Padres in 1822, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 5 1924
• The Police of San Diego, (ar) Detective Story Magazine February 9 1924
• A Day at the Diggings, 1849, (ar) Western Story Magazine February 2 1924
• A Day on the Overland Trail, 1849, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 15 1924
• The Cradle of Gold, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 22 1924
• The Old Man of the Mountains, (ar) Western Story Magazine April 5 1924
• A Day in San Francisco, 1851, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 24 1924
• Columbia, the Gem of the Diggings, (ar) Western Story Magazine September 27 1924
• Westerners, Whence and Whither?, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 17 1925
• Notable Events of the West in 1925, (cl) Western Story Magazine January 16 1926, etc.
• Where and How They Are Obtained, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 27 1926
• The Gold Districts, (ar) Western Story Magazine April 24 1926
• The Prospector, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 1 1926
• Placer Mining, (ar) Western Story Magazine June 26 1926
• Coal Mining in the West, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 3 1926
• Mining and Treating Gold Ores, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 10 1926
• Silver Mines, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 17 1926
• Mining in British Columbia, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 24 1926
• Metals of the West, (ar) Western Story Magazine August 28 1926
• Silver: From Ore to Mint, (ar) Western Story Magazine September 4 1926
• Notable Events of the West: October, (ar) Western Story Magazine October 23 1926
• A Glance at the History of Copper, (ar) Western Story Magazine November 13 1926
• How Copper Is Mined, (ar) Western Story Magazine December 4 1926
• Copper Smelting, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 1 1927
• Lead, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 8 1927
• Zinc, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 5 1927
• Iron, the Great Metal, (ar) Western Story Magazine April 2 1927
• Iron Mines and Mining, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 14 1927
• How Iron Is Smelted, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 2 1927
• Radium, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 9 1927
• Steel and Its Alloys, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 16 1927
• Platinum, (ar) Western Story Magazine July 23 1927
• Quicksilver, (ar) Western Story Magazine April 14 1928
• The Assay Office, (ar) Western Story Magazine April 21 1928
• Extra! News from the West!, (ar) Western Story Magazine November 23 1929
• What Oil Is and Does, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 3 1931
• Feast and Famine, (ar) Western Story Magazine January 17 1931
• Where It Is Found, (ar) Western Story Magazine February 28 1931
• How It Was Formed, (ar) Western Story Magazine March 14 1931
• Looking for It, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine June 6 1931
• Drilling, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine June 13 1931
• Fishing, Cementing, Shooting, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine August 1 1931
• How It Flows, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine August 15 1931
• Oil-Field Activities, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine August 22 1931
• Who Gets the Oil Millions?, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine August 29 1931
• Products of Petroleum, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine September 5 1931
• Small Beginnings of a Great Industry, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine September 12 1931
• The Great Company, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine September 19 1931
• The Driller Goes West, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine September 26 1931
• New Wealth for the West, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine October 10 1931
• The Great Flood, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine October 17 1931
• A World Problem, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine November 7 1931
• Is a Shortage Possible?, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine February 6 1932

Bestall, A(lfred) E(dmeades) (1892-1986) (items)
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Detective Magazine #12, April 27 1923
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Crusoe Mag. #9, February 1925
• [illustration(s)], (il) The Crusoe Mag. #15, August 1925

Bester, Alfred (1913-1987); used pseudonyms Alexander Blade & Sonny Powell (about) (items)
• Books, (rc) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, etc.
• The Broken Axiom, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1939
• No Help Wanted, (vi) Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1939
• Guinea Pig, Ph.D., (ss) Startling Stories March 1940
• Voyage to Nowhere, (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories July 1940
• Treachery on Camoia, (na) South Sea Stories October 1940
• The White Man Who Was Tabu, (ss) South Sea Stories October 1940, as by Alexander Blade
• The Mad Molecule, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories January 1941
• The Pet Nebula, (ss) Astonishing Stories February 1941
• Slaves of the Life Ray, (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1941
• The Probable Man, (nv) Astounding Science-Fiction July 1941
• Adam and No Eve, (ss) Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941
• The McGrabb Bag, (ss) Detective Fiction October 1 1941
• The Biped, Reegan, (ss) Super Science Stories November 1941
• Life for Sale, (nv) Amazing Stories January 1942
• The Push of a Finger, (na) Astounding Science-Fiction May 1942
• The Unseen Blushers, (ss) Astonishing Stories June 1942
• Hell Is Forever, (na) Unknown Worlds August 1942
• The House That Gaul Built, (ss) The Shadow July 1944
• The Devil’s Invention, (ss) Astounding Science Fiction August 1950
• Of Time and Third Avenue, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951
• The Demolished Man, (n.) Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952, etc.
• Hobson’s Choice, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952
• The Roller Coaster, (ss) Fantastic May/June 1953
• Star Light, Star Bright, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953
• Time Is the Traitor, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953
• Disappearing Act, (ss) Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, December 1953
• 5,271,009, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954
• Fondly Fahrenheit, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954
• [letter], (lt) New Worlds Science Fiction #29, November 1954, etc.
• What’s the Difference?, (ed) Science Fantasy #12, 1955
• Tiger! Tiger!, (n.) Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956
• The Men Who Murdered Mohammed, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958
• Will You Wait?, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959
• The Black Nebulea, (vi) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1959, as by Sonny Powell
• The Pi Man, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959
• The All-Star SF Author, (rv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1961 [Ref. Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, Philip José Farmer, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Sheckley & Theodore Sturgeon]
• Rogue Moon, (br) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1961 [Ref. Algis Budrys]
• They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963
• The Animal Fair, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1972
• The Four-Hour Fugue, (ss) Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1974
• The Indian Giver, (n.) Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1974, etc.
• Mastering the Art of Space Cooking, (ar) Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1977
• Galatea Galante, (na) Omni April 1979
• MS Found in a Coconut, (ss) Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1979

Bestor, Constance (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items)
• Just Say the Word, (ss) Story July/August 1938

Bestwick, Brennan (fl. 2010s) (about) (items)
• [unknown poem], (pm) Phantom Drift #6, October 2016

Bestwick, Linda (fl. 2020s) (items)
• [front cover], (cv) Nightmare #139, April 2024

Bestwick, Simon (Neal Gillespie) (1974- ) (about) (items)
• Coffee, (vi) Nasty Piece of Work #5, September 1997
• Last Minute Shopping, (vi) Nasty Piece of Work #6, December 1997
• Cog, (ss) Nasty Piece of Work #7, March 1998
• The Drowning-House, (ss) Terror Tales #2, 1998
• The Foot of the Garden, (ss) Enigmatic Tales #1, June 1998
• Close My Eyes, (ss) Nasty Piece of Work #9, September 1998
• The Elms, (ss) Enigmatic Tales #2, September 1998
• Hollow Men, (ss) Terror Tales #3, 1998
• Awoken, (ss) Terror Tales #4, 1998
• Love Among the Bones, (ss) Nasty Piece of Work #10, December 1998
• Survivor Syndrome, (ss) Sackcloth & Ashes #2, December 1998
• Going Under, Flying High, (ss) Sackcloth & Ashes #3, March 1999
• Welcome to Mengele’s, (ss) Nasty Piece of Work #11, March 1999
• I’m Telling You Why, (ss) Sackcloth & Ashes #4, June 1999
• The Slashed Menagerie, (ss) Nasty Piece of Work #12, June 1999
• Thrice Seen, (ss) Enigmatic Tales Summer 1999
• The Voice at the Mouth of the Wound, (ss) Sci-Fright #4, 1999
• The Flower and the Labyrinth, (ss) The Dream Zone #9, May 2001
• In Honour Bound, (ss) Legend: Worlds of Possibility #4, Autumn/Winter 2001
• Severance, (ss) All Hallows #29, February 2002
• Path of Fire, (ss) Legend: Worlds of Possibility #5, Spring/Summer 2002
• Close the Door, Put Out the Light, (ss) All Hallows #31, October 2002
• Love Knot, (ss) All Hallows #34, October 2003
• Death Will Come Softly, to the Beating of a Drum, (ss) Fusing Horizons #2, Spring 2004
• And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, (ss) Supernatural Tales #8, Autumn 2004
• Left Behind, (ss) Midnight Street #10, Winter 2008
• Dermot, (ss) Black Static #24, August/September 2011
• The Churn, (ss) Black Static #27, February/March 2012
• Laying the Foundations, (ar) BFS Journal Spring 2012
• Night Templar, (ss) Black Static #43, November/December 2014
• The Climb, (ss) Black Static #49, November/December 2015
• Paintings (with Johnny Mains), (ss) Fear #37, August 2016
• If I Should Fall from Grace with God, (ss) Crimewave #13, 2018
• Nemesis of Wire, (ss) Phantasmagoria Magazine #20, Winter 2021/2022
• Are We Going Under?, (ss) ParSec #6, Winter 2023
• Whitsun, (ss) Weirdbook #46, 2023
• The Manktelow Timepiece, (ss) ParSec #10, Spring 2024
• Territory, (ss) Nightmare Abbey v6, 2024
• Hadrian Hornpipe, (ss) Nightmare Abbey v7, 2024
• The Witch of November, (ss) Nightmare Abbey v8, 2025
• The Last Train, (ss) Nightmare Abbey v9, 2025
• Night Closures, (ss) Phantasmagoria Magazine #28, Spring 2026