The FictionMags Index

Chronological List

[An Eton Boy] (stories)
• A Day in My Life at Eton (ar) The London Magazine Feb 1904

[An Ex Team Captain] (stories)
• The Game of Football (ar) The Golden Argosy Dec 10 1887, etc.
• Training for Football (ar) The Argosy Oct 10 1891

[An Ex-18th Hussar] (stories)
• The Trials of the Cavalry Recruit (lt) Yes or No Apr 17 1909

[An Ex-Attaché in the Turkish Foreign Office] (stories)
• Abdul-Hamid. The Man, His Character and His Entourage (ar) The Pall Mall Magazine Jun 1903

[An Ex-Bank Burglar] (stories)
• Why I Think Enright Is Mistaken (ms) Midnight Nov 4 1922

[An Ex-Bookmaker] (stories)
• Is Betting Foolish? A Rejoinder (ar) The Grand Magazine Jun 1905
• Told by an Ex-Bookmaker (ar) Yes or No Jan 2 1909

[An Ex-Burglar] (stories)
• Guns and Grafters (ar) The Detective Magazine Apr 11 1924
• Why Burglars Become Bandits (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 7 1935
• When the Burglar Comes (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 14 1935

[An Ex-Cavalry Sergeant] (stories)
• A Prisoner’s Experiences (ar) Yes or No Nov 14 1908

[An Ex-Champion] (stories)
• Fen Skating (ar) Chums Jan 4 1893
• Fen Skating II (ar) Chums Jan 18 1893
• Swimming (ar) Chums Jun 28 1893, etc.
• How to Win Prizes on the Bicycle (ar) Chums Jul 26 1893
• How to Swim. A Few General Hints in Conclusion (ar) Chums Aug 16 1893
• How to Box (cl) Cheer Boys Cheer Aug 24 1912, etc.

[An Ex-Chaplain] (stories)
• Prison Pleasantries (ar) Cassell’s Magazine Mar 1928

[An Ex-Chief Petty Officer] (stories)
• Suggested Improvements in the Navy (lt) Yes or No Feb 27 1909

[An Ex-City Editor] (stories)
• Spendthrift News (ar) The Saturday Evening Post May 28 1927

[An Ex-Convict] (stories)
• Secrets of Modern Crime (ar) The London Magazine Apr 1904
• Why Detectives Fail (ar) The London Magazine Aug 1904
• Prison Life in the U.S.A. (ar) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Mar 1919
• Whispering Darkness (ss) Ghost Stories Feb 1928

[An Ex-Con] (stories)
• Do You Know That— (cl) Prison Stories Dec 1930, etc.

[An Ex-Criminal] (stories)
• After Repeal—More Crime, or Less? (ar) Scribner’s Magazine Mar 1931

[An Ex-Crook] (stories)
• I’m Innocent! (ss) Scotland Yard Mar 1931
• Jungle Claws (ss) Scotland Yard Apr 1931
• Your Enemy the Crook (ar) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 27 1935

[An Ex-Debutante] (stories)
• Where’s My Next Date Coming From? (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 2 1933

[An Ex-Detective Inspector] (stories)
• A Night at the Yard (ss) Yes or No Mar 26 1910
• How the King Is Guarded (ss) Yes or No Apr 2 1910
• The Criminal’s Information Bureau (ss) Yes or No Apr 9 1910
• The Mysterious “S.B.” Dept. (ss) Yes or No Apr 16 1910

[An Ex-Detective] (stories)
• The Tell-Tale Paper (ss) Mystery Magazine Dec 15 1918
• The Ebony Casket (ss) Mystery Magazine Jun 15 1920
• The Forged Checks (ss) Mystery Magazine Sep 1 1920
• The Mysterious Box (ss) Mystery Magazine Dec 1 1920
• The Game of Bunco (ts) Mystery Magazine Jan 15 1923
• Who Stole the Money? (ss) Mystery Magazine Oct 15 1923

[An Ex-Diplomat] (stories)
• American Wives and Foreign Husbands (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 4 1908

[An Ex-Dub] (stories)
• I Have Quit Trying to Get Even (ar) National Brain Power May 1923

[An Ex-Editor] (stories)
• Wild Western Journalism (ar) The Strand Magazine May 1904

[An Ex-Fusilier] (stories)
• The Call of London (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller Sep 2 1911
• The Black Sheep (ss) The Weekly Tale-Teller Oct 14 1911

[An Ex-Girtonian] (stories)
• Girton College (ar) The Idler Jun 1894

[An Ex-Grifter] (stories)
• The Grifting Isn’t So Good (ar) The Saturday Evening Post May 17 1924

[An Ex-Guardian of the Poor] (stories)
• Guardians Must Go! (ar) Pictorial Magazine Aug 28 1926

[An Ex-Gunner of the R.H.A.] (stories)
• A Soldier’s Life (ar) Yes or No Jan 25 1908, etc.

[An Ex-Hussar] (stories)
• Garrison Society (ar) Britannia Sep 1869

[An Ex-Inspector] (stories)
• Bill Sikes as a Humourist (ar) The London Magazine Dec 1901

[An Ex-Lady of the German Court] (stories)
• The Hohenzollerns at Home (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 7 1915

[An Ex-Lancer] (stories)
• A Strange Mixture (lt) Yes or No Mar 7 1908

[An Ex-M.P.] (stories)
• A Parliament of Peers (ar) The Pall Mall Magazine Feb 1909

[An Ex-Member of the British Government] (stories)
• A Queen’s Minister’s Business Day (ar) Cosmopolitan Nov 1896

[An Ex-Member of the C.I.B.] (stories)
• I Visited an Opium Den (ar) Short Story Magazine (Australia) #45 1948

[An Ex-Member of the Fraternity] (stories)
• Boys in Business I: The Office Boy (ar) The Argosy Oct 26 1889
• Boys in Business II: The Office Boy (ar) The Argosy Nov 2 1889

[An Ex-Member of the Government] (stories)
• A Day in the Life of a British Statesman (ar) The Windsor Magazine Nov 1896

[An Ex-Officer of the Mounted Police] (stories)
• What the Patrol Found (ss) Yes or No Oct 27 1906

[An Ex-P.O. Servant] (stories)
• Some Humours of the Post Office (ar) The Strand Magazine Aug 1916

[An Ex-Paymaster Sergeant] (stories)
• In Defence of the Warder (ar) Yes or No Nov 14 1908

[An Ex-Pilot] (stories)
• Air “Stunts” That Thrill (ar) The Scout Feb 23 1924

[An Ex-Plastic Surgeon] (stories)
• The Truth About Beauty Surgery (ar) Liberty Jan 17 1925, etc.

[An Ex-Prisoner] (stories)
• So This Is Gaol (ts) Seven Magazine of People’s Writing Apr/May/Jun 1944

[An Ex-Quack] (stories)
• The Crimes of Bogus “Medical Institutes” (ar) Physical Culture Jul 1913

[An Ex-R.N.] (stories)
• The Future of Ex-Navy Men: A Grievance (lt) Yes or No Jul 24 1909

[An Ex-Scotland Yard Official] (stories)
• The Detective in the Laboratory (ar) The Detective Magazine Mar 16 1923

[An Ex-Secretary] (stories)
• Last Laugh (ss) Scotland Yard Feb 1931

[An Ex-Shylock] (stories)
• Loan Sharks (ar) Easy Money May 1936

[An Ex-Soldier] (stories)
• My First Week at Home (vi) The Windsor Magazine Jun 1919
• Escapes from Alcatraz (ts) Fawcett’s Triple-X Magazine Jun 1924

[An Ex-Swindler] (stories)
• A Wall Street Swindle (ar) Detective Story Magazine Jan 24 1931

[An Ex-Syndicator] (stories)
• How a Newspaper Syndicate Works (ar) The Booklovers Magazine Jun 1904

[An Ex-Tramp] (stories)
• Buster (ts) The Blue Book Magazine Nov 1927

[An Ex-Trooper] (stories)
• In the Riding School (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1930

[An Ex-Warden] (stories)
• Throw the Switch (ts) Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 13 1935

[An Ex-Yale Captain] (stories)
• Baseball from the Bleachers (ar) Collier’s May 8 1909

[An Examiner] (stories)
• A Human Bulldog: Being Experiences in University Exam-Rooms (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Nov 1903

[An Excise Officer] (stories)
• Appointments in the Excise (ar) Cassell’s Family Magazine Apr 1879
• Smuggling Anecdotes (ar) Chums May 10 1893

[An Expatriate] (stories)
• The Pursuit of the American Heiress (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Mar 1908
• America’s Extraordinary Envoys (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 20 1908
• Why Return Home After Twenty Years Abroad? (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 28 1930

[An Experienced Chaperon] (stories)
• Hints on Proposals (ms) Best Stories of All Time Jun 1926

[An Experienced Dreamer] (stories)
• Pleasant Dreams (ar) The Strand Magazine May 1944

[An Experimentalist] (stories)
• How to Manage a Woman (ar) The Scrap Book Aug 1908

[An Expert] (stories)
• The Bank of England Rate (ar) The Pall Mall Magazine Feb 1896
• National Insurance for the Freelance (ar) Personality v1 #2 1948

[An Eye-Witness] (stories)
• The Story of the Samoan Disaster (ar) Cosmopolitan Nov 1895
• The Matabele Rebellion (ts) The Argosy (UK) Oct 1896
• What the Storm Did for Mattie (ss) The Argosy (UK) Feb 1898
• The Mine of Death, or Secret of the Maine’s Destruction (sl) The Home Treasury Jul 1898
• In the Land of the Fakirs (ar) The Pall Mall Magazine Sep 1906
• The Haunted Bungalow (ss) The Paragon Monthly Jan 1908
• A Certain Prisoner of War (ts) Three Star Magazine Aug #1 1928
• How Al Capone Got His Scar (ms) All Star Detective Stories Sep 1931
• The Hypochondriac (ss)
• When the Sea Swallowed Port Royal (ar)

[An Hanoverian] (stories)
• Latter-Day Jacobites (ar) The Bohemian Jun 1893

[An Idle Fellow] (stories)
• Idle Notes (br) Putnam’s Monthly & The Reader Aug 1908

[An Idle Reader] (stories)
• Idle Notes (br) Putnam’s Monthly and The Critic Oct 1906, etc.
• Idle Thoughts (br) Putnam’s Monthly & The Reader Nov 1908

[An Idle Traveller] (stories)
• A German University Town I (ar) The Argosy (UK) Mar 1867
• A German University Town II (ar) The Argosy (UK) Apr 1867

[An Idle Voyager] (stories)
• A Morning in Copenhagen (ar) The Argosy (UK) May 1866
• Stockholm and the Scandinavian Exhibition (ar) The Argosy (UK) Dec 1866

[An Immigration Man] (stories)
• Gun Girl (ss) Scotland Yard Apr 1931

[An Indian Student] (stories)
• Kipling’s Conception of India (ar) Lippincott’s Magazine Aug 1914

[An Infant Teacher] (stories)
• Rainy Weather (ms) Woman’s Magazine (UK) Feb 1936

[An Initiate] (stories)
• Features of College Life (ar) The Argosy Nov 7 1891

[An Insider] (stories)
• Explaining Mr. Wickersham (bg) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1912
• Ace High (th) Live Stories Jul 1918
• “The Play’s the Thing”: “My Southern Molly-o” (th) Live Stories May 1919
• Not in the Papers (cl) Sport Story Magazine Mar #2 1931
• Sport Lore (ms) College Stories Sep 1931
• The Making of a Hero (bg) Street & Smith’s Sport Story Magazine Dec 25 1931 [Pepper Martin]

[An Inspector of Weights and Measures] (stories)
• The Food Detective (ar) The Detective Magazine May 9 1924

[An Insurance Agent] (stories)
• Trailing the Prospect (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 1 1922

[An Interested Reader] (stories)
• [letter] (lt) Weird Tales Aug 1927
• [letter from Goffstown, NH] (lt) Astounding Nov 1930

[An International] (stories)
• How to Play Football (ar) The Boys’ Friend Oct 30 1920

[An Intimate Friend of the Family] (stories)
• What Kind of a Husband Will the Kaiser Make? (ms) Midnight Oct 28 1922

[An Intimate Friend] (stories)
• Concerning Cyril Maude (bg) The Strand Magazine (US) Nov 1913

[An Invalid] (stories)
• Say It with Song! (ms) Woman’s Magazine (UK) Dec 1935

[An Investigator] (stories)
• Through the Trumpet (ar) The London Magazine Jun 1915
• How Gangland Seeks Control of Legalized Beer (ar) Real Detective Feb 1933
• This Might Have Been You (ar) Detective Book Magazine

[An N. C. O.] (stories)
• Embarkation Leave, 1941 (ar) Lilliput Apr 1941

[An Observer at Monte Carlo] (stories)
• A Carnival of the Irrational (ar) The Grand Magazine Jun 1905

[An Observer] (stories)
• Takers and Non-Takers (ms) The Smart Set (UK) Dec 1924

[An Officer of His Staff] (stories)
• Personal Recollections of General Grant’s Life in the Field (ar) National Magazine Jun 1903

[An Officer of the Flagship “Lion”] (stories)
• Beatty, the Fighting Admiral (ar) Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction May 1915

[An Officer of the International Army] (stories)
• Through the Ruined Provinces (ar) Crampton’s Magazine Mar 1901

[An Officer of the Royal Flying Corps] (stories)
• An Airman’s Day (ar) Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction Mar 1916