The FictionMags Index

Stories, Listed by Title

• Why Tarbet Left the Force · P. A. Haddow · (ss)
• Why Tarzan Matters · Mike Hoffman · (ar)
• Why Teachers Quit School · Elizabeth Irwin & Leonard A. Paris · (??)
• Why Teams Crack Up · Charles Wallace · (ar)
• Why Ted Burned the Kitchen · George Cary Eggleston · (ss)
• Why Ted Lewis Changed His Mind · Nanette Kutner · (ar)
• Why Television Is Being Held Back (as told by David Sarnoff) · George Sylvester Viereck · (ar)
• Why Television Is Being Held Back (as told to George Sylvester Viereck) · David Sarnoff · (ar)
• Why Tell Your Wife? · Victor Wolfson · (ss)
• Why Tell? · Mel Watt · (ss)
• Why Ten Thousand Died · Fletcher Pratt · (ar)
• Why Ten Years More of Life Are Enough for Senator Couzens, Multi-Millionaire · Allan L. Benson · (ar)
• Why Tennis? · Fred B. Alexander · (ar)
• Why Terry? · Rose Darrough · (pm)
• Why Tête Rouge Took a Hand · Frank Giolma · (ss)
• Why Tham Never Reformed · Johnston McCulley · (ss)
• Why That Crazy Old Lady Goes Up the Mountain · Michael Libling · (nv)
• Why the “5th Column”? · L. U. Reavis · (ia)
• Why the “Dude” Ran Late · Tex Houston · (na)
• Why the “Problem” Exists · L. H. Harris, Mrs. · (ar)
• Why the “White Mountains” Are Called White · Charles E. Fay · (ar)
• Why the Alibi? · Blaine Arnold · (ss)
• Why the Aliens Did What They Did to That Suburb of Madison, Wisconsin · Tim McDaniel · (vi)
• Why the Aliens Really Came to Earth · Terrie Leigh Relf · (pm)
• Why the American Farmer Is Rich · Isaac F. Marcosson · (ar)
• Why the American Government Should Have Seized Panama · Richard Belleville · (es)
• Why the American League Wins (as told by Waite Hoyt) · Stanley Frank · (ar)
• Why the American League Wins (as told to Stanley Frank) · Waite Hoyt · (ar)
• Why the Amish in Suspense? · Karen Harper · (ar)
• Why the Army Tried to Railroad the Green Berets · Henry Rothblatt · (ar)
• Why the Aurora Was Wrecked · Jessie Pope · (ss)
• Why the Auto Bubble Doesn’t Burst · James H. Collins · (ar)
• Why the Auxiliary Cruiser Is Here to Stay · John T. Rowland · (ar)
• Why the Babes Still Cry for Johnny Ray · Bert Mason · (ar)
• Why the Balloon Man Floats Away · Stephanie Campisi · (ss)
• Why the Banana Belongs to the Monkey · Elsie Spicer Eells · (ss)
• Why the Bat Flies at Night · Jenny Offill · (ss)
• Why the Benedict Family Did Not Go to the Concert · Jennie Eggleston Zimmerman · (ss)
• Why the Bird Cage Sings · Matt Leyshon · (ss)
• Why the Birth Rate Is Decreasing · Anonymous · (ms)
• Why the Bishop Left Rye Beach · Oscar Fay Adams · (ss)
• Why the Black Cat Winked · Sophie Swett · (ss)
• Why the Blue Whale Risked Its Neck · Mark A. McCutcheon · (pm)
• Why the Boat-Race Fascinates Us · [Misc.] · (ar)
• Why the Bombers Got Home · Robert S. Fenton · (ss)
• Why the Breadman Died · Clyde Haywood · (nv)
• Why the Bridge Stopped Singing · James Patrick Kelly · (ss)
• Why the Business Fails · Frank Wilbur Main · (ar)
• Why the Buzzard Boards · Eli Shepperd · (ar)
• Why the Caddie Thought Thirteen Unlucky · [unreadable] · (ct)
• Why the Captain Hates the Sea · Wilbur Ross · (ar)
• Why the Cars Collided · Helen Fairchild Duke · (ss)
• Why the Case Was Closed · Nalbro Bartley · (ss)
• Why the Cathartoleptic Approach Is Now Looked Upon with Disfavour · Mark McLaughlin · (ss)
• Why the Cats of Japan Have No Tails · Eva Logden · (pm)
• Why the Caves Are Secret · Richard S. Shaver · (ar)
• Why the Charcoal in Grainy World War 2 Movies Always Seems More Blue Than Black · Lyn Lifshin · (pm)
• Why the Chief Clerk Laughed · Anonymous · (ms)
• Why the Chinaman Treated · Anonymous · (ms)
• Why the Churches Have Failed · Shaw Desmond · (ar)
• Why the Circus Went Astray · Edgar Franklin · (ss)
• Why the Clock Stopped · Arnold Bennett · (ss)
• Why the Clock Stopped · Headon Hill · (ss)
• Why the Clock Struck One · Sophie Swett · (ss)
• Why the Collie Is Man’s Best Friend · Anonymous · (ss)
• Why the Confederacy Failed · Joel Chandler Harris · (ss)
• Why the Confederacy Failed · Duncan Rose · (??)
• Why the Convict Broke Parole · Max F. Cunningham · (ss)
• Why the Cop with a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose Head Mask · Robert T. Jeschonek · (ss)
• Why the Country Bank? · Samuel Crowther & Craig B. Hazlewood · (ar)
• Why the Crook Fears the Chemist · Charles F. Robb · (ar)
• Why the Crowd Roared · Anonymous · (ar)
• Why the Daisies Are White · Mary D. Brine · (pm)
• Why the Dead Don’t Read · Manny Frishberg · (ar)
• Why the Death Machine Could Die Laughing · Chandler Brossard · (ar)
• Why the Delegate Walked · Charles Battell Loomis · (ss)
• Why the Democratic Party Cannot Be Reformed · Albert Griffin · (ar)
• Why the Democrats of 1896 and 1900 Should Support Parker and Dawes in 1904 · William Jennings Bryan · (ar)
• Why the Derby Must Be Run · Richard Adney · (ar)
• Why the Dinosaurs Died · Linda D. Addison · (pm)
• Why the dinosaurs died out on Zephalogia · John Grey · (pm)
• Why the Doctor Came · Richard Barry · (ss)
• Why the Doctor Fled · Anonymous · (hu)
• Why the Doctor Was so Sure · Frederick S. Bigelow · (ar)
• Why the Doll’s Name Was Never Changed · Katharine McDowell Rice · (ss)
• Why the Draft Makes Our Young Men Angry · Howard Whitman · (??)
• Why the Dragons Disappeared · Philip Carmichael · (ss)
• Why the Dramatic Critic? · Littell McClung · (ar)
• Why the Dreamers? · Grace G. Bostwick · (pm)
• Why the Druids Did Not Survive · Bruce Boston · (pm)
• Why the Dull Man Is a Bad Man · Arnold Bennett · (ar)
• Why the Earth Isn’t Round · Frederik Pohl · (ed)
• Why the Earth Was Not Invaded · Henry Gregor Felsen · (ss)
• Why the Economic Conference Adjourned · Jay Franklin · (ar)
• Why the Elders Bare Their Throats · Patrick Weekes · (ss)
• Why the Elephant Laughed · Robert Carlton Brown · (ss)
• Why the English Ranchman Is a Failure · [An Englishman] · (ar)
• Why the English Worker No Longer Calls the German “Comrade” · William Hard · (ar)
• Why the Express Was Stopped · Emeric Hulme-Beaman · (ss)
• Why the Fan Man? · Charles D. Hornig · (ar)
• Why the Farmer Doesn’t Like Our Dollar · William G. Shepherd · (??)
• Why the Fitzaldens Are Web-Toed · Hugh S. Fullerton · (ss)
• Why the Flowers Are Wild · Stephen Vincent Benét · (ss)
• Why the Flying Fish Flew · Robert Emmet MacAlarney · (ss)
• Why the Fox Survives · H. Mortimer Batten · (ar)
• Why the Fringe Is Scattered · Pope Geoffe 1 · (ar)
• Why the Funnies Museum Never Opened · Ron Goulart · (ss)
• Why the Furnace Went Out · L. M. · (ms)
• Why the Giraffe Has a Long Neck · Louis Robinson, M.D. · (ar)
• Why the God-Thing Won’t Work · Dixie Lee Highsmith · (pm)
• Why the Grand Duchess Defied the Privy Council · Gerald Brenan · (ss)
• Why the Grand National Is a Bad Bet · Clem McCarthy · (ar)
• Why the Gun Fighter · [Editor] · (ed)
• Why the Gunner Went Ashore · “Bartimeus” · (ss)
• Why the Gypsies Have No Churches · Amanda B. Harris · (ar)
• Why the Hair Tujrns Grey · [A Family Doctor] · (ar)
• Why the Heavens Fell · Epaminondas T. Snooks, D.T.G. · (ss)
• Why the Hell Siberia? · Michael Mulvihill · (ss)
• Why the Hooters Left · Victor Shaw · (ar)
• Why the Horse Wouldn’t Drink · Anonymous · (ms)
• Why the Hot Sulphur Mail Was Late · Chauncey Thomas · (ss)
• Why the Indian Paints His Face · Theodore Dreiser · (ar)
• Why the Ingénue Lied · Ethel Barrington · (ss)
• Why the Japanese Earthquake Did Not Destroy the Hotel Imperial · Frank Lloyd Wright · (ar)
• Why the Japs Hate the Nazis · Robert Bellaire · (ar)
• Why the Jew Grows Stronger · Earnest A. Hooton · (ar)
• Why the Jew Is Persecuted · David Lloyd George · (ar)
• Why the Jews Leave Russia · Gustav Adolf Danziger · (ar)
• Why the Journey’s Far · Charlee Jacob · (pm)
• Why the Judge Felt Safe · William Dudley Pelley · (ss)
• Why the Jumpmaster Never Jumps · Harold Keen & Keith Monroe · (ar)
• Why the Jute Burned · Edgar Franklin · (ss)
• Why the Kiss? · Cristel Hastings · (pm)
• Why the Knocker Always Loses · Herman Da Costa · (ar)
• Why the Left Wing Fears Dewey · Stanley High · (ar)
• Why the Light Went Out · Henry Frith · (ss)
• Why the Limited Did Not Stop · Bide Dudley · (vi)
• Why the Limited Was Late · David A. Martin · (ss)
• Why the Lodestone Was Robbed · T. Albert Mace · (ss)
• Why the Mail Came Late · R. H. Savage · (ss)
• Why the Major Married · William J. Lampton · (ss)
• Why the Maple Makes Maple Sugar · René Bache · (ar)
• Why the Marquis Gave Up Coin Collecting · Harry Campbell Smith · (ss)
• Why the Men of ’61 fought for the Union · Jacob Dolson Cox · (??)
• Why the Mexican Peso Is Recovering... · Lisa M. Bradley · (pm)
• Why the Milkman Shudders When He Perceives the Dawn · Lord Dunsany · (vi)
• Why the Miners Never Came Back · Anonymous · (ar)
• Why the Ministry Resigned · John Ennar · (ss)
• Why the Mission Begins to Unravel · Steve Sneyd · (pm)
• Why the Mulberry’s Berry Is Purple · Edna Covert Plummer · (ss)
• Why the Mummy Kills · William John Watkins · (pm)
• Why the Muscle Men Make Lousy Lovers · Lisa Holmes · (ar)
• Why the Mythos? · Peter F. Jeffery · (ar)
• Why the National League Beats the American · Sam Crane · (ar)
• Why the Negro Won’t Buy Communism · Zora Neale Hurston · (ar)
• Why the New Theatre Is New · John Corbin · (ar)
• Why the Night Gaunts Tickle · W. Francis Loeb, Jr. · (pm)
• Why the Office Boy Is Scarce · James H. Collins · (ar)
• Why the Old “Wonder” Was the Best Liked · James V. Taurasi · (ar)
• Why the Pacific Slope Hates the Japanese · Will Irwin · (ar)
• Why the Pagans Could Not Invest Their Gods with Any Iota of Grandeur · Thomas De Quincey · (ar)
• Why the Pea Ridge Railroad Was Not Built · W. F. Bradshaw, Jr. · (ar)
• Why the People Disliked Art, Circa 2005 · Marly Youmans · (pm)
• Why the Peterkins Had a Late Dinner · Lucretia P. Hale · (sl)
• Why the Pilgrims Gave Thanks · John W. McPherrin · (ar)
• Why the Poets Were Banned from the City · Jerome Stueart · (ss)
• Why the Police Subaltern Fled Jagadhri · James Oliver Curwood · (ss)
• Why the Pompiers Wear Sabres · Abbe Carter Goodloe · (ss)
• Why the Pony Ran · Laura Mason · (ss)
• Why the Press Hates Reagan · Roy M. Cohn · (ar)
• Why the Price of Coffee Increases · Lewis Edwin Theiss · (ar)
• Why the Prince of Wales Has Not Fallen in Love · Richard Dent · (ar)
• Why the Prince of Wales Will Never Marry · Frazier Hunt · (ar)
• Why the Pun Is the Lowest Form of Humor · Rick Norwood · (pm)
• Why the Putkammer Castle Was Destroyed · Anonymous · (ss)
• Why the Putkammer Castle Was Destroyed · Robert Dale Owen · (ss)
• Why the Quitter Didn’t Quit · Ara I. Shane · (ss)
• Why the RAF Is Winning the War in the Air · J. Wentworth Day · (ar)
• Why the Rainbow · Jeannette M. Hopper · (vi)
• Why the Red Cross Wants $50,000,000 · [Editor] · (ed)
• Why the Relativistic Projectile Will Always Get Through · Daniel Thompson · (ar)
• Why the Republican Party Should Retain Control of the Government · James A. Tawney · (ar)
• Why the Reverend Percy Hopkins Quit · Ralph Myrick · (ss)
• Why the Rich Grow Antlers · Andrew Darlington · (ss)
• Why the Road Went North of Hockomock · Hugh Pendexter · (ss)
• Why the Rolling Stone Rolled On · James W. Egan · (ss)
• Why the Rules? · Stephen Epler · (ar)
• Why the Russians Act That Way · Paul Hunter · (ed)