The FictionMags Index

Stories, Listed by Author

ANONYMOUS (chron.) (continued)
• * Why Aunt Dilly Never Married [by Florence Lee], (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Jul 1863
• * Why Banks Are Made in Flying, (ms) Air Trails Jan 1930
• * Why Basil Still Rules the Sherlockian Film World, (ar) The Sherlock Holmes Gazette #5 1992
• * Why Be Honest?, (ar) The American Magazine Apr 1934
• * Why Beautiful Women Commit Suicide, (ar) Midnight Oct 7 1922
  • The Sovereign Magazine Apr 1923
• * Why Biddy and Pat Married, (pm) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Apr 1877
• * Why Britain Has to Export, (ar) Look and Learn Apr 24 1965
• * Why Call It a Diesel Engine?, (ar) Modern Wonder Nov 25 1939
• * “Why canst thou not as others do?”, (pm)
  • Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Nov 1888
• * Why Commit Suicide?, (ms) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Mar 25 1933
• * Why Criminals Escape Punishment, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Oct 20 1928
• * Why Criminals of the Present Escape, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Mar 5 1921
• * Why Danger Fascinates, (ar) The Argosy Sep 2 1893
• * Why Did I Lose Him?, (ar) Love Revelations combined with Secret Confessions Jun 1941
• * Why Did the Governess Faint? [by Lucretia P. Hale], (ss) The Atlantic Monthly May 1859
• * Why Did They Let Him Live?, (ss) Shock Tales Jan 1959, as “I Ain’t Got No Body” by Thomas O’Connor, by Larry M. Harris.
  • Thriller Feb 1962
• * Why Did You Say Yes?, (ms) Short Story Magazine (Australia) #54 1949
• * Why Did You Sigh?, (pm) The Grand Magazine Mar/Apr 1910
• * Why Didn’t You Think of It First?, (ms) People’s Favorite Magazine Feb, Mar, Apr 1921
• * Why Didn’t You Think of This First?, (ar) People’s Favorite Magazine Jan 1921
• * Why Does New York Bounce?, (ar) Look and Learn Oct 13 1962
• * Why Don’t They, (pm) Easton (PA) Journal
  • Locomotive Firemen’s Magazine Apr 1904
• * Why Dr. Jekyll Had No Wife: New Stevenson Memories, (ms) John o’ London’s Weekly Feb 17 1923
• * Why Draftsmen Use Three Views, Answer, (ms) Analog Apr 1966
• * Why Evergreens Stay Green, (ms) North•West Stories May #2 1927
• * Why Face and Character Count, (ar) Britannia and Eve Mar 1945
• * Why Fathers and Their Sons Should Be Friends, (ar) The American Boy Oct 1906
• * Why Geo. M. Cohan Pushed Fanny Brice Off the Stage, (ms) Midnight Sep 23 1922
• * Why Girls Go for Maturity, (ms) Short Story Magazine (Australia) #107 1953
• * Why Harvard Loves Yale, (pi) Ace Nov 1963
• * Why Have I Three Tails? [by John Abbott], (ss) The Cornhill Magazine Jul 1868
• * Why He Applauded, (hu) The Popular Magazine Aug 1905
• * Why He Didn’t Report, (ss)
  • Cream Jul 1897
• * Why He Doesn’t Like “Uppers”, (ms) The Railroad Man’s Magazine Nov 1909
• * Why He Failed, (ss) The Strand Magazine Jul 1891
  • The Strand Magazine (US) Jul 1891
• * Why He Felt Sore, (ss)
  • Cream Jul 1897
• * Why He Flewsseau!, (pm) Happy Mag. Jul 1922
• * Why He Fought, (pm)
  • The Scrap Book Feb 1911
• * Why He Fought, (ss)
  • Cream Jul 1897
• * Why He Took No Vacation, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Apr 23 1921
• * Why He Was Sad, (pm) Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • The Argosy Dec 9 1893
• * Why Henry Jones Did Not Go to Canada [by Walter Mitchell], (ss) The Atlantic Monthly Sep 1869
• * Why Homosexuals Feel “Superior”, (ms) Man to Man Jan 1963
• * Why Honours Are Valued, (pm) The Grand Magazine Jun 1906
  • The Grand Magazine (US) Jul 1906
• * Why Huckleberry Ran Away, (ar) Look and Learn Jul 7 1962
• * Why I Am a Servant, (ar) Munsey’s Magazine Mar 1915
• * Why I Am Faithful to My Wife, (ar) Esquire Jun 1939
• * “Why I Asked Her to Marry Me”, (ar) Love Fiction Monthly Nov 1942
• * Why I Broke Him, (ts) True Western Stories Apr 1926
• * Why I Dislike Fireworks, (pm) The Grand Magazine Dec 1905
  • The Grand Magazine (US) Jan 1906
• * Why I Failed, (te) The Green Book Magazine Jul 1921
• * Why I Have Never Married, (ss) The Green Book Magazine Aug 1912
• * Why I Helped a Murderer, (ts) True Western Stories May 1926
• * “Why I Joined”, (ar) Cheer Boys Cheer Jun 21 1913
• * Why I Left My Wife, (ss) Live Stories Apr 1925
• * Why I Live at Hyde Park [by Dmitri Chazzi Georgi], (ts) The Cornhill Magazine Dec 1868
• * Why I Peached on My Pal, (ts) True Western Stories Mar 1926
• * Why I Quit College Teaching, (??) Collier’s Mar 5 1949
• * Why I Stopped Being a “Beauty Specialist”, (ar) Ladies’ Home Journal Sep 1 1910
• * Why I Thrilled to His Caresses, (ts) Modern Romances Sep 1941
• * Why I Want to Fuck Donald Trump (after J.G. Ballard) [by H. Wessells], (ss) Donald Trump. The Magazine of Poetry Nov 2016
• * Why I Wrote It [by Louise W. Barker], (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Jun 1864
• * Why Is Butcher-Meat so Dear?, (ar) Chambers’s Journal Aug 22 1908
• * Why Is It Warmer Before a Snowstorm?, (ms) My Magazine Mar 1915
• * Why Is the President So Popular? (Teddy Roosevelt), (ar) Ladies’ Home Journal Oct 1905
• * Why It Costs More to Live, (ar) The Scrap Book May 1910
• * Why Jack Went to Europe [by Julian Hawthorne], (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1878
• * Why Johnson’s Paper Stopped, (ss) The Idler May 1908
• * Why King Baggot Likes Character Parts, (ar) The Green Book Magazine Oct 1915
• * Why Lightning Hits Certain Trees, (ms) Mystery Magazine Aug 1 1918
• * Why Many Poems Are Declined, (ar) Ladies’ Home Journal Mar 1891
• * Why Men Can Fly, (ar) Sky Riders Dec 1928
• * Why Men Crack, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 29 1923
• * Why Men Go Wrong, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Sep 2 1922
• * Why Men Leave Home, (pm) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 19 1931
• * Why Millers Mix Their Flours, (ms) My Magazine Jan 1918
• * Why Milwaukee Is Crimeless, (ms) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine May 2 1931
• * Why Mother Is Proud, (pm) The Golden Argosy Jun 21 1884
• * Why Moving Stairways Move, (ar) The Modern Boy Apr 20 1929
• * Why Muggins Was Kept [by Julian Hawthorne], (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Nov 1871
• * Why Murder Makes Headlines, (ms) Detective Tales Oct 1937
• * Why My Marriage Is a Failure, (ar) Racketeer Stories Dec 1929
• * Why My Uncle Was a Bachelor [by Miss Louisa King], (ss) Household Words Feb 11 1854
  • Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Apr 1854
• * Why My Uncle Was a Bachelor, (ss) Cassell’s Magazine Jun 27 1874
• * Why Never Married, (ts) The Passing Show Oct 7 1933
• * Why Nice Girls Like to See Prize Fights, (ar) Midnight Aug 26 1922
• * Why Not an Outdoor Model Railway?, (ar) The Modern Boy Jul 6 1929
• * Why Not Be a Wireless Operator?, (cl) The Captain Mar 1918
• * Why Not Be Attractive to Men?, (ms) Printers’ Pie Christmas 1943
• * Why Not Escape?, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Jan 26 1929
• * Why Not Film Greyfriars? [Greyfriars], (ms) The Greyfriars Holiday Annual, 1936 1935
• * Why Not Send Goethals and His Veterans?, (ed) The American Magazine Mar 1914
• * Why Not the Best?, (cl) Penthouse Jan 1981
• * Why Not Try a Gift Cigar?, (ms) The Live Wire Aug 1908
• * Why Not Try Some New Pets?, (ar) Young Elizabethan Apr 1956
• * Why Not?, (pm) The Philadelphia Press
  • People’s Magazine Sep 1906
• * Why One More?, (ed) Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Sep 1953
• * Why Our Beaches Are Popular, (ms) Snappy Sum 1930
• * Why Our Hair Curls, (ar) Look and Learn Jan 12 1963
• * Why Our Minister Didn’t Marry [by Alanson J. Prime], (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Sep 1855
• * Why Pardons Are Granted, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Apr 2 1921
• * Why People Argue, (ms) All-Fiction Apr 1931
• * Why People Argue, (ms) All Fiction Stories Jul 1931
• * Why Poppies?, (ms) Mystery Magazine Nov 1926
• * Why Psalm Books Have Divided Pages, (ms) My Magazine Jan 1918
• * Why Publish Your Own Book?, (ms) Dark Horizons #54 2009
• * Why Rackets “Work”, (ms) Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Sep 10 1935
• * Why Radium Is So Valuable, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Jan 5 1917
• * Why Rich Men Won’t Pay Their Bills, (ms) Midnight Sep 30 1922
• * Why Russia Can’t Be Trusted, (ar) Collier’s Jan 27 1951
• * Why She Did, (pm)
  • Best Stories of All Time Mar 1927
• * Why She Lifted Goods, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Mar 2 1920
• * Why She Married Jack, (ss) The Wave Apr 3 1897
• * Why Should I Marry?, (ar) Metropolitan Magazine Feb 1913
• * Why Should London Rule?, (ar) The Strand Magazine Jul 1942
• * Why Sigh—, (ct) The Weekly Telegraph Christmas 1933
• * Why Sixty Minutes Make an Hour, (ar) The Scrap Book Aug 1909
• * Why Sleep Restores: An Oriental Poem, (pm)
  • The Scrap Book Feb 1911
• * Why So Tearful?, (pm) Harper’s Young People Feb 20 1883
• * Why Some Boys Are Bad, (ar) The American Boy Nov 1906
• * Why Station-Agents Go Crazy, (ms) Railroad Man’s Magazine Apr 1912
• * Why Steer Wrestling Is Popular, (ms) True Western Stories Feb 1926
• * Why Take Chances?, (ar) Pictorial Review Jul 1930
• * Why the Birth Rate Is Decreasing, (ms) Live Stories Mar 1915
• * Why the Chief Clerk Laughed, (ms) The Railroad Man’s Magazine Jul 1910
• * Why the Chinaman Treated, (ms) Wild West Weekly Sep 1 1928
• * Why the Collie Is Man’s Best Friend, (ss) Boys’ Life Sep 1927
• * Why the Crowd Roared, (ar) The Modern Boy’s Annual, 1941 1940
• * Why the Doctor Fled, (hu) The Popular Magazine Sep 1906
• * Why the Horse Wouldn’t Drink, (ms) Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly Dec 12 1936
• * Why the Miners Never Came Back, (ar) The Sun
  • The Argosy Dec 23 1893
• * Why the Putkammer Castle Was Destroyed [by Robert Dale Owen], (ss) The Atlantic Monthly Nov 1865
• * Why the Sea Is Salt, (ms) Mystery Magazine Feb 1 1918
• * Why Their Creeds Differed [by Eliza Sproat Randolph], (pm) The Atlantic Monthly Jul 1862
• * Why There Are Fewer Marriages, II: The Religious Side, (ar) Cassell’s Saturday Journal Sep 28 1912
• * Why They Shot Admiral Byng, (ar) Look and Learn Apr 24 1965
• * Why They Streamline the Aeroplane, (ia) Modern Wonders Dec 9 1939
• * Why they Tropp the Colour, (ar) Look and Learn Jun 2 1962
• * Why They Were Called Archies, (ms) War Birds Jul 1930
• * Why They Were Married, (ss) The Wave Jul 1 1899
• * Why this Unseemly Mirth?, (hu) Chums Feb 10 1923
• * Why Thomas Was Discharged [by George Arnold], (ss) The Atlantic Monthly Jun 1863
• * Why Traction Engines Have Grooved Wheels, (ms) My Magazine Jan 1918
• * Why Wardens Go Mad, (ms) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Apr 7 1928
• * Why Was the “Mohegan” Lost?, (ar) The Cornish Magazine Dec 1898
• * Why We Beat the World, (hu) Short Stories Nov 1919
• * Why We Left the Farm, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 10 1912
• * Why We Make Films , (ms) Blood Moon Rising #26 2005
• * Why We Say “God Bless You” to Sneezers, (ms) Mystery Magazine Mar 15 1922
• * Why We Shake Hands, (ms) Fame and Fortune Magazine Apr #1 1929
• * Why We Should Be Glad That Water-Pipes Burst in Winter, (ms) My Magazine Jan 1918
• * Why Weird Tales? [by Otis Adelbert Kline], (ed) Weird Tales May/Jul 1924
  • Weird Tales Mar 1934
• * Why Women Are Beautiful, (ar) The Scrap Book Nov 1909
• * Why Women Steal, (ms) Detective Story Magazine Nov 17 1928
• * Why Women Want to Be Self-Supporting, (ar) Pictorial Review May 1912
• * Why Wool Keeps You Warm, (ar) Look and Learn Feb 20 1965
• * Why You Can’t Win, (ms) Clues Jun #2 1928
• * Why You Laugh, (ms) Mystery Magazine Nov 1 1918
• * Why You Must Have Sleep, (ar) Look and Learn Nov 30 1963
• * Why You Should Buy Liberty Bonds, (ms) Snappy Stories Mar #1 1918
• * Why You Should Emigrate, (cl) Cheer Boys Cheer Apr 19, Apr 26 1913
• * Why You Should Not Start Smoking, (ar) Look and Learn May 5 1962
• * Why You Should Read Advertisements, (ar) The Strand Magazine Mar 1911
• * Why Young Men Fail: A Clear Explanation by Shrewd Business Men, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 9 1899
• * Why Young Men Fail: A New Explanation for Shrewd Business Men, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 28 1899
• * Why Young Men Fail: A Shrewd Guide for Shrewd Business Men, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 7 1899
• * Why Young Men Fail: Letters from Business Men, (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 18, Dec 9 1899
• * Why, the Very Idea!, (ct) Pep Stories Apr 1928
• * Why-I-Subscribed Contest, (cn) Boys’ Life Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Dec 1924
• * Why?, (ms) Ginger Stories Nov 1928
• * Why?, (pm) Stolen Sweets Dec 1933
• * Why?, (qz) Argosy (UK) Jul 1943
• * Wichita, (ms) Triple Western Spr 1954
• * The Wicked Assistant, (cs) Chums Dec 14 1892
• * Wicked Wanda, (pi) Dapper Oct 1975
• * The Wickedest Woman in New York, (ar) The Black Mask (UK) Dec 1 1923
• * Wickedly Inspired, (iv) Suspense Magazine Feb 2011 [Lisa Jackson]
• * Wickenham’s Letter, (ss) The Boys’ Friend Jul 11 1908
• * Wide Open Faces, (sa) Screen Romances Mar 1938
• * Widgers Green, (ss) Confession! Jul 1947
• * The Widow Case. A Dear Hunt [by Rose Terry Cooke], (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Apr 1875
• * The Widow from Chicago, (ss) Boy’s Cinema Feb 21 1931; adapted from the movie (Alice White, Neil Hamilton, Edward G. Robinson).
• * The Widow Merand, (ss)
  • Swinton’s Story-Teller Nov 28 1883
• * The Widow of Cologne, (ss) Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Sep 20 1851
  • Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Nov 1851
• * The Widow Perkins’ Parrot; or, A Spoilt Proposal, (ct) Boy’s Comic Journal Mar 26 1892
• * The Widow Thorn’s First Marriage [by N. G. Shepherd], (ss) Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Apr 1863
• * Widow Townsend’s First Love, (ss)
  • Swinton’s Story-Teller Dec 5 1883
• * The Widowed Mabel, (ss) The Wave Oct 3 1891