The FictionMags Index

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Magpie [v1 #3, June 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · The Sleeper [from The Thousand Nights and One Night] · Anon.; translated by E. Powys Mathers · pm (r) 3 · The Call · Bethel Laurence · ss Today’s Woman Mar 1951 17 · Dilemma · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 1934; In the Teeth of the Evidence, Gollancz 1939 25 · Going Downhill Together · Norah Lofts · ss 35 · Gilding the Shilling · Anon. · ms 36 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 37 · In Time for the Academy · Ann Lake · ss 49 · On the Spot · Leo Bruce · ss Cassell’s Magazine Apr 1928, as by Rupert Croft-Cooke 53 · The Sniffle · Ogden Nash · pm Ladies’ Home Journal Mar 1941 54 · Best Foot Forward · [Various] · ms 57 · Free Funeral · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine Aug 1941, as “How Edith McGillcuddy Met R.L. Stevenson” 68 · War Paint · [Various] · ms 69 · Three Pairs of Heels · Neil Bell · ss Three Pair of Heels, Alvin Redman 1950

Magpie [v1 #4, July 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · “Deceivers Ever” · Thomas Campion · pm (r) 3 · The Alibi · Harriet Washburn · ss 17 · Venom in Verse · [Various] · ms 18 · Blood Is Better Than Wine · Michael Redgrove · ss 24 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 25 · On the Verandah · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss 34 · Chaff in the Wind · [Various] · ms 35 · The Long, Thin Man [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Sep 16 1950 52 · Curs and Cures · [Various] · ms 55 · The Shilling · Gerald Bullett · ss 67 · The Cricket Boy · Lin Yutang · ss 81 · Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine Feb 1934 96 · A Fair Knock-Out · [Various] · ms

Magpie [v1 #5, August 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · “My Soul’s Desire” · A. C. Swinburne · pm (r) 3 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1946 17 · A Shot in the Garden · L. A. G. Strong · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine 26 · Cut Blooms · [Various] · ms 27 · The Regency Sofa · Ann Lake · ss 35 · Mestie · E. C. Hornsby · ss 49 · Don’t Be a Hero · Victor Canning · ss Argosy Feb 1951 62 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 63 · Personal Call · Elleston Trevor · ss 70 · Venom in Verse · [Various] · ms 71 · The Two Weddings of Ying Er · Leslie Bonnet · ss 78 · Health Service · [Various] · ms 79 · Poor Cora · J. F. Burke · ss 88 · Chaff in the Wind · [Various] · ms 89 · The Soothsayer · Kem Bennett · ss

Magpie [v1 #6, September 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · A Nun · Leigh Hunt · pm The Tickler Mar 1 1821, as “[untitled]”, uncredited 3 · The Absentee · L. A. G. Strong · ss (r) 15 · Power · Alan Wykes · ss 24 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 25 · My Oedipus Complex · Frank O’Connor · ss 36 · How Do You Zoo? · [Various] · ms 37 · His Brother’s Wife · Dornford Yates · ss Period Stuff, Ward, Lock & Co. 1942 51 · Silence, Please! [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Charles Willis · ss Science Fantasy #2 1950/’51 64 · Chaff in the Wind · [Various] · ms 65 · The Friendly Generals · Leslie Bonnet · ss 71 · Elephant Outcast · Norah Burke · ss 77 · The Damning Dust · Mackenzie Cottrell · ss

Magpie [v1 #7, October 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · Spleen · Paul Verlaine · pm (r) 3 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss Harper’s Bazaar May 1940 19 · The Thistledown [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton 1939 31 · Rest and Be Thankful · [Various] · ms 32 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 33 · The Healer · F. McDermott · ss 41 · Civil Service · [Various] · ms 42 · Venom in Verse · [Various] · ms 43 · The Rather Improbable History of Hilary Kiffer · Samuel Youd · ss 47 · A Liberal Outlook · [Various] · ms 48 · Made in Heaven · [Various] · ms 51 · The Drive Home · Eve Ballantyne · ss 59 · A Gift from Christy Keogh · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross, Hodder & Stroughton 1939 69 · Worse Than Death · Michael Hastings · ss 80 · Man Proposes · [Various] · ms 81 · Violets for a Lady · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Jun 2 1951

Magpie [v1 #8, November 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · Ballade of the Women of Paris · Francois Villon; translated by A. C. Swinburne · pm (r) 3 · As Simple as ABC [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1951 22 · Welcome, Stranger · [Various] · ms 23 · Soldier’s Farewell · Edward Boyd · ss 35 · Murder Is No Accident · David Dodge · ss Esquire Oct 1949 48 · “The Flower of Cities All” · [Various] · ms 51 · The Idyll of Sarah Brown · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Jan 28 1933 65 · The Ladies · Ogden Nash · ss (r) 66 · Venom in Verse · [Various] · ms 67 · The Bridal Night · Frank O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar Jul 1939 75 · The Hate Campaign · Alastair Scobie · ss 83 · The Merry Monarch’s Mongrel · [Various] · ms 84 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 85 · Stayed Lost · Michael Hastings · ss 96 · Sweet Corn · [Various] · ms

Magpie [v1 #9, December 1951] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · Poet’s Licence? · King Henry VIII · pm (r) 3 · King Wency · Dorothy Jacob · ss 12 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 13 · Winner Lose All · Laurence Thompson · ss 25 · Aunt Emmy Looks Back · Adrian Alington · ss 35 · In Walked Mum · Sydney J. Grant · ss 41 · Chaff in the Wind · [Various] · ms 42 · “Make Roome for Christmas” · [Various] · ms 45 · My Friend Hoo · John Bonett · ss 55 · This Was Real Adventure · Captain John Vigour · ss 69 · Miss Dobbs and the Devil · Timothy Frandon · ss 73 · The Fur Man · Ann Lake · ss 87 · Formula Unknown · Ian Lasry · ss 93 · Grand Inquisitor · G. B. Stern · ss Ladies’ Home Journal Mar 1931

Magpie [v1 #10, January 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · Drinking · Abraham Cowley · pm Poems, Humphrey Moseley 1656 3 · All the Way to the Moon · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1951 20 · Chaff in the Wind · [Various] · ms 21 · Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On · Peter de Polnay · ss 35 · Portrait of a Leader · Victor Canning · ss 42 · The Glass of Fashion · [Various] · ms 45 · Dogg · Ann Lake · ss 54 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 55 · The Shining Blade · Ian Lasry · ss Adventure Oct 1948 63 · A Present from the Past · Margaret Bonham · ss 76 · Venom in Verse · [Various] · ms 77 · I Don’t Mean to Disturb You · Lettice Cooper · ss 91 · A Little Memento · John Collier · ss The New Yorker Sep 17 1938

Magpie [v1 #11, February 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · Early Spring · Hartley Coleridge · pm (r) 3 · The Great Obsession · Kift Berry · ss 15 · Mr. Gladly and the Dove-Eyed Flea · Norah Burke · ss 21 · Takes a Long Time to Warm Up · Ralph L. Finn · ss 28 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 29 · Test Match · Clive Burnley · ss 43 · The Kitchen · John Buxton Hilton · ss 46 · “This Day’s Saint Valentine’s” · [Various] · ms 49 · Money’s Worth · G. B. Stern · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1933 67 · Everything Happens to Weil · Eric Allen · ss 73 · One Man’s Meat · Ann Mary Fielding · ss 81 · Bird Fancier · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 96 · Now or Never · [Various] · ms

Magpie [v1 #12, March 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, digest) 2 · March · John Barron Mays · pm (r) 3 · My Mother’s Second Husband · J. Trevor Story · ss 17 · The Temple of Kali · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 31 · Lady Without Appetite · John Gloag · ss Take One a Week, Chantry Publications 1950 42 · Servant Problem · [Various] · ms 45 · On the Rocks · Elizabeth Coxhead · ss 53 · The Monstrous Regiment · [Various] · ms 54 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 55 · Last Laugh · Captain Frank H. Shaw · ss The New Magazine (UK) Nov 1925, as by Frank Hubert 69 · Retribution · V. Simple · ss 78 · Chaff in the Wind · [Various] · ms 79 · There Is a Man in Hiding [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Sep 29 1951

Magpie [v2 #1, April 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) 2 · Mary and Martha · Sybil Birch · pm (r) 3 · In the Same Boat · John Prebble · ss 29 · Funny About That Canary · Dal Stivens · ss 37 · You Rang, Sir? · Arthur Grant Morris · ss 44 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 45 · The Wisdom of Sullivan · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 58 · Going up in Smoke · [Various] · ms 61 · The Ten-Fifteen · Clive Burnley · ss 75 · Driver No. 2 · A. J. Bevan · ss 90 · For Abstainers Only · [Various] · ms 91 · The Leaf That Hurts the Hand · Gwyn Thomas · ss 100 · In the Red · [Various] · ms 101 · The Parkinson’s Pony · Reginald Moore · ss 109 · Not My Story · Maurice Walsh · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 31 1941 128 · “Oh Sleep! It Is a Gentle Thing” · [Various] · ms

Magpie [v2 #2, May 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) 2 · Rondel · Charles D’Orleans · pm (r) 3 · The 1865 · G. B. Stern · ss 18 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 19 · No Roof O’er My Head · James A. Maxwell · ss The New Yorker Sep 8 1951 25 · The Turning Point in Her Life · Clive Burnley · ss 37 · Sydney · Yvonne Seager · ss 49 · Sentimental Murder · J. Trevor Story · ss 54 · Come all Ye Roving Bachelors · [Various] · ms 57 · Recorded Broadcast · Ann Lake · ss 68 · Professional Thoughts · [Various] · ms 69 · Love Hits the Sky · John & Ward Hawkins · ss 79 · Remote Control · E. C. Hornsby · ss 98 · All Washed Up · [Various] · ms 99 · Technical Slip · John Beynon · ss The Arkham Sampler Spr 1949, as by John Beynon Harris 114 · “... a Weariness to the Flesh” · [Various] · ms 115 · Esmeralda · John Wyndham · ss

Magpie [v2 #3, June 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) 2 · To a Fish of the Brook · John Wolcot · pm (r) 3 · An Escape · Martin Armstrong · ss The Bazaar and Other Stories, Jonathan Cape 1924 24 · Shanks His Pony · [Various] · ms 25 · Abracadabra · Clive Burnley · ss 33 · Two of Diamonds · Michael Hastings · ss 49 · Mrs. Samaritan and the Distressed Gentlewoman · J. Trevor Story · ss 60 · On Bail · [Various] · ms 63 · Black Cat for Luck · G. B. Stern · ss Ladies’ Home Journal Feb 1933 86 · The Terpsichorean Art · [Various] · ms 87 · Red Tails on the Ridge · William MacMillan · ss 96 · Fairy Story · R. D. Faull · ss 101 · Private Hospital · James A. Maxwell · ss The New Yorker Nov 24 1951 112 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 113 · Old School Tie · Laurence Thompson · ss 121 · Still Waters · F. E. Evans · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz

Magpie [v2 #4, July 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) 2 · A Summing Up · Charles Mackay · pm (r) 3 · Song of the Sparrow · Vivian Stuart · ss 15 · The Money Box · Laurence Thompson · ss 24 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 25 · Crossword Murder · Eugène Miller Campbell · ss 39 · Plenderleith’s Penny · Dahlia Gordon · ss 47 · Affair of the Heart · John Wyndham · ss; an abridged version was previously published in Colliers March 22, 1952. 55 · Agony Column · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 60 · “The Very Pink of Courtesy” · [Various] · ms 63 · Boggan and Blitz · Martin Armstrong · ss A Case of Conscience, Gollancz 1937 70 · Aunt Letitia’s Dilemma · J. Trevor Story · ss 82 · Man’s Best Friend · [Various] · ms 83 · Right, Murphy! · Ian Lasry · ss 95 · The Maroon · John Gloag · ss It Makes a Nice Change, Nicholson 1938 105 · Bouski and Hoffman · Ross Woods · ss 108 · You and Me, and P.B. Shelley · Ogden Nash · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 1942 109 · Wrong Number · Catherine Tracy · ss 113 · Maybe Ma Should Know · J. R. Robertson · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz

Magpie [v2 #5, August 1952] (The Whitehorn Press, 1/-, 128pp, digest) 2 · Tobacco · S. Thomas Ansell · pm 3 · The Wolf, She Howl · Neill Wilson · ss The Blue Book Magazine Jan 1952 17 · Anecdotage · [Various] · ms (r) 18 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms (r) 19 · A Man Named Harry Mills · J. A. S. Coppard · ss 28 · Rendering Unto Caesar · [Various] · ms (r) 29 · Whose Funeral? · John Gloag · ss The (London) Evening News Apr 29 1935 37 · Ransom for a Smile · Carlton Ash · ss 42 · Charles Dickens meets a young Irishman · Charles Dickens · ms (r) 43 · This Way for Glory · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 57 · An Argument to any Phyllis or Chloe · Thomas Moore · pm (r) 57 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · Anon. · ms (r) 58 · Long Vacation · [Various] · ms (r) 61 · George Moonbeam’s Tunnel · R. A. Lippy · ss 73 · It Could Have Been Better Put · [Various] · ms (r) 74 · R.S.V.P. · [Various] · ms (r) 75 · Knight Errant · K. Kelleher · ss 84 · Let’s Face It · [Various] · ms 85 · The Last Hunt · Edmund Gilligan · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 24 1951 101 · Brutes, All of Them · Dudley Hoys · ss 109 · “A Blessing in Disguise” · [Various] · ms (r) 111 · Boyhood Pal · J. C. Furnas · ss Collier’s Feb 16 1952 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 3 · Anon. · pz

Magpie [v2 #6, September 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) 2 · Woman · Coventry Patmore · pm (r) 3 · Heart in the Mouth · Geoffrey Household · ss 20 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms 21 · Round the Corner · Bryan Berry · ss 33 · Soot · Norah Burke · ss 37 · Old Folks · William Brandon · ss Collier’s Apr 12 1952 55 · The Disappointed Concubine · Leslie Bonnet · ss 64 · Away from It All · [Various] · ms 67 · The Lady or the Sergeant · A. K. Lewis · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 12 1952 82 · Chaff in the Wind · [Various] · ms 83 · As It Was in the Beginning · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss 99 · American Epic · Richard G. Beattie · ss 103 · A Pretty Case for Freud · Alec Waugh · ss Eight Short Stories, Cassell 1937 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 4 · Anon. · pz

Magpie [v2 #7, October 1952] (The Whitehorn Press Ltd., 1/-, 128pp, digest) 2 · Gulls · Dorothy Jacob · pm 3 · Plaster Dog · Ann Lake · ss 13 · A Box for Big Max · Michael Hastings · ss 32 · Considered Trifles · [Various] · ms (r) 33 · A Question of Empathy · Richard E. Beattie · ss 43 · Half-Hour on Harley Street · Richard Gordon · ss 52 · “Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble” · [Various] · ms (r) 55 · Miser’s Misery · Laurence Kirk · ss 70 · Solution to Magpie Crossword · Anon. · ms (r) 71 · Retired Retriever · John & Ward Hawkins · ss Cosmopolitan Jun 1952 88 · “The Renewed for-ever of a Kiss” · [Various] · ms (r) 89 · Healthy, Wealthy and Wise · Mervyn Jones · ss 98 · Snug as a Bug · [Various] · ms (r) 99 · Low Water · Geoffrey Household · ss 113 · Swords Into Ploughshares · Norah Burke · ss 119 · Florimond · David Stacton · ss 128 · Magpie Crossword No. 5 · Anon. · pz