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    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#3, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest)
    Reprints To Step Aside by Noel Coward (Doubleday, Doran, 1939). Subtitled “7 Long Short Stories”.
    Details taken from eBay listing.
    • · The Wooden Madonna · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan December 1939
    • · Traveler’s Joy · Noel Coward · ss (r)
    • · Aunt Tittie · Noel Coward · nv To Step Aside by Noel Coward, Doubleday, 1939
    • · What Mad Pursuit? · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan December 1939
    • · Cheap Excursion · Noel Coward · ss (r)
    • · The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan December 1939
    • · Nature Study · Noel Coward · ss (r)


    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#4, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest)
    Reprints 31 of the 71 stories in Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan (Random House, 1936).
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • 1 · Five Ripe Pears · William Saroyan · ss The Yale Review Autumn 1935
    • 6 · The Oranges · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 11 · The Younger Brother · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 17 · London, Ah, London · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 23 · Two Days Wasted in Kansas City · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 28 · The Bridge · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 32 · Going Home · William Saroyan · ss Redbook Magazine February 1935
    • 38 · The Drinkers · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 44 · The Horses and the Sea · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 51 · The Broken Wheel · William Saroyan · ss Hairenik 1933, as by Sirak Goryan
    • 62 · The Death of Children · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 69 · Our Friends the Mice · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 73 · Raisins · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 80 · Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger · William Saroyan · ss Hairenik Association, 1935
    • 87 · How Pleasant to Have Passed Through Buffalo · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • 89 · The Drunkard · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · My Picture in the Paper · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Secrets in Alexandria · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Antranik of Armenia · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Six Hundred and Sixty-Six · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Little Miss Universe · William Saroyan · ss Esquire December 1934
    • · An Occurrence at Izzy’s · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Our Little Brown Brothers the Filipinos · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · At Sundown · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Rain · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · The Dark Sea · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Malenka Manon · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · The Proletarian at the Trap Drum · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · The Black Tartars · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · Train Going · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936
    • · The Armenian and the Armenian · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936


    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#5, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest)
    Reprints Contango by James Hilton (Ernest Benn, 1932) (distributed in the USA as Ill Wind).
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • · Charles Gathergood · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Florence Faulkner · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Stuart Brown · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Sylvia Seydel · James Hilton · nv Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Nicholas Palescu · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Leon Mirsky · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Max Oetzler · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Paula Courvier · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932
    • · Henry Elliott · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932


    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#6, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 190pp, digest)
    Subtitled “seven selected short stories”. Reprints 7 of the 13 stories from Selected Short Stories by Sinclair Lewis (Doubleday, Doran, 1935).
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.



    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#8, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 164pp, digest)
    Reprints Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1931), except for substituting one story.
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.


    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#9, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest)
    Reprints 10 of the 12 stories from The Long Valley by John Steinbeck (Viking Press, 1938). Given as “13 Great Short Stories from The Long Valley” on the cover as the stories that make up “The Red Pony” counted as separate stories.
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.



    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#11, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 164pp, digest)
    Subtitled “11 selected great stories”.
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.
    • · Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine September 1933
    • · The Champion from Far Away · Ben Hecht · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 9 1930
    • · The Ghost of the San Mareno Hotel · Ben Hecht · nv Liberty March 18 1933 (+1)
    • · A Wistful Blackguard · Ben Hecht · ss The Champion from Far Away by Ben Hecht, Covici Friede, 1931
    • · The Bull That Won · Ben Hecht · ss Physical Culture July 1931
    • · The Shadow · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty January 30 1926
    • · In the Midst of Death · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty May 28 1932
    • · The Mystery of the Fabulous Laundryman · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty October 31 1931
    • · Lindro the Great · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty July 11 1925
    • · Actor’s Blood · Ben Hecht · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 20 1932
    • · The Widow Cagle’s Trousers · Ben Hecht · ss Actor’s Blood by Ben Hecht, Covici, 1936


    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#12, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 166pp, digest)
    Reprints The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan (Harcourt, Brace, 1938).
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • · Someday I’ll Be a Millionaire Myself · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Ants · William Saroyan · ss Lilliput June 1938
    • · The Acrobats · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Memories of Paris · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Dale Carnegie Friend · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Broken Hearted Comedian (and the Girl who Took the Place of His Unfaithful Wife) · William Saroyan · ss Rob Wagner’s Script October 8 1938
    • · The Tiger · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Brothers and the Sisters · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · I Was Only Kidding · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Way to Be Alive · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · I Could Say Bella Bella · William Saroyan · ss The New Yorker May 14 1938
    • · The Nurse, the Angel, the Daughter of the Gambler · William Saroyan · ss Story April 1936
    • · O.K., Baby, This Is the World · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · What Hurts You? · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · On Malibu Bay · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · A Scenario for Karl Marx · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Legend-Makers · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Great Leapfrog Contest · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Lately I’ve Been Wanting to Go Away · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Citizens of the Third Grade · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The People, Yes and Then Again No · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Everything · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Woof Woof · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · A Prayer for the Living · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Little Old New York · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The World · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · A Letter to the Old City Editor · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · A Clear Warm Day · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Job · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Vision · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · Anything for a Laugh · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · A Nice Boy, Even if He Is Rich · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · The Pool Game · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers by William Saroyan, Harcourt Brace, 1938
    • · We Want a Touchdown · William Saroyan · ss Story January 1938


    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#13, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest)
    Reprints 3 of the 4 Short Novels from Here Today and Gone Tomorrow by Louis Bromfield (Harper & Brothers, 1934).
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • 11 · No. 55 · Louis Bromfield · na Here Today and Gone Tomorrow by Louis Bromfield, Harper, 1934
    • 66 · The Listener · Louis Bromfield · na The Story-teller April 1934
    • 111 · Fourteen Years Later · Louis Bromfield · na (r)



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