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    Story Digest [v1 #2, July 1946] ed. Barbara Brandt & Lawrence Galton (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, digest)
    • 1 · The Long Way Home · Charles Jackson · ss Collier’s August 5 1944; condensed.
    • 9 · Appointment with Angela · Mary Brinker Post · ss Woman’s Home Companion July 1945; condensed.
    • 15 · The Midnight Ride of Henry Todd · William Hazlett Upson · ss Argosy March 1945; condensed.
    • 20 · Hard to Classify · [uncredited] · qz
    • 21 · The Case of the Censor’s Headache · Alfred Perlès · ar Lilliput July 1945; condensed.
    • 23 · The Rani Remembers · [uncredited] · ss National Home Monthly; condensed.
    • 32 · William Began to Have a Dog · Darrell Huff · ss Woman’s Day October 1945; condensed.
    • 36 · The Legacy · Virginia Woolf · ss A Haunted House and Other Short Stories by Virginia Woolf, The Hogarth Press, 1944; condensed.
    • 41 · The Goose and the Gander · C. S. Forester · ss Fascination February 1946; condensed.
    • 43 · What Are They Really Like? · [uncredited] · ms
    • 44 · A Trough of Low Pressure · David Cornel De Jong · ss Mademoiselle; condensed.
    • 50 · Unwanted Guest · Willoughby Patton · vi The American Magazine March 1945; condensed.
    • 51 · Maggie’s Home · [uncredited] · ss Chatelaine; condensed.
    • 59 · Fascinatin’ Life · [uncredited] · ss Seventeen; condensed.
    • 66 · A Fresh Horse · [uncredited] · ss Family Circle; condensed.
    • 72 · Manhattan and Return · [uncredited] · ss Charm; condensed.
    • 78 · The Measuring Stick · Alwyn W. Knight · ss The American Magazine July 1945; condensed.
    • 80 · Radio Speaking Machine · Alan Moody · ex from Sleep in the Sun, Houghton Mifflin, 1945; condensed.
    • 86 · Lost and Found · [uncredited] · ss Home, Inc.; condensed.
    • 87 · Body in the Barn · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy February 1945; condensed.
    • 94 · By the Light of a Mushroom · George Weller · ss The Yale Review Autumn 1945; condensed.
    • 97 · The Sweater Girls · Lucile Hasley · ar Woman’s Day October 1945; condensed.
    • 100 · Or Would You Rather Be a Mule · [uncredited] · qz
    • 101 · The Listening House · Paul Hoffman · ss Woman’s Home Companion August 1945; condensed.
    • 105 · The Orchard · Arturo Barea · ss Lilliput August 1945; condensed.
    • 107 · Ports of Call · [uncredited] · qz
    • 108 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890; condensed.
    • 113 · It’s an Ill Wind · [uncredited] · ss Household Finance; condensed.
    • 114 · Paul’s Tale · Mary Norton · ss Story July/August 1945; condensed.
    • 117 · Girl from Apple Hill · [uncredited] · ss This Week; condensed.
    • 121 · You Be the Judge · [uncredited] · ms
    • 122 · Fancy Free · [uncredited] · ss Capper’s Farmer; condensed.
    • 124 · Captain Kidd and the Astor Fortune · Franklin H. Head · ar Forum and Century July 1931; condensed.
    • 130 · Answer · [uncredited] · ss The American Magazine; condensed.
    • 131 · The Secret of Sung’s Island · Robert Standish · ex from The Small General, Macmillan, 1945; condensed.
    • 144 · Speaking of Story · [uncredited] · ms
    • ibc. · Fiction Making for Fun and Profit · [uncredited] · ms

    Story Digest [v1 #3, September 1946] (digest)
    Issue not indexed.

    Strange Suicides   (about)
    Strange Suicides may well have been the most bizarre entry in the magazine field of the 1930’s. The magazine’s policy was given in the first issue. It was to cover “The choice of the most dramatic events in our field, but not to neglect the unknown”.

    The magazine included factual and fictionalized stories on actual suicides, articles on suicide, and excerpts from literature concerning suicide. Shakespeare, Dickens and Flaubert were all excerpted. Schopenhauer has an essay on suicide in the first issue.

    The true flavor of the magazine can best be caught in two separate articles. In the first issue the Executioner of France, M. Diebler has an article titled “Does Life Continue after Decapitation”. There is also a series discussing men who should have committed suicide. The first issue suggests Benedict Arnold and the second Oscar Wilde.

    • Publishers:
      • George Hill Publisher; New York: Strange Suicides.

    • Editors:

    Strange Suicides [Vol. I No. 1, January 1933] ed. Harold Hersey (George Hill, 15¢, 48pp, quarto)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • fc. · The Roll-Call of the Damned · [uncredited] · cl
    • 5 · Hangman Kills Self to End Haunting Memories · [uncredited] · ts
    • 6 · Does Life Continue After Decapitation? · [uncredited] · ar
    • 7 · John Ellis Haunted by His Past · [uncredited] · pt
    • 8 · Dickens Describes an Ex-Hangman · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Charles Dickens]
    • 10 · Verse on John Hulbert, Executioner of Sing Sing · [uncredited] · pm
    • 11 · The Little Confessor of Hollywood · [uncredited] · ts; “The drama of Paul Bern’s death”.
    • 17 · To My Beautiful Lost Angel · [uncredited] · ts; “Story of Ralph Barton’s suicide”.
    • 19 · Ralph Barton’s Last Letter · [uncredited] · ms
    • 29 · Announcement of Kreuger Article · [uncredited] · ms
    • 30 · Schopenhauer on Suicide · [uncredited] · ms
    • 31 · Full-Page Portrait of Schopenhauer · [uncredited] · pt
    • 33 · Men Who Should Have Committed Suicide: No. 1, Benedict Arnold · [uncredited] · ar
    • 36 · “I Married Reynolds for Love”, Says Libby Holman [Part 1 of 2] · [uncredited] · ts
    • 39 · Suicide Scenes from Shakespeare · [uncredited] · ms
    • 41 · Have We the Moral Right to Take Our Own Lives? · [uncredited] · ed
    • bc. · Heroines in Hell · [uncredited] · cl; “The death of Madame Bovary”.

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