Miscellaneous Anthologies
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- Western Album 1946 ed. Anon. (Swan, Nov ’45, 128pp, hc); [SH]
- Western Album 1947 ed. Anon. (Swan, 1946, 128pp, hc); [SH]
- When Darkness Falls ed. Anon. (Silhouette 0-373-21822-2, Oct 2003, $6.50, 377pp, pb); [BG]
- When You Wish... ed. Anon. (Bantam 0-553-57643-7, Oct ’97, $5.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers); [BG]
- Stakes Are High ed. Brent Ashabranner (Pennant Books P64, Sep ’54, 25¢, 168pp, pb)
- 1 • Blood Money • David Karp • ss Colliers Aug 7 ’53
- 9 • Taste • Roald Dahl • ss New Yorker Dec 8 ’51
- 21 • Everything Is Wild • James Thurber • ss New Yorker Apr 2 ’32
- 25 • The Most Dangerous Game • Richard Connell • nv Colliers Jan 19 ’24
- 44 • The Wager • Anton Chekhov; trans. by A. E. Chamot • ss The Grasshopper and Other Stories, Stanley Paul & Co., 1926
- 51 • Two Days Wasted in Kansas City • William Saroyan • ss, 1948
- 55 • Swindler’s Luck • Ben Hecht • ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 12 ’52
- 67 • Katz • Nelson Algren • ss, 1947
- 71 • A Piece of Pie • Damon Runyon • ss Colliers Aug 21 ’37
- 84 • Elementals • Stephen Vincent Benét • nv Cosmopolitan, 1922
- 107 • The Rocking-Horse Winner • D. H. Lawrence • ss The Ghost-Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1926
- 120 • The Resourceful Miss Railey • Irvin S. Cobb • ss Harper’s Bazaar Aug ’26
- 129 • A Watcher by the Dead • Ambrose Bierce • ss Short Stories Jul, 1890
- 138 • A Fowl Disaster • John Taintor Foote • ss Colliers Mar 19 ’21
- 152 • Gambler’s Luck • Albert Richard Wetjen • ss The Saturday Evening Post, 1940
- The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-279-1, Jul 2001, £6.99, xx+492pp, tp, cover by John Groves); Anthology of 22 historical war stories (14 original). Authors include Bulmer, Hodgson, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne. and F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre.
- The Mammoth Book of Men O’War ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-060-8, Sep ’99, £6.99, xvi+496pp, tp, cover by Geoff Hunt); Mainstream anthology of 18 “Stories from the Glory Days of Sail” (the late 18th and early 19th centuries), including 7 originals (one by Walter Jon Williams) and an excerpt from a “Fox” novel by Ken Bulmer.
- x • Introduction • Mike Ashley • in
- xii • Foreword • Alexander Kent • fw
- 1 • The Steeple Rock • Richard Woodman • nv *
- 41 • Siege of Toulon [from Path to Glory] • Showell Styles • ex London: Faber and Faber, 1952
- 65 • Billy Budd • Herman Melville • na London: Constable, 1924
- 147 • The Rescue [from Siege as by Adam Hardy; Fox] • Kenneth Bulmer • ex Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1973
- 156 • A Midshipman at Copenhagen • John Finlayson • nv *; From 19th century unpublished memoirs.
- 177 • The Battle of Elephant Bay • Richard Butler • ss *
- 197 • The China Fleet [from H. M S. Surprise] • Patrick O’Brian • ex Colliers, 1973
- 244 • The Enemy Within • Jane Jackson • ss *
- 263 • The Victory • John Frizell • ss *
- 278 • A Murderous Conflict [from Mr. Midshipman Easy] • Frederick Marryat • ex, 1836
- 288 • Hornblower’s Charitable Offering [Hornblower] • C. S. Forester • ss Argosy (UK) May ’41
- 301 • The Escape Agents • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne • na Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jul ’06 (+2)
- 358 • The Commander’s Wife • Harriet Hudson • ss *
- 375 • Davy Jones and the Yankee Privateer [from ‘Tom Cringle’s Log’] • Michael Scott • sl Blackwood’s, 1829
- 390 • The Nantucket Sleigh-Ride [Moby Dick] • Peter Garratt • ss *; As ‘Peter T. Garratt’ on the contents page.
- 420 • Dawn’s Early Light • Kenneth B. Atkinson • ss Argosy Oct 14 ’39
- 437 • The Last Battle • Walter Wood • ss The Royal Magazine Apr ’05
- 450 • The Stolen Command • Walter Jon Williams • nv *
- 491 • Checklist of Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820 • Mike Ashley • bi *; As ‘Appendix: A Guide to Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820’ on contents page.
- The Mammoth Book of Sword & Honour ed Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-123-X, Jun 2000, £6.99, xv+590pp, tp, cover by Gino D’Achille); Anthology of original/reprint stories of battle. Introduction by Bernard Cornwell. Authors include Twain, Bierce, Conrad, Jakes, Mundy, Tom Holt and Garry (Kilworth) Douglas. The cover title is The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honour.
- ix • Introduction • Mike Ashley • in
- xi • Foreword • Bernard Cornwell • fw
- 1 • The First Conflict [Alain Lausard] • Richard Howard • ss *; Episode from the extant, or forthcoming, Bonaparte’s Warriors (2000).
- 13 • Spiking the Guns • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne • ss The Strand Sep, 1893
- 22 • How the Redoubt was Taken • Prosper Mérimée • ss The Strand Feb, 1891; Original in French, in Mosaïque, 1883.
- 28 • The Duel • Joseph Conrad • na The Pall Mall Magazine, 1908
- 112 • Gallant’s Gamble [Jack Gallant] • Charles Partington • nv *
- 149 • “Every Man a King” • Clayton Emery • nv *
- 171 • Zodomirsky’s Duel • Alexandre Dumas • ss The Strand Jun, 1892
- 186 • High and Mighty • Tim Lebbon • nv *
- 212 • Perdita’s War [from The Distant Kingdom] • Daphne Wright • ex Michael Joseph, 1987; revised
- 238 • The Crossroads at Churubusco • John T. Aquino • ss *
- 254 • Damned Ranker • Paul Finch • nv *
- 290 • The Calvary Charge • Peter T. Garratt • nv *
- 322 • Vengeance • Pamela Brooks • ss *
- 337 • The Sharpshooter [Jack Crossman] • Garry Douglas • ss *
- 357 • The Fallen Plume • Tom Holt • ss *
- 376 • The Man Who Saw • Talbot Mundy • nv Adventure Oct ’12
- 397 • Flashman Besieged [from Flashman in the Great Game] • George MacDonald Fraser • ex Barrie & Jenkins, 1975
- 415 • The Private History of a Campaign That Failed • Mark Twain • nv The Century Dec, 1885
- 436 • The Little Regiment • Stephen Crane • nv McClure’s Jun, 1896
- 457 • Mercy at Gettysburg • John Jakes • ss USA Weekend Jul 4 ’94
- 463 • From a Soldier’s Wife • Bella Spencer • ss Harper’s Oct, 1864
- 483 • One of the Missing • Ambrose Bierce • ss San Francisco Examiner Mar 11, 1888
- 496 • The Storming of the Fort • Walter Wood • ss The Strand Aug, 1896
- 507 • Loved I Not Honour More • Amy Myers • ss *
- 523 • For Valour • L. T. Meade & Clifford Halifax • ss Pearson’s Magazine, 1897
- 543 • Sphinx • Clotilde Graves • ss Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas, 1898
- 564 • Appendix: Stories of the Victoria Cross • H. Greenhough Smith • ar
- The Best American Short Stories 1989 ed. Margaret Atwood & Shannon Ravenel (Houghton Mifflin, 1989, tp); [DKL]
- ix • Publisher’s Note • Anon. • ms
- xi • Introduction: Reading Blind • Margaret Atwood • in
- 1 • Fenstad’s Mother • Charles Baxter • ss Atlantic Monthly Sep ’88
- 15 • Customs of the Country • Madison Smartt Bell • ss Harper’s Feb ’88
- 30 • Living to Be a Hundred • Robert Boswell • ss The Iowa Review, 1988
- 49 • The Black Hand Girl • Blanche McCrary Boyd • ss Voice Literary Supplement, 1988
- 60 • Kubuku Rides (This Is It) • Larry Brown • ss Greensboro Review, 1988
- 75 • Ralph the Duck • Frederick Busch • ss The Quarterly, 1988
- 90 • White Angel • Michael Cunningham • ss New Yorker Jul 25 ’88
- 108 • The Flowers of Boredom • Rick DeMarinis • ss The Antioch Review, 1988
- 118 • Edie: A Life • Harriet Doerr • ss Epoch v36 #2 ’87
- 134 • The Concert Party • Mavis Gallant • nv New Yorker Jan 25 ’88
- 167 • Why I Decided to Kill Myself and Other Jokes • Douglas Glover • ss Translation, 1988
- 181 • Disneyland • Barbara Gowdy • ss North American Review, 1988
- 195 • Aunt Moon’s Young Man • Linda Hogan • nv The Missouri Review, 1988
- 216 • Displacement • David Wong Louie • ss Ploughshares, 1988
- 230 • The Management of Grief • Bharati Mukherjee • ss Fiction Network, 1988
- 247 • Meneseteung • Alice Munro • nv New Yorker, 1988
- 269 • What Men Love For • Dale Ray Phillips • ss Atlantic Monthly Apr ’88
- 281 • Strays • Mark Richard • ss Esquire Jul ’88
- 287 • Boy on a Train • Ralph Ellison • ss New Yorker Apr 29 ’96
- 302 • The Letter Writer • M. T. Sharif • ss AGNI Review, 1988
- Great Tales of City Dwellers ed. Alex Austin (Lion Library Editions #53, Nov ’55, 35¢, 192pp, pb, cover by Bob Maguire); (published by arrangement with Manvis Publications, Inc.) [TM]
- 7 • Meet the Girls! • James T. Farrell • ss Calico Shoes, Vanguard, 1934
- 35 • A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud • Carson McCullers • ss Harper’s Bazaar, 1943
- 44 • The Hollow Men • Thomas Wolfe • ex, 1940; from You Can’t Go Home Again, Harper & Bros. 1940.
- 66 • Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? • William Saroyan • ss Love, Here Is My Hat, 1938
- 70 • The Deal • Alice Denham • ss Discovery #5, ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1955
- 85 • Christ in Concrete • Pietro di Donato • ss Esquire, 1935; expanded for novel publication 1937.
- 100 • From the Diary of a New York Lady (During Days of Horror, Despair, and World Change) • Dorothy Parker • vi, 1933
- 105 • The Duchess • Vincent Patrick Malahan • ss *
- 117 • In Dreams Begin Responsibilities • Delmore Schwartz • ss, 1937
- 126 • A World Full of Great Cities • Joseph Heller • ss *
- 139 • How the Devil Came Down Division Street • Nelson Algren • ss Harper’s Bazaar May ’44
- 145 • The Night Before Prohibition • Conrad Aiken • ss, 1934
- 162 • The Girl with the Pimply Face • William Carlos Williams • ss Blast: A Magazine of Proletarian Short Stories Jun ’34
- 175 • A Millionaire’s Girl • F. Scott Fitzgerald • ss The Saturday Evening Post May 17 ’30
- 187 • A Foxhole in Washington • Budd Schulberg • ss New Yorker, 1944
- Women Without Men ed. Alex Austin (Lion LL 141, Jan ’57, 35¢, 189pp, pb)
- 7 • Depend on Aunt Elly • Nelson Algren • ss, 1947
- 23 • Adventure • Sherwood Anderson • ss, 1919
- 30 • The Skyblue Lady • Robert Lowry • ss, 1941
- 35 • Thistledown • Conrad Aiken • nv, 1934
- 63 • The Snake • John Steinbeck • ss The Monterey Beacon Jun 22 ’35
- 73 • Miss Brill • Katherine Mansfield • ss, 1922
- 78 • Skinny Millie’s Red-Headed Lover • Leonard Bishop • ss *
- 86 • Not Worthy of a Wentworth • William March • ss, 1945
- 97 • The Glass Eye • John Keir Cross • ss The Other Passenger, London: Westhouse, 1944
- 113 • Clay • James Joyce • ss The Dubliners, London: Cape, 1914
- 120 • Shirley’s Idea • James L. Collier • ss *
- 126 • La Lupa • Giovanni Verga; trans. by D. H. Lawrence • ss, 1928
- 131 • The Lovely Leave • Dorothy Parker • ss Woman’s Home Companion Dec ’43
- 146 • The Woman Who Rode Away • D. H. Lawrence • nv The Dial Jul-Aug ’25
- 183 • Love • William Saroyan • ss, 1934
- Winter’s Tales, New Series: 4 ed. Robin Baird-Smith (St. Martin’s 0-312-02480-0, 1988, $17.95, 280pp, hc); First American edition (Constable 1988).
- Winter’s Tales, New Series: 6 ed. Robin Baird-Smith (St. Martin’s 0-312-05299-5, 1990, 302pp, hc); First American edition (Constable 1990). [DKL]
- Winter’s Tales, New Series: 7 ed. Robin Baird-Smith (St. Martin’s 0-312-07122-1, 1991, $19.95, 304pp, hc); First American edition (Constable 1991).
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