Miscellaneous Anthologies
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- Best Little Magazine Fiction 1971 ed. Curt Johnson & Alvin Greeberg (NYU Press, 1971, hc); [TM]
- Stories of Strange Happenings ed. Eleanor M. Johnson, Poldi Wittels & Barbara Nolen (Columbus, Ohio: American Education Publications, 1959, 128pp, hc); Also contains 15 poems and a “Riddles” page. Heavily illustrated.
- Rough Around the Edges ed. Susan Johnson (St. Martins 0-312-96599-0, Jun ’98, $5.99, 312pp, pb)
- High Gear ed. Evan Jones (Bantam Pathfinder EP32, Jul ’63, 45¢, 184pp, pb); Reissue (Bantam, Mar ’55).
- 1 • First Skirmish • Henry Gregor Felsen • ss, 1954
- 16 • Change of Plan • Ken Purdy • ss Atlantic Monthly Sep ’52
- 23 • Dirt-Track Thunder • William Campbell Gault • ss Argosy, 1946
- 38 • The Ragged Edge • William F. Nolan • ss Sports Car Journal, 1957
- 52 • The Affair of the Wayward Jeep • Bill Mauldin • ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27 ’53
- 68 • Elimination Race • John D. MacDonald • ss Colliers Sep 13 ’52
- 83 • Smashup • James Thurber • ss New Yorker Oct 5 ’35
- 89 • Head-On • Robert Switzer • ss Esquire, 1953
- 94 • Hearse of the Speedway • Peter Granger • ss Esquire, 1936
- 105 • 1924 Cadillac for Sale • William Saroyan • ss, 1948
- 110 • Money on Morgan • Robert Westerby • ss Esquire, 1938
- 117 • The $20,000,000 Decision • Cameron Hawley • ss Colliers Jan 22 ’54
- 136 • Throttle Shy • Frank Harvey • ss Argosy Sep ’52
- 150 • The Phantom Flivver • Frank Luther Mott • ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 28 ’50
- 161 • A Model T Named “It” • John Steinbeck • ss Ford Times Jul ’53
- 165 • The Magnificent Torpedo • Dean Evans • ss Argosy Oct ’51
- 178 • Flags in Castelfiorentino • Francis Steegmuller • ss New Yorker, 1951
- The Editor Regrets... ed. George Joseph (London: Michael Joseph, 1937, hc); Original anthology of stories rejected by magazines.
- Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women: A Routledge Anthology ed. Harriet Devine Jump (Routledge 0-415-16782-5, Jul ’98, $24.99, 464pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.
- • Introduction • Harriet Devine Jump • in
- • The Limerick Gloves • Maria Edgeworth • ss
- • The Story of Sir Bertrand • Anna L. Barbauld • ss Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose, 1773
- • Cousin Mary • Mary Russell Mitford • ss
- • The Three Damsels • David Lynsay • ss
- • Lady Evelyn Savile’s Three Trials • Catherine Gore • ss
- • The Mortal Immortal • Mary Shelley • ss The Keepsake, 1834, 1833
- • Sefton Church • Letitia E. Landon • ss
- • The Manchester Marriage • Elizabeth Gaskell • ss
- • Eveline’s Visitant • Mary Elizabeth Braddon • ss Belgravia Jan, 1867
- • Sister Johanna’s Story • Amelia Edwards • ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1872
- • The Mystery at Number Seven • Ellen Wood • nv Argosy (UK) Jan-Feb, 1877
- • A Railway Journey • Lady Margaret Majendie • ss
- • The End of Her Journey • Lucy Clifford • ss
- • A Wicked Voice • Vernon Lee • nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories, London: Heinemann, 1890
- • A Dream of Wild Bees • Olive Schreiner • ss
- • A Cross Line • George Egerton • ss 1893Keynotes, London: John Lane, 1893
- • Urmi: The Story of a Queen • Cornelia Sorabji • ss
- • The Pleasure-Pilgrim • Ella D’Arcy • ss
- • Suggestion • Ada Leverson • ss The Yellow Book Apr, 1895
- • A Correspondence • Netta Syrett • ss
- • A Knot of Ribbon • Laurence Alma-Tadema • ss
- • An Idyll in Millinery • Menie Muriel Dowie • ss
- • The Sweet o’the Year • Ella Hepworth Dixon • ss
- • Another Freak • Mary Angela Dickens • ss
- • The Other Anna • Evelyn Sharp • ss
- • Lucy Wren • Ada Radford • ss
- • Amor Vincit Omnia • Flora Annie Steel • ss
- • A Story of a Wedding Tour • Margaret Oliphant • ss
- • References and Further Reading • Misc. Material • ms
- The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan ed. Suzanne Kamata (Stone Bridge Press 1-880-65631-0, Nov ’97, $18.95, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.
- Hispanic-American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology ed. Nicolas Kanellos (Addison-Wesley 0-673-46956-5, Feb ’95, $19.69, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.
- The Brave Ones ed. Marvin Allen Karp (Popular Library, 1965, pb); Anthology of war stories. [Morgan Holmes]
- • The Collaborator • John W. Thomason, Jr. • ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 22 ’44; North China Marines in Jap P.O.W. camp.
- • The Soldier Who Had No Gun • Paul Horgan • nv The Saturday Evening Post Oct 13 ’51; WWII Italy.
- • The Trap • Hal G. Evarts • ss The Saturday Evening Post, 1943; WWII Burma.
- • Night Attack • Harry Olive • ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 12 ’52; Korean War.
- • The Raid • Mark Sufrin • ss Man’s World, 1963; WWII Central Pacific.
- • Operation Chistrose • William Chamberlain • ss Argosy, 1963; WWII Battle of the Bulge.
- Cabbage and Bones: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Irish American Women’s Fiction ed. Caledonia Kearns (Holt 0-805-05579-7, Nov ’97, $24.95, 304pp, hc); Contents from Amazon.com.
- • Foreword • Maureen Howard • fw
- • Introduction • Caledonia Kearns • in
- 3 • Noel Coward and Mrs. Griffin • Ruth McKenney • ss, 1938
- 11 • C.Y.E. • Mary McCarthy • ss, 1944
- 21 • excerpt from The Parish and the Hill • Mary Doyle Curran • ex, 1948
- 35 • excerpt from Hour of Spring • Maureen Howard • ex, 1948
- 56 • excerpt from Bridgeport Bus • Maureen Howard • ex, 1965
- 69 • Life After Death • Elizabeth Cullinan • ss, 1976
- 86 • One of Them Gets Married • Jean McGarry • ss, 1985
- 97 • The Lover of Horses • Tess Gallagher • ss, 1986
- 111 • Nijinsky • Maura Stanton • ss, 1988
- 129 • Queen Wintergreen • Alice Fulton • ss, 1992
- 144 • excerpt from At Weddings and Wakes • Alice McDermott • ex, 1992
- 164 • Mary’s Departure • Kathleen Ford • ss, 1993
- 182 • My Father’s Boat • Mary McGarry Morris • ss, 1993
- 199 • My Father’s Alcoholism • Eileen Myles • ss, 1994
- 214 • excerpt from One True Thing • Anna Quindlen • ex, 1994
- 228 • Versus • Jennifer C. Cornell • ss, 1996
- 233 • Pork Chops • Eileen Fitzgerald • ss, 1996
- 251 • City Life • Mary Gordon • ss Ploughshares v22 #1 ’96
- 272 • Daily Affirmations • Erin McGraw • ss, 1996
- 294 • Famine Fever • Helena Mulkerns • ss, 1996
- 301 • Achill Ancestors and a Stranger • Maureen Brady • ss, 1997
- 314 • excerpt from The Map of Ireland • Stephanie Grant • ex, 1997
- 324 • The Other Woman • Valerie Sayers • ss, 1997
- 337 • How Ireland Lost the World Cup • Annie Callan • ss, 1997
- 351 • About the Authors • Misc. Material • bg
- The Best American Short Stories 1998 ed. Garrison Keillor (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-87515-3, Oct ’98, $27.50, 352pp, hc); Contents from Amazon.com.
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