Miscellaneous Anthologies Index

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The Western Story: Fact, Fiction and Myth ed. Philip Durham & Everett L. Jones (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1975, tp) [Western] “A distinguished anthology: Five factual essays by such as TR, Hough, and Jack Schaefer; 16 short stories by our best, six mythological evocations.” Note: Only those selections categorized as fiction are listed; however, those items under fact and myth include material by writers of fiction such as Jack Schaefer, Zane Grey. The other pieces consist of academic studies and critical reviews. Stampede! · Allan Bosworth · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 2 1950 Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week Jun 7 1936 The Indian Well · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss Accent Spr 1943 The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Jun 1897 The Tin Star · John M. Cunningham · ss Collier’s Dec 6 1947 The Trap · Clay Fisher · ss 1962 The Scarecrow · Vardis Fisher · ss Frontier and Midland 1934 Canyon Walls · Zane Grey · na Ladies Home Journal Oct 1930 (+2) The Guns of William Longley · Donald Hamilton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars, ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett 1967 Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Oct 1869 Stage to Lordsburg · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s Apr 10 1937 All Gold Canyon · Jack London · nv The Century Magazine Nov 1905 Hopalong Sits In [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence Mulford · nv Short Stories Jan 10 1930 Top Hand · Luke Short · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 30 1943 Gun Job · Thomas Thompson · ss Collier’s Feb 28 1953 Balaam and Pedro · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s Monthly Jan 1894

Tall Short Stories ed. Eric Duthie (Ace Star K-113, 1960, 50¢, 352pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1959) anthology. 9 · Introduction · Eric Duthie · in I. The Natural Liar 17 · A.V. Laider · Max Beerbohm · ss The Century Magazine Jun 1916 37 · A Funny Thing [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss 42 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 18 1911 II. The Air of Truth 46 · Mrs. Jorkens [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan Oct 1930, as “The Mermaid’s Husband” 62 · The Misadventures of a Matrimonial Swindler · Karel Capek · ss Tales from Two Pockets, London: Faber 1932 69 · Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker Mar 1 1930, as “Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee” 72 · Flurry at the Sheep Dog Trial · Eric Knight · ss 77 · Astonished Father · Bernard Glemser · ss 88 · The Woman in the Case · Anton Chekhov · ss 94 · The Contraption · Rhys Davies · ss Printers’ Pie #1 1950 103 · Song at Twilight · Wolcott Gibbs · ss 108 · The Window · Guy de Maupassant · ss 114 · Idle Tears [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The (London) Evening News Feb 6 1951 118 · The B.B.I. · A. J. Alan · ss III. The Wolf Strain: A Ferocious Pack 129 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground 1935 140 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker Oct 21 1939 141 · Fallen Star · John Collier · ss 153 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker Jun 1 1940 160 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch Feb 1955 165 · On Guard · Evelyn Waugh · ss 175 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time & Tide Nov 12 1932 (+1) IV. The Hyperbolist 188 · The Great French Duel · Mark Twain · ss 195 · Guest of the Redshields · Christina Stead · ss 199 · The Background · Saki · ss 202 · Pigs Is Pigs · Ellis Parker Butler · ss The American Magazine Sep 1905 211 · A Cross Action [Albert Haddock] · A. P. Herbert · ss 216 · How the Brigadier Slew the Fox [Brigadier Gerard] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss 229 · The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones · Stephen Leacock · ss 231 · Maxim’s at Fifty Thousand Feet · Art Buchwald · ss 235 · The Golden Scilens · Sir John Squire · ss V. Science Fiction Surpassed 247 · The Vanishing Man · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time, Chatto & Windus 1926 250 · No Strings Attached · Ray Bradbury · ss Startling Stories Mar 1949, as “Marionettes, Inc.” 258 · Elixir of Love · C. S. Forester · ss 266 · Do Insects Think? · Robert Benchley · ss 267 · The Truth About Pyecraft · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Apr 1903 277 · God and the Machine · Nigel Balchin · ss 1951 VI. Life the Great Tall Story 288 · I’ll Always Call You Schnorrer, My African Explorer · S. J. Perelman · ss 296 · The Extraordinary Cabman · G. K. Chesterton · ss 299 · The Perfect Game · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News Aug 11 1906 303 · The Rightful Heir · Archibald Marshall · ss 306 · The Bus · Archibald Marshall · ss 309 · The Man with the Heart in the Highlands · William Saroyan · ss VII. Upside Down-Inside Out 317 · The Carmanship of Godfrey Plaste · Stephen Potter · ss 322 · Quigley 873 [from The Night the Old Nostalgia Burned Down] · Frank Sullivan · ss J.M. Dent 328 · The Honest Man and the Devil · Hilaire Belloc · ss 333 · Mr. Havlena’s Verdict · Karel Capek · ss Tales from Two Pockets, London: Faber 1932 339 · If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker Dec 6 1930 342 · Love Is a Fallacy · Max Shulman · ss Cosmopolitan Jun 1951

Mondo Elvis ed. Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody (St. Martin’s Press 0-312-10505-3, Jan ’94, $12.95, 228pp, tp) xi · Introduction · Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody · in 1 · Tupelo · Nick Cave · pm 4 · From Tender · Mark Childress · ex 16 · Young Elvis · Cornelius Eady · pm 17 · From Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After the Ed Sullivan Show · Samuel Charters · ex 22 · Words and Pictures · Rachel Salazar · ss 30 · Elvis Cuts Loose · Eleanor Earle Crockett · ss 39 · Blue Suede Shoes · Diane Wakoski · pm 42 · Jungle Music: The All-Time All-Star 1950s Rock ‘n’ Roll Movie · Greil Marcus · ss 49 · Ike at the Mike · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni Jun 1982 64 · From Cousins · Judy Vernon · ex 72 · W.C.W. Watching Presley’s Second Appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”: Mercy Hospital, Newark, 1956 · David Wojahn · pm 74 · The Assassination of Robert Goulet, As Performed by Elvis Presley: Memphis , 1968 · David Wojahn · pm 75 · Nixon Names Elvis Honorary Federal Narcotics Agent At Oval Office Ceremony, 1973 · David Wojahn · pm 76 · Elvis Moving a Small Cloud: The Desert Near Las Vegas, 1976 · David Wojahn · pm 77 · At Graceland with a Six Year Old, 1985 · David Wojahn · pm 78 · Pharaoh’s Palace (Memphis, 1988) · David Wojahn · pm 81 · From Stark Raving Elvis · William McCranor Henderson · ex 84 · From The Girl Who Loved Elvis · Susie Mee · ex 94 · Elvis, Axl, and Me · Janice Eidus · ss 101 · Elvis P. and Emma B. · Elizabeth Ash · pm 102 · From Elvis Presley Boulevard · Mark Winegardner · ex 113 · From Graced Land · Laura Kalpakian · ex 135 · Sproing! [1987] · Eri Makino · ss Monkey Brain Sushi, ed. Alfred Birnbaum, Kodansha 1991 152 · An Elvis for the Ages · Lynne McMahon · pm 154 · Elvis’s Bathroom · Pagan Kennedy · ss The Village Voice 1989 170 · The Annunciation · Rafael Alvarez · ss 189 · The Resurrection of Elvis Presley · Ai · pm 192 · The Elvis Cults · Michael Wilkerson · ss 203 · Elvis · Brian Gilmore · pm 208 · Elvis in Perspective · Cathryn Hankla · ss 224 · Contributors · [Misc.] · bg

Mondo Marilyn ed. Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody (St. Martin’s, 1995, xiii+193pp, tp) For Marilyn M. · Charles Bukowski · ss Marilyn Monroe Comes to Rock Falls · Leslie Pietrzyk · ss Marilyn Poses on Red Satin · Lyn Lifshin · pm Marilyn Monroe Knows She Should Make Herself · Lyn Lifshin · pm Marilyn Monroe Longs for a Siamese Twin · Lyn Lifshin · pm From The Missing Person · Doris Grumbach · ex Marilyns · Jeanne Beaumont · ss From Queen of Desire · Sam Toperoff · ex Saturday Afternoon, June, Long Island, New York · Julia P. Dulmer · ss From Motor City · Bill Morris · ex I Have Come to Claim · Judy Grahn · ss From Son of Celluloid · Clive Barker · ex From Marilyn’s Daughter · John Rechy · ex Something’s Got to Give · David Trinidad · ss Waiting to See · L. A. Lantz · ss From Atomic Candy · Phyllis Burke · ex Marilyn Monroe - Neon and Waltzes · Nanci Griffith · ss You: Coma: Marilyn Monroe · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #27 1966 A Dream Can Make a Difference · Beth Meacham · ss By Any Other Fame, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW 1993 Marilyn Sightings · Tom Whalen · ss The Real Marilyn Monroe · Hillary Johnson · ss Sex Appeal · Rita Valencia · ss Dead Talk · Lynne Tillman · ss ***Marilyn Monroe*** · Michael Lally · ss Untitled · Michael Lally · ss Marilyn Gets a New Dress · Eleanor E. Crockett · ss Marilyn Monroe Returns · Robert Peters · pm Twenty-Six Marilyns... · Michael Hemmingson · ss Marilyn, My Mother, Myself · Gregg Shapiro · ss First Authentic Star of the New Cinema · Taylor Mead · ss From Life After Death · Susan Compo · ex From The Angel Carver · Rosanne Daryl Thomas · ss The Death of Marilyn Monroe · Sharon Olds · pm

The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories ed. Roberto González Echevarría (Oxford University Press 0-19-513085-5, Sep ’99, £11.99, xiv+481pp, tp, cover by Flora Fong & Leah Lococo) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1997) anthology of 53 stories written over the last 500 years, including myths, fantasies, magical realism, and mainstream works. Each author, and each section, has a separate introduction. The simultaneous US edition with a UK price. xi · Preface · Roberto González Echevarría · pr 3 · Introduction · Roberto González Echevarría · in 23 · Part I: The Colonial Period · Roberto González Echevarría · si 25 · How the Men Were Parted from the Women · Fray Ramón Pané; trans. by Sarah Arvio · ss * 28 · A Maiden’s Story · Popul Vuh; trans. by Ralph Nelson · ss 1974 31 · Tocay Capac, the First Inca · Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala; trans. by Rolena Adorno · ss * 34 · Plague of Ants · Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas; trans. by Sandra Ferdman · ss 39 · The Story of Pedro Serrano · Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca; trans. by Harold V. Livermore · ss 1966 43 · The Adventurer Who Pretended That He Was a Bishop · Gaspar de Villarroel; trans. by Roberto González Echevarría · ss 46 · Amorous and Military Adventures · Catalina De Erauso (“The Lieutenant Nun”); trans. by Michele & Gabriel Stepto · ss 1996 50 · A Deal with Juana García · Juan Rodríguez Freyle; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss 57 · Part II: New Nations · Roberto González Echevarría · si 59 · The Slaughter House · Esteban Echevarría; trans. by Angel Flores · ss 1959 73 · The Tiger of the Plains · Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; trans. by Kathleen Ross · ss 1977 76 · He Who Listens May Hear - To His Regret: Confidence of a Confidence · Juana Manuela Gorriti; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss 85 · Fray Gómez’s Scorpion · Ricardo Palma; trans. by Harriet De Onís · ss 1945 89 · Where and How the Devil Lost His Poncho · Ricardo Palma; trans. by Harriet De Onís · ss 1945 95 · Midnight Mass · Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; trans. by William L. Grossman & Helen Caldwell · ss 1963 103 · Part III: The Contemporary Period · Roberto González Echevarría · si 105 · The Death of the Empress of China · Rubén Darío; trans. by Sarah Arvio · ss 111 · Yzur · Leopoldo Lugones; trans. by Gregory Woodruff · ss 1974 118 · The Decapitated Chicken · Horacio Quiroga; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss 1976 125 · The Baby in Pink Buckram · Jaão (Paulo Barreto) do Rio; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · ss 131 · The Man Who Resembled a Horse · Rafael Arévalo Martínez; trans. by William George & William Carlos Williams · ss 1944 141 · The Braider · Ricardo Güiraldes; trans. by Christine A. Dolan · ss 144 · The Man Who Knew Javanese · Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · ss 153 · Peace on High · Rómulo Gallegos; trans. by Hardie St. Martin · ss 1962 159 · The Christmas Turkey · Mário de Andrade; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · ss * 165 · The Daisy Dolls · Felisberto Hernández; trans. by Luis Harss · nv 1993 201 · The Photograph · Enrique Amorim; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss * 205 · The Clearing · Luisa Mercedes Levinson; trans. by Sarah Arvio · ss * 211 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luis Borges; trans. by Helen Temple & Ruthven Todd · ss Ficciones, Weidenfeld Nicolson 1962 221 · Journey Back to the Source · Alejo Carpentier; trans. by Harriet De Onís · ss 1970 233 · The Tree · María Luisa Bombal; trans. by Richard Cunningham & Cunningham Lucia · ss New Islands and Other Stories, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1982 242 · The Legend of “El Cadejo” · Miguel Angèl Asturias; trans. by Hardie St. Martin · ss 1963 247 · Encarnacíon Mendoza’s Christmas Eve · Juan Bosch; trans. by Susan Herman · ss * 256 · The Third Bank of the River · João Guimarães Rosa; trans. by William L. Grossman · ss 1967 261 · The Image of Misfortune · Juan Carlos Onetti; trans. by Daniel Balderstone · nv 1990 284 · Tell Them Not to Kill Me! · Juan Rulfo; trans. by George D. Schade · ss 1967 290 · Hahn’s Pentagon · Osman Lins; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · nv * 312 · The Switchman · Juan José Arreola; trans. by George D. Schade · ss 1964 318 · The Featherless Buzzards · Julio Ramón Ribeyro; trans. by Dianne Douglas · ss 1993 327 · Meat · Virgilio Piñera; trans. by Mark Schafer · ss Cold Tales, Eridanos Press 1956; Revised by Thomas Christensen. 330 · Unborn · Augusto Roa Bastos; trans. by Helen Lane · ss 1969 337 · The Night Face Up [1956] · Julio Cortázar; trans. by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game and Other Stories, Random House 1967 345 · Cooking Lesson · Rosario Castellanos; trans. by Maureen Ahern · ss 1988 354 · The Doll Queen [1969] · Carlos Fuentes; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss Antæus #13/14 1974 367 · The Walk · José Donoso; trans. by Andrée Conrad · ss 1967 383 · Balthazar’s Marvelous Afternoon · Gabriel García Márquez; trans. by Gerome Bernstein · ss 1968 390 · The Challenge · Mario Vargas Llosa; trans. by Gregory Kolovakos & Ronald Christ · ss 1979 400 · The Crime of the Mathematics Professor · Clarice Lispector; trans. by William L. Grossman · ss 1972 406 · Buried Statues · Antonio Benítez Rojo; trans. by Lee H. Williams, Jr. · ss * 419 · A Woman’s Back · José Balza; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss * 428 · The Warmth of Things · Nélida Piñón; trans. by Helen Lane · ss * 433 · Penelope · Dalton Trevisan; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · ss 1972; revised 438 · The Threshold · Cristina Peri Rossi; trans. by Mary Jane Treacy · ss 1993 443 · The Parade Ends · Reinaldo Arenas; trans. by Andrew Bush · ss The Paris Review Sum 1981 462 · When Women Love Men · Rosario Ferré; trans. by Rosario Ferré & Cindy Ventura · ss The Youngest Doll, University of Nebraska Press 1991 473 · Selected Bibliography · [Misc.] · bi 477 · Author Index · [Misc.] · bi

The Ghostly Bell Ringer and Other Mysteries ed. Editors of Highlights for Children (Boyds Mills Press 1-878093-39-8, 1992, 96pp, tp) 7 · The Ghostly Bell Ringer · Jeanette Brown · ss 13 · Riddle of the Missing Piece · Kathleen Stevens · ss 19 · The Secret Hiding Place · June Swanson · ss 25 · Super Sleuth Samantha · Jennifer Schulze · ss 31 · The Mystery of the Lost Voice · Pauline Watson · ss 37 · The Mail-Slot Mystery · Jeffie Ross Gordon · ss 43 · The Key in the Heart Mystery · Marilyn Kratz · ss 49 · The Secret of the Summer Clock · Linda Stankard-Green · ss 57 · The Mystery Prize · Edith Gilmore · ss 63 · The Mystery of the Clanging Buoy · Janet Poling · ss 69 · Smart Art and the Wheeler Dealers · Sally Kellogg · ss 75 · The Case of the Missing Science Book · Jeanne Iacono Martin · ss 83 · Mystery of the Missing Mouse · Tina Tibbitts · ss 91 · The Hayride Mystery · Rosalie Maggio · ss

Ghosts and Shadows ed. Dorothy Edwards (Guildford: Lutterworth Press, 1980, £4.95, 160pp, hc) Anthology of 46 stories, extracts, anecdotes and poems designed for the younger reader. Illustrated by Jane Walmsley. 9 · “Now It Is the Time of Night” [from A Midsummer Night’s Dream] · William Shakespeare · pm 1593 10 · The Skeleton Who Smiled · Angela Pickering · ss * 17 · The Quick and the Dead · Dorothy Edwards · pm * 18 · The Wind of Heaven · Violet Bibby · ss * 25 · Three-Quarter Ghosts · Dorothy Edwards · nf * 26 · Sally Simpkin’s Lament · Thomas Hood · pm 28 · Bill’s Ghost · Catherine Storr · ss * 38 · I Am the Ghost of Old Tom Barrett! · Anon. · pm 38 · The Ghost That Got Into Our House [from “The Night the Ghost Got In”] · James Thurber · ex The New Yorker Aug 12 1933 39 · The Dripping Ghost · Dorothy Edwards · nf * 41 · The Damp Spectre · Dorothy Edwards · ss * 43 · Night Terrors · Thomas Gay · pm 44 · Where’s Angelina? · Geraldine Kaye · ss * 49 · A Journey to Euston · Dorothy Edwards · nf * 51 · Beaky Brooks · Frank Charles · ss * 60 · The Only Ghost I Ever Saw · Gwen Raverat · nf 62 · The Farys’ Mist-Gate · Ruth Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties, ed. Ruth Tongue, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970 64 · The White Cat · Pamela Sykes · ss * 69 · The Fairies · William Allingham · pm The Music Master 1855 71 · The Stolen Lady · Mary Webb · pm 72 · Friend Nimmy · Dorothy Edwards · ss * 77 · The Changeling · Shirley Toulson · pm 79 · Midsummer Ghost · Ruth McDonald · ss * 87 · Rycharde Herne · Anon. · pm 87 · Herne’s Horne · Ruth Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties, ed. Ruth Tongue, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970 89 · Candlemas Eve · Robert Herrick · pm 90 · Twelfth Night Till Candlemas · Ruth Paine · ss * 96 · Emperors of the Island · Dannie Abse · pm 98 · Lost and Found · Marjorie Darke · ss * 103 · The Shell · James Stephens · pm 1916 105 · The Mill-Water · Edward Thomas · pm 106 · The Noontide Ghost · Ruth Tongue · ss Forgotten Folk Tales of the English Counties, ed. Ruth Tongue, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970 107 · Woak Hill · William Barnes · pm 109 · Joanna’s Secret · Pauline Hill · ss * 116 · The Nine o’Clock Horses · Angela Pickering · pm 117 · Tom Pearse’s Old Mare · Anon. · pm 118 · There Used to Be Horses Everywhere · Dorothy Edwards · ss * 129 · Sea-Gulls · Norah Holland · pm 131 · The Shadow Man · Margaret Gore · ss * 135 · The Shadow Stealers · Dorothy Edwards · pm * 137 · Chime Children · Ruth Tongue · ex 1968 139 · The Gabble-Ratchets · Kathleen Hersom · ss * 145 · The Ghost Who Couldn’t Frighten Anyone · Dorothy Edwards · ss * 150 · Song · George Macdonald · pm 150 · At Dead of Night · Ivy Russell · ss * 160 · The Way Through the Woods · Rudyard Kipling · pm