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Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#10, 1943] (Avon Book Company, mg, 25¢, 162pp, digest) []
Subtitled “15 selected stories”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· Helen, I Love You · James T. Farrell · ss The American Mercury July 1932

· Can All This Grandeur Perish? · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Wanted: A Chauffeur · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Mr. Lunkhead, the Banker · James T. Farrell · ss The Nation May 20 1936

· A Front-Page Story · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Nostalgia · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· The Professor · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Mary O’Reilley · James T. Farrell · ss The Midland May 1931

· Soap · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Counting the Waves · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· After the Sun Has Risen · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· The Fate of a Hero · James T. Farrell · ss North American Review March 1938

· The Sport of Kings · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· A Jazz-Age Clerk · James T. Farrell · ss New Frontier July 1936

· The Fall of Machine Gun McGurk · James T. Farrell · ss The Canadian Forum July 1939

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 #478, 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 #45, 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 #66, 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)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#14, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Subtitled “22 Great Modern Stories from Jackpot”. Reprints 22 of the 75 stories from Jackpot by Erskine Caldwell (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· Meddlesome Jack · Erskine Caldwell · ss We Are the Living by Erskine Caldwell, The Viking Press, 1933

· The Medicine Man · Erskine Caldwell · ss We Are the Living by Erskine Caldwell, The Viking Press, 1933

· Horse Thief · Erskine Caldwell · ss Vanity Fair (US) November 1933

· Rachel · Erskine Caldwell · ss Clay Autumn 1931

· A Day’s Wooing · Erskine Caldwell · ss Redbook Magazine March 1935

· Warm River · Erskine Caldwell · ss Pagany January/March 1932

· Snacker · Erskine Caldwell · ss Cosmopolitan December 1937

· Where the Girls Were Different · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)

· The Visitor · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)

· It Happened Like This · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)

· My Old Man:

_ · I. The Night My Old Man Came Home · Erskine Caldwell · ss The New Yorker December 11 1937

_ · II. Handsome Brown and the Aggravating Goats · Erskine Caldwell · ss Georgia Boy by Erskine Caldwell, 1943

_ · III. My Old Man Hasn’t Been the Same Since · Erskine Caldwell · ss Georgia Boy by Erskine Caldwell, 1943

· People vs. Abe Lathan, Colored · Erskine Caldwell · ss Esquire August 1939

· Balm of Gilead · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story #76, March/April 1939

· The Midwinter Guest · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story #8, August 1932

· A Very Late Spring · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1930

· The Mating of Marjorie · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1930

· An Autumn Courtship · Erskine Caldwell · ss This Quarter March 1931

· The Corduroy Pants · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine May 1931

· The Girl Ellen · Erskine Caldwell · ss Vanity Fair (US) April 1935

· Yellow Girl · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story #11, February 1933

· A Knife to Cut the Corn Bread With · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)

· Savannah River Payday · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#15, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Subtitled “13 Great Stories”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

11 · A Watch and the Wilderness · Max Brand · ss The Elks Magazine September 1940

17 · Sunstroke · Ivan Bunin; translated by John Cournos · ss Story #20, March 1934

24 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936

34 · Panic · Daphne du Maurier · ss Saturday Review (UK) February 28 1931

42 · Remember Mother · Frances Eisenberg · ss Story #88, March/April 1941

54 · No Room at the Inn · Edna Ferber · ss Collier’s December 16 1939

60 · The Knot Hole · Dorothy Canfield · nv The Yale Review Spring 1943

78 · An Egg for the Major · C. S. Forester · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 13 1941

89 · The Boarding House · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

95 · You Can’t Do That [March family] · John P. Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 22 1935

115 · Mr. Nab · Ferenc Molnar · ss Story #95, May/June 1942

121 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

124 · Eighteenth Summer · Hallie Southgate · ss Story 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#16, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) []
Reprints 8 long short stories from We Are Ten by Fannie Hurst (Harper & Brothers, 1937).
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· Carrousel · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan January 1930

· Soiled Dove · Fannie Hurst · ss (r)

· Elaine, Daughter of Elaine · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan October 1937

· God Made Little Apples · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1932

· Hattie Turner versus Hattie Turner · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan August 1934

· Nothing Ever Happens · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1935

· The Laugh Was on Harry · Fannie Hurst · ss (r)

· Home, James! · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan June 1936

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#17, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Subtitled “Selected Great Stories”. Abridged from The Hills Beyond by Thomas Wolfe (Harper, 1941).
Details taken from eBay listing.

· No Cure for It · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· Gentlemen of the Press · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· A Kinsman of the Blood · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· Chickamauga · Thomas Wolfe · nv The Yale Review Winter 1938

· The Return of the Prodigal · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· The Lion at Morning · Thomas Wolfe · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2757, October 1941

· The Battle of Hogwart Heights · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· The Lost Boy · Thomas Wolfe · nv Redbook Magazine November 1937

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#18, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Reprints 5 of the 6 stories in Ah King by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1933).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents.

11 · Ah King · Somerset Maugham · pr Heinemann, 1933

12 · Footprints in the Jungle · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan January 1927

35 · The Door of Opportunity · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan October 1931

59 · The Vessel of Wrath · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan April 1931

86 · The Book-Bag · Somerset Maugham · nv The Book-Bag: 20 Best Short Stories in Ray Long’s 20 Years as an Editor ed. Ray Long, Crown, 1932

113 · The Back of Beyond · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan July 1931, as “The Right Thing Is the Kind Thing”

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#19, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Reprints They Brought Their Women by Edna Ferber (Doubleday, 1932).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

12 · Preface · Edna Ferber · pr 1932

13 · Glamour · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan March 1932

30 · Fräulein · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan October 1932

47 · Meadow Lark · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan July 1930

60 · Hey! Taxi! · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan January 1928

76 · Wall Street—’28 · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan August 1928, as “Nine to Five
9 to 5”

90 · They Brought Their Women · Edna Ferber · nv Cosmopolitan July 1932

106 · No Foolin’ · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan December 1931

122 · Keep It Holy · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan May 1933

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#20, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Twelve great modern stories: a new collection”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber · Ernest Hemingway · nv Cosmopolitan September 1936

38 · If God Can Be Amused · Lloyd C. Douglas · ss The American Magazine December 1933

53 · Nothing So Monstrous · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932

70 · Onward, Sons of Ingersoll! · Sinclair Lewis · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1935

87 · Princess O’Hara · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s March 3 1934

100 · Into Egypt · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Tales Before Midnight by Stephen Vincent Benét, Farrar, 1939

110 · The Sage of Fountain Inn · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan September 1933

118 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

126 · Let There Be Honour · Kay Boyle · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 8 1941

143 · Fishing · H. E. Bates · ss The Manchester Guardian February 3 1928

146 · Beaver · Hal Borland · ss Story #25, August 1934

153 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#21, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 166pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Twelve Great Stories”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents.

11 · Baby Mike · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

26 · Mr. Gremmer · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

32 · A Teamster’s Payday · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

52 · Street Scene · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

59 · High-School Star · James T. Farrell · nv To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

83 · Autumn Afternoon · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

97 · Yesterday’s Love · James T. Farrell · ss $1000 a Week by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1942

103 · The Scoop · James T. Farrell · ss The Daily Worker 1934

109 · The Oratory Contest · James T. Farrell · ss Can All This Grandeur Perish? by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1937

125 · Jim O’Neill · James T. Farrell · ss A Year Magazine 1933

135 · A Noble Guy · James T. Farrell · ss Can All This Grandeur Perish? by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1937

147 · Children of the Times · James T. Farrell · ss Can All This Grandeur Perish? by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1937

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