The FictionMags Index

Book Contents Lists: Page 1492

Stories for Tonight (Avon, 1955, 644, 25¢, 125pp, pb, an) · Two Soldiers · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 28 1942 · Old Men and Boys · Charles Jackson · ss (r) · A Third Fragment from “The Rosy Crucifixion” · Henry Miller · ex (r) · A Tree of Night · Truman Capote · ss Harper’s Bazaar October 1945 · The Lovely Lady · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 · Bella Fleace Gave a Party · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1933 · A Snake of One’s Own · John Steinbeck · ss Esquire February 1938 · The Rest Cure · Aldous Huxley · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929

Stories from The New Yorker 1950-1960 (Penguin, 1965, 864pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Penguin 1960) anthology. · The Man of the World · Frank O’Connor · ss The New Yorker July 28 1956 · Lance · Vladimir Nabokov · ss The New Yorker February 2 1952 · The Golden West · Daniel Fuchs · ss The New Yorker July 10 1954 · Just a Little More · V. S. Pritchett · ss The New Yorker February 28 1959 · Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters · J. D. Salinger · ss The New Yorker November 19 1955 · Bernadette · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker January 12 1957 · The Bell of Charity · Calvin Kentfield · ss The New Yorker July 16 1955 · Chopin · Natacha Stewart · ss The New Yorker August 25 1956 · Immortality · Robert Henderson · ss The New Yorker February 7 1959 · The Happiest I’ve Been · John Updike · ss The New Yorker January 3 1959 · The French Scarecrow · William Maxwell · ss The New Yorker October 6 1956 · The Code · Richard T. Gill · ss The New Yorker January 5 1957 · What You Heard from ’Em? · Peter Taylor · ss The New Yorker · Sentimental Education · Harold Brodkey · nv The New Yorker July 6 1957 · Death of a Favourite · J. F. Powers · ss The New Yorker July 1 1950 · In a Cafe · Mary Lavin · ss The New Yorker February 13 1960 · Defender of the Faith · Philip Roth · nv The New Yorker March 14 1959 · In the Village · Elizabeth Bishop · ss The New Yorker December 19 1953 · A Father-to-Be · Saul Bellow · ss The New Yorker February 5 1955 · Three Players of a Summer Game · Tennessee Williams · nv The New Yorker November 1 1952 · Can’t You Get Me Out of Here? · Julia Strachey · ss The New Yorker January 23 1960 · Ask Me No Questions · Mary McCarthy · ss The New Yorker March 23 1957 · A Game of Catch · Richard Wilbur · ss The New Yorker July 18 1953 · Elegant Economy · Edith Templeton · ss The New Yorker October 4 1958 · First Dark · Elizabeth Spencer · na The New Yorker June 20 1959 · Wedding at Rociada · Oliver La Farge · ss The New Yorker June 16 1951 · Cote d’Azur · Roger Angell · ss The New Yorker June 11 1960 · The White Wild Bronco · Benedict Kiely · ss The New Yorker December 20 1958 · The Champion of the World · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker January 31 1959 · Terror and Grief · Niccolò Tucci · ss The New Yorker November 15 1958 · The Parson · Penelope Mortimer · ss The New Yorker · I Live on Your Visits · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker January 15 1955 · The Rose, the Mauve, the White · Elizabeth Taylor · ss The New Yorker June 22 1957 · Reason Not the Need · Walter Stone · ss The New Yorker September 27 1958 · The Stream · Arturo Vivante · ss The New Yorker August 23 1958 · The Interview · R. Prawer Jhabvala · ss The New Yorker July 27 1957 · In the Zoo · Jean Stafford · ss The New Yorker September 19 1953 · The Rose Garden · Maeve Brennan · ss The New Yorker March 28 1959 · The Bubble · Nancy Hale · ss The New Yorker July 24 1954 · More Friend Than Lodger · Angus Wilson · ss The New Yorker August 10 1957 · Return · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker May 26 1956 · The Children’s Grandmother · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker November 25 1950 · Six Feet of the Country · Nadine Gordimer · ss The New Yorker May 23 1953 · Kin · Eudora Welty · ss The New Yorker November 15 1952 · The Classless Society · Elizabeth Hardwick · ss The New Yorker January 19 1957 · First Marriage · St. Clair McKelway · ss The New Yorker April 2 1960 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954

Stories in Light and Shadow (Lantos, 1923, 78pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Endre Zsoldos. 3 · The Eye of Apollo [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 25 1911 25 · The Black Veil · Charles Dickens · ss Sketches by Boz: First Series by Boz, Macrone, 1836, as by Boz 39 · Ready for Sea · Jerome K. Jerome · ss (r) 52 · A Restless Night · Mark Twain · ss (r) 60 · A Dog in Church · Mark Twain · ss (r) 65 · The Window · Barry Pain · ss Little Entertainments by Barry Pain, Unwin, 1903 69 · Tact · Barry Pain · ss Little Entertainments by Barry Pain, Unwin, 1903 74 · Out of It · Barry Pain · ss Little Entertainments by Barry Pain, Unwin, 1903

Stories in the Modern Manner (Avon Books, 1953, AT-61, 35¢, 282pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · Crossing Paris · Marcel Aymé; translated by Frank Frantz & Evalin Frantz · nv Partisan Review July/August 1950 58 · Sunny Honeymoon · Alberto Moravia; translated by Frances Frenaye · nv Partisan Review November/December 1952 87 · The Human Voice: A One-Act Play · Jean Cocteau; translated by Dudley Fitts · ss Partisan Review July 1948 101 · The Other Margaret · Lionel Trilling · nv Partisan Review Fall 1945 128 · A Sermon by Doctor Pep · Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May 1949 137 · The Bleeding Heart · Jean Stafford · nv Partisan Review September 1948 164 · The Lesson · Max Wiseman · ss Partisan Review September/October 1947 170 · Theseus · André Gide; translated by John Russell · na Partisan Review November 1948 217 · Funeral Rites · Jean Genet; translated by Frances A. Lippman · ss Partisan Review Spring 1946 223 · Hunger · Jean Genet; translated by William Barrett · ss Partisan Review 228 · The Sin of Jesus · Isaac Babel; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss Partisan Review January 1949 234 · Guy de Maupassant · Isaac Babel; translated by Raymond Rosenthal & Waclaw Solski · ss Partisan Review January 1950 243 · Rachel’s Summer · Charles Jackson · ss Partisan Review Summer 1939 261 · George · Isaac Rosenfeld · ss Partisan Review July/August 1952 273 · In Dreams Begin Responsibilities · Delmore Schwartz · ss Partisan Review December 1937

Stories with a Vengeance--- see under Bow Bells Annual Christmas 1883.

Storytime (Dean & Son, 1935, 124pp, hc, oa, cover: [two girls in fancy dress hanging paper lanterns])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Anne in Charge · Cicely M. Drury · ss 16 · Cuthbert Candy and the Little Princess · Madge Williams · ss 25 · The Indian Temple · P. M. Frost · ss 33 · The Good Twin and the Bad Twin · E. F. Whatham · ss 41 · Kidnapped · W. H. Morris · ss 48 · The Sick Sultan · Roma Lobel · ss 57 · The Big Idea · C. L. Emmit · ss 65 · The Five Brothers · Constance Lacey · ss 73 · Curlew Camp · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 81 · The Princess Who Lost Her Golden Curls · E. F. Whatham · ss 95 · The Handy Man · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 101 · The Blind Man’s Dog · Roma Lobel · ss 107 · Princess Pearl’s Pet · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 113 · A Holiday Adventure · August Renton · ss 120 · Don of the Circus · H. E. Pemberton · ss

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Prentice Hall, 1998, 0-13-435472-9, hc, an)     Anthology of the title novella by Stevenson and five other stories. 1 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 · Selected Additional Readings 65 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 71 · The Colomber · Dino Buzzati · ss Restless Nights by Dino Buzzati, North Point Press, 1983 77 · The Wife’s Story · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1982 81 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 91 · The Third Expedition [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948, as “Mars Is Heaven!”

Strange Doings in Strange Places (Cassell, 1890, 312pp, hc, an)     An anthology of “sensational stories” that had appeared originally in Cassell’s Saturday Journal during 1889. 9 · A Brigand of Today · Frank Barrett · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal February 23 1889 27 · The Mysterious Guide: An Alpine Adventure · Maxwell Gray · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal July 20 1889 45 · A Ride Against Death · Q · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal May 18 1889 61 · In Spite of All · Charles Gibbon · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal May 11 1889 81 · The Man in the Opposite Bed · F. W. Robinson · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 27 1889 101 · The Tolling of Brendham Bell · Florence Warden · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal May 25 1889 118 · Alive or Dead? · R. E. Francillon · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal August 31 1889 132 · Bob Cheddar’s Fate · Fitzgerald Molloy · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 6 1889 148 · In Horrible Suspense · G. Manville Fenn · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal March 30 1889 166 · A Haunted Gaol · Major Arthur Griffiths · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal June 15 1889 185 · In Mortal Peril · Richard Dowling · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal September 7 1889 205 · For Life or for Death · J. Berwick Harwood · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal February 16 1889 222 · A Duel on an Iceberg · Henry Frith · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal March 16 1889 239 · Yet So as by Fire · Theo. Gift · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal September 14 1889 253 · Abner Goodchild’s Sacrifice · Mary Crommelin · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal August 17 1889 270 · The Singular Experience of Doctor Macbeth · John K. Leys · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal April 13 1889 283 · Old Peder’s Treasure · Mrs. Edward Kennard · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal June 22 1889 298 · The Man with the Waxen Finger · Betham Edwards · ss Cassell’s Saturday Journal July 13 1889

Strange Happenings (Methuen, March 1901, 6/-, 309pp, hc, an) 1 · The First to Die · H. D. Lowry · ss Black & White #46, December 19 1891 9 · The Sequel · W. Clark Russell · nv (r) 39 · The Philosopher’s Son · W. E. Norris · ss Black & White #44, December 5 1891 63 · The Musical Mouse · W. E. Norris · ss Black & White #35, October 3 1891 87 · Selwyn Utterton’s Nemesis · Grant Allen · ss Black & White #12, April 25 1891 110 · The Wedding Dress · W. Beer · ss (r) 123 · The Three Spies · L. Cope Cornford · ss (r) 140 · The Silver Snake · Beatrice O’Connor · ss (r) 153 · The Bagman’s Pony · Martin Ross · ss (r) 170 · A Day of Solitude Royal · Frank Hird · ss Black & White 185 · Alter Idem · L. Galbraith · ss (r) 201 · At a Christmas Ball · Mrs. Fleming · ss (r) 215 · A Careful Mother · F. C. Philips · ss (r) 223 · An Honourable Precedent · H. B. Marriott-Watson · ss Black & White August 17 1895 233 · A Lynching in Mosinee · Hamlin Garland · ss The Pocket Magazine July 1896 254 · “My Little Husband” · F. C. Philips · ss My Little Husband by F. C. Philips, Tauchnitz, 1894 266 · An Excellent Mystery · Francis Prevost · nv (r) 293 · The German Student’s Romance · Clara Savile-Clarke · ss (r)

Strange Love Stories--- see under Utopian Booklets April 1946.

Strange Secrets (Chatto & Windus, June 1889, 6/-, viii+336pp, hc, an)     Includes stories selected from Dreamland and Ghostland. The US edition (New York: R.F. Fenno, 1895) was entitled Strange Secrets: Told by A. Conan Doyle and Others, from which pagination details taken. 7 · The Secret of Swalecliff Castle · [uncredited] · nv London Society December 1885, as by F. Milford 36 · The Secret of the Mine · F. Talbot, uncredited · nv (r) 68 · The Secret of Calverley Court · Gertrude Parsons · nv (r) 96 · The Secret of Cousin Geoffrey’s Chamber · Mrs. Henry Clifford · nv London Society Christmas 1868, as “Cousin Geoffrey’s Chamber” 117 · The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange · A. Conan Doyle · nv London Society December 1883, as “Selecting a Ghost” 133 · The Box with the Iron Clamps · Florence Marryat · na London Society 1868 163 · The Veiled Portrait · James Grant · ss London Society Christmas 1874 174 · The Spectre Hand · James Grant · ss London Society Christmas 1871 186 · The Ghost of Lawford Hall · Walter Thornbury · ss London Society Christmas 1871, uncredited. 196 · A Coachful of Ghosts · Eleanor C. Price · nv (r), uncredited. 217 · George Venn and the Ghost · Dutton Cook · ss (r) 235 · The Mystery in Daffodil Terrace · Percy Fitzgerald · ss (r) 252 · Why New Houses Are Haunted · Elwyn Keith · ss London Society Christmas 1886 263 · A Very Queer Inn · M. B. Archer · ss (r)

Strange Stories of Coincidence and Ghostly Adventure ed. George Redway, uncredited (George Redway, November 1888, 320pp, hc, an)     Reprint (George Redway 1887 as Dreamland and Ghostland, Volume II) anthology.

Strange Stories of the Supernatural (Watermill Press, 1980, 0-89375-403-X, $1.50, 135pp, pb, an) 1 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 20 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 56 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar November 1874 (+1) revised from “Brother Morgan’s Story of the Dream-Woman” (The Queen of Hearts, Hurst and Blackett, 1859), itself revised from “The Ostler” (Household Words, Christmas 1855). 96 · The Mortal Immortal · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1834, 1833 119 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912

Strange Tales Volume II ed. Rosalie Parker, uncredited (Tartarus Press, 2007, 978-1-905784-05-9, £30.00, vi+327pp, hc, oa)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Calico Black, Calico Blue · Mike Kerins · fp v · Preface · [uncredited] · pr 1 · Calico Black, Calico Blue · Joel Knight · ss 15 · The Fairy Killer · Quentin S. Crisp · nv 59 · She Lights the Little Candle · Katherine Haynes · ss 67 · Mister Poppy · Stephen Holman · ss 86 · Carden in Capaea · Mark Valentine · ss 94 · What Water Reveals · Adam Golaski · nv 115 · Pastor Arrhenius and the Maiden Brita · Dale Nelson · nv 151 · The Other Village · Simon Strantzas · ss 165 · What the Eye Remembers · Anne-Sylvie Salzman; translated by William Charlton · ss 175 · The Magpies · David Rix · nv 215 · The Concise Picaresque Adventures of the Wanderlust Bridge · Rhys Hughes · ss 232 · Sourdough · Angela Slatter · ss 240 · The Hiding Place · Barbara Roden · ss 246 · Mea Tulpa · Roger Dunkley · ss 259 · Llanfihangel · Elizabeth Brown · ss 275 · Dinckley Green · Christopher Harman · nv 304 · Sejanus’ Daughter · Hilbourne Carlone · ss