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The Avon Annual [# 2, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 200pp, digest) [STM] 11 · Lord Mountdrago [“Doctor and Patient”] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The International Feb ’39 30 · The Pond · Louis Bromfield · ss (r) 50 · The Man Who Looked Like Edison · Ben Ames Williams · ss (r) 57 · To a Sharp Knife · Dashiell Hammett · ss (r) 69 · Paul Revere’s Ride · Robert Benchley · ss (r) 73 · Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Good Housekeeping Feb ’33 94 · Two Soldiers · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 ’42 107 · Cocks Must Crow · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 25 ’39 123 · Ballad of Dead Reporters · Ben Hecht · ss (r) 126 · Junior Miss · Sally Benson · ss New Yorker Oct 28 ’39 131 · Return of Queen Agnes · Whit Burnett · ss (r) 135 · Love · Jesse Stuart · vi, 1941 138 · Lily Daw and the Three Ladies · Eudora Welty · ss (r) 146 · A Sunday in April · James T. Farrell · ss (r) 155 · The Story of the Stranger · John Cournos · ss John o’ London’s Weekly Dec 19 ’31 163 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss New Yorker Jun 22 ’29 166 · Big Buck · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 174 · The Undefeated · Ernest Hemingway · nv This Quarter Fll ’25
The Avon Annual [# 3, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 199pp, digest) 15 great stories of today. [Denny Lien] · The Origin of Tularecito · John Steinbeck · ss (r) · Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers · Ben Hecht · nv Colliers Jan 16 ’43 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum Apr ’30 · The Great Facade · Louis Bromfield · ss (r) · Gunners’ Passage · Irwin Shaw · ss New Yorker Jul 22 ’44 · I Love You, I Love You, I Love You · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss (r) · Flowers for Marjorie · Eudora Welty · ss (r) · Jacob and the Indians · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 14 ’38 · The Door That Would Not Stay Closed · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Good Housekeeping Jun ’41 · Horsie · Dorothy Parker · ss (r) · The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set Oct ’23 · Kneel to the Rising Sun · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) · A Nice Old Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics and Everything · William Saroyan · ss (r) · The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio [“Give Us a Prescription, Doctor”] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s May ’33 · The Three Fat Women of Antibes · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’33
The Avon Annual [# 4, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 132pp, digest) 11 great modern stories. [Denny Lien] · The Ballplayer · Samuel Elkin · ss (r) · American Nocturne · Robert Whitehand · ss, 1935 · Down with the Restoration · S. J. Perelman · ss (r) · Big Two-Hearted River, Part I · Ernest Hemingway · ss This Quarter Spr ’25 · Walk Along the Charles River · Irwin Shaw · ss (r) · The Old Mother · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) · At Schoharie Crossing · Walter D. Edmonds · ss (r) · Glory in the Daytime · Dorothy Parker · ss (r) · Hodel · Sholom Aleichem · ss (r) · The Benefit Concert · Rhys Davies · ss (r) · The Diamond as Big as the Ritz · F. Scott Fitzgerald · na The Smart Set Jun ’22
Avon Detective Mysteries
Avon Detective Mysteries [# 2, 1947] ed. Herbert Williams (Avon Detective-Mysteries Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest) [STM]

7 · Murder in Acapulco · Lange Lewis & Mal Bissell · na
64 · The Claret Stick [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator Jul ’34
88 · The Other Hangman · Carter Dickson · ss A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., London: Hutchinson, 1935
101 · Radio Patrol · Leslie T. White · nv Adventure Jul ’40
117 · Eye in the Swamp · Peirson Ricks · ss Colliers Oct 28 ’44
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [# 1, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Cosmopolitans. Information from EBAY auction.

· Raw Material · W. Somerset Maugham · vi (r)
· Mayhew · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’23
· German Harry · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’24
· The Happy Man · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’24
· The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan May ’24
· In a Strange Land · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’24
· The Luncheon · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’24
· Salvatore · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Home · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Mr. Know-All · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’25
· The Escape · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· A Friend in Need · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitans, London: Heinemann, 1924
· The Portrait of a Gentleman · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The End of the Flight · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Harper’s Bazaar Jan ’26
· The Judgement Seat · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitans, London: Heinemann, 1924
· The Ant and the Grasshopper · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Sep-Oct ’24
· French Joe · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Man with the Scar · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’25
· The Poet · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Louise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Closed Shop · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Harper’s Bazaar Sep ’26
· The Promise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· A String of Beads · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Bum · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Straight Flush · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’29
· The Verger · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Wash Tub · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Social Sense · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Four Dutchmen · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’28
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [# 3, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) 7 Long Short Stories. Information from EBAY auction. · The Wooden Madonna · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan Dec ’39 · Traveler’s Joy · Noel Coward · ss (r) · Aunt Tittie · Noel Coward · ss (r) · What Mad Pursuit? · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan Dec ’39 · Cheap Excursion · Noel Coward · ss (r) · The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan Dec ’39 · Nature Study · Noel Coward · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [# 6, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 190pp, digest) Seven selected short stories. [Denny Lien] · The Willow Walk · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Saturday Evening Post Aug 10 ’18 · A Letter from the Queen · Sinclair Lewis · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’29 · The Ghost Patrol · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun ’17 · The Hack Driver · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Nation Aug 29 ’23 · Go East, Young Man · Sinclair Lewis · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’30 · Moths in the Arc Light · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 11 ’19 · Young Man Axelbrod · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Century Jun ’17
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [# 7, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 198pp, digest) 14 great stories by 14 great authors. [Denny Lien] · Johnny Bear · John Steinbeck · ss (r) · Cynara · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Colliers Mar ’24 · Coming, Aphrodite · Willa Cather · nv (r) · A Doer of the Word · Theodore Dreiser · nv Ainslee’s Jun ’02 · Every Other Thursday · Edna Ferber · ss Hearst’s International Jul ’26 · “Tall-stoy” · George Ade · ss (r) · Let’s Go to Hinky-Dink’s · Louis Bromfield · ss (r) · Muzio · Konrad Bercovici · ss (r) · Madagascar Ho! · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’26 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun ’26 · Flowers of the Soul · Dorothy Canfield Fisher · ss (r) · The Applewood Chair · Elinor Wylie · ss (r) · The Man’s Story · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial Sep ’23 · Told by the Schoolmaster · John Galsworthy · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [# 8, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 164pp, digest) First Person Singular: more great stories. [Denny Lien] · Virtue · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’31 · The Round Dozen · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) · The Human Element · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’30 · Jane · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International Apr ’23 · A Marriage of Convenience · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’30 · The Creative Impulse · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Harper’s Bazaar Aug ’26
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#11, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 164pp, digest) 11 selected great stories. [Denny Lien]

· Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv Actor’s Blood, New York: Covici, 1936
· The Champion from Far Away · Ben Hecht · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 9 ’30
· The Ghost of the San Mareno Hotel · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· The Wistful Blackguard · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· The Bull That Won · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· The Shadow · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Jan 30 ’26
· In the Midst of Death · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty May 28 ’32
· The Mystery of the Fabulous Laundryman · Ben Hecht · ss, 1932
· Lindro the Great · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Jul 11 ’25
· Actor’s Blood · Ben Hecht · nv The Saturday Evening Post Feb 20 ’32
· The Widow Cagle’s Trousers · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#16, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) 8 long short stories from “We Are Ten”. [Denny Lien] · Carrousel · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’30 · Soiled Doe · Fannie Hurst · ss (r) · Elaine, Daughter of Elaine · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’37 · God Made Little Apples · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May ’32 · Hattie Turner versus Hattie Turner · Fannie Hurst · ss (r) · Nothing Ever Happens · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May ’35 · The Laugh Was on Harry · Fannie Hurst · ss (r) · Home, James! · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’36
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#17, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Thomas Wolfe Selected Great Stories. Information from EBAY auction. · 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 (r) · The Return of the Prodigal · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · The Lion at Morning · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · The Battle of Hogwart Heights · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · The Lost Boy · Thomas Wolfe · nv Redbook Nov ’37
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#18, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Romance Stories of the Tropics from Ah King. Information from EBAY auction.

· Ah King · Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Footprints in the Jungle · Somerset Maugham · nv The International Jan ’27
· The Door of Opportunity · Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’31
· The Vessel of Wrath · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan Apr ’31
· The Book-Bag · Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Back of Beyond · Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#20, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest) Twelve great modern stories: a new collection. [Denny Lien] · The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber · Ernest Hemingway · nv Cosmopolitan Sep ’36 · If God Can Be Amused · Lloyd C. Douglas · ss The American Magazine Dec ’33 · Nothing So Monstrous · John Steinbeck · ss (r) · Onward, Sons of Ingersoll! · Sinclair Lewis · ss Scribner’s Aug ’35 · Princess O’Hara · Damon Runyon · ss Colliers Mar 3 ’34 · Into Egypt · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss (r) · The Sage of Fountain Inn · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan Sep ’33 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week Jun 7 ’36 · Let There Be Honour · Kay Boyle · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 8 ’41 · Fishing · H. E. Bates · ss (r) · Beaver · Hal Borland · ss (r) · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Dec ’22
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#21, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 166pp, digest) Twelve great stories. [Denny Lien] · Baby Mike · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Mr. Gremmer · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · A Teamster’s Payday · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Street Scene · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · High-School Star · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Autumn Afternoon · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Yesterdays Love · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · The Scoop · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · The Oratory Contest · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Jim O’Neill · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · A Noble Guy · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Children of the Times · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#22, 1945] (25¢, digest) Note: This is subtitled James M. Cain: Career in C Major and Other Stories. [PSP]

· The Girl in the Storm · James M. Cain · ss Liberty Jan 6 ’40
· Coal Black · James M. Cain · ss Liberty Apr 3 ’37
· Career in C Major · James M. Cain · na Career in C Major and Other Stories, Avon, 1943; expanded from “Two Can Sing”, American Magazine Apr ’38.
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#23, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) The First Wife and other stories. [Denny Lien] · The First Wife · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) · The Lesson · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) · Hearts Come Home · Pearl S. Buck · ss Ladies Home Journal Aug ’35 · Golden Flower · Pearl S. Buck · ss Woman’s Home Companion Mar ’40 · The Face of Buddha · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) · Guerrila Mother · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) · The Frill · Pearl S. Buck · ss Woman’s Home Companion Mar ’33 · The Old Demon · Pearl S. Buck · ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’39
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#24, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Information from EBAY auction. · New York Legend · Louis Bromfield · na Cosmopolitan Sep ’35; The Loves, Hates and Jealousies of a period when New York was Young. · Good-Time Bessie · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’36; whom all Broadway laughed at, loved and forgot. · The Hand of God · Louis Bromfield · ss (r); International Crooks. · The Girl Who Knew Everybody · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’32; International Glamour Girls. · That Which Never Returns · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Sep ’31; East and West, the Old World and the New.
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#25, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 133pp, digest) Ten great stories: a new anthology. [Denny Lien]

· The Hanging at San Quentin · John Steinbeck · ss (r)
· Daughters of Mars · Louis Bromfield · ss (r)
· The Captial of the World · Ernest Hemingway · ss (r)
· The Four Dutchmen · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’28
· Charles Gathergood · James Hilton · ss (r)
· The Cat “I Am” · H. F. Heard · ss The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales, Vanguard, 1944
· María Concepción · Katherine Anne Porter · ss (r)
· The Bottle Collectors · Kenneth Roberts · nv (r); possibly “A Tour of the Bottlefields” The Saturday Evening Post Nov 13, 1926.
· The Dance · Pearl S. Buck · ss Colliers Mar 23 ’35
· Over the River and Through the Wood · John O’Hara · ss New Yorker Dec 15 ’34
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#26, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Stories from A Thousand and One Afternoons in New York. Information from EBAY auction.

· Feast of the Bums · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Go Scholar-Gypsy! · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Goodbye to an Old Man · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· How Do You Do? · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Open Letter to Mr. Churchill · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Obit for Nobody · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· A Poet Out of Yesterday · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Four Rabbis Speak · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· A Maverick from Movie Land · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Wreath for a Little Girl · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· The Bewitched Tailor · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Hand Me Me Sword · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Three Without a Story · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· I Want to Go Home · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Murder in Broome Street · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Mishkin’s Soul of Man · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· As Apple Blossom Falls · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· No Casting · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Echoes from a Rubbish Heap · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Ballad of Dead Reporters · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· My Tribe Is Called Israel · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Poor People · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Hitler’s Lost Cause · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Nude on Rocks · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Evening in Ermine · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Miracle on WHN · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· A Paganini of the Gutter · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Tale of a Midget · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Afternoon of an Author · Ben Hecht · ss (r)

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