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Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#31, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest) Twelve great stories: a new anthology. [Denny Lien] · Little Curtis · Dorothy Parker · ss (r) · Yonder’s Henry · Thorne Smith · ss Esquire Feb ’34 · The Philanderer’s Wife · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’38 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine Nov ’24 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan Oct ’38 · Benediction · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Smart Set Feb ’20 · Crime Passionnel · Louis Bromfield · ss New Yorker Mar 25 ’44 · The Tear Squeezer · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set Oct ’13 · Pale Hands · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss (r) · The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss (r) · Everybody Was Very Nice · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 5 ’36 · Molly Morgan · John Steinbeck · ss, 1932
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#33, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 132pp, digest) A new collection of great stories. [Denny Lien]

· The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown · Gene Fowler · ss (r)
· Accident · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
· New Cabin · Erskine Caldwell · ss, 1936
· The Three Day Blow · Ernest Hemingway · ss (r)
· I’m a Fool · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial Feb ’22
· Bella Fleace Gave a Party · Evelyn Waugh · ss (r)
· The Road to Recovery · Budd Schulberg · ss (r)
· The Old Chevalier · Isak Dinesen · ss Seven Gothic Tales, New York: Smith & Haas, 1934
· Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me, Golden Cockerell Press: Berkshire, 1921
· Girl on the Road · Louis Adamic · nv (r)
· “Ask That Man” · Robert Benchley · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#34, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 129pp, digest) Great stories. [Denny Lien] · Death in Monte Carlo · Louis Bromfield · ss (r) · The Old House · Louis Bromfield · ss (r) · True Love · Louis Bromfield · ss (r) · Aunt Flora · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’33
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#35, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) The Trembling of a Leaf. [Denny Lien] · The Pacific · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) · Mackintosh · W. Somerset Maugham · nv (r) · The Fall of Edward Barnard · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) · Red · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Asia Apr ’21 · The Pool · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) · Honolulu · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Everybody’s Magazine Oct ’21 · Rain · W. Somerset Maugham · nv, 1921 · Envoi · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#37, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 126pp, digest) Concerning a Woman of Sin, and other stories. [Denny Lien]

· Concerning a Woman of Sin · Ben Hecht · ss Colliers Mar 27 ’43 (+1)
· Café Sinister · Ben Hecht · ss Colliers Aug 21 ’43
· The Pink Hussar · Ben Hecht · ss Colliers Sep 25 ’43
· Specter of the Rose · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Nov 22 ’41
· The Ax · Ben Hecht · ss Cosmopolitan Nov ’30
· Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv Actor’s Blood, New York: Covici, 1936
· The Rival Dummy · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Aug 18 ’28
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#40, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 123pp, digest) Marianne in India, and other stories. [Denny Lien] · Marianne in India · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · The House in the Shady Lane · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · History of the Brain Specialist Dr. B · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · Faithful Peter · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · Herr Hannsicke’s second birth · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · The Aunt Who Told Lies · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · A Wager · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · The Steward Antonio · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · The Death of Nero · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · Bullfight · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · The Armored Cruiser Potemkin · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · Mr. Wollstein’s Trunk Checks · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss Colliers Jul 18 ’42 · The Little Season · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r) · Polard Expedition · Lion Feuchtwanger · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#41, 1948] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 123pp, digest) A Hell of a Good Time, and other stories. [Denny Lien] · The Hyland Family · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Guillotine Party · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · To Whom It May Concern · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Omar James · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · All Things Are Nothing to Me · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Thanksgiving Spirit · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · A Practical Joke · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · Sunday · James T. Farrell · ss The American Mercury Dec ’33 · A Hell of a Good Time · James T. Farrell · ss (r) · $1,000 a Week · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#46, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 154pp, digest) Love Among the Haystacks and other stories. [Denny Lien]

· Love Among the Haystacks · D. H. Lawrence · ss (r)
· Once · D. H. Lawrence · ss (r)
· “Tickets, Please!” · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Strand Apr ’19
· The Witch a la Mode · D. H. Lawrence · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine Jun ’34
· Monkey-Nuts · D. H. Lawrence · ss England, My England and Other Stories, Thomas Seltzer, 1922
· The Horse Dealer’s Daughter · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review Apr ’22
· Fanny and Annie · D. H. Lawrence · ss (r)
· The Old Adam · D. H. Lawrence · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#51, 1950] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 126pp, digest) The Romantic Young Lady and other intriguing people from Creatures of circumstance. [Denny Lien] · The Romantic Young Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) · Winter Cruise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) · The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s May ’08 · The Kite · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r) · Sanatorium · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’38 · The Colonel’s Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · nv (r) · Episode · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
Avon Western Reader
Avon Western Reader [No. 2, 1947] ed. Anon. (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Anthology of six Western tales from various magazines.

7 · Nailed Down · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv The Wild Bunch and Other Stories, Doubleday, 1925; from The Wild Bunch and Other Stories, Doubleday 1925.
36 · Weight of Command · Ernest Haycox · ss, 1940
48 · The Idyl of Red Gulch · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Dec, 1869
57 · Buried Treasure · Stewart Edward White · nv McClure’s Jun ’06
85 · Dick Fellows · Joseph Henry Jackson · ss (r); from Tintypes in Gold, Macmillan, 1939.
103 · The Man with the Glass Eye [Black John Smith; Halfaday Creek] · James B. Hendryx · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’45
Avon Western Reader [No. 3, 1947] ed. Anon. (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Anthology of seven Western tales from various magazines. 7 · McQuestion Rides · Ernest Haycox · nv, 1931 17 · He Died with His Boots Off · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 18 · Wild Bill Hiccup · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy Feb 5 ’38 24 · He Jumped to Fame · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 25 · Shod Hoofs · Stephen Payne · ss, 1928 38 · Frontier Life Saver · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 39 · King Copper · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories Sep 25 ’39 85 · The Postmistress of Laurel Run · Bret Harte · ss The Strand Sep, 1891 100 · Magic of a Killer’s Name · Joe Archibald · ss, 1944 112 · Mountain Man’s Joke · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 113 · The End of the Trail · William MacLeod Raine · ss Complete Western Book Magazine
Avon Western Reader [No. 4, 1947] ed. Anon. (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by ?) [RH] 7 · Smoky Road · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories Nov 25 ’45 43 · The Candle of the Wicked · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’38; given as by William MacDonald Raine? 55 · Flowers for a Hoss · Stephen Payne · ss West Jun 5 ’26 66 · With Bated Breath · Ross Santee · ss (r) 71 · The Lobo of Saguero Bend · W. C. Tuttle · na Short Stories Apr 10 ’45
Bachelor’s Best
Bachelor’s Best [# 5, 1967-68] (Maglab Publishing; NY, $1.00, 98pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 4 · One Wicked Week-End · Ted Mark · ss 10 · The Trillionaires · William Garvey · ss 24 · The Secretarial Position · George Mason · ss 38 · The Beauty Was Out of This World · Morton J. Golding · ss 54 · A Girl Names Split · George H. Smith · ss 76 · Mr. Body Beautiful · Holly Springer · ss
Backwards City Review
Backwards City Review [v 1 #1, Fall 2004] ed. Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan & Jaimee Hills (Backwards City Publications; Greensboro, NC, $7.00, 100pp+, 6" x 9" s/b, cover by Mark Bradley Shoup)

bc. · Philadelphia Train Boxes: May 11, 2000 · Mary Beth Sanders · cv
1 · Editors’ Note · Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan & Jaimee Hills · ed
· Comics
ifc. · Heat Wave · Tom Chalkley · ct
26 · What’s in a Name? · Peter S. Conrad · gs
42 · The Stoned Ape Theory · Jim Rugg · gs
· Fiction
7 · Results for Novice Males · Michael Parker · ss
31 · Local News · Alix Ohlin · ss
53 · Excerpt from Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town · Cory Doctorow · ex
69 · Speeding Away · Adam Berlin · ss
· Nonfiction
61 · Alfred Whitehead Is Alive and Well in Corpus Christi, Texas · Stephen Kuusisto · ar
· Poetry
2 · Architectural Digest · Joyelle McSweeney · pm
4 · The Great White Fleet · Joyelle McSweeney · pm
5 · Me v. January · Ander Monson · pm
6 · Circumstantial · Ander Monson · pm
21 · Eviction · Karri Harrison Paul · pm
22 · Sex · Greg Williamson · pm
23 · Sex · Greg Williamson · pm
24 · If You’ve Got Something to Say, Then Say It · Marcus Slease · pm
28 · Poem in Which I Seek Consolation in the Etymology of a Word · Paul Guest · pm
29 · Victoria’s Secret · Paul Guest · pm
48 · Umbrage · John Latta · pm
49 · Gadabout · John Latta · pm
50 · from “Complex Sleep” · Tony Tost · pm
58 · How to Create Your Own Amnesia · Erica Bernheim · pm
59 · Summer Crookneck · Erica Bernheim · pm
60 · What Prayer Is · Sarah Manguso · pm
65 · DIY Foot Washing · Kristin Hall · pm
66 · The Flight Area · Kristin Hall · pm
67 · Membrane · Arielle Greenberg · pm
68 · On a Return to Being a Polemic against Light Verse · Arielle Greenberg · pm
90 · They Call My Car Illegal · K. Silem Mohammad · pm
91 · Demerol Chillout · K. Silem Mohammad · pm
92 · from “Secured against Hares” · Johannes Goransson · pm
94 · Poetry Blogs in Zurich · Kent Johnson · pp
95 · Policy · Gabriel Gudding · pm
95 · Religion · Gabriel Gudding · pm
· Envoi
100 · Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? · Kurt Vonnegut · ms
Backwards City Review [v 1 #2, Spring 2005] ed. Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan & Jaimee Hills (Backwards City Publications; Greensboro, NC, $7.00, 116pp+, 6" x 9" s/b, cover by John Norris) · COMICS; 1 · Excerpt from The Art of the Possible · Kenneth Koch · cs 31 · The Prime Directive · Nate Powell · cs 64 · Universal Donor vs. Claude le Monde · Jeremy Broomfield & Claude le Monde · cs 90 · The Amazing Adventures of Lethem and Chabon · Patricia Storms · cs · PHOTOGRAPHY 18 · New York City Waterfall · Mitchell Ostrover · il 104 · Lower East Side · Mitchell Ostrover · il · FICTION 11 · Blue Knights Bounced from CVD Tourney · Chris Bachelder · ss 19 · S (1st Place, Fiction Award) · Alika Tanaka · ss 43 · On Sunday Will Be Clown (2nd Place, Fiction Award) · Dave Housley · ss 71 · The Ugly Cousin (3rd Place, Fiction Award) · Julia Ridley Smith · ss 98 · Signs of Life · Kurtis Davidson · ss · NONFICTION 110 · Feet · Traci Burns · ar · POETRY 7 · Book of the Father · Dan Albergotti · pm 8 · Eating and Feeding · Linh Dinh · pm 9 · Heart’s Progress · Linh Dinh · pm 10 · Constructive Criticism of Bathroom Wall Scribbling · C. Derick Varn · pm 16 · Worry, the Giraffe (3rd Place, Poetry Award) · Joanne Lowery · pm 17 · Palindrome for Ethan Bell · Michael Constantine McConnell · pm 38 · Renegade Salmon · Lisa Jarnot · pm 39 · [As Is the Custom, Prayer Dwells in Dust] · Adam Clay · pm 40 · Madam, I’m Atom · Eric Amling · pm 42 · goat song (2nd Place, Poetry Award) · Naomi Ruth Lowinsky · pm 56 · A Bird in the Hand Is Worth $1.50/Hr. · Anna Fulford · pm 58 · An Antilogy of Antilogic · Denise Duhamel & Maureen Seaton · pm 68 · Hockey Haiku · Chad Davidson & John Poch · pm 70 · Italian Postcard 4 · Nick Carbo · pm 85 · Exits · Michael Robins · pm 86 · Funereal Jaunt · Marc McKee · pm 87 · If I’d Known It Was Going to Be That Kind of Party · Marc McKee · pm 88 · Diphasic Rumors 17 & 21 · Jon Leon · pm 105 · This Is What I Know (lst Place, Poetry Award) · Becky Cooper · pm 106 · from A Plate of Chicken · Matthew Rohrer · pm 107 · from In a Bower of Rosemary · Matthew Rohrer · pm 108 · 5 · Chris Vitiello · pm 109 · Scabland · James Grinwis · pm 112 · Contributor Notes · Misc. Material · bg 124 · Index · Misc. Material · ix bc. · One-Man Band · Jon Clark · cv
Backwards City Review [v 2 #1, Winter 2006] ed. Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan & Jaimee Hills (Backwards City Publications; Greensboro, NC, $7.00, 108pp+, 6" x 9" s/b, cover by Eric Joyner) Given as Fall 2005 on ToC. · COMICS AND ART · Consciousness · Rafael Ávila · il 9 · Something I Never Gave Up · Lindsay Nordell · cs 44 · from Slow Wave · Jesse Reklaw · cs 52 · Lethem v. Offutt · Patricia Storms · hu 56 · The Case of the Shifty Shavian · Isaac Cates & Mike Wenthe · cs 78 · from Marlys Magazine · Lynda Barry · cs · FICTION 1 · Nephophobia · Michael Czyzniejewski · ss 19 · Crate Full of Kitty · M. O. Walsh · ss 36 · The In-Between · Matthew Simmons · ss 65 · Mapping the Moments Between · Sarah Blackman · ss 83 · Exercise 49 · John Verbos · ss 96 · If You’re Reading This, I’m Dead · J. G. Brister · vi · CRITICISM 52 · The Worst Literary Feud of All Time · Jonathan Lethem & Chris Offutt · cr · POETRY 5 · Unhappy Is the Land That Needs Heroes · Martin Arnold · pm 6 · Insult · Martin Arnold · pm 7 · If Down the Road · Julia Johnson · pm 8 · How Is It · Julia Johnson · pm 15 · The Gourds We Picked Upon · John Pursley, III · pm 16 · Amish Rebellion · Beth Anne Royer · pm 17 · When Majordomo Dies · Beth Anne Royer · pm 18 · Still Life with Marsh, Hero, Lions, & a Lookout · Joshua Marie Wilkinson · pm 30 · The Circus Woman Who Is Discussing Someone Else’s Idea of Temptation · Debbie Urbanski · pm 31 · The Circus Press Agent Tells the Woman Who Hated Sex That He Would Like to’Stir Up’ Some Publicity · Debbie Urbanski · pm 32 · from Party in My Body · Mark Wallace · pm 34 · from The History of the Eyes’ Decline · Gibson Fay-LeBlanc · pm 35 · Rider Unhorsed · Gibson Fay-LeBlanc · pm 40 · Of the Civil Principality · Andrew Kozma · pm 41 · Of Cruelty and Mercy, and Whether It Is Better to Be Loved Than Feared, or the Contrary · Andrew Kozma · pm 42 · from Necessary · David Harrison Horton · pm 48 · Types of Fish I Don’t Like · C. L. Bledsoe · pm 50 · At Last, India · Amish Trivedi · pm 51 · Jamboree · Amish Trivedi · pm 63 · Poem for the Twenty-First-Century Gatekeeper · Clay Matthews · pm 64 · Translation · Melissa Jones Fiori · pm 92 · from Life as a Crossword Puzzle · Noah Falck · pm 94 · Making a Forest · David Shumate · pm 95 · Om · David Shumate · pm 98 · Contributor Notes · Misc. Material · bg · ENVOI 108 · Hand · Bart Vallecoccia · il
Backwards City Review [v 2 #2, Fall 2006] ed. Gerry Canavan, Tom Christopher, Don Ezra Cruz, Patrick Egan, Jaimee Hills & Jennifer Whitaker (Backwards City Publications; Greensboro, NC, $7.00, 108pp+, 6" x 9" s/b, cover by Michael Colello) · COMICS ifc. · Smugness for Dummies · Adam York Gregory · ct 2 · 100,000 Miles · Tomasz Kaczynski · cs 37 · After the War · Austin Kleon · cs 66 · The Midwestern Artist · Will Dinski · cs 93 · Toothpaste for Dinner · Drew · cs · FICTION 14 · Pajaro Loco · Roy Kesey · ss 21 · The Restraint That Makes Us Human · Jennifer F. Estaris · ss; (Winner, Fiction Award) 45 · We Are Hot Boyz™: Seven Memos · Michael Stigman · ss 57 · Panels · David Driscoll · ss; (Finalist, Fiction Award) 69 · A Girl at His Show · Sheryl Monks · ss; (Finalist, Fiction Award) 80 · Backseat Driver · Laura Cruser · ss; (Finalist, Fiction Award) 98 · Parade of Champions · Shellie Zacharia · ss · CHAPBOOK PREVIEW 51 · from The Beekeeper’s Departure · Jennifer Chapis · ex; (Winner, Chapbook Award) · POETRY 1 · Invocation · Kristy Bowen · pm 10 · Escaped Bull · Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman · pm; (Finalist, Poetry Award) 11 · Advice to Lovelorn · Chet Corey · pm 12 · Charlie Tells Me Things · Jeremy Aufrance · pm 13 · Cue · Jeremy Aufrance · pm 16 · Caligulations · Justin Lacour · pm 19 · Vesicle · Devon Wootten · pm; (Finalist, Poetry Award) 42 · Grove · Lisa Russ Spaar · pm 43 · Palimpsest · Lisa Russ Spaar · pm 44 · Taste the Fresh Juice of the Pomegranates · Stephen Cushman · pm 62 · The Birth of the Everyday Demon · Abigail Cloud · pm 63 · Blue Birth Demon · Abigail Cloud · pm 64 · Plenisphere · Marc McKee · pm; (Finalist, Poetry Award) 74 · Perfect Pitch · Vanessa Mancinelli · pm 76 · Bait · F. Daniel Rzicznek · pm 77 · Mesopotamia Suns Itself on the Upper Deck · Jessica Fjeld · pm 79 · Poem Beginning with a Line from Anne Carson · Jessica Fjeld · pm; (Winner, Poetry Award) 87 · Mortar · Larissa Szporluk · pm 88 · Windmill · Larissa Szporluk · pm 90 · from Hush Sessions · Kristi Maxwell · pm 92 · The Secret · Renee Wells · pm 100 · Contributor Notes · Misc. Material · bg · ENVOI 108 · Landscape · Michael Colello · il

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