Tall Short Stories ed. Eric Duthie (Ace Star, 1960, K-113, 50¢, 352pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1959) anthology.
- 9 · Introduction · Eric Duthie · in
- · I. The Natural Liar
- 17 · A.V. Laider · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine June 1916
- 37 · A Funny Thing [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss The Daily Express February 28 1938
- 42 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- · II. The Air of Truth
- 46 · Mrs. Jorkens [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan October 1930, as “The Mermaid’s Husband”
- 62 · The Misadventures of a Matrimonial Swindler · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932
translated from the Czech (“Príbeh snatkového podvodníka”, 1929).
- 69 · Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker March 1 1930, as “Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee”
- 72 · Flurry at the Sheep Dog Trial · Eric Knight · ss (r)
- 77 · Astonished Father · Bernard Glemser · ss (r)
- 88 · The Woman in the Case · Anton Chekhov · ss (r)
- 94 · The Contraption · Rhys Davies · ss Printers’ Pie #1, 1950
- 103 · Song at Twilight · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker July 6 1946
- 108 · The Window · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
- 114 · Idle Tears [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The (London) Evening News February 6 1951
- 118 · The B.B.I. · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1927
- · 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 October 21 1939
- 141 · Fallen Star · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951
- 153 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 1 1940
- 160 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955
- 165 · On Guard · Evelyn Waugh · ss Maclean’s March 15 1935
- 175 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1)
- · IV. The Hyperbolist
- 188 · The Great French Duel · Mark Twain · ex (r)
from A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company, 1880.
- 195 · Guest of the Redshields · Christina Stead · ss (r)
- 199 · The Background [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss Leinsters’ Magazine July 1910
- 202 · Pigs Is Pigs · Ellis Parker Butler · ss American Illustrated Magazine September 1905
- 211 · A Cross Action [Albert Haddock] · A. P. Herbert · ss Uncommon Law by A. P. Herbert, Methuen, 1935
- 216 · How the Brigadier Slew the Fox [Brigadier Gerard] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Cosmopolitan December 1899, as “The Crime of the Brigadier”
- 229 · The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones · Stephen Leacock · ss Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910
- 231 · Maxim’s at Fifty Thousand Feet · Art Buchwald · ss (r)
- 235 · The Golden Scilens · Sir John Squire · ss The Grub Street Nights Entertainment by J. C. Squire, Hodder, 1924
- · V. Science Fiction Surpassed
- 247 · The Vanishing Man · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926
- 250 · No Strings Attached [Marionettes, Inc.] · Ray Bradbury · ss Startling Stories March 1949, as “Marionettes, Inc.”
- 258 · Elixir of Love · C. S. Forester · ss Bluebook October 1954, as “Macnamara’s Exhilarating Elixir”
- 266 · Do Insects Think? · Robert Benchley · ss (r)
- 267 · The Truth About Pyecraft · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 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 (r)
- 296 · The Extraordinary Cabman · G. K. Chesterton · ss (r)
- 299 · The Perfect Game · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News August 11 1906
- 303 · The Rightful Heir · Archibald Marshall · ss (r)
- 306 · The Bus · Archibald Marshall · ss (r)
- 309 · The Man with the Heart in the Highlands · William Saroyan · ss The Evening Standard June 19 1937
- · VII. Upside Down-Inside Out
- 317 · The Carmanship of Godfrey Plaste · Stephen Potter · ss (r)
- 322 · Quigley 873 · Frank Sullivan · ss The New Yorker December 29 1951
- 328 · The Honest Man and the Devil · Hilaire Belloc · ss (r)
- 333 · Mr. Havlena’s Verdict · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932
translated from the Czech (“Soud pana Havleny”, 1929).
- 339 · If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker December 6 1930
- 342 · Love Is a Fallacy · Max Shulman · ss Cosmopolitan June 1951
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