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Avon Fantasy Reader [#11 (1949)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s) [] 3 · Glamour · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales December 1939 22 · The Golden Hour of Kwoh Fan · Frank Owen · ss The Purple Sea by Frank Owen, Lantern Press, 1930 27 · Uncommon Castaway · Nelson S. Bond · ss Argosy June 1945 41 · Mogglesby · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure June 1 1930 79 · Asleep in Armageddon · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Winter 1948 90 · The Inheritors · John Michel & Robert Lowndes · nv Future Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1942 111 · The Dancer in the Crystal · Francis Flagg · ss Weird Tales December 1929

Avon Fantasy Reader [#12 (1950)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by M. Isip) [] 3 · The Blonde Goddess of Bal-Sagoth [Turlogh O’Brien] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales October 1931, as “The Gods of Bal-Sagoth” 34 · The Chain of Aforgomon · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales December 1935 48 · In the Valley of the Sorceress · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #21, January 1916 61 · The Kelpie · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales July 1936 67 · The Captured Cross-Section · Miles J. Breuer, M.D. · ss Amazing Stories February 1929 80 · The Wonderful Window · Lord Dunsany · ss Saturday Review (UK) February 4 1911 84 · Tiger Dust · Bassett Morgan · nv Weird Tales April 1933 102 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914 116 · The Day Has Come · Walter Kubilius · ss Stirring Science Stories March 1942

Avon Fantasy Reader [#13 (1950)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by M. Isip) [] 3 · The Love-Slave and the Scientists · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales February 1935, as “The Body-Masters” 13 · The Cave · Beatrice Grimshaw · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1932 25 · The Forgotten Planet [John Hanson] · Sewell Peaslee Wright · nv Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 43 · The Curious Case of Norton Hoorne · Ray Cummings · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly April 2 1921 57 · The Power and the Glory · Charles W. Diffin · ss Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 63 · He Walked by Day · Julius Long · ss Weird Tales June 1934 68 · Original Sin · S. Fowler Wright · ss The Witchfinder by S. Fowler Wright, Books of Today, 1946 74 · The Thing That Walked on the Wind [Cthulhu] · August Derleth · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror January 1933 83 · Raiders of the Universes · Donald Wandrei · nv Astounding Stories September 1932 98 · The House of Shadows · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales April 1933 104 · The Ship of Silence · Albert Richard Wetjen · nv The Blue Book Magazine July 1932 116 · The Street That Wasn’t There · Clifford D. Simak & Carl Jacobi · ss Comet July 1941

Avon Fantasy Reader [#14 (1950)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by R. Crowl) [] · Unendurable Ecstasy and Inconceivable Doom! · Donald A. Wollheim · ed 3 · Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin · Robert E. Howard · nv Oriental Stories October/November 1930, as “The Voice of El-Lil” 20 · Ylla [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s January 1 1950, as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” 30 · The Three Eyed Man [Tubby] · Ray Cummings · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly July 7 1923 40 · The Cave of the Invisible [Jan Kromhout] · James Francis Dwyer · ss The Blue Book Magazine April 1939 51 · Guard in the Dark · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales July 1944 63 · The Still Small Voice · Clive G. B. Jackson · vi Slant #2, Summer 1949 66 · The Curse of Yig · Zealia Brown Bishop (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales November 1929, as by Zealia Brown Reed written by Lovecraft based on a story idea and some notes by Bishop. 79 · The Yeast Men · David H. Keller, M.D. · nv Amazing Stories April 1928 95 · The Headless Miller of Kobold’s Keep · Irvin Ashkenazy · ss Weird Tales January 1937, as by G. Garnet 110 · The Shadows · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Weird Tales November 1927

Avon Fantasy Reader [#15 (1951)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by James Bama) [] Cover attributed to “J. Gama.” 3 · A Man, a Maid, and Saturn’s Temptation · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Astounding Stories January 1935, as “Flight on Titan” 21 · Mommy · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales April 1939 29 · The Great Gizmo · Gilbert Wright · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1946 38 · Gray Ghouls · Bassett Morgan · nv Weird Tales July 1927 54 · Venus · Maurice Baring · ss Orpheus in Mayfair by Maurice Baring, Mills & Boon, 1909 62 · Ship-in-a-Bottle · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Weird Tales January 1945 71 · Up There · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Science Fiction Quarterly #7, Summer 1942, as by Martin Pearson 77 · The Einstein See-Saw · Miles J. Breuer, M.D. · nv Astounding Stories April 1932 94 · In Amundsen’s Tent · John Martin Leahy · nv Weird Tales January 1928 109 · Ubbo-Sathla [Hyperborea] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales July 1933 115 · Kazam Collects · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by S. D. Gottesman

Avon Fantasy Reader [#16 (1951)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by R. Crowl) [] 3 · The Black Kiss [Michael Leigh] · Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales June 1937; given as by Robert Bloch, Kuttner having asked that his name be removed from later publication. 18 · Mr. Strenberry’s Tale · J. B. Priestley · ss The London Magazine March 1930, as “Doomsday” 26 · The Man Who Lived Backward · Gelett Burgess · ss The Blue Book Magazine January 1946 41 · Something from Above · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales December 1930 59 · The Wax Doll · Greye La Spina · ss The Thrill Book August 1 1919, as by Ezra Putnam 68 · The Forest of Lost Men · Beatrice Grimshaw · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1934 76 · The Place of Pain · M. P. Shiel · ss The Red Magazine May 1 1914 85 · The River · L. Major Reynolds · ss 94 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 101 · The Hounds of Tindalos [Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1929 113 · The Picture · Francis Flagg · ss Weird Tales February/March 1931

Avon Fantasy Reader [#17 (1951)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by Barton) [] 3 · The Sapphire Siren · Nictzin Dyalhis · nv Weird Tales February 1934, as “The Sapphire Goddess” 28 · Jack-in-the-Box · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 42 · The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd [Rupert Grant; Basil Grant] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Harper’s Weekly June 25 1904 (+1) 56 · The Pink Caterpillar [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Adventure February 1945 65 · The Phantom Dictator · Wallace West · ss Astounding Stories August 1935 76 · Through the Gates of the Silver Key [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft & E. Hoffmann Price · nv Weird Tales July 1934 104 · The Bookshop · Nelson Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine October 1941 111 · One-Man God · Frank Owen · ss 119 · The Mystery of the Sargasso [Sargasso Sea] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Story-teller July 1907, as “The Mystery of the Derelict”

Avon Fantasy Reader [#18 (1952)] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Novels Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s) [] 3 · The Witch from Hell’s Kitchen · Robert E. Howard · nv 21 · The Devil in Hollywood · Dale Clark · ss Argosy August 8 1936 35 · The Watcher in the Green Room · Hugh B. Cave · ss Weird Tales September 1933 47 · A Victim of Higher Space [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Occult Review December 1914 62 · Out of the Eons · Hazel Heald (with H. P. Lovecraft) · nv Weird Tales April 1935 82 · Just What Happened · Gelett Burgess · ss The Blue Book Magazine June 1944 94 · The Phantom Ship of Dirk Van Tromp [Hochdorf] · James Francis Dwyer · ss Breath of the Jungle by James Francis Dwyer, McClurg, 1915 107 · Amina · Edward Lucas White · ss The Bellman June 1 1907 116 · The Haunted “Jarvee” [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Premier Magazine #30, March 1929

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly   (about) A halfway house between a magazine and paperback anthology series, this was a generic title for a series of (mainly) single-author reprint collections which ran for a number of years. Publishers: Avon Book Company, 432 Fourth Avenue, New York 16, New York.: Avon Modern Short Story Monthly.

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#1, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Reprints Cosmopolitans by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1936). Details taken from eBay listing. · Raw Material · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan November 1923, as “The Imposters” · Mayhew · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan December 1923 · German Harry · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan January 1924 · The Happy Man · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan June 1924 · The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan May 1924 · In a Strange Land · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan February 1924 · The Luncheon · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan March 1924 · Salvatore · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan July 1924, as “Salvatore the Fisherman” · Home · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan September 1924, as “Home from the Sea” · Mr. Know-All · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan January 1925 · The Escape · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan February 1925, as “A Widow’s Might” · A Friend in Need · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan April 1925, as “The Man Who Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly” · The Portrait of a Gentleman · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan June 1925, as “The Code of a Gentleman” · The End of the Flight · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Harper’s Bazar January 1926 · The Judgement Seat · W. Somerset Maugham · vi The Judgement Seat by W. Somerset Maugham, Centaur Press, 1934 · The Ant and the Grasshopper · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan October 1924 · French Joe · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan January 1926, as “Without a Country” · The Man with the Scar · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan October 1925 · The Poet · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan November 1925, as “The Great Man” · Louise · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan September 1925, as “The Most Selfish Woman I Knew” · The Closed Shop · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Harper’s Bazar September 1926 · The Promise · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan December 1925, as “An Honest Woman” · A String of Beads · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan February 1927, as “Pearls” · The Bum · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan February 1929, as “A Derelict” · Straight Flush · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan April 1929 · The Verger · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan June 1929, as “The Man Who Made His Mark” · The Wash-Tub · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan January 1929, as “In Hiding” · The Social Sense · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan March 1929, as “The Extraordinary Sex” · The Four Dutchmen · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan December 1928

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#2, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Reprints Files on Parade by John O’Hara (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · Foreword · John O’Hara · fw 1939 · Price’s—Always Open · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 14 1937 · Trouble in 1949 · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar November 1938 · The Cold House · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 2 1938 · Days · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 30 1938 · Are We Leaving Tomorrow? · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 19 1938 · Portistan on the Portis · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 23 1935 · Lunch Tuesday · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 3 1937 · Shave · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 20 1937 · Sidesaddle · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 5 1938 · No Mistakes · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 17 1938 · Brother · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 18 1936 · Saffercisco · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 11 1936 · Ice Cream · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 20 1935 · Peggy · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937 · And You Want a Mountain · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 11 1938 · Pal Joey [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 22 1938 · Ex-Pal [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 26 1938 · How I Am Now in Chi [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 1 1939 · Bow Wow [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 13 1939 · Give and Take · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 13 1937 · The Gentleman in the Tan Suit · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker 1935 · Good-by, Herman · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 4 1937 · I Could Have Had a Yacht · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 6 1935 · Richard Wagner: Public Domain? · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 3 1938 · Olive · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 17 1935 · It Wouldn’t Break Your Arm · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar January 1935 · My Girls · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 29 1937 · No Sooner Said · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 31 1937 · Invite · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker December 10 1938 · All the Girls He Wanted · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar October 1934 · By Way of Yonkers · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 27 1937 · Most Gorgeous Thing · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 7 1936 · A Day Like Today · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 6 1938 · Do You Like It Here? · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 18 1939 · The Ideal Man · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 29 1939

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#3, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Reprints To Step Aside by Noel Coward (Doubleday, Doran, 1939). Subtitled “7 Long Short Stories”. Details taken from eBay listing. · The Wooden Madonna · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan December 1939 · Traveler’s Joy · Noel Coward · ss (r) · Aunt Tittie · Noel Coward · nv To Step Aside by Noel Coward, Doubleday, 1939 · What Mad Pursuit? · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan December 1939 · Cheap Excursion · Noel Coward · ss (r) · The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan December 1939 · Nature Study · Noel Coward · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#4, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Reprints 31 of the 71 stories in Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan (Random House, 1936). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 1 · Five Ripe Pears · William Saroyan · ss The Yale Review Autumn 1935 6 · The Oranges · William Saroyan · ss The Evening Standard October 31 1935 11 · The Younger Brother · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 17 · London, Ah, London · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 23 · Two Days Wasted in Kansas City · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 28 · The Bridge · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 32 · Going Home · William Saroyan · ss Redbook Magazine February 1935 38 · The Drinkers · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 44 · The Horses and the Sea · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 51 · The Broken Wheel · William Saroyan · ss Hairenik 1933, as by Sirak Goryan 62 · The Death of Children · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 69 · Our Friends the Mice · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 73 · Raisins · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 80 · Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger · William Saroyan · ss Hairenik Association, 1935 87 · How Pleasant to Have Passed Through Buffalo · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 89 · The Drunkard · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · My Picture in the Paper · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Secrets in Alexandria · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Antranik of Armenia · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Six Hundred and Sixty-Six · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Little Miss Universe · William Saroyan · ss Esquire December 1934 · An Occurrence at Izzy’s · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Our Little Brown Brothers the Filipinos · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · At Sundown · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Rain · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · The Dark Sea · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Malenka Manon · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · The Proletarian at the Trap Drum · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · The Black Tartars · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · Train Going · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936 · The Armenian and the Armenian · William Saroyan · ss Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan, Random House, 1936

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#5, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Reprints Contango by James Hilton (Ernest Benn, 1932) (distributed in the USA as Ill Wind). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · Charles Gathergood · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Florence Faulkner · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Stuart Brown · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Sylvia Seydel · James Hilton · nv Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Nicholas Palescu · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Leon Mirsky · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Max Oetzler · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Paula Courvier · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · Henry Elliott · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#6, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 190pp, digest) [] Subtitled “seven selected short stories”. Reprints 7 of the 13 stories from Selected Short Stories by Sinclair Lewis (Doubleday, Doran, 1935). Details supplied by Denny Lien. · The Willow Walk · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1918 · A Letter from the Queen · Sinclair Lewis · ss Cosmopolitan December 1929 · The Ghost Patrol · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1917 · The Hack Driver · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Nation August 29 1923 · Go East, Young Man · Sinclair Lewis · ss Cosmopolitan December 1930 · Moths in the Arc Light · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 11 1919 · Young Man Axelbrod · Sinclair Lewis · ss The Century Magazine June 1917

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#7, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 198pp, digest) [] Subtitled “14 great stories by 14 great authors”. Revised reprint of Samples ed. by Lilie Ryttenberg & Beatrice Lang (Boni & Liveright, 1927) with 6 stories dropped and a John Steinbeck story added. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Johnny Bear · John Steinbeck · ss Esquire September 1937, as “The Ears of Johnny Bear” · Cynara · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Hearst’s International March 1924 · Coming, Aphrodite · Willa Cather · nv The Smart Set August 1920, as “Coming, Eden Bower!” · A Doer of the Word · Theodore Dreiser · nv Ainslee’s Magazine June 1902 · Every Other Thursday · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan July 1926 · “Tall-stoy” · George Ade · ss (r) · Let’s Go to Hinky-Dink’s · Louis Bromfield · ss McCall’s Magazine September 1927 · Muzio · Konrad Bercovici · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1923 · Madagascar Ho! · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan March 1926 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1926 · Flowers of the Soul · Dorothy Canfield Fisher · ss The Delineator August 1926, as by Dorothy Canfield · The Applewood Chair · Elinor Wylie · ss (r) · The Man’s Story · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial September 1923 · Told by the Schoolmaster · John Galsworthy · ss The Forum December 1926

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#8, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 164pp, digest) [] Reprints Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1931), except for substituting one story. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Virtue · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan February 1931 · The Round Dozen · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) March 1924 · The Human Element · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan December 1930 · Jane · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International April 1923 · A Marriage of Convenience · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine December 1929 an earlier version was first published in The Illustrated London News, June 23, 1906. · The Creative Impulse · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Harper’s Bazar August 1926

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#9, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest) [] Reprints 10 of the 12 stories from The Long Valley by John Steinbeck (Viking Press, 1938). Given as “13 Great Short Stories from The Long Valley” on the cover as the stories that make up “The Red Pony” counted as separate stories. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 11 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934 22 · The Snake · John Steinbeck · ss The Monterey Beacon June 22 1935 31 · Flight · John Steinbeck · nv The Long Valley by John Steinbeck, Viking, 1938 47 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937 57 · The Vigilante · John Steinbeck · ss Esquire October 1936, as “The Lonesome Vigilante” 63 · The Raid · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review October 1934 73 · The White Quail · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review March 1935 84 · Breakfast · John Steinbeck · vi Pacific Weekly November 9 1936 87 · The Harness · John Steinbeck · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1938 99 · The Red Pony: The Gift [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · nv North American Review November 1933 122 · The Great Mountains [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review December 1933 134 · The Promise [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1937 148 · The Leader of the People [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss The Argosy (UK) August 1936

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 Friede, 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, Viking Press, 1933 · The Medicine Man · Erskine Caldwell · ss We Are the Living by Erskine Caldwell, 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. 11 · Carrousel · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan January 1930 26 · Soiled Dove · Fannie Hurst · ss (r) 44 · Elaine, Daughter of Elaine · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan October 1937 61 · God Made Little Apples · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1932 73 · Hattie Turner versus Hattie Turner · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan August 1934 92 · Nothing Ever Happens · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1935 111 · The Laugh Was on Harry · Fannie Hurst · ss (r) 127 · 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 & Rinehart, 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

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#22, 1945] (25¢, digest) [] Subtitled “Career in C Major and Other Stories”. · The Girl in the Storm · James M. Cain · ss Liberty January 6 1940 · Coal Black · James M. Cain · ss Liberty April 3 1937 · Career in C Major · James M. Cain · na Three of a Kind by James M. Cain, Knopf, 1943 expanded from “Two Can Sing”, American Magazine Apr ’38.

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#23, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) [] Subtitled “The First Wife and Other Stories” but different contents to the 1933 (John Day) collection of the same name. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · The First Wife · Pearl S. Buck · ss Asia December 1931 · The Lesson · Pearl S. Buck · ss Today and Forever by Pearl S. Buck, John Day, 1941 · Hearts Come Home · Pearl S. Buck · ss Ladies’ Home Journal August 1935 · Golden Flower · Pearl S. Buck · ss Woman’s Home Companion March 1940 · The Face of Buddha · Pearl S. Buck · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 24 1940, as “The Face of Gold” · Guerrila Mother · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) · The Frill · Pearl S. Buck · ss Woman’s Home Companion March 1933 · The Old Demon · Pearl S. Buck · ss Cosmopolitan February 1939

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#24, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Subtitled “Five Long Short Stories”. Reprints 5 of the 9 stories in It Takes All Kinds by Louis Bromfield (Harper, 1939). Details taken from eBay listing. · New York Legend · Louis Bromfield · na Cosmopolitan September 1935 · Good-Time Bessie · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan March 1936 · The Hand of God · Louis Bromfield · nv Cosmopolitan September 1934 · The Girl Who Knew Everybody · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan March 1932 · That Which Never Returns · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan September 1931

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#25, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 133pp, digest) [] Subtitled “Ten Great Stories: A New Anthology”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · The Hanging at San Quentin · John Steinbeck · ss (r) · Daughters of Mars · Louis Bromfield · ss The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield, Harper & Row, 1944 · The Captial of the World · Ernest Hemingway · ss (r) · The Four Dutchmen · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan December 1928 · Charles Gathergood · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932 · The Cat “I Am” · H. F. Heard · ss The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales by H. F. Heard, Vanguard Press, 1944 · María Concepción · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Century Magazine December 1922 · 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 Collier’s March 23 1935 · Over the River and Through the Wood · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker December 15 1934

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#26, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Reprints 26 of the 87 stories in A Thousand and One Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht (The Viking Press, 1941). Details taken from eBay listing. · Feast of the Bums · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Go Scholar-Gypsy! · Ben Hecht · ar Story #92, September/October 1941 [Ref. Sherwood Anderson] · Goodbye to an Old Man · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · How Do You Do? · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Open Letter to Mr. Churchill · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Obit for Nobody · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · A Poet Out of Yesterday · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Four Rabbis Speak · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · A Maverick from Movie Land · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Wreath for a Little Girl · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · The Bewitched Tailor · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Hand Me Me Sword · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Three Without a Story · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · I Want to Go Home · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Murder in Broome Street · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Mishkin’s Soul of Man · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · As Apple Blossom Falls · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · No Casting · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Echoes from a Rubbish Heap · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Ballad of Dead Reporters · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · My Tribe Is Called Israel · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Poor People · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Hitler’s Lost Cause · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Nude on Rocks · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Evening in Ermine · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Miracle on WHN · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · A Paganini of the Gutter · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Tale of a Midget · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941 · Afternoon of an Author · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#27, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Subtitled “Ten Stories by Damon Runyon”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · Money from Home · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan October 1935 · Broadway Complex · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s October 28 1933 · It Comes Up Mud · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s June 10 1933 · Pick the Winner · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s February 11 1933 · Social Error · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s March 22 1930 · Dark Dolores · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan November 1929 · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s August 5 1933 · For a Pal · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s January 9 1932 · The Lemon Drop Kid · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s February 3 1934 · The Three Wise Guys · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s December 23 1933

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#28, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Subtitled “Twelve Great Stories”. · Triumph of Justice · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1940 · The Raffle · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker March 1 1941 · Mock Hen and Mock Turtle [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Train, Scribner, 1920 · The Man Who Looked Like Himself · Erskine Caldwell · ss The American Mercury May 1933 · The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth · Robert Benchley · ss Inside Benchley by Robert Benchley, Harper and Brothers, 1942 · The Vivid Imagination · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932 · Up Ferguson Way · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan December 1943 · A Humoresque in Ham · Ben Hecht · ss The Smart Set April 1918 · No Trouble at All · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Vogue March 1 1937 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930 · Too Bad · Dorothy Parker · ss The Smart Set July 1923 · The Body Beautiful · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ar The American Mercury May 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#29, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 130pp, digest) [] Reprints Hope of Heaven and Other Stories by John O’Hara (Faber and Faber, 1939). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · Hope of Heaven · John O’Hara · n. 1938 · Platform · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945 · A Purchase of Some Golf Clubs · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945 · Too Young · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 9 1939 · Where’s the Game · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#30, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 146pp, digest) [] Subtitled “Georgia Boy and Other Stories by Erskine Caldwell”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · Georgia Boy · Erskine Caldwell · n. 1943 · Handy · Erskine Caldwell · ss The New Republic September 23 1940 · Hamrick’s Polar Bear · Erskine Caldwell · ss Redbook Magazine July 1937 · Carnival · Erskine Caldwell · ss Mid-Week Pictorial October 24 1936 · Dorothy · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine April 1931 · The Rumor · Erskine Caldwell · ss American Earth by Erskine Caldwell, Charles Scribner's, 1931 · Maud Island · Erskine Caldwell · ss The Sunday Review of the Brooklyn “Daily Eagle” 1934

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#31, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest) [] Subtitled “Twelve Great Stories: A New Anthology”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Little Curtis · Dorothy Parker · ss Here Lies by Dorothy Parker, Viking Press, 1939 · Yonder’s Henry · Thorne Smith · ss Esquire February 1934 · The Philanderer’s Wife · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan February 1938 · Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924 · Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938 · Benediction · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Smart Set February 1920 · Crime Passionnel · Louis Bromfield · ss The New Yorker March 25 1944 · The Tear Squeezer · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set October 1913 · Pale Hands · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss (r) · The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929 · Everybody Was Very Nice · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 5 1936 · Molly Morgan · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#32, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) [] Reprint of Welcome to the City and Other Stories by Irwin Shaw (Random House, 1942). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 11 · The City Was in Total Darkness · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 30 1941 23 · Main Currents of American Thought · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 5 1939 32 · God on Friday Night · Irwin Shaw · ss Story #75, January/February 1939 37 · The Eighty-Yard Run · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire January 1941 49 · Welcome to the City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker January 17 1942 60 · Free Conscience, Void of Offence · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker July 27 1940 68 · Material Witness · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker February 1 1941 74 · The House of Pain · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire November 1940 80 · Triumph of Justice · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1940 90 · Night, Birth and Opinion · Irwin Shaw · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1941 98 · Search Through the Streets of the City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 2 1941 105 · Select Clientele · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 17 1940 112 · The Indian in the Depth of Night · Irwin Shaw · ss Story #87, January/February 1941 117 · It Happened in Rochester · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1939 125 · The Dry Rock · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker May 31 1941 135 · Prize for Promise · Irwin Shaw · ss Mademoiselle January 1941 142 · Lemkau, Pogran and Blaufox · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker December 30 1939 147 · Dinner in a Good Restaurant · Irwin Shaw · ss (r) 151 · The Lament of Madam Rechevsky · Irwin Shaw · ss (r) 157 · Pattern of Love · Irwin Shaw · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2757, October 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#33, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 132pp, digest) [] Subtitled “A New Collection of Great Stories”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown · Gene Fowler · ss (r) · Accident · James T. Farrell · ss Story #78, July/August 1939 · New Cabin · Erskine Caldwell · ss College Humor July 1936 · The Three-Day Blow [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway, Boni & Liveright, 1925 · I’m a Fool · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial February 1922 · Bella Fleace Gave a Party · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1933 · The Road to Recovery · Budd Schulberg · ss (r) · The Old Chevalier · Isak Dinesen · nv Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen, Smith & Haas, 1934 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921 · Girl on the Road · Louis Adamic · nv from My America, Harper, 1937 · “Ask That Man” · Robert Benchley · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#34, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 129pp, digest) [] Subtitled “Great Stories by Louis Bromfield”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Death in Monte Carlo · Louis Bromfield · ss The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield, Harper & Row, 1944 · The Old House · Louis Bromfield · ss The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield, Harper & Row, 1944 · True Love · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan June 1944 · Aunt Flora · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan June 1933

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#35, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) [] Reprints 6 of the 8 stories in The Trembling of a Leaf by W. Somerset Maugham (George H. Doran, 1921). Details supplied by Denny Lien. · The Pacific · W. Somerset Maugham · in The Trembling of a Leaf. Little Stories from the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset Maugham, George H. Doran, 1921 · Mackintosh · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan November 1920 · The Fall of Edward Barnard · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The Trembling of a Leaf. Little Stories from the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset Maugham, George H. Doran, 1921 · The Pool · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1921 · Honolulu · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Everybody’s October 1921 · Envoi · W. Somerset Maugham · ms The Trembling of a Leaf. Little Stories from the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset Maugham, George H. Doran, 1921

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#36, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 126pp, digest) [] Subtitled “Stories of Love and Adventure”; reprints 7 of the 13 stories from The Historical Nights’ Entertainment by Rafael Sabatini (Martin Secker, 1917). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · The Night of Kirk o’ Field · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #30, October 1916; subtitled “The Murder of Darnley”. · The Night of Witchcraft · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #33, January 1917; subtitled “Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan”. · The Night of Nuptials · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #37, May 1917; subtitled “Charles the Bold and Sapphira Danvelt”. · The Night of Stranglers · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #35, March 1917; subtitled “Giovanna of Naples and Andreas of Hungary”. · The Night of Hate · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #31, November 1916; subtitled “The Murder of the Duke of Gandia”. · The Night of Escape · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #38, June 1917; subtitled “Casanova’s Escape from the Piombi”. · The Night of Masquerade · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #39, July 1917; subtitled “The Assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden”.

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#37, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 126pp, digest) [] Subtitled “Concerning a Woman of Sin and Other Stories by Ben Hecht”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. · Concerning a Woman of Sin · Ben Hecht · ss Collier’s March 27 1943 (+1) · Café Sinister · Ben Hecht · ss Collier’s August 21 1943 · The Pink Hussar · Ben Hecht · ss Collier’s September 25 1943 · Specter of the Rose · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty November 22 1941 · The Ax · Ben Hecht · ss Cosmopolitan November 1930 · The Lost Soul · Ben Hecht · ss A Book of Miracles by Ben Hecht, Viking, 1939 · Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine September 1933 · The Rival Dummy · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty August 18 1928

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#38, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 126pp, digest) [] Reprints 7 of the 10 stories from The Mixture as Before by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1940). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · The Facts of Life · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan April 1939 · A Man with a Conscience · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan June 1939 · The Treasure · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1934, as “The Best Ever” · The Lion’s Skin · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan November 1937 · Lord Mountdrago · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan February 1939, as “Doctor and Patient” · Gigolo and Gigolette · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine March 1935 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan July 1937

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#39, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 126pp, digest) [] Reprints 26 of the 31 “Stories of Venial Sin” from Pipe Night by John O’Hara (Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · Joey and the Calcutta Club [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 30 1940 · Summer’s Day · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 29 1942 · Walter T. Carriman · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 16 1943 · Now We Know · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 5 1943 · Free · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945 · Can You Carry Me? · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 3 1939 · Radio · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 22 1943 · Nothing Missing · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 14 1941 · The King of the Desert · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 30 1940 · Bread Alone · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 23 1939 · Reunion Over Lightly · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 29 1939 · Memo to a Kind Stranger · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s November 6 1943 · The Erloff [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 3 1940 · Patriotism · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945 · A Respectable Place · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 19 1940 · The Magical Numbers · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker January 18 1941 · On Time · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s April 8 1944 · Graven Image · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 13 1943 · Adventure on the Set · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 15 1941 · Revenge · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s September 25 1943 · Fire! · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945 · The Lieutenant · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 13 1943 · The Next-to-Last Dance of the Season · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 18 1943 · Leave · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s December 2 1944 · The Handler · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945 · Mrs. Whitman · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker January 27 1945