The General Fiction Magazine Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 481

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 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 1923 · 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 · ss 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, 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 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 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 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 March/April 1939 · The Midwinter Guest · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story 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 February 1933 · A Knife to Cut the Corn Bread With · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) · Savannah River Payday · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)