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    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#45, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest)
    Reprints Hellbox by John O’Hara (Random House, 1947 ).
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • · Common Sense Should Tell You · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 9 1946
    • · Pardner · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 22 1947
    • · Someone to Trust · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 22 1947
    • · Horizon · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 23 1945
    • · Like Old Times · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 13 1946
    • · Ellie · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 19 1946
    • · Life Among These Unforgettable Characters · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 25 1945
    • · War Aims · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 17 1945
    • · Clara · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 27 1946
    • · Secret Meeting · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 6 1946
    • · Drawing Room B. · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 19 1947
    • · The Decision · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 18 1946
    • · Somebody Can Help Somebody · John O’Hara · ss Hellbox by John O'Hara, 1947
    • · The Pretty Daughters · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 3 1945
    • · Everything Satisfactory · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 23 1946
    • · The Moccasins · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker January 25 1947
    • · Doctor and Mrs. Parsons · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 23 1946
    • · Wise Guy · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 26 1945
    • · The Three Musketeers · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 28 1946
    • · Other Women’s Households · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 24 1947
    • · Transaction · John O’Hara · ss Hellbox by John O'Hara, 1947
    • · Miss W. · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 3 1947
    • · Time to Go · John O’Hara · ss Hellbox by John O'Hara, 1947
    • · A Phase of Life · John O’Hara · ss Hellbox by John O'Hara, 1947
    • · The Chink in the Armour · John O’Hara · ss Hellbox by John O'Hara, 1947
    • · Conversation in the Atomic Age · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker January 12 1946

    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#46, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 154pp, digest)
    Subtitled “Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories by D.H. Lawrence”.
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.
    • · Love Among the Haystacks · D. H. Lawrence · ss (r)
    • · Once · D. H. Lawrence · ss Love Among the Haystacks, Viking, 1933
    • · “Tickets, Please!” · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Strand Magazine April 1919
    • · The Witch à la Mode · D. H. Lawrence · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine June 1934
    • · Monkey-Nuts · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Sovereign Magazine August 1922
    • · The Horse Dealer’s Daughter · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review April 1922
    • · Fanny and Annie · D. H. Lawrence · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1921
    • · The Old Adam · D. H. Lawrence · ss (r)

    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#47, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest)
    Reprints 8 of the 9 stories from Love in Greenwich Village by Floyd Dell (George H. Doran, 1926).
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • · The Ex-Villager’s Confession · Floyd Dell · ss (r)
    • · The Kitten and the Masterpiece · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine February 1924
    • · Phantom Adventure · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine December 1923
    • · The Button · Floyd Dell · ss (r)
    • · The Gifts of the Fourth Goddess · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine October 1923
    • · “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum!” · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine June 1925
    • · A Piece of Slag · Floyd Dell · ss (r)
    • · Green Houses · Floyd Dell · ss (r)

    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#49, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest)
    Subtitled “A Modern Lover and Other Stories by D.H. Lawrence”.
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • · A Modern Lover · D. H. Lawrence · nv Life and Letters September 1933
    • · New Eve and Old Adam · D. H. Lawrence · ss A Modern Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Martin Secker, 1934
    • · Wintry Peacock · D. H. Lawrence · ss Metropolitan August 1921
    • · You Touched Me · D. H. Lawrence · ss Land & Water April 29 1920
    • · Samson and Delilah · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review March 1917
    • · The Primrose Path · D. H. Lawrence · ss England, My England and Other Stories by D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Seltzer, 1922
    • · Her Turn · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Westminster Gazette September 6 1913
    • · The Prussian Officer · D. H. Lawrence · nv The English Review August 1914, as “Honour and Arms”

    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#50, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest)
    Subtitled “All the Girls He Wanted and Other Stories by John O’Hara”.
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • · All the Girls He Wanted · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar October 1934
    • · Never a Dull Moment · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 8 1933
    • · The Gentleman in the Tan Suit · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker 1935
    • · I Could Have Had a Yacht · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 6 1935
    • · Peggy · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937
    • · 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
    • · Price’s—Always Open · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 14 1937
    • · Mary · John O’Hara · ss (r)
    • · I Never Seen Anything Like It · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 3 1932
    • · Frankie · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 8 1932
    • · Sportsmanship · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 12 1934
    • · Good-by, Herman · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 4 1937
    • · New Day · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 23 1930
    • · It Wouldn’t Break Your Arm · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar January 1935
    • · Pleasure · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 10 1934
    • · Saffercisco · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 11 1936
    • · Ice Cream · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 20 1935
    • · Screen Test · John O’Hara · ss (r)
    • · Sidesaddle · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 5 1938
    • · 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
    • · Brother · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 18 1936
    • · Hotel Kid · John O’Hara · ss (r)
    • · Except in My Memory · John O’Hara · ss (r)
    • · My Girls · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 29 1937
    • · The Ideal Man · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 29 1939
    • · On His Hands · John O’Hara · ss (r)
    • · Of Thee I Sing, Baby · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 15 1932

    Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#51, 1950] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 126pp, digest)
    Subtitled “The Romantic Young Lady and Other Intriguing People from Creatures of Circumstance”. Reprints 7 of the 15 stories from Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1947).
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.

    Best Stories of All Time:   (about)
    Throughout its life this was a reprint magazine similar to The Golden Book, publishing a broad spectrum of material with the strongest influence being initially that of adventure stories. When the name changed to Pioneer Tales the emphasis shifted more toward western stories, with a surprising number of fantastic stories as well.

    Clever Truths [v1 #1, June 1925] (cover by Doris Lane)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 1 · Announcement · The Editor · ed
    • 6 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms
    • 8 · Camille [Part 1 of ?] · Alexandre Dumas (Fils) · sl (r)
      translated from the French (La Dame aux Camélias, 1848).
    • 24 · A Fair Exchange · [uncredited] · ct
    • 25 · A Few Things About Stories · [uncredited] · ms
    • 26 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
      translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).
    • 29 · The Lover’s Resolution · George Wither · pm (r)
    • 30 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu
    • 32 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
    • 37 · Love Is a Sickness · Samuel Daniel · pm from Hymen’s Triumph, 1615
    • 37 · Bridal Song · George Chapman · pm (r)
    • 38 · Tracked to Doom · O. Henry · ss The Rolling Stone
    • 41 · A Story Without Words · [uncredited] · ct
    • 42 · Legs · [uncredited] · pm
    • 43 · The Third Circle · Frank Norris · ss The Wave August 28 1897
    • 46 · Proud Maisie · Sir Walter Scott · pm from The Heart of Midlothian, as by Jedediah Cleishbotham, John Murray, 1818, as by Jedediah Cleishbotham
    • 46 · An Experience in Mud · [uncredited] · hu
    • 47 · La Grande Breteche · Honore de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House”
      translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
    • 56 · Among the College Humorists · Various · hu
    • 58 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Merimee · nv (r)
      translated from the French (“La Vénus d’Ille”, La Revue des Deux Mondes, May 1837).
    • 69 · The Fleece of Gold · Theophile Gautier · ss (r)
      translated from the French (“La toison d’or”, 1838).
    • 85 · Herodias · Gustave Flaubert · ss (r)
      translated from the French (“Hérodias”, Trois contes, 1877).
    • 96 · A Word to the Wise · Various · hu

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