100 Hilarious Little Howlers ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble, October 1999, 0-7607-1385-5, $7.98, 483pp, hc, an, cover by Lucy Corvino)
Associational anthology of 100 humor stories, three original, with introduction by Dziemianowicz. Authors include C.M. Kornbluth, Gahan Wilson, Bob Shaw, and Ramsey Campbell. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir · Thomas Hardy · vi Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1891
- 3 · The Advent on Channel Twelve · C. M. Kornbluth · vi Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958
- 6 · The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes [Shamrock Jolnes] · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World February 7 1904
- 11 · After You, Montague · Howard Wandrei · vi The Arkham Collector #9, Spring 1971
- 13 · Agamemnon’s Career · Lucretia P. Hale · ss (r)
- 20 · All Moon-Beasts Amorphous and Mephitic · Peter Cannon · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #90, Lammas 1995
- 25 · At Arms with Morpheus · O. Henry · ss Ainslee’s Magazine October 1903, as by S. H. Peters
- 29 · Believing in the Twentieth Century · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Terra Incognita #1, Winter 1996/1997
- 38 · The Belle of Vallejo · W. L. Alden · vi (r)
- 40 · Boots · Anton Chekhov · ss (r)
- 44 · Broker’s Loan · Donald Wandrei · vi 1930
- 47 · The Captain’s Story · Mark Twain · ss Merry Tales by Mark Twain, Charles L. Webster, 1892
- 51 · The Case of Jack the Clipper, or A Fimbulwinter’s Tale · David Langford · ss Interzone #126, December 1997
- 57 · Chalk Talk · Edward Wellen · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1973
- 60 · A Change of Lifestyle · Joe & Karen Lansdale · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1984
- 63 · Chasing the Ugly Dog · Tom Piccirilli · ss 1993
- 67 · Christmas Afternoon · Robert C. Benchley · vi (r)
- 70 · Christmas Eve in the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, The Leadenhall Press, 1891, as “The Ghost of the Blue Chamber”
- 77 · Cinderella · Ring Lardner · vi Hearst’s International August 1923
- 80 · The Cleft · Gahan Wilson · ss The Cleft and Other Odd Tales by Gahan Wilson, Tor, 1998
- 83 · Deflation 2001 · Bob Shaw · vi Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1972
- 86 · Dentondagon! · Don Webb · vi Alternate Hilarities #4, 1993
- 88 · Detection Perfection · Tim Lebbon · ss
- 96 · Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences · Edgar Allan Poe · ar Philadelphia Saturday Courier October 14 1843, as “Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences”
- 105 · A Difficult Subject · Jane Rice · vi Charm September 1948
- 109 · The Dog That Spoke French · Vincent Starrett · vi Chicago Sunday Tribune October 1 1944
- 111 · The Drawing-Room Bureau · E. F. Benson · ss The Woman at Home December 1915
- 119 · The Egg · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial March 1920, as “The Triumph of the Egg”
- 128 · The Errors of Santa Claus · Stephen Leacock · ss Frenzied Fiction by Stephen Leacock, John Lane, 1918
- 132 · The Final Apprentice · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Betcha Can’t Read Just One ed. Alan Dean Foster & Martin H. Greenberg, Ace, 1993
- 141 · Forgetful Charlie · Hugh B. Cave · ss Leatherneck 1957
- 145 · Gandhi at the Bat · Chet Williamson · ss The New Yorker June 20 1983
- 149 · Getting Enough · Chet Williamson · ss Playboy March 1987
- 153 · Great-Aunt Ella and the Stanley Steamer · Jane Rice · ss Charm September 1946
- 159 · Gremlin · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #1, April/May 1995
- 164 · The Grilling of Loren Ellery · Jack London · ss (r)
- 169 · The Hand That Feeds · John Maclay · ss Bloodreams January 1992
- 172 · The Hapless Bachelors · E. F. Benson · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1921
- 183 · Hearing Aid · David Langford · ss Practical Computing October 1982
- 191 · The Helping Hand · Robert Sheckley · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1981
- 192 · The Hexer · Howard Wandrei · ss Unknown June 1939, as by H. W. Guernsey
- 204 · His First Day at Editing · Eugene Field · ss (r)
- 209 · His First Operation · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Round the Red Lamp by A. Conan Doyle, Methuen, 1894
- 215 · If at First You Don’t Succeed, to Hell with It! · Charles E. Fritch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1972
- 220 · An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp March 27 1886
- 223 · In Mid-Atlantic · W. W. Jacobs · ss To-Day November 17 1894
- 229 · The Independent Fiend · Gordon Linzner · ss Bringing Down the Moon ed. Jani Anderson, Space & Time, 1985
- 236 · Interlude in a Laboratory · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 3 1981
- 237 · Kitty Answers · William Dean Howells · ss (r)
- 243 · The Legend of Scotland · Lewis Carroll · ss (r)
- 249 · The Life of Anybody · Robert Sheckley · vi Is That What People Do? by Robert Sheckley, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984
- 251 · A Little Joke · Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins · ss Sport Royal and Other Stories by Anthony Hope, Innes, 1893, as by Anthony Hope
- 255 · Little Red in the Hood · Linda Addison · vi Tomorrow November 1996
- 256 · The Lot’s Wife Caper · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #25, Spring/Summer 1973, as by R. L. Stevens
- 263 · Luck · Mark Twain · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1891
- 267 · Lynx-Hunting [Whilomville] · Stephen Crane · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1899
- 272 · Malice Aforethought · Donald A. Wollheim · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1952, as by David Grinnell
- 277 · Mirror, Mirror · Tina & Tony Rath · ss Weird Tales Winter 1992/1993
- 282 · Miss Crump’s Song · Augustus Baldwin Longstreet · ss (r)
- 286 · Miss Rennsdale Accepts · Booth Tarkington · ss (r)
- 292 · Monologue in Baker Street · Vincent Starrett · vi Chicago Sunday Tribune December 3 1950, as “Dr. Watson’s Mind Read by Master”
- 293 · Monster Tales: Return of the Jumbo Shrimp · Les Daniels · vi Necon Stories ed. Necon Committee, Three Bobs Press, 1990
- 294 · Moti Guj—Mutineer · Rudyard Kipling · ss Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891
- 301 · Mrs. Joseph Porter · Charles Dickens · ss The Monthly Magazine January 1834, uncredited.
- 310 · Not Just Another Saint Paddy’s Day · Ben P. Indick · vi 1993
- 313 · Nothing but the Best · Brian McNaughton · vi Masques IV ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1991
- 316 · Novelty and Romance: A Broken Spell · Lewis Carroll · ss (r)
- 323 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune October 11 1890, as “The Oil of a Dog”
- 327 · The Old, Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing · Stephen Leacock · ss MacLean’s Magazine September 1917
- 333 · Our New Bedstead · Frederick Swartout Cozzens · ss (r)
- 337 · Papa’s Planet · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1968
- 341 · Paranoid Fantasy #1 · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi The American Atheist 1975
- 343 · Patrons · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Space and Time #30, May 1975
- 345 · The Perfumed Garden · David H. Keller · ss The Gorgon v2 #4, 1948
- 352 · Personality Problem · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1983
- 353 · A Piece of Red Calico · Frank R. Stockton · vi Scribner’s Monthly February 1876, as by Andrew Scoggin
- 358 · Pig · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette June 3 1887
- 364 · Project Hush · William Tenn · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954
- 370 · Rheumatism Movement Cure · Robert Jones Burdette · vi (r)
- 373 · The Saga of Lizzie Borden · Jane Rice · vi Charm March 1946
- 376 · Santa’s Tenth Reindeer · Gordon Van Gelder · ss 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1984
- 379 · The Second Coming of a First Husband [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · ss Snake Doctor and Other Stories by Irvin S. Cobb, George H. Doran, 1923
- 387 · The Social Life of the Newt · Robert Benchley · ar Vanity Fair (US) December 1919
- 391 · “Sorry, But We Only Offer That Course in the Fall” · William Relling, Jr. · ss The Infinite Man by William Relling, Jr., Scream/Press, 1989
- 394 · Speak · Henry Slesar · vi The Diners Club Magazine 1965
- 396 · The Stalled Ox · Saki · ss The Morning Post, as by H. H. Munro
- 400 · The Stampeding of Lady Bastable [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Daily Mail November 5 1910, as “A Modern Boy”
- 403 · The Stout Gentleman [Bracebridge] · Washington Irving · ss Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving, John Murray, 1822; subtitled “A Stage Coach Romance”.
- 412 · Sweet Violence · Morris Hershman · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1967, as by Arnold English
- 413 · A Tale of Wet Days · Irvin S. Cobb · ss (r)
- 420 · Tempest in a Tub · J. M. Bailey · vi (r)
- 422 · Truman Capote’s Trilby: The Facts · Garry Kilworth · ss Back Brain Recluse #15, Spring 1990
- 430 · Two Dead Guys Walkin’ Around Eatin’ People · John R. Platt · ss 1997
- 437 · Upon My Soul · Jack Ritchie · ss The Diners Club Magazine January 1965
- 440 · The Vigil · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine September 1912
- 449 · When a Felon Needs a Friend · Morris Hershman · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1958, as by Arnold English
- 456 · With Nott in the Terrible Targa · William F. Nolan · ss
- 464 · Witch Hunt · Lawrence Schimel · vi
- 466 · The Worst Fog of the Year · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Horizons #31, 1990
- 472 · X-ing a Paragrab · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union May 12 1849
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