Angels and Awakenings ed. M. Cameron Grey (Doubleday, 1980, 0-385-15311-2, $15.95, xxii+403pp, hc, an)
28 stories “of the Miraculous”, illustrated by Warren Chappell.
- xv · Foreword · M. Cameron Grey · fw
- · Part I: Messengers from Elsewhere
- 3 · Angel Levine · Bernard Malamud · ss Commentary December 1955
- 17 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · vi The (London) Evening News September 29 1914
- 22 · The Three Hermits · Leo Tolstoi; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · ss Twenty-Three Tales by Leo Tolstoy, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1906
translated from the Russian.
- 31 · The Greatest Gift · Philip Van Doren Stern · ss self-published, December 1943
- 45 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 65 · The Fire Balloons [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1951
- 87 · The Angel of the Odd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine October 1844
- 99 · The Selfish Giant · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888
- 105 · The Last Trump · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Universe June 1955
- 125 · A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings · Gabriel García Márquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss New American Review #13, 1971; dated 1968.
- · Part II: Questionings
- 137 · The Cop and the Anthem · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 4 1904
- 146 · The Story of the Good Little Boy · Mark Twain · ss (r)
- 153 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · H. G. Wells · ss The Illustrated London News July 1898
- 173 · Paradise · Pär Lagerkvist · ss The Marriage Feast by Pär Lagerkvist, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1954
- 176 · Saint Katy the Virgin · John Steinbeck · ss The Long Valley by John Steinbeck, Viking, 1938
- 189 · Mr. Andrews · E. M. Forster · ss The Eternal Moment by E. M. Forster, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1928
- 195 · The Small Miracle · Paul Gallico · nv Good Housekeeping June 1950, as “Never Take No for an Answer”
- 213 · The City Coat of Arms · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · vi The Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Martin Secker, 1933
translated from the German (“Das Stadtwappen”, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1931).
- 216 · Aerial Football: The New Game · George Bernard Shaw · ss The Neolith #1, November 1907
- · Part III: Revelations and Celebrations
- 231 · The Man Who Saw Through Heaven · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine September 1925
- 253 · A Still Moment · Eudora Welty · ss The Wide Net by Eudora Welty, Harcourt, 1943
- 268 · The Angel of the Bridge · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker October 21 1961
- 280 · The Question of Rain · William Hoffman · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1978
- 297 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964
- 322 · The Man of the World · Frank O’Connor · ss The New Yorker July 28 1956
- 331 · Mr. Arcularis · Conrad Aiken · nv Harper’s Magazine March 1931
- 353 · The Schreuderspitze · Mark Helprin · nv The New Yorker January 10 1977
- 384 · The Marriage Feast · Pär Lagerkvist · ss The Marriage Feast by Pär Lagerkvist, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1954
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