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Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh (Heinemann, 1955, 12/6d, 194pp, hc, co)

1 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954

14 · The Hack · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier September 1954

24 · The White-Washed Room · Gerald Kersh · ss

29 · The Violin Maker · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News December 4 1952

36 · Femme Fatale · Gerald Kersh · ss

42 · Gratitude · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1943

48 · The Madwoman · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News July 30 1953

55 · The Life and Times of the Dog Basta · Gerald Kersh · ss

64 · The Guardian · Gerald Kersh · ss

71 · Carnival on the Downs · Gerald Kersh · ss

92 · Elizabeth and Temptation · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Spring 1939, as by G. J. Herbert

105 · In a Misty Window · Gerald Kersh · ss Illustrated September 28 1946

112 · Memory of a Fight · Gerald Kersh · ss Argosy (UK) September 1955

119 · The Fabulous Fido · Gerald Kersh · ss

126 · The Tarleton Twins · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1938/1939, as by G. J. Herbert

132 · The Charcoal Burner · Gerald Kersh · ss

140 · The Sympathetic Souse · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput November 1954

150 · Incident in a Tavern · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News May 6 1953

156 · The End of a Wise Guy · Gerald Kersh · ss John Bull November 27 1948, as “Victim Unknown”

175 · The Dancing Doll · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News February 17 1953

183 · Buried Treasure · Gerald Kersh · ss

189 · One Case in a Million · Gerald Kersh · ss

Men Without Bones (var. 1) by Gerald Kersh (Paperback Library, January 1962, 52-127, 50¢, 223pp, pb, co)

7 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954

17 · The Shady Life of Annibal · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 18 1959, as “The Imaginary Heir”

32 · The Ape and the Mystery · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 26 1948, as “The Mysterious Mona Lisa Smile”

42 · The Oxoxoco Bottle · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 7 1957, as “The Secret of the Bottle”

70 · Thicker Than Water · Gerald Kersh · nv Guttersnipe by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1954

95 · The Madwoman · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News July 30 1953

100 · The Terrible Ride of Colonel Tessier [Major Ratapoil] · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 11 1952

126 · The Dancing Doll · Gerald Kersh · ss The (London) Evening News February 17 1953

132 · The Hack · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier September 1954

140 · Ladies or Clothes · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire December 1947

150 · In a Room Without Walls · Gerald Kersh · ss Neither Man nor Dog by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1946

154 · Clock Without Hands · Gerald Kersh · nv Collier’s October 12 1946 (+2)

214 · The Epistle of Simple Simon · Gerald Kersh · ss Tomorrow June 1947

More Than Once Upon a Time by Gerald Kersh (Heinemann, 1964, hc, co)

· The Defeat of the Demon Tailor · Gerald Kersh · ss Playboy August 1961

· Fabulous Bargain · Gerald Kersh · ss (r), as “The Persian Bedspread”

· Greek Tragedy · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Heartless Heidi · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 11 1961

· A Little Something in the Bank · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 14 1962, as “The Unsafe Deposit Box”

· A Lucky Day for the Boar · Gerald Kersh · ss Playboy October 1962

· The Molosso Overcoats [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss Playboy December 1960, as “Oalámaóa”

· More Than Once Upon a Time · Gerald Kersh · ss

· The Nimroud Rug · Gerald Kersh · ss

· No Matter How You Slice It · Gerald Kersh · ss Gent October 1962

· Proud Servant · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Return of the Dog · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1961, as “Bored with It All”

· The Spanish Prisoner · Gerald Kersh · ss Playboy February 1962

· The Tremendous Trifle · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 6 1962, as “A Man’s Man”

· A Walk in the Snow · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 23/December 30 1961

Neither Man nor Dog by Gerald Kersh (Heinemann, 1946, hc, co)

· A Bang on the Head for Dutoit · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull March 28 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

· The Conqueror Worm · Gerald Kersh · ss The Bystander June 23 1937

· Destiny and the Bullet · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull April 24 1943, as by Waldo Kellar

· Doctor Ox Will Die at Midnight · Gerald Kersh · ss The Bystander September 22 1937

· The Dungeon · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput November 1941

· Dustin—The Broken Man · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull December 19 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

· The Earwig · Gerald Kersh · ss Picture Post October 22 1938

· Envy · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as by Alison Rostron

· Fantasy of a Hunted Man · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull May 16 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

· The Fortunes of the Pryskys · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly October 10 1941

· The Frenchman Who Understood Women · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire April 1946

· The Gentleman All in Black · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull January 24 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

· Gomez · Gerald Kersh · vi Selected Stories by Gerald Kersh, Staples & Staples, 1943

· Grey Old She-Wolf · Gerald Kersh · vi The Evening Standard May 9 1938

· Hero Worship · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly February 22 1946

· The House of Relish · Gerald Kersh · na Shelf Appeal September 1936 - December 1936

· In a Room Without Walls · Gerald Kersh · ss

· The Last Battle · Gerald Kersh · ss
extract from the novel Night and the City (1938).

· Let Lying Dogs Sleep · Gerald Kersh · nv The Daily Mail December 12 1939 (+1)

· Macagony’s Fist · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Winter 1937/1938, as by P. J. Gahagan

· Maria’s Christ · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull January 17 1942, as “The Mystery of Maria’s Christ” by Waldo Kellar

· The Naked Man · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly November 8 1940

· Neither Man nor Dog [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly January 26 1945

· The Old Burying Place · Gerald Kersh · vi The Evening Standard May 25 1938

· Red Gentleman of Staffordshire · Gerald Kersh · ss The First Eighteen: Stories by Writers in Uniform ed. Robert Westerby & P. J. Bruce, Nicholson & Watson, 1943

· Reflections in a Brown Eye · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Reflections in a Tablespoon · Gerald Kersh · ss

· The Ruined Wall · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly August 14 1942

· The Sailor’s Farewell to His Horse · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull March 13 1943, as by Waldo Kellar

· A Small and Dirty Dog · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull December 12 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

· Strong Greek Wine · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput April 1941

· Tread Lightly · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Uncle Kuzma · Gerald Kersh · ts The People #3243, December 26 1943, as by Piers England

· An Undistinguished Boy · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Who Wants a Liver-Coloured Cat? · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull February 28 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

· Wolf! Wolf! [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard November 2 1937

· The Woman and the Fire · Gerald Kersh · vi The People #3285, October 15 1944

Night and the City by Gerald Kersh (iBooks, November 2001, 0-7434-1304-0, $12.00, 379pp, tp, no, cover by Steranko)
Reprint (Michael Joseph 1938) contemporary low-life thriller. Edited, and with an essay on Kersh, by Paul Duncan. The US edition imported from 3 December 2001 at £7.99.

vii · Glossary · ms (r)

ix · Note on Cockney Rhyming Slang · ms (r)

1 · Night and the City · Gerald Kersh · n. Michael Joseph, 1938

355 · Gerald Kersh: Man of Many Skins: An Analysis · Paul Duncan · ar 2001

On an Odd Note by Gerald Kersh (Ballantine, 1958, 268, 35¢, 154pp, pb, co)

11 · Seed of Destruction · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1947

19 · Frozen Beauty · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull November 29 1941, as by Waldo Kellar

25 · Reflections in a Tablespoon · Gerald Kersh · ss Neither Man nor Dog by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1946

39 · The Crewel Needle · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput May/June 1953

49 · The Sympathetic Souse · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput November 1954

57 · The Queen of Pig Island · Gerald Kersh · ss The Strand Magazine March 1949

71 · Prophet Without Honor · Gerald Kersh · ss

89 · The Beggars’ Stone · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 20 1941, as “The Stone”

97 · The Brighton Monster [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 21 1948, as “The Monster”

115 · The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy · Gerald Kersh · ss Penguin Parade #6, 1939

121 · Fantasy of a Hunted Man · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull May 16 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

127 · The Gentleman All in Black · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull January 24 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

133 · The Eye · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 2 1957, as “Murderer’s Eye”

Sad Road to the Sea by Gerald Kersh (Heinemann, 1947, hc, co)

· The Cat Finds His Way Home · Gerald Kersh · vi The Evening Standard April 23 1938

· The Crash of Max Reddish · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Crazy Quarrel · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull July 25 1942, as “The Craziest Argument” by Waldo Kellar

· Do You Follow Me? · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull January 30 1943, as “She Couldn’t See the “Joke”” by Waldo Kellar

· Flesh and Grass · Gerald Kersh · ss The Daily Mail November 15 1939

· Green Powder · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull March 7 1942, as “The Madman and the Green Powder” by Waldo Kellar

· The History of Dancing Oliver · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull October 16 1943

· The Host · Gerald Kersh · ss Selected Stories by Gerald Kersh, Staples & Staples, 1943

· Kannibalsky [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss I Got References by Gerald Kersh, Joseph, 1939

· Lives · Gerald Kersh · ss Eve’s Journal November 1938

· Love, the Marksman · Gerald Kersh · ts The People #3392, November 3 1946, as “Lest We Should Forget!”

· The Man Who Saw God · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull May 23 1942, as “Old John’s Vision” by Waldo Kellar

· The Memorial · Gerald Kersh · ss John Bull November 20 1943

· One Guinea’s Worth · Gerald Kersh · vi The People #3273, July 23 1944, as “The Medico Asked for a Guinea”

· Prometheus · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard June 23 1938

· Sad Road to the Sea · Gerald Kersh · nv Cosmopolitan September 1946

· Sacred to the Memory · Gerald Kersh · vi Esquire January 1946

· The Scar · Gerald Kersh · ss The Bystander April 7 1937

· Seed · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull April 4 1942, as “Ape-Man’s Miracle” by Waldo Kellar

· Seed of Destruction · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1947

· Some Late Lark Singing · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput October 1946

· Some Other Star · Gerald Kersh · ss The Star December 23 1940

· The Story of Johnnie Boots [Johnnie Boots] · Gerald Kersh · vi The People #3187, November 29 1942

· Thirty-One Seconds · Gerald Kersh · ss John Bull January 23 1943, as “Riley Kills Thirty-One Seconds” by Waldo Kellar

· This Stuff Is Like Cigarette Ash · Gerald Kersh · ss The Star February 7 1940

· Two Gentlemen from Bucharest · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly March 13 1942

· A Vision of a Lost Child · Gerald Kersh · ss Selected Stories by Gerald Kersh, Staples & Staples, 1943

· Will to Power · Gerald Kersh · ss The Star November 5 1938

· The Wolf Dies in Silence [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 3 1938

· The Woman and the Doll · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull February 27 1943, as by Waldo Kellar

Selected Stories by Gerald Kersh (Staples and Staples, March 1943, hc, co)

· The Battle of the Singing Men · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly December 8 1939

· The Bitter Seas · Gerald Kersh · ss Modern Reading 5 ed. Reginald Moore, Big Ben Books, 1942

· The Drunk and the Blind · Gerald Kersh · ss Penguin Parade #4, 1938

· Dudelsack · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly October 9 1942

· The Dungeon · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput November 1941

· The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy · Gerald Kersh · ss Penguin Parade #6, 1939

· Gomez · Gerald Kersh · vi

· Grass · Gerald Kersh · ss The Daily Mail November 15 1939, as “Flesh and Grass”

· The Host · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Kannibalsky [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss I Got References by Gerald Kersh, Joseph, 1939

· Lives · Gerald Kersh · ss Eve’s Journal November 1938

· The Musicians · Gerald Kersh · ss Harper’s Bazaar

· The Old Burying Place · Gerald Kersh · vi The Evening Standard May 25 1938

· Prometheus · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard June 23 1938

· The Ruined Wall · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly August 14 1942

· Shaggy Yellow Dog · Gerald Kersh · ss Picture Post July 29 1939

· Some Other Star · Gerald Kersh · ss The Star December 23 1940

· The Stone · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 20 1941

· Strong Greek Wine · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput April 1941

· The Undefeated · Gerald Kersh · ss Illustrated September 27 1941

· A Vision of a Lost Child · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Will to Power · Gerald Kersh · ss The Star November 5 1938

· The Wolf Dies in Silence [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 3 1938

The Terribly Wild Flowers by Gerald Kersh (Heinemann, 1962, hc, co)

· The Oracle of the Fish · Gerald Kersh · ss Nugget June 1959

· Perfect Camera · Gerald Kersh · ss Argosy (UK) August 1960

· A Problem in Curves [Vara the Tailor] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 16 1960, as “The Tailor’s Secret”

· The Pug and the Angel · Gerald Kersh · ss

· The Secret History of a Hero · Gerald Kersh · ss Nugget October 1959

· The Strange Fate of Jonah the Moaner · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput June 1960

· Tamara Prolly · Gerald Kersh · ss

· The Terribly Wild Flowers · Gerald Kersh · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958

· The Wrong Side of Things · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 31 1959, as “The Death Tunnel”

The Ugly Face of Love and Other Stories by Gerald Kersh (Heinemann, 1960, hc, co)

· Apprentice Assassin · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 19 1958

· Collector’s Piece [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 13 1954, as “The Thief Who Played Dead”

· The Eye · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 2 1957, as “Murderer’s Eye”

· The Incorruptible Tailor [Vara the Tailor] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 1 1958, as “The Immovable Man”

· Où Est the Corpse De Ma Tante? · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 12 1955, as “The Woman Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead”

· The Oxoxoco Bottle · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 7 1957, as “The Secret of the Bottle”

· Prophet Without Honor · Gerald Kersh · ss On an Odd Note by Gerald Kersh, Ballantine, 1958

· River of Riches · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 8 1958

· The Shady Life of Annibal · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 18 1959, as “The Imaginary Heir”

· Terraces · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput March 1955, as “Mr. Bottomley’s Inferno”

· The Ugly Face of Love · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput December 1955

The World, the Flesh, & the Devil by Gerald Kersh (Ash-Tree Press, November 2006, 978-1-55310-092-8, C$52.00, xvii+258pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Van Hollander) [edited by Paul Duncan]
This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $47.50 and in the UK for £28.00.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

vi · About the Editor · Paul Duncan · bg

ix · Introduction · Paul Duncan · in

3 · Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? · Gerald Kersh · nv The Montreal Standard November 1950

28 · A Legend of Truth · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull June 27 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

32 · Comrade Death · Gerald Kersh · nv Courier Summer 1938

59 · Note on Danger B · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1947

68 · The Epistle of Simple Simon · Gerald Kersh · ss Tomorrow June 1947

77 · The Gentleman All in Black · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull January 24 1942, as by Waldo Kellar

81 · The Old Burying Place · Gerald Kersh · vi The Evening Standard May 25 1938

84 · The Brighton Monster [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 21 1948, as “The Monster”

97 · Wolf! Wolf! [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening Standard November 2 1937

102 · The Wolf Dies in Silence [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 3 1938

107 · Kannibalsky [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss I Got References by Gerald Kersh, Joseph, 1939

110 · Neither Man nor Dog [Adze] · Gerald Kersh · ss John o’ London’s Weekly January 26 1945

114 · The Queen of Pig Island · Gerald Kersh · ss The Strand Magazine March 1949

125 · The Dungeon · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput November 1941

128 · A Vision of a Lost Child · Gerald Kersh · ss Selected Stories by Gerald Kersh, Staples & Staples, 1943

132 · Miracle of the Winged Rescue · Gerald Kersh · ss The People January 5 1947

139 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954

147 · The White Flash · Gerald Kersh · vi The People #3243, December 26 1943

155 · One Case in a Million · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1955

159 · The Oxoxoco Bottle · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 7 1957, as “The Secret of the Bottle”

183 · The Man and the Spirit · Gerald Kersh · ts John Bull April 10 1943, as by Waldo Kellar

187 · The White-Washed Room · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh, Heinemann, 1955

191 · The Unsafe Deposit Box · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 14 1962

202 · Crooked Bone · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1968

224 · Dr. Ox Will Die at Midnight · Gerald Kersh · ss The Bystander September 22 1937

230 · Afterword: “Gerald Kersh: Man of Many Skins” · Paul Duncan · bg [Ref. Gerald Kersh]; an earlier version of this article was published as the afterword to the ibooks edition of Night and the City.

247 · Bibliography · Paul Duncan · bi [Ref. Gerald Kersh]

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