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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 #478, 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 #45, 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 #66, 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 #76, March/April 1939

· The Midwinter Guest · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story #8, 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 #11, February 1933

· A Knife to Cut the Corn Bread With · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)

· Savannah River Payday · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#15, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Subtitled “13 Great Stories”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

11 · A Watch and the Wilderness · Max Brand · ss The Elks Magazine September 1940

17 · Sunstroke · Ivan Bunin; translated by John Cournos · ss Story #20, March 1934

24 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936

34 · Panic · Daphne du Maurier · ss Saturday Review (UK) February 28 1931

42 · Remember Mother · Frances Eisenberg · ss Story #88, March/April 1941

54 · No Room at the Inn · Edna Ferber · ss Collier’s December 16 1939

60 · The Knot Hole · Dorothy Canfield · nv The Yale Review Spring 1943

78 · An Egg for the Major · C. S. Forester · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 13 1941

89 · The Boarding House · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

95 · You Can’t Do That [March family] · John P. Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post June 22 1935

115 · Mr. Nab · Ferenc Molnar · ss Story #95, May/June 1942

121 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911

124 · Eighteenth Summer · Hallie Southgate · ss Story 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#16, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) []
Reprints 8 long short stories from We Are Ten by Fannie Hurst (Harper & Brothers, 1937).
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

11 · Carrousel · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan January 1930

26 · Soiled Dove · Fannie Hurst · ss (r)

44 · Elaine, Daughter of Elaine · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan October 1937

61 · God Made Little Apples · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1932

73 · Hattie Turner versus Hattie Turner · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan August 1934

92 · Nothing Ever Happens · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1935

111 · The Laugh Was on Harry · Fannie Hurst · ss (r)

127 · Home, James! · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan June 1936

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#17, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Subtitled “Selected Great Stories”. Abridged from The Hills Beyond by Thomas Wolfe (Harper, 1941).
Details taken from eBay listing.

· No Cure for It · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· Gentlemen of the Press · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· A Kinsman of the Blood · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· Chickamauga · Thomas Wolfe · nv The Yale Review Winter 1938

· The Return of the Prodigal · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· The Lion at Morning · Thomas Wolfe · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2757, October 1941

· The Battle of Hogwart Heights · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)

· The Lost Boy · Thomas Wolfe · nv Redbook Magazine November 1937

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#18, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Reprints 5 of the 6 stories in Ah King by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1933).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents.

11 · Ah King · Somerset Maugham · pr Heinemann, 1933

12 · Footprints in the Jungle · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan January 1927

35 · The Door of Opportunity · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan October 1931

59 · The Vessel of Wrath · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan April 1931

86 · The Book-Bag · Somerset Maugham · nv The Book-Bag: 20 Best Short Stories in Ray Long’s 20 Years as an Editor ed. Ray Long, Crown, 1932

113 · The Back of Beyond · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan July 1931, as “The Right Thing Is the Kind Thing”

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#19, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Reprints They Brought Their Women by Edna Ferber (Doubleday, 1932).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

12 · Preface · Edna Ferber · pr 1932

13 · Glamour · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan March 1932

30 · Fräulein · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan October 1932

47 · Meadow Lark · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan July 1930

60 · Hey! Taxi! · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan January 1928

76 · Wall Street—’28 · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan August 1928, as “Nine to Five
9 to 5”

90 · They Brought Their Women · Edna Ferber · nv Cosmopolitan July 1932

106 · No Foolin’ · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan December 1931

122 · Keep It Holy · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan May 1933

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#20, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Twelve great modern stories: a new collection”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

11 · The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber · Ernest Hemingway · nv Cosmopolitan September 1936

38 · If God Can Be Amused · Lloyd C. Douglas · ss The American Magazine December 1933

53 · Nothing So Monstrous · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932

70 · Onward, Sons of Ingersoll! · Sinclair Lewis · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1935

87 · Princess O’Hara · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s March 3 1934

100 · Into Egypt · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Tales Before Midnight by Stephen Vincent Benét, Farrar & Rinehart, 1939

110 · The Sage of Fountain Inn · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan September 1933

118 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

126 · Let There Be Honour · Kay Boyle · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 8 1941

143 · Fishing · H. E. Bates · ss The Manchester Guardian February 3 1928

146 · Beaver · Hal Borland · ss Story #25, August 1934

153 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1922

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#21, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 166pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Twelve Great Stories”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents.

11 · Baby Mike · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

26 · Mr. Gremmer · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

32 · A Teamster’s Payday · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

52 · Street Scene · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

59 · High-School Star · James T. Farrell · nv To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

83 · Autumn Afternoon · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

97 · Yesterday’s Love · James T. Farrell · ss $1000 a Week by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1942

103 · The Scoop · James T. Farrell · ss The Daily Worker 1934

109 · The Oratory Contest · James T. Farrell · ss Can All This Grandeur Perish? by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1937

125 · Jim O’Neill · James T. Farrell · ss A Year Magazine 1933

135 · A Noble Guy · James T. Farrell · ss Can All This Grandeur Perish? by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1937

147 · Children of the Times · James T. Farrell · ss Can All This Grandeur Perish? by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1937

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#22, 1945] (25¢, digest) []
Subtitled “Career in C Major and Other Stories”.

· The Girl in the Storm · James M. Cain · ss Liberty January 6 1940

· Coal Black · James M. Cain · ss Liberty April 3 1937

· Career in C Major · James M. Cain · na Three of a Kind by James M. Cain, Knopf, 1943
expanded from “Two Can Sing”, American Magazine Apr ’38.

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#23, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) []
Subtitled “The First Wife and Other Stories” but different contents to the 1933 (John Day) collection of the same name.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· The First Wife · Pearl S. Buck · ss Asia December 1931

· The Lesson · Pearl S. Buck · ss Today and Forever by Pearl S. Buck, John Day, 1941

· Hearts Come Home · Pearl S. Buck · ss Ladies’ Home Journal August 1935

· Golden Flower · Pearl S. Buck · ss Woman’s Home Companion March 1940

· The Face of Buddha · Pearl S. Buck · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 24 1940, as “The Face of Gold”

· Guerrila Mother · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r)

· The Frill · Pearl S. Buck · ss Woman’s Home Companion March 1933

· The Old Demon · Pearl S. Buck · ss Cosmopolitan February 1939

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#24, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Subtitled “Five Long Short Stories”. Reprints 5 of the 9 stories in It Takes All Kinds by Louis Bromfield (Harper, 1939).
Details taken from eBay listing.

· New York Legend · Louis Bromfield · na Cosmopolitan September 1935

· Good-Time Bessie · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan March 1936

· The Hand of God · Louis Bromfield · nv Cosmopolitan September 1934

· The Girl Who Knew Everybody · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan March 1932

· That Which Never Returns · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan September 1931

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#25, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 133pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Ten Great Stories: A New Anthology”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· The Hanging at San Quentin · John Steinbeck · ss (r)

· Daughters of Mars · Louis Bromfield · ss The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield, Harper & Row, 1944

· The Captial of the World · Ernest Hemingway · ss (r)

· The Four Dutchmen · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan December 1928

· Charles Gathergood · James Hilton · ss Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932

· The Cat “I Am” · H. F. Heard · ss The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales by H. F. Heard, Vanguard Press, 1944

· María Concepción · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Century Magazine December 1922

· The Bottle Collectors · Kenneth Roberts · nv (r)
possibly “A Tour of the Bottlefields” The Saturday Evening Post Nov 13, 1926.

· The Dance · Pearl S. Buck · ss Collier’s March 23 1935

· Over the River and Through the Wood · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker December 15 1934

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#26, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Reprints 26 of the 87 stories in A Thousand and One Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht (The Viking Press, 1941).
Details taken from eBay listing.

· Feast of the Bums · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Go Scholar-Gypsy! · Ben Hecht · ar Story #92, September/October 1941 [Ref. Sherwood Anderson]

· Goodbye to an Old Man · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· How Do You Do? · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Open Letter to Mr. Churchill · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Obit for Nobody · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· A Poet Out of Yesterday · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Four Rabbis Speak · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· A Maverick from Movie Land · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Wreath for a Little Girl · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· The Bewitched Tailor · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Hand Me Me Sword · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Three Without a Story · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· I Want to Go Home · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Murder in Broome Street · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Mishkin’s Soul of Man · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· As Apple Blossom Falls · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· No Casting · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Echoes from a Rubbish Heap · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Ballad of Dead Reporters · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· My Tribe Is Called Israel · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Poor People · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Hitler’s Lost Cause · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Nude on Rocks · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Evening in Ermine · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Miracle on WHN · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· A Paganini of the Gutter · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Tale of a Midget · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

· Afternoon of an Author · Ben Hecht · ss 1001 Afternoons in New York by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#28, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Subtitled “Twelve Great Stories”.

· Triumph of Justice · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1940

· The Raffle · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker March 1 1941

· Mock Hen and Mock Turtle [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur Train · ss Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Train, Scribner, 1920

· The Man Who Looked Like Himself · Erskine Caldwell · ss The American Mercury May 1933

· The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth · Robert Benchley · ss Inside Benchley by Robert Benchley, Harper and Brothers, 1942

· The Vivid Imagination · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932

· Up Ferguson Way · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan December 1943

· A Humoresque in Ham · Ben Hecht · ss The Smart Set April 1918

· No Trouble at All · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Vogue March 1 1937

· The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930

· Too Bad · Dorothy Parker · ss The Smart Set July 1923

· The Body Beautiful · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ar The American Mercury May 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#29, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 130pp, digest) []
Reprints Hope of Heaven and Other Stories by John O’Hara (Faber and Faber, 1939).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· Hope of Heaven · John O’Hara · n. 1938

· Platform · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

· A Purchase of Some Golf Clubs · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

· Too Young · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 9 1939

· Where’s the Game · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#30, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 146pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Georgia Boy and Other Stories by Erskine Caldwell”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· Georgia Boy · Erskine Caldwell · n. 1943

· Handy · Erskine Caldwell · ss The New Republic September 23 1940

· Hamrick’s Polar Bear · Erskine Caldwell · ss Redbook Magazine July 1937

· Carnival · Erskine Caldwell · ss Mid-Week Pictorial October 24 1936

· Dorothy · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine April 1931

· The Rumor · Erskine Caldwell · ss American Earth by Erskine Caldwell, Charles Scribner's, 1931

· Maud Island · Erskine Caldwell · ss The Sunday Review of the Brooklyn “Daily Eagle” 1934

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#31, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Twelve Great Stories: A New Anthology”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· Little Curtis · Dorothy Parker · ss Here Lies by Dorothy Parker, Viking Press, 1939

· Yonder’s Henry · Thorne Smith · ss Esquire February 1934

· The Philanderer’s Wife · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Cosmopolitan February 1938

· Philomel Cottage · Agatha Christie · nv The Grand Magazine November 1924

· Ransom · Pearl S. Buck · nv Cosmopolitan October 1938

· Benediction · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Smart Set February 1920

· Crime Passionnel · Louis Bromfield · ss The New Yorker March 25 1944

· The Tear Squeezer · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set October 1913

· Pale Hands · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss (r)

· The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929

· Everybody Was Very Nice · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 5 1936

· Molly Morgan · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#32, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) []
Reprint of Welcome to the City and Other Stories by Irwin Shaw (Random House, 1942).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

11 · The City Was in Total Darkness · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 30 1941

23 · Main Currents of American Thought · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 5 1939

32 · God on Friday Night · Irwin Shaw · ss Story #75, January/February 1939

37 · The Eighty-Yard Run · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire January 1941

49 · Welcome to the City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker January 17 1942

60 · Free Conscience, Void of Offence · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker July 27 1940

68 · Material Witness · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker February 1 1941

74 · The House of Pain · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire November 1940

80 · Triumph of Justice · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1940

90 · Night, Birth and Opinion · Irwin Shaw · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1941

98 · Search Through the Streets of the City · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 2 1941

105 · Select Clientele · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 17 1940

112 · The Indian in the Depth of Night · Irwin Shaw · ss Story #87, January/February 1941

117 · It Happened in Rochester · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1939

125 · The Dry Rock · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker May 31 1941

135 · Prize for Promise · Irwin Shaw · ss Mademoiselle January 1941

142 · Lemkau, Pogran and Blaufox · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker December 30 1939

147 · Dinner in a Good Restaurant · Irwin Shaw · ss (r)

151 · The Lament of Madam Rechevsky · Irwin Shaw · ss (r)

157 · Pattern of Love · Irwin Shaw · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2757, October 1941

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#33, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 132pp, digest) []
Subtitled “A New Collection of Great Stories”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown · Gene Fowler · ss (r)

· Accident · James T. Farrell · ss Story #78, July/August 1939

· New Cabin · Erskine Caldwell · ss College Humor July 1936

· The Three-Day Blow [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway, Boni & Liveright, 1925

· I’m a Fool · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial February 1922

· Bella Fleace Gave a Party · Evelyn Waugh · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1933

· The Road to Recovery · Budd Schulberg · ss (r)

· The Old Chevalier · Isak Dinesen · nv Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen, Smith & Haas, 1934

· Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921

· Girl on the Road · Louis Adamic · nv from My America, Harper, 1937

· “Ask That Man” · Robert Benchley · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#34, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 129pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Great Stories by Louis Bromfield”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· Death in Monte Carlo · Louis Bromfield · ss The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield, Harper & Row, 1944

· The Old House · Louis Bromfield · ss The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield, Harper & Row, 1944

· True Love · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan June 1944

· Aunt Flora · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan June 1933

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#35, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 134pp, digest) []
Reprints 6 of the 8 stories in The Trembling of a Leaf by W. Somerset Maugham (George H. Doran, 1921).
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· The Pacific · W. Somerset Maugham · in The Trembling of a Leaf. Little Stories from the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset Maugham, George H. Doran, 1921

· Mackintosh · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan November 1920

· The Fall of Edward Barnard · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The Trembling of a Leaf. Little Stories from the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset Maugham, George H. Doran, 1921

· The Pool · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan September 1921

· Honolulu · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Everybody’s October 1921

· Envoi · W. Somerset Maugham · ms The Trembling of a Leaf. Little Stories from the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset Maugham, George H. Doran, 1921

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#36, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 126pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Stories of Love and Adventure”; reprints 7 of the 13 stories from The Historical Nights’ Entertainment by Rafael Sabatini (Martin Secker, 1917).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· The Night of Kirk o’ Field · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #30, October 1916; subtitled “The Murder of Darnley”.

· The Night of Witchcraft · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #33, January 1917; subtitled “Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan”.

· The Night of Nuptials · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #37, May 1917; subtitled “Charles the Bold and Sapphira Danvelt”.

· The Night of Stranglers · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #35, March 1917; subtitled “Giovanna of Naples and Andreas of Hungary”.

· The Night of Hate · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #31, November 1916; subtitled “The Murder of the Duke of Gandia”.

· The Night of Escape · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #38, June 1917; subtitled “Casanova’s Escape from the Piombi”.

· The Night of Masquerade · Rafael Sabatini · ts The Premier Magazine #39, July 1917; subtitled “The Assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden”.

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#37, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 126pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Concerning a Woman of Sin and Other Stories by Ben Hecht”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· Concerning a Woman of Sin · Ben Hecht · ss Collier’s March 27 1943 (+1)

· Café Sinister · Ben Hecht · ss Collier’s August 21 1943

· The Pink Hussar · Ben Hecht · ss Collier’s September 25 1943

· Specter of the Rose · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty November 22 1941

· The Ax · Ben Hecht · ss Cosmopolitan November 1930

· The Lost Soul · Ben Hecht · ss A Book of Miracles by Ben Hecht, Viking, 1939

· Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine September 1933

· The Rival Dummy · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty August 18 1928

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#38, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 126pp, digest) []
Reprints 7 of the 10 stories from The Mixture as Before by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1940).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· The Facts of Life · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan April 1939

· A Man with a Conscience · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan June 1939

· The Treasure · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1934, as “The Best Ever”

· The Lion’s Skin · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan November 1937

· Lord Mountdrago · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan February 1939, as “Doctor and Patient”

· Gigolo and Gigolette · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine March 1935

· An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan July 1937

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#39, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 126pp, digest) []
Reprints 26 of the 31 “Stories of Venial Sin” from Pipe Night by John O’Hara (Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· Joey and the Calcutta Club [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 30 1940

· Summer’s Day · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 29 1942

· Walter T. Carriman · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 16 1943

· Now We Know · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 5 1943

· Free · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

· Can You Carry Me? · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 3 1939

· Radio · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 22 1943

· Nothing Missing · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker June 14 1941

· The King of the Desert · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 30 1940

· Bread Alone · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 23 1939

· Reunion Over Lightly · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 29 1939

· Memo to a Kind Stranger · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s November 6 1943

· The Erloff [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker February 3 1940

· Patriotism · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

· A Respectable Place · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 19 1940

· The Magical Numbers · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker January 18 1941

· On Time · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s April 8 1944

· Graven Image · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 13 1943

· Adventure on the Set · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 15 1941

· Revenge · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s September 25 1943

· Fire! · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

· The Lieutenant · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 13 1943

· The Next-to-Last Dance of the Season · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 18 1943

· Leave · John O’Hara · vi Collier’s December 2 1944

· The Handler · John O’Hara · ss Pipe Night by John O'Hara, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

· Mrs. Whitman · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker January 27 1945

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#40, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 123pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Marianne in India, and other stories”; reprints 14 of the 15 stories from Stories from Far and Near by Lion Feuchtwanger (The Viking Press, 1945).
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· Marianne in India · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · nv Marianne in India by Lion Feuchtwanger, tr. Basil Creighton, Viking Press, 1935
translated from the German (“Marianne in Indien”).

· The House in the Shady Lane · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss (r)

· History of the Brain Specialist Dr. Bl. · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss Marianne in India by Lion Feuchtwanger, tr. Basil Creighton, Viking Press, 1935
translated from the German (“Geschichte des Gehirnphysiologen Dr. Bl.”).

· Faithful Peter · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss (r)

· Herr Hannsicke’s Second Birth · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss Marianne in India by Lion Feuchtwanger, tr. Basil Creighton, Viking Press, 1935
translated from the German (“Herrn Hannsickes Wiedergeburt”).

· The Aunt Who Told Lies · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss (r)

· A Wager · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss (r)

· The Steward Antonio · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss (r)

· The Death of Nero · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss (r)

· Bullfight · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss Marianne in India by Lion Feuchtwanger, tr. Basil Creighton, Viking Press, 1935
translated from the German (“Stierkampf”).

· The Armored Cruiser Potemkin · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss (r)

· Mr. Wollstein’s Trunk Checks · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss Collier’s July 18 1942

· The Little Season · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · nv Marianne in India by Lion Feuchtwanger, tr. Basil Creighton, Viking Press, 1935
translated from the German (“Nachsaison”).

· Polar Expedition · Lion Feuchtwanger; translated by Basil Creighton · ss Marianne in India by Lion Feuchtwanger, tr. Basil Creighton, Viking Press, 1935
translated from the German (“Polfahrt”).

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#41, 1948] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 123pp, digest) []
Subtitled “A Hell of a Good Time and Other Stories by James T. Farrell”.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

· The Hyland Family · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Guillotine Party · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· To Whom It May Concern · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

· Omar James · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· All Things Are Nothing to Me · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Thanksgiving Spirit · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· A Practical Joke · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· Sunday · James T. Farrell · ss The American Mercury December 1933

· A Hell of a Good Time · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

· $1,000 a Week · James T. Farrell · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#42, 1948] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 121pp, digest) []
Subtitled “Hollywood Love Clinic: Behind-the-Screen Stories of Passion, Pain and Pleasure”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents.

3 · You Twinkle Only Once · Aben Kandel · nv Story #101, May/June 1943

26 · Sylvia Seydel · James Hilton · nv Contango by James Hilton, Ernest Benn, 1932

53 · The City Was in Total Darkness · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 30 1941

66 · To Whom It May Concern · James T. Farrell · ss To Whom It May Concern by James T. Farrell, Vanguard Press, 1944

78 · Merchant of Menace · Leslie T. White · ss The Bedside Bonanza ed. Frank Owen, F. Fell, 1944

96 · Watch the Birdie · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss The New Yorker June 6 1942

105 · Crazy Sunday · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The American Mercury October 1932

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#43, 1948] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest) []
Subtitled “East of Suez: Stories of the Tropics by W. Somerset Maugham”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· Before the Party · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1922

· My Lady’s Parlour · W. Somerset Maugham · vi The Strand Magazine October 1922

· The Mongol Chief · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)

· P. & O. · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Hearst’s International February 1923, as “Bewitched”

· Dinner Parties · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Asia February 1922, as “Foreign Devils”

· The Outstation · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International June 1924

· The Opium Den · W. Somerset Maugham · ar The Strand Magazine October 1922

· Romance · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)

· The Force of Circumstance · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International January 1924

· The Stripling · W. Somerset Maugham · ar The Strand Magazine October 1922

· The Yellow Streak · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan August 1925

· The Sinologue · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#44, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest) []
Subtitled “Tropical Passions”.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

3 · The Green Palms · Robert Payne · nv Story #127, November/December 1947

32 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International April 1924

65 · Interlude in India · John Dann MacDonald · ss Story #120, July/August 1946

69 · Amok · Stefan Zweig · na Neue Freie Presse, 1922

116 · The Visit of Señor Reilly · Robert Norman Hubner · ss Story #121, September/October 1946

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 [#48, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest) []
Reprints 9 of the 11 stories from Night Club by Katharine Brush (Minton, Balch & Co., 1929).
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

· Night Club · Katharine Brush · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1927

· The Long Young Dreams · Katharine Brush · ss Cosmopolitan November 1927

· “The Mother Has the Custody—” · Katharine Brush · ss (r)

· Fumble · Katharine Brush · ss Cosmopolitan March 1928

· Gaudy Lady · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor February 1929

· Eye-Opener · Katharine Brush · ss (r)

· 7 Blocks Apart · Katharine Brush · ss Cosmopolitan January 1928

· Débutante · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor July 1928

· “All the King’s Horses” · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor October 1927

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 [#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.

· The Romantic Young Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The New Yorker June 21 1947

· Winter Cruise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s Annual Christmas 1940

· The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1908

· The Kite · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine November 1946

· Sanatorium [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan December 1938

· The Colonel’s Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Good Housekeeping March 1946

· Episode · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947

Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader (about)

Publishers:

Avon Novels Inc.; New York: Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, Jan 1953.

Stratford Novels Inc.; New York: Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader, Apr 1953.

Editors:

Sol Cohen - Editor: Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader.

Features:

The Space Ark · Noah Gordon · br;

Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader [v1 #1, January 1953] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Leo Manso) []

2 · For Humans Only · Alfred Coppel · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

11 · Like Gods They Came · Irving Cox, Jr. · ss; illustrated by ?

17 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948; illustrated by John Giunta

24 · The Agents · Bryce Walton · ss; illustrated by John Giunta

41 · Mr. Kowtshook · John Christopher · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

52 · The Shed · E. Everett Evans · ss; illustrated by Gerald McCann

66 · Come Blow Your Horn! · Milton Lesser · ss; illustrated by Mort Lawrence

80 · The Call of the Black Lagoon · Charles L. Harness · ss; illustrated by Gerald McCann

96 · Agratha · Glen Malin · ss; illustrated by Vincent Napoli

104 · Checkmate Morning · John Jakes · ss; illustrated by John Giunta

112 · One-Man God · Frank Owen · ss Avon Fantasy Reader 17 ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Novels Inc., 1951; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

122 · The Short Count · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader [v1 #2, April 1953] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Leo Manso) []

2 · DP! · Jack Vance · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

22 · The Rather Improbable History of Hillary Kiffer · William Vine · ss Magpie October 1951, as by Samuel Youd; illustrated by Mort Lawrence

28 · Survivor · Irving E. Cox, Jr. · ss; illustrated by John Giunta

40 · Breaking Point [Max Larkin] · John Christopher · ss New Worlds #15, May 1952; illustrated by John Giunta

56 · As Holy and Enchanted · Henderson Starke · ss; illustrated by Norman Nodel

69 · Hunt the Red Roe · Alan Payne · ss; illustrated by Gerald McCann

80 · Crack of Doom · Milton Lesser · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

94 · The Agent · Stephen Marlowe · ss; illustrated by Mort Lawrence

104 · Forever Is So Long · John Jakes · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

115 · A Night on Mars Hill · Dr. R. S. Richardson · ar

118 · The Parasite · Arthur C. Clarke · ss; illustrated by John Giunta

Avon Science Fiction Reader (about)
A series of digest-sized anthologies. Don Day indexed them as magazines and SF fans have traditionally considered them as such.

Publishers:

Avon Novels Inc.; New York: Avon Science Fiction Reader.

Editors:

Donald A. Wollheim - Editor: Avon Science Fiction Reader.

Avon Science Fiction Reader [#1, 1951] (35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by R. Crowl) []

3 · The War of the Sexes · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales November 1933

25 · Green Glory · Frank Belknap Long · ss Astounding Stories January 1935

34 · The Immeasurable Horror · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales September 1931

45 · The Morrison Monument · Murray Leinster · nv Argosy August 10 1935

65 · The Incubator Man · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales October 1928

71 · The Dark Side of Antri [John Hanson] · Sewell Peaslee Wright · nv Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931

88 · Blind Flight · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories March 1942, as by Millard Verne Gordon

95 · Rhythm of the Spheres · A. Merritt · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1936
revised from “Cosmos - Chapter 11: The Last Poet and the Robots”, Fantasy Magazine Apr ’34.

105 · Madness of the Dust · R. F. Starzl · ss Amazing Stories May 1930

116 · The Cosmic Express · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories November 1930

Avon Science Fiction Reader [#2, 1951] (35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s) []

3 · Priestess of the Flame [John Hanson] · Sewell Peaslee Wright · nv Astounding Stories June 1932

26 · The Whisperers · Donald Wandrei · ss Astounding Stories May 1935

39 · When Half-Worlds Meet · John Michel · ss Cosmic Stories July 1941, as by Hugh Raymond

53 · The Superperfect Bride · Bob Olsen · nv Amazing Stories July 1929

70 · Vulthoom [Mars] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales September 1935

89 · The Man Who Discovered Nothing [Tubby] · Ray Cummings · ss All-Story Weekly January 10 1920

95 · Highway · Robert W. Lowndes · ss Science Fiction Quarterly #8, Fall 1942, as by Wilfred Owen Morley

105 · When the Flame-Flowers Blossomed · Leslie F. Stone · ss Weird Tales November 1935

115 · The Book of Worlds · Miles J. Breuer · ss Amazing Stories July 1929

124 · The Rebuff [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · vi The (London) Evening News March 10 1945

Avon Science Fiction Reader [#3, 1952] (35¢, 128pp+, digest s/s, cover by Earle Bergey) []

3 · The Robot Empire · Frank Belknap Long · ss Astounding Stories October 1934, as “The Vapor Death”

13 · P.N. 40 · S. Fowler Wright · nv The Red Book Magazine June 1929, as “Love in the Year 93 E.E.”

34 · The Master Ants · Francis Flagg · nv Amazing Stories May 1928

59 · In the Walls of Eryx · Kenneth Sterling & H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales October 1939

81 · The Black Stone Statue · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales December 1937

91 · The Planet of Dread · R. F. Starzl · ss Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1930

104 · The Alien Vibration · Hannes Bok · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction February 1942

117 · The Ultimate Paradox · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales May 1945

Avon Western Reader (about)

Avon Western Reader [No. 1, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

7 · Ride On, Troopers—and Die! · William R. Cox · ss Dime Western Magazine July 1942

22 · Better Dead · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories August 25 1945

41 · Emptied Guns · Walt Coburn · nv Short Stories February 25 1945

72 · The Two Cartridges · Stewart Edward White · ss Blazed Trail Stories by Stewart Edward White, McClure, 1904

86 · A Day in Town [Two Dance] · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s January 1 1938

100 · Wild Bill’s Gun Proxy · Dee Linford · nv Dime Western Magazine November 1943

Avon Western Reader [No. 2, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Anthology of six Western tales from various magazines.

7 · Nailed Down · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv The Wild Bunch and Other Stories by Harry Sinclair Drago, Doubleday, 1925

36 · Weight of Command · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s March 16 1940

48 · The Idyl of Red Gulch · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly December 1869

57 · Buried Treasure · Stewart Edward White · nv McClure’s Magazine June 1906

85 · Dick Fellows · Joseph Henry Jackson · ss Tintypes in Gold by Joseph Henry Jackson, Macmillan, 1939

103 · The Man with the Glass Eye [Halfaday Creek] · James B. Hendryx · nv Short Stories February 10 1945

Avon Western Reader [No. 3, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Anthology of seven Western tales from various magazines.

7 · McQuestion Rides [Matt McQuestion] · Ernest Haycox · nv Collier’s June 20 1931

17 · He Died with His Boots Off · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r)

18 · Wild Bill Hiccup · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy February 5 1938

24 · He Jumped to Fame · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r)

25 · Shod Hoofs · Stephen Payne · ss Cowboy Stories 1st October 1928

38 · Frontier Life Saver · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r)

39 · King Copper · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories September 25 1939

85 · The Postmistress of Laurel Run · Bret Harte · ss The Strand Magazine September 1891

100 · Magic of a Killer’s Name · Joe Archibald · ss Western Aces September 1944

112 · Mountain Man’s Joke · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r)

113 · The End of the Trail · William MacLeod Raine · ss Complete Western Book Magazine

Avon Western Reader [No. 4, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) []
Details supplied by Rick Hall.

7 · Smoky Road · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories November 25 1945

43 · The Candle of the Wicked · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories February 10 1938; given as by William MacDonald Raine.

55 · Flowers for a Hoss · Stephen Payne · ss West June 5 1926

66 · With Bated Breath · Ross Santee · ss Collier’s April 13 1935

71 · The Lobo of Saguero Bend [Hashknife Hartley] · W. C. Tuttle · na Short Stories April 10 1945

Awesome Tales (about)

Awesome Tales [#1, Fall 2014] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, iv+52pp, tp, cover by Ed Coutts) []
Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents.
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

2 · Editorial · The Editor · ed

3 · Anatomy of a Cover · Rich Harvey · ms

4 · Pretenders to the Throne [Ellen Patrick (The Domino Lady); Wicca Girl] · Rich Harvey & R. Allen Leider · nv; illustrated by Ed Coutts

36 · Seven Pictures · Jean Marie Ward · ss; illustrated by Ed Coutts

44 · The Warlock Murders [Wicca Girl] · R. Allen Leider · ss; illustrated by Ed Coutts

Awesome Tales [#2, Fall 2015] ed. R. Allen Leider (Bold Venture Press, $6.00, 50pp, tp, cover by Rich Harvey) []
Given as “R. Allen Leider’s Awesome Tales” in the Table of Contents.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Editorial · R. Allen Leider · ed

4 · Der Feurher Mabuse [Dr. Mabuse] · R. Allen Leider · ss

17 · The Last Redhead · John L. French · ss

26 · Cruelty · C. J. Henderson · ss

37 · Something Fishy This Way Comes · K. T. Pinto · ss

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