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Short Short Story Magazine [November 1932] (standard) [] Issue partially indexed from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. · Twinkletoes and the Has-Been · Thomas Burke · ss

Short Stories (UK, 1890s)   (about) --- see under Magazine of Short Stories.

Short Stories (US, 1890):   (about) Short Stories—USA; Jun. 1890-Aug. 1959; Fred M. Somers, Harold Godwin (1904-1910), Doubleday, Page (1910-1937); monthly; smaller than standard format, initially 25 cents, converted to a standard pulp in Mar. 1910; editors Harry Peyton Steger (?-1912), Harry E. Maule (1912-1936); at first most of the stories—“25 stories for 25 cents”—were reprints, including translations; from 1910 it was transformed into a pulp adventure magazine.

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Short Stories [v1 #1, Whole No. 1, June 1890] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 126pp, smaller than standard) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · An Introduction and Explanation · [uncredited] · ed 3 · An Odd Sort of Spectre · E. P. Mitchell · ss The Sun March 30 1879, as “An Uncommon Sort of Spectre” 12 · The First Continued Story · [uncredited] · vi translated from the Persian. 14 · To the Hilt: A Case in Surgery · W. W. Morrow · ss The Argonaut 23 · A Vision of Heaven · [uncredited] · vi Scottish American Magazine 24 · The Shoemaker’s Nightmare · Rudolph Baumbach; translated by Mrs. Nathan Haskell Dole · ss 30 · The Dead Ship · William Laird Clowes · ss Louisville Courier-Journal 39 · Mirrored Revenge · [uncredited] · vi The Washington Post 40 · The Fakir of Batignolles · R. M. Denig · ss Paris Figaro 45 · Joe Rogers’s Death-Bed · [uncredited] · ss Detroit Free Press 48 · The Tale of a Toll-Bridge · Patience Stapleton · ss Drake’s Magazine 59 · Dead and Gone · Ambrose Bierce · vi San Francisco Examiner April 22 1888 60 · The Story of the May Bug · J. H. Rosny; translated by Alice Ballard-Macdonald · ss (r) translated from the French (La Revue de Paris). 69 · Direct Providential Aid · [uncredited] · vi Lewiston Journal 70 · The Sign of the Golden Swan · John Ernest McCann · ss Once a Week 79 · The Two Tear Drops · [uncredited] · vi San Francisco Chronicle 80 · Doctor Gabriel’s Experiment · [uncredited] · ss Temple Bar 89 · Bill Hempsey’s Recital · Opie P. Read · ss The Arkansaw Traveler 94 · Doing-Up Caesar · [uncredited] · vi The Philadelphia Inquirer; given as “Doing Up Julius Caesar” in the Table of Contents. 95 · Bleuette’s Looking Glass · Aurélien Scholl · ss The Boston Transcript 98 · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell 107 · An’ de Squinch Owel Squinched · A Carthaginian · vi Texas Siftings 108 · Sir Toby’s Disappearance · [uncredited] · ss London Truth 116 · The Toad’s Jewel Necklace · Mary Kyle Dallas · ss Fireside Companion 119 · Truth in Death · [uncredited] · vi The Sun 120 · Married for Both Worlds · Edmund Spencer · ss New York World

Short Stories [v1 #2, Whole No. 2, July 1890] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 118pp, smaller than standard) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 123 · An Introduction and Explanation · [uncredited] · ed 127 · The Story of the Broker · Alexander Brody · ss Transatlantic 135 · Padre Mateo Verdugo’s Cats · Amy Elizabeth Leigh · ss Pittsburg Bulletin 138 · Look! The Phantom Child · J. M. Cobban · ss London Figaro 147 · An Affair of Honor · Catulle Mendes · vi The Evening Sun 148 · The Wedding of Glory Ann · H. C. Heverin · ss Philadelphia Saturday Night 153 · The Fate of Half-Past Four · Fayr Madoc · ss The Argosy 162 · Do the Dead Move? · [uncredited] · vi The London Tablet 163 · A Little Mother of Sorrow · Catherine Cole · ss New Orleans Picayune 168 · The Captain of the Nancy Lee · [uncredited] · ss (r) from London Wit and Wisdom. 172 · The Burglar and the Butler · [uncredited] · ss London Truth 182 · Ollendorfiana · translated by Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff · vi Paris Figaro 183 · The Kiss of Sudden Death · [uncredited] · ss (r) from New York Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer (sic). 188 · The Saffron Fly: A Basque Legend · translated by Alice Ballard-Macdonald · vi 189 · A Silent Witness of His Crime · Richard Marsh · ss Belgravia 200 · A Pork Bomb · [uncredited] · vi The Washington Post 201 · Janet: A Little “Maverick” · Patience Stapleton · ss The Youth’s Companion January 23 1890 208 · The Ryan Woman’s Suicide · [uncredited] · ss New York Sunday Sun 213 · An English Satire · [uncredited] · vi Punch 214 · “Sun Dust”: A Contagation · Opie P. Read · ss The Arkansaw Traveler 217 · Daniel and the Devil · [uncredited] · ss Chicago News 224 · Bouki and Lapin · Alcee Fortier · vi (r) from Louisiana Folk-Lore. 225 · An Old-Time Tavern Brawl · “Q” · ss (r) from The Splendid Spur. 229 · The Belated Celestial Soul · Catulle Mendes; translated by Alice Ballard-Macdonald · ss 233 · Birds of a Feather · Eugene Field · vi Chicago News 234 · The Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner December 29 1889

Short Stories [v2 #1, Whole No. 3, August 1890] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 124pp, smaller than standard) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Mr. Heaphey’s Ghost · Thomas Heaphy, uncredited · ss All the Year Round 1861, as “A Wonderful Ghost Story” 14 · Queer New Yorkers · [uncredited] · vi New-York Tribune 15 · Mis’ Alcina King’s Parlor · Edith Sessions Tupper · ss Chicago Inter-Ocean 22 · A Dublin Hamlet · Rudyard Kipling · ar 23 · Incarnate: A Dream Duel · Franklyn W. Lee · ss (r) from St. Paul Eye. 26 · A Successful Man’s Diary · [uncredited] · ss Macmillan’s Magazine 38 · The Mystic Letter · Anna Bonus Kingsford · vi (r) from Dreams and Dream Stories. 39 · A Hunt for a Man Eater · [uncredited] · ss The Glasgow Herald 45 · The Wooing of Renee · Catulle Mendes; translated by Alice Ballard-Macdonald · ss 49 · My Favorite Murder · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 16 1888 57 · A Song: Love’s Dying Dream · [uncredited] · vi (r) from La Lanterne. 59 · Questioning an Eye-Witness · Camille Lemonnier; translated by A. C. Townsend · ss translated from the French (Gil Blas). 64 · Damp Temptation · Armando Palacio Valdés; translated by Nathan Haskell Dole · ex (r) from The Marquis Penalta. 65 · From Octogenarian to Baby · Jose Antor (translated) · ss (r) 75 · Illustrated Grief · Dorothy Lundt · vi (r) from Boston Commonwealth. 76 · Madam Moulton’s Story · Adeline A. Knight · ss The Springfield Republican 85 · Love Beyond the Pale · Rudyard Kipling · ss Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling, Thacker, Spink & Co, 1888, as “Beyond the Pale” 90 · An Enthusiast · [uncredited] · vi Le Petit Journal 91 · The Dosing of a Demon · [uncredited] · ss London Truth 95 · Mickey Finn’s “Darby” [Mickey Finn] · Ernest Jarrold · ss The Sun 99 · A Fair Moon Maiden · [uncredited] · vi The Athenaeum 100 · For Loisy an’ the Boy · Margaret Collier Graham · ss The Argonaut 109 · The Cruise of the Starlight · [uncredited] · ss New York Sunday Sun 116 · Dog and Baby · [uncredited] · vi (r) from Brooklyn Citizen. 117 · Kislov: The Vampire · [uncredited] · ss (r) from “Parisian Police Records: Gaulois”.

Short Stories [v2 #2, Whole No. 4, September 1890] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 126pp, smaller than standard) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 127 · A Double Retribution · Ada Inchbold · ss The Argonaut translated from the German. 136 · Uncle Reuben’s Lost Love · [uncredited] · ss The Hartford Courant 139 · An International Mystery · Robert F. Walsh · ss (r) from Enfield Chronicle. 151 · Warned in a Dream · Edith Sessions Tupper · vi 152 · My Friend Choupilly’s Nose · Jean Richepin; translated by A. C. Townsend · ss Gil Blas 157 · An Event in Boundless Space · Garrett P. Serviss · ss New York Sunday Sun 166 · “Skipped De Town” · Ernest Jarrold · vi 167 · The Lady’s Iron Bracelets · Frank Barrett · ss London Truth 174 · Held in Reserve · W. C. Morrow · vi 175 · Vallett’s Mysterious Model · Paolo Martine; translated by Rye Johnson · ss (r) from Pittsburgh Bulletin. 180 · In the Beginning · Gertrude Franklin Atherton · vi 181 · Mehitabel: A New-Englander · [uncredited] · ss New-York Tribune 187 · Turgenieffs · Turgenieff; translated by A. Shaller · vi 188 · Great Krishna Mulvaney · Rudyard Kipling · nv Macmillan’s Magazine December 1889, as “The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney” 211 · Her First Theatre · [uncredited] · vi Louisville Courier-Journal 212 · Buried Alive in the Ocean · F. B. D. · ss (r) from Alta Californian. 216 · The Ambassador’s Diamonds · [uncredited] · vi (r) from “Parisian Police Records: Le Voleur”. 218 · Rube’s Obituary · [uncredited] · vi Detroit Free Press 219 · A Camp Fire Fish Story · Frank Wilkeson · ss The New York Times September 30 1888 222 · A Fair Columbus · James B. Townsend · ss (r) from The Journalist. 228 · The Thunder-Storm · Ananias II · vi The Evening Sun 229 · “Two Bellies”: The Indian · Ned D. · ss Atlanta Constitution 235 · The End of the World · Frank P. Stockbridge · ss The Washington Post 238 · Discouraged · [uncredited] · vi The Arkansaw Traveler 239 · No. 15,000 Guerrero Street · Alice Ballard-Macdonald · ss (r) from Portland Oregonian.

Short Stories [v3 #1, Whole No. 5, October 1890] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 122pp, smaller than standard) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · A Suggested Crime · Leroux; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss (r) from The Mercury. 8 · The Coombiambia · Alfred Balch · vi; given as “The Coombiambia Song” in the Table of Contents. 9 · A Kentucky “Warning” · M. Quad · ss Detroit Free Press 13 · Alone with the Pharaoh · Frances Albert Doughty · ss The Boston Transcript; given as “Alone with Pharaoh” in the Table of Contents. 22 · A Voyage Round My Pockets · Lemoine (translated) · ss London Budget 25 · The Life of “Little Jenny” · [uncredited] · ss The Chicago Tribune 28 · The Lying Epitaphs · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Alice Ballard-Macdonald · vi (r) translated from the French (La Main Gauche). 29 · The Sioux Maiden’s White Mare · Frank Wilkeson · ss (r) from Northwest Sketches. 37 · Old Meek Avenged · Opie P. Read · ss The Arkansaw Traveler 41 · John Huxford’s Hiatus · A. Conan Doyle · nv The Cornhill Magazine June 1888, uncredited. 60 · A Phantom Engineer · [uncredited] · vi (r) from Philadelphia Item. 61 · A Mild-Mannered Oriental · [uncredited] · ss (r) from St. James Gazette. 66 · The Two Doves · Turgenieff (translated) · vi The Speaker 67 · A Curious Story of the Sea · [uncredited] · vi New York Mercury 69 · The Gift of Corn · [uncredited] · vi (r) from St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 70 · Fiddling Dan’s Conversion · Madge Morris · ss The Golden Era 83 · Compromised · [uncredited] · vi (r) from Toronto Empire. 84 · Old Mark Haverly · Sam Davis · ss (r) from Collected Sketches. 89 · A Wedding-Trip · The Ananias Club · vi Indianapolis News 90 · Major Cross’ Pretty Wife · [uncredited] · ss London World 98 · The Earth · Theodore de Banville · vi (r) from Pastels in Prose. 99 · Needed Watchin’ and Herdin’ · Dan Quin · ss Kansas City, MO, Star 102 · A Nymph of Fire (“A Legend of Armenia”) · Marion M. Miller · ss 107 · The Worm Turned · [uncredited] · vi New York Sunday Sun; given as “How the Worm Turned” in the Table of Contents. 108 · Let Loose · [uncredited] · nv Temple Bar April 1890, as by Mary Cholmondeley; subtitled “A Ghost Story”.

Short Stories [v3 #2, Whole No. 6, November 1890] (The Current Literature Publishing Co., 25¢, 124pp, smaller than standard) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien. 123 · A Seychelles Cocoa-Nut · Alfred Muteau; translated by Alice Ballard-Macdonald · ss (r) translated from the French (Nouvelle Revue). 133 · The Catnip Garden · Eugene Field · ss (r) from Pittsburgh Bulletin. 139 · The Story of Ring Joe · Will N. Harben · ss The Independent 149 · A Forest Cathedral · Anna Bonus Kingsford · vi (r) from Dreams and Dream Stories. 150 · The Man Who Saw Nothing · J. M. Barrie · ss The Speaker 155 · The Grave-Digger’s Daughter · Sacher Masoch; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss The Argonaut 161 · His Revenge · [uncredited] · vi The Chicago Tribune 162 · A More Than Royal Exile · Lemoine; translated by A. C. Townsend · ss 170 · The Magnetism of Death · [uncredited] · vi Detroit Free Press from War Sketches. 171 · The Fairies of the Plains · James H. Connelly · ss (r) from Demorest’s Magazine. 185 · A Swift Steer · Beem of the Ananias Club · vi Indianapolis News 186 · An India Love-Making · Rudyard Kipling · ss Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling, Thacker, Spink & Co, 1888, as “False Dawn” 194 · A Real Bugaboo · E. M. L. · vi Pall Mall Budget 195 · The Meditating Mandarin · Tsen (translated) · ss (r) from Le Voleur Illustre. 198 · A Sierra Storm · Joaquin Miller · ex (r) from My Own Story. 199 · A Modern Petruchio · F. A. Mitchell · ss (r) from Belford’s Magazine. 209 · The Lost Albatross · [uncredited] · ss New York Sunday Sun 216 · A Texas Ranch Store · Lee C. Harby · vi 217 · Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense · Geraldine Bonner · ss (r) from Wit and Wisdom. 224 · True Friendship · Jerome Becker (translated) · ex (r) translated from the French (La Vie en Afrique). 225 · Gil Garay: Monkey and Angel · Dr. J. W. Palmer · ss (r) from Et Cetera. 236 · The Constellation · [uncredited] · vi (r) from Omaha Republican. 237 · Saved by a Bell Button · [uncredited] · vi (r) from St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 239 · A Tennessee Wedding · Opie Read · vi The Arkansaw Traveler 240 · My Fellow-Traveler · [uncredited] · ss (r) from English Tales of the Weird and Wild.