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    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 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 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 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 [#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 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, 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 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 [#27, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest)
    Subtitled “Ten Stories by Damon Runyon”.
    Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.
    • · Money from Home · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan October 1935
    • · Broadway Complex · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s October 28 1933
    • · It Comes Up Mud · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s June 10 1933
    • · Pick the Winner · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s February 11 1933
    • · Social Error · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s March 22 1930
    • · Dark Dolores · Damon Runyon · ss Cosmopolitan November 1929
    • · What, No Butler? · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s August 5 1933
    • · For a Pal · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s January 9 1932
    • · The Lemon Drop Kid · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s February 3 1934
    • · The Three Wise Guys · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s December 23 1933


    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, Charles 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



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