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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 [#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 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 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

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

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