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Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#8, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 164pp, digest)
Reprints Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1931), except for substituting one story. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

Virtue · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Feb 1931
The Round Dozen · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) Mar 1923
The Human Element · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec 1930
Jane · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International Apr 1923
A Marriage of Convenience · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1929; an earlier version was first published in The Illustrated London News, June 23, 1906.
The Creative Impulse · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Harper’s Bazar Aug 1926

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#9, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 162pp, digest)
Reprints 10 of the 12 stories from The Long Valley by John Steinbeck (Viking Press, 1938). Given as “13 Great Short Stories from The Long Valley” on the cover as the stories that make up “The Red Pony” counted as separate stories. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

11 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review Apr 1934
22 · The Snake · John Steinbeck · ss The Monterey Beacon Jun 22 1935
31 · Flight · John Steinbeck · ss The Long Valley, Viking 1938
47 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine Oct 1937
57 · The Vigilante · John Steinbeck · ss Esquire Oct 1936, as “The Lonesome Vigilante”
63 · The Raid · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review Oct 1934
73 · The White Quail · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review Mar 1935
84 · Breakfast · John Steinbeck · ss Pacific Weekly Nov 9 1936
87 · The Harness · John Steinbeck · ss The Atlantic Monthly Jun 1938
99 · The Red Pony: The Gift [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · nv North American Review Nov 1933
122 · The Great Mountains [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review Dec 1933
134 · The Promise [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine Aug 1937
148 · The Leader of the People [Billy Buck] · John Steinbeck · ss The Argosy (UK) Aug 1936

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#10, 1943] (Avon Book Company, mg, 25¢, 162pp, digest)
Subtitled “15 selected stories”. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

Helen, I Love You · James T. Farrell · ss The American Mercury Jul 1932
Can All This Grandeur Perish? · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
Wanted: A Chauffeur · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
Mr. Lunkhead, the Banker · James T. Farrell · ss The Nation May 20 1936
A Front-Page Story · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
Nostalgia · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
The Professor · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
Mary O’Reilley · James T. Farrell · ss The Midland May 1931
Soap · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
Counting the Waves · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
After the Sun Has Risen · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
The Fate of a Hero · James T. Farrell · ss North American Review Mar 1938
The Sport of Kings · James T. Farrell · ss (r)
A Jazz-Age Clerk · James T. Farrell · ss New Frontier Jul 1936
The Fall of Machine Gun McGurk · James T. Farrell · ss The Canadian Forum Jul 1939

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#11, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 164pp, digest)
Subtitled “11 selected great stories”. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

Crime Without Passion · Ben Hecht · nv The Grand Magazine Sep 1933
The Champion from Far Away · Ben Hecht · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 9 1930
The Ghost of the San Mareno Hotel · Ben Hecht · nv Liberty Mar 18 1933 (+1)
A Wistful Blackguard · Ben Hecht · ss The Champion from Far Away, Covici Friede 1931
The Bull That Won · Ben Hecht · ss Physical Culture Jul 1931
The Shadow · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Jan 30 1926
In the Midst of Death · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty May 28 1932
The Mystery of the Fabulous Laundryman · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Oct 31 1931
Lindro the Great · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Jul 11 1925
Actor’s Blood · Ben Hecht · nv The Saturday Evening Post Feb 20 1932
The Widow Cagle’s Trousers · Ben Hecht · ss Actor’s Blood, Covici 1936

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, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Ants · William Saroyan · ss Lilliput Jun 1938
The Acrobats · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Memories of Paris · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Dale Carnegie Friend · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, 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 Oct 8 1938
The Tiger · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Brothers and the Sisters · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
I Was Only Kidding · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Way to Be Alive · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, 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 Apr 1936
O.K., Baby, This Is the World · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
What Hurts You? · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
On Malibu Bay · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
A Scenario for Karl Marx · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Legend-Makers · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Great Leapfrog Contest · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Lately I’ve Been Wanting to Go Away · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Citizens of the Third Grade · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The People, Yes and Then Again No · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Everything · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Woof Woof · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
A Prayer for the Living · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Little Old New York · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The World · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
A Letter to the Old City Editor · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
A Clear Warm Day · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Job · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Vision · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
Anything for a Laugh · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
A Nice Boy, Even if He Is Rich · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
The Pool Game · William Saroyan · ss The Trouble with Tigers, Harcourt Brace 1938
We Want a Touchdown · William Saroyan · ss Story Jan 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 (r)
66 · The Listener · Louis Bromfield · na The Story-teller Apr 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, The Viking Press 1933
The Medicine Man · Erskine Caldwell · ss We Are the Living, The Viking Press 1933
Horse Thief · Erskine Caldwell · ss Vanity Fair Nov 1933
Rachel · Erskine Caldwell · ss Clay Aut 1931
A Day’s Wooing · Erskine Caldwell · ss Redbook Magazine Mar 1935
Warm River · Erskine Caldwell · ss Pagany Jan/Mar 1932
Snacker · Erskine Caldwell · ss Cosmopolitan Dec 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 Dec 11 1937
_ · II. Handsome Brown and the Aggravating Goats · Erskine Caldwell · ss Georgia Boy 1943
_ · III. My Old Man Hasn’t Been the Same Since · Erskine Caldwell · ss Georgia Boy 1943
People vs. Abe Lathan, Colored · Erskine Caldwell · ss Esquire Aug 1939
Balm of Gilead · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story Mar/Apr 1939
The Midwinter Guest · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story Aug 1932
A Very Late Spring · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine Jun 1930
The Mating of Marjorie · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine Jun 1930
An Autumn Courtship · Erskine Caldwell · ss This Quarter Mar 1931
The Corduroy Pants · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine May 1931
The Girl Ellen · Erskine Caldwell · ss Vanity Fair Apr 1935
Yellow Girl · Erskine Caldwell · ss Story Feb 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 Sep 1940
17 · Sunstroke · Ivan Bunin · ss Story Mar 1934
24 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury Mar 1936
34 · Panic · Daphne du Maurier · ss Saturday Review (UK) Feb 28 1931
42 · Remember Mother · Frances Eisenberg · ss Story Mar/Apr 1941
54 · No Room at the Inn · Edna Ferber · ss Collier’s Dec 16 1939
60 · The Knot Hole · Dorothy Canfield · ss The Yale Review Spr 1943
78 · An Egg for the Major · C. S. Forester · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 13 1941
89 · The Boarding House · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners, Cape 1914
95 · You Can’t Do That [March family] · John P. Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jun 22 1935
115 · Mr. Nab · Ferenc Molnar · ss Story May/Jun 1942
121 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 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.

Carrousel · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Jan 1930
Soiled Dove · Fannie Hurst · ss (r)
Elaine, Daughter of Elaine · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Oct 1937
God Made Little Apples · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1932
Hattie Turner versus Hattie Turner · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1934
Nothing Ever Happens · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan May 1935
The Laugh Was on Harry · Fannie Hurst · ss (r)
Home, James! · Fannie Hurst · ss Cosmopolitan Jun 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 Win 1938
The Return of the Prodigal · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)
The Lion at Morning · Thomas Wolfe · ss Harper’s Bazaar Oct 1941
The Battle of Hogwart Heights · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r)
The Lost Boy · Thomas Wolfe · nv Redbook Magazine Nov 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 taken from eBay listing.

Ah King · Somerset Maugham · pr Heinemann 1933
Footprints in the Jungle · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan Jan 1927
The Door of Opportunity · Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Oct 1931
The Vessel of Wrath · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan Apr 1931
The Book-Bag · Somerset Maugham · ss The Book-Bag: 20 Best Short Stories in Ray Long’s 20 Years as an Editor, ed. Ray Long, Crown 1932
The Back of Beyond · Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 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 (r)
13 · Glamour · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan Mar 1932
30 · Fräulein · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan Oct 1932
47 · Meadow Lark · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 1930
60 · Hey! Taxi! · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan Jan 1928
76 · Wall Street—’28 · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1928, as “9 to 5”
90 · They Brought Their Women · Edna Ferber · nv Cosmopolitan Jul 1932
106 · No Foolin’ · Edna Ferber · ss Cosmopolitan Dec 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 Sep 1936
38 · If God Can Be Amused · Lloyd C. Douglas · ss The American Magazine Dec 1933
53 · Nothing So Monstrous · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven, Brewer, Warren & Putnam 1932
70 · Onward, Sons of Ingersoll! · Sinclair Lewis · ss Scribner’s Magazine Aug 1935
87 · Princess O’Hara · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Mar 3 1934
100 · Into Egypt · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Tales Before Midnight, Farrar 1939
110 · The Sage of Fountain Inn · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan Sep 1933
118 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week Jun 7 1936
126 · Let There Be Honour · Kay Boyle · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 8 1941
143 · Fishing · H. E. Bates · ss The Manchester Guardian Feb 3 1928
146 · Beaver · Hal Borland · ss Story Aug 1934
153 · His Brother’s Keeper · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1922

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