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Complete Stories (Vonnegut)

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This collection features 98 short stories:

  • all from Bagombo Snuff Box (23), Look at the Birdie (14), and While Mortals Sleep (16)
  • 23/25 from Welcome to the Monkey House (except "Where I Live" and "New Dictionary", both of which are non-fiction pieces rather than stories)
  • 10/11 from Armageddon in Retrospect (except "Wailing Shall Be in All Streets", a non-fiction essay)
  • 6/8 from Sucker's Portfolio (except "The Last Tasmanian" and "Robotville and Mr. Caslow", one of which is an unfinished story fragment, the other a non-fiction piece)
  • 1 from Palm Sunday (only "The Big Space Fuck")
  • 5 never-before-published stories ("Atrocity Story," "City," "The Drone King," "Requiem for Zeitgeist," and "And on Your Left")

Contents

Part 1: War

  • All the King's Horses (Collier's Magazine, 10 February 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • D.P. (Ladies Home Journal, August 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • The Manned Missiles (Cosmopolitan, July 1958; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Thanasphere (Collier's Magazine, 2 September 1950; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Souvenir (Argosy Magazine, December 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • The Cruise of the Jolly Roger (Cape Cod Compass, April 1953; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Der Arme Dolmetscher (The Atlantic Monthly, July 1955; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Bagombo Snuff Box (Cosmopolitan Magazine, October 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Great Day (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • Guns Before Butter (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • Happy Birthday 1951 (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • Brighten Up (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • The Unicorn Trap (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • Spoils (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • Just You and Me, Sammy (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • The Commandant's Desk (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • Armageddon in Retrospect (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)
  • The Petrified Ants (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Atrocity Story (never-before-published)

Part 2: Women

  • Miss Temptation (The Saturday Evening Post, 21 April 1956; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Little Drops of Water (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Jenny (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • The Epizootic (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Hundred-Dollar Kisses (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Ruth (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Out, Brief Candle (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Mr. Z (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • With His Hand on the Throttle (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Eden by the River (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
  • Lovers Anonymous (Redbook Magazine, October 1963; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)

Part 3: Science

  • Next Door (Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Report on the Barnhouse Effect (Collier's Magazine, 11 February 1950; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • The Euphio Question (Collier's Magazine, 12 May 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Unready to Wear (Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, April 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • EPICAC (Collier's Magazine, 26 November 1950; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Mnemonics (Collier's Magazine, 28 April 1951; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Confido (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Hall of Mirrors (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • The Nice Little People (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Look at the Birdie (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Between Time and Timbuktu (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)

Part 4: Romance

  • Who Am I This Time? (The Saturday Evening Post, 16 December 1961; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Long Walk to Forever (Ladies Home Journal, August 1960; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • A Night for Love (The Saturday Evening Post, 23 November 1957; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Find Me a Dream (Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1961; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • FUBAR (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Girl Pool (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Rome (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
  • Miss Snow, You're Fired (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
  • Paris, France (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
  • City (never-before-published)

Part 5: Work Ethic versus Fame and Fortune

  • More Stately Mansions (Collier's Magazine, 22 December 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • The Hyannis Port Story (Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son (Ladies Home Journal, July 1962; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • The Lie (The Saturday Evening Post, 24 February 1962; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Deer in the Works (Esquire Magazine, April 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Any Reasonable Offer (Collier's Magazine, 19 January 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • The Package (Collier's Magazine, 26 July 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Poor Little Rich Town (Collier's Magazine, 25 October 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • A Present for Big Saint Nick (Argosy Magazine, December 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • This Son of Mine (The Saturday Evening Post, 18 August 1956; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp (Cosmopolitan Magazine, June 1957; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Shout About It from the Housetops (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Ed Luby's Key Club (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • King and Queen of the Universe (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • $10,000 a Year, Easy (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Money Talks (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • While Mortals Sleep (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Tango (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • The Humbugs (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)

Part 6: Behavior

  • The Foster Portfolio (Collier's Magazine, 8 September 1951; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Custom-made Bride (The Saturday Evening Post, 27 March 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Unpaid Consultant (Cosmopolitan Magazine, March 1955; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Sucker's Portfolio (Sucker's Portfolio, 2013)
  • The Drone King (never-before-published)
  • Hello, Red (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • The Honor of a Newsboy (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog (Collier's Magazine, 14 March 1953; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • The Man Without No Kiddleys (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • The Powder-Blue Dragon (Cosmopolitan Magazine, November 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Runaways (The Saturday Evening Post, 15 April 1961; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • The Good Explainer (Look at the Birdie, 2009)
  • Guardian of the Person (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Bomar (While Mortals Sleep, 2011)
  • Requiem for Zeitgeist (never-before-published)
  • And on Your Left (never-before-published)

Part 7: The Band Director

  • The Kid Nobody Could Handle (The Saturday Evening Post, 24 September 1955; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • The No-Talent Kid (The Saturday Evening Post, 25 October 1952; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Ambitious Sophomore (The Saturday Evening Post, May 1954; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • The Boy Who Hated Girls (The Saturday Evening Post, 31 March 1956; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • A Song for Selma (Look at the Birdie, 2009)

Part 8: Futuristic

  • Harrison Bergeron (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1961; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Welcome to the Monkey House (Playboy Magazine, January 1968; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Adam (Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1954; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, January 1954; also in a collection Welcome to the Monkey House, 1968)
  • The Big Space Fuck (Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972; also collected in Palm Sunday, 1981)
  • 2 B R 0 2 B (Worlds of If Magazine, January 1962; also in a collection Bagombo Snuff Box, 1999)
  • Unknown Soldier (Armageddon in Retrospect, 2008)


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