Roald Dahl Short Stories Bibliography - Published in Books

Published in Books

• "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" - First published in The Daily Telegraph in 1974
• "An African Story"
• "Beware of the Dog" - First published in Harper's in October 1944.
• "Bitch" - First published in Playboy in July 1974.
• "The Bookseller" - First published in Playboy in January 1986.
• "The Boy Who Talked with Animals"
• "The Butler"
• "The Champion of the World" - First published in The New Yorker on 31 January 1959.
• "Death of an Old Old Man" - First published in Ladies Home Journal in September 1945.
• "Dip in the Pool" - First published in The New Yorker on 19 January 1952.
• "Edward the Conqueror" - First published in The New Yorker on 31 October 1953.
• "Galloping Foxley" - First published in Town & Country in November 1953.
• "Genesis and Catastrophe: A True Story"
• "Georgy Porgy"
• "The Great Automatic Grammatizator"
• "The Great Switcheroo" - First published in Playboy in April 1974.
• "The Hitch-Hiker" - First published in Atlantic Monthly in July 1977.
• "Katina" - First published in Ladies Home Journal in March 1944.
• "Lamb to the Slaughter" - First published in Harper's in September 1953.
• "The Landlady" - First published in The New Yorker on 28 November 1959.
• "The Last Act" - First published in Playboy in January 1966.
• "Lucky Break"
• "Madame Rosette" - First published in Harper's in August 1945.
• "Man from the South" - An alternative title for "Collector's Item" or "The Smoker."
• "The Mildenhall Treasure"
• "Mr. Botibol"
• "Mr. Feasey"
• "Mr. Hoddy"
• "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" - First published in Nugget in December 1959.
• "My Lady Love, My Dove" - First published in The New Yorker on 21 June 1952.
• "Neck"
• "Nunc Dimittis" - An alternative title for "The Devious Bachelor."
• "Only This" - First published in Ladies Home Journal in September 1944.
• "Parson's Pleasure" - First published in Esquire in April 1958.
• "A Piece of Cake" - Revised and re-titled version of "Shot Down Over Libya" published in Dahl's first anthology Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying in 1946.
• "Pig"
• "Poison" - First published in Collier's in June 1950.
• "Princess and the Poacher" - First published in 1986 in Two Fables, to celebrate Dahl's 70th birthday.
• "Princess Mammalia" - First published in 1986 in Two Fables, to celebrate Dahl's 70th birthday.
• "The Ratcatcher"
• "Royal Jelly" - included in an Alfred Hitchcock short story collection. About a father who feeds his daughter royal jelly with horrendous results. Story has a twist at the end.
• "Rummins"
• "Skin" - First published in The New Yorker on 17 May 1952.
• "The Soldier"
• "Someone Like You" - First published in Town & Country in November 1945.
• "The Sound Machine" - First published in The New Yorker on 17 September 1949.
• "The Surgeon" - First published in Playboy in January 1988.
• "The Swan"
• "Taste" - First published in Ladies Home Journal in March 1945.
• "They Shall Not Grow Old"
• "The Umbrella Man"
• "Vengeance is Mine Inc."
• "The Visitor" - First published in Playboy in May 1965.
• "The Way Up to Heaven" - First published in The New Yorker on 27 February 1954.
• "William and Mary"
• "The Wish"
• "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar"
• "Yesterday was Beautiful"