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Fancies and Goodnights

John Collier

Language: English

1952 International Fantasy Winner Collection Fantasy Horror Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy _isfdb shortstories

Publisher: Doubleday

Published: Jun 1, 1940

Description:

225 • Green Thoughts • (1931) • shortstory by John Collier
137 • The Devil, George, and Rosie • (1934) • novelette by John Collier
85 • Halfway to Hell • (1934) • shortstory by John Collier
301 • Hell Hath No Fury • (1934) • shortstory by John Collier
317 • The Right Side • (1934) • shortstory by John Collier
346 • Possession of Angela Bradshaw • (1934) • shortstory by John Collier (variant of The Possession of Angela Bradshaw)
249 • Variation on a Theme • (1935) • shortstory by John Collier
174 • Midnight Blue • (1938) • shortstory by John Collier
74 • Wet Saturday • (1938) • shortstory by John Collier
1 • Bottle Party • (1939) • shortstory by John Collier
157 • Back for Christmas • (1939) • shortstory by John Collier
24 • Witch's Money • (1939) • shortstory by John Collier
215 • Rope Enough • (1939) • shortstory by John Collier
220 • Little Memento • (1938) • shortstory by John Collier
269 • Sleeping Beauty • (1938) • shortstory by John Collier
289 • Mary • (1939) • shortstory by John Collier
14 • Evening Primrose • (1940) • shortstory by John Collier
162 • Another American Tragedy • (1940) • shortstory by John Collier
362 • The Chaser • (1940) • shortstory by John Collier
98 • Incident on a Lake • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
187 • If Youth Knew, If Age Could • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
196 • Thus I Refute Beelzy • (1940) • shortstory by John Collier
201 • Special Delivery • (1941) • novelette by John Collier
311 • The Invisible Dove Dancer of Strathpheen Island • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
115 • The Frog Prince • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
168 • Collaboration • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
48 • The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
241 • Bird of Prey • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
259 • Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon! • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
263 • The Steel Cat • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
80 • Squirrels Have Bright Eyes • (1941) • shortstory by John Collier
8 • De Mortuis • (1942) • shortstory by John Collier
107 • Old Acquaintance • (1943) • shortfiction by John Collier
126 • Great Possibilities • (1943) • shortfiction by John Collier
154 • Ah, the University! • (1943) • shortstory by John Collier
179 • Gavin O'Leary • (1945) • shortstory by John Collier
35 • Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early? • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
38 • Fallen Star • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
55 • Three Bears Cottage • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
60 • Pictures in the Fire • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
91 • The Lady on the Grey • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier (variant of The Lady on the Gray)
103 • Over Insurance • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
120 • Season of Mists • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
133 • Without Benefit of Galsworthy • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
238 • Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
284 • Interpretation of a Dream • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
306 • In the Cards • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
321 • Spring Fever • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier
328 • Youth from Vienna • (1951) • novelette by John Collier
351 • Cancel All I Said • (1951) • shortstory by John Collier

John Collier’s edgy, sardonic tales are works of rare wit, curious insight, and scary implication. They stand out as one of the pinnacles in the critically neglected but perennially popular tradition of weird writing that includes E.T.A. Hoffmann and Charles Dickens as well as more recent masters like Jorge Luis Borges and Roald Dahl. With a cast of characters that ranges from man-eating flora to disgruntled devils and suburban salarymen (not that it’s always easy to tell one from another), Collier’s dazzling stories explore the implacable logic of lunacy, revealing a surreal landscape whose unstable surface is depth-charged with surprise.