A British
author, Collier is perhaps best-known for his clever short
fantasies and twist-in-the-tail stories. The novel His Monkey Wife
was very
highly regarded.
Novels
His Monkey Wife; or, Married to a
Chimp, Davies, 1930
ditto, Appleton (U.S.), 1931
No Traveller Returns, White Owl Press, 1931
Tom's A-Cold: A Tale, Macmillan, 1933
ditto, as Full Circle, Appleton (U.S.), 1933
Defy the Foul Fiend; or, The Misadventures of a
Heart, Macmillan, 1934
ditto, Knopf (U.S.), 1934
Short Stories
An Epistle to a Friend, Ulysses Press, 1932
(Including:
"An Epistle to a Friend".)
Green Thoughts, William Jackson, 1932 (550
signed copies)
(Including: "Green Thoughts".)
The Devil and All, Nonesuch Press, 1934 (1,000
signed, numbered copies)
(Including:
"Possession of Angela Bradshaw", "The Right Side", "Halfway to
Hell", "After the Ball", "The Devil, George and Rosie", "Hell Hath
No Fury".)
Variation on a Theme, Grayson & Grayson, 1935
(285 signed copies)
(including:
"Another American Tragedy", "Bird of Prey", "Bottle Party", "The
Chaser", "Collaboration", "The Devil, George, and Rosie", "Evening
Primrose", "Frog Prince", "Green Thoughts", "Halfway to Hell", "If
Youth Knew If Age Could", "The Invisible Dove-Dancer of Strathpeen
Island" "Mary", "Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon", "Old
Acquaintance", "Possession of Angela Bradshaw", "Right Side",
"Rope Enough", "Sleeping Beauty", "Special Delivery", "Squirrels
Have Bright Eyes", "Thus I Refute Beelzy", "Variation on a Theme",
"Witch's Money".)
ditto, Macmillan, 1941
The Touch of Nutmeg, and More Unlikely
Stories, The Readers Club (U.S.), 1943
(Including:
"After the Ball", "Ah, the University", "Another American
Tragedy", "Back for Christmas", "Bird of Prey", "The Chaser", "De
Mortuis", "The Devil, George, and Rosie", "Evening Primrose",
"Frog Prince", "Great Possibilities", "Green Thoughts", "Halfway
to Hell", "Hell Hath No Fury", "Little Memento", "Mary", "Midnight
Blue", "Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon", "Old Acquaintance",
"Possession of Angela Bradshaw", "Right Side", "Rope Enough",
"Thus I Refute Beelzy", "The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It",
"Variations on a Theme", "Wet Saturday".)
Fancies and Goodnights, Doubleday (U.S.),
1951
(Including:
"Bottle Party", De Mortuis", "Evening Primrose" "Witch's Money",
"Are You Too Late, Or Was I Too Early?", "Fallen Star", "The Touch
of Nutmeg Makes It", "Three Bears Cottage", "Pictures in the
Fire", "Wet Saturday", "Squirrels Have Bright Eyes", "Halfway to
Hell", "The Lady on the Grey", "Incident on a Lake", "Over
Insurance", "Old Acquaintance", "The Frog Prince", "Season Mists",
"Great Possibilities", "With out Benefit of Galsworthy", "The
Devil, George, and Rosie", "Ah, the University", "Back for
Christmas", "Another American Tragedy", "Collaboration", "Midnight
Blue", "Gavin O'Leary", "If Youth Knew If Age Could", "Thus I
Refute Beelzy", "Special Delivery", "Rope Enough", "Little
Memento", "Green Thoughts", "Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives",
"Bird of Prey", "Variation on a Theme", "Night! Youth! Paris! and
the Moon", "The Steel Cat", "Sleeping Beauty", "Interpretations of
a Dream", "Mary", "Hell Hath No Fury", "In the Cards", "The
Invisible Dove-Dancer of Strathpeen Island", "The Right Side",
"Spring Fever", "Youth From Vienna ', "Possession of Angela
Bradshaw", "Cancel All I Said" "The Chaser".)
ditto, as Of Demons and Darkness, Corgi, 1965 (abridged,
wraps)
Pictures in the Fire, Hart-Davis, 1958
(Including:
"Interpretation of a Dream", "And Who, With Eden. . .", "Little
Memento", "Are You Too Late, or Was I Too Early?", "Think No
Evil", "Incident on a Lake", "Old Acquaintance", "Mademoiselle
Kiki", "Without Benefit of Galsworthy", "Spring Fever", "Back for
Christmas", "Pictures in the Fire", "Romance Lingers, Adventure
Lives", "The Steel Cat", "In the Cards", "Wet Saturday", "Season
of Mists", "Over Insurance", "Dc Mortuis", "Ah, the University",
"Three Bears Cottage", "Gavin O'Leary", "The Tender Age".)
Collected Edition
The John Collier Reader, Knopf (U.S.), 1972
ditto, Souvenir Press, 1975
Further Reading
Science
Fiction and Fantasy Authors, A Bibliography of First Printings of
Their Fiction, by Lloyd Currey, Rb Publishing, 2002 (cd
rom.)
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