1900
The Giant uncoll May-Aug 1901 Pall Mall Magazine
De Mortuis uncoll Sept-Dec 1901 Pall Mall Magazine
The Rejection of the Rector uncoll 5 October 1901 Black and White
The Riddle R February 1903 Monthly Review
In the Forest WBO 27 August 1904 Black and White
1905
An Ideal Craftsman OE June 1905 Monthly Review
‘Benighted’ DDB July-Dec 1906 Pall Mall Magazine
The Quincunx Beg December 1906 Lady’s Realm
The Match-Makers uncoll December 1906 Lady’s Realm
The Talisman WBO March 1907 Lady’s Realm
The Budget uncoll June 1907 Lady’s Realm
The Count’s Courtship R July 1907 Lady’s Realm
The Pear-Tree uncoll July 1907 Lady’s Realm
Lichen DDB September 1907 Lady’s Realm
Leap Year uncoll May 1908 Lady’s Realm
The Dutch Cheese Br May 1908 Lady’s Realm
The Bird of Travel R October 1908 Lady’s Realm
The Almond Tree R August 1909 English Review
1910
The Three Friends R 19 April 1913 Saturday Westminster Gazette
1915
The Vats R 16 June 1917 Saturday Westminster Gazette
Promise at Dusk uncoll January 1919 English Review
Selina’s Parable R 1 November 1919 New Statesman
1920
The Creatures R January 1920 London Mercury
Two Days in Town uncoll 13 November 1920 Sphere
Seaton’s Aunt R April 1922 London Mercury
The Tree R October 1922 London Mercury
Lispet, Lispett and Vaine R January 1923 Yale Review
Miss Jemima Br 1923 Number One Joy Street, Oxford
The Looking-Glass R 1923
Miss Duveen R 1923
The Bowl R 1923
Out of the Deep R 1923
The Wharf C November 1924 The Queen
Lucy Br 1924 Number Two Joy Street, Oxford
Winter DDB 1924
1925
The Thief Br 21 March 1925 and 4 April 1925 G.K.’s Weekly
Pretty Poll C April 1925 London Mercury
The Green Room OE July 1925 Two Tales, Bookman’s Journal, London
The Connoisseur C July 1925 Two Tales, Bookman’s Journal, London; Yale Review
Pigtails, Ltd. Br August 1925 Atlantic Monthly
Maria-Fly Br 19 September 1925 G.K.’s Weekly
Broomsticks Br October 1925 London Mercury
The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire Br October 1925 Virginia Quarterly Review
Visitors Br October 1925 Forum
Mr Kempe C November 1925 London Mercury
The Scarecrow LF 1925 Number Three Joy Street, Oxford
A Nose Br 1925
The Lovely Myfanwy Br 1925
Alice’s Godmother Br 1925
A Recluse OE 1926 The Ghost Book, London
The Lord Fish LF 1926 Number Four Joy Street, Oxford
Missing C 1926
Disillusioned C 1926
The Nap C 1926
All Hallows C 1926
The Lost Track C 1926
At First Sight OE June and Sept 1927 Forum
A Penny a Day LF 1927 Number Five Joy Street, Oxford
The Magic Jacket LF 1928 Number Six Joy Street, Oxford
Crewe OE July 1929 London Mercury
Willows OE September 1929 Blackwood’s Magazine
Cape Race WBO September 1929 Yale Review
1930
The Picnic OE April 1930 Criterion; Virginia Quarterly Review
The Orgy: An Idyll OE June 1930 Blackwood’s Magazine
Miss Miller WBO August 1930 Story-Teller
A Froward Child WBO 10 November 1932 The Times Weekly Edition
The House WBO 25 December 1932 Observer
A Nest of Singing-Birds WBO December 1933 Yale Review
Dick and the Beanstalk LF 1933
The Old Lion LF 1933
Sambo and the Snow Mountains LF 1933
What Dreams May Come WBO 1 December 1934 John O’London’s Weekly
1935
Strangers and Pilgrims DDB 1936 March 1936 Yale Review
Physic WBO June 1936 Nash’s Magazine
The Trumpet WBO October 1936 Virginia Quarterly
A Sort of Interview uncoll November 1936 London Mercury
A Revenant WBO 1936
Odd Shop Beg 31 March 1937 Listener
The Guardian Beg 10 June 1938 John O’London’s Weekly
1940–1949 No new stories printed.
1950
The Face Beg December 1950 World Review
Music Beg April-June 1952 The Adelphi
The Princess Beg October 1952 Good Housekeeping
An Anniversary Beg 1952 Saturday Book, London
Bad Company Beg 1 April 1954 Listener
The Stranger Beg September 1954 London Magazine
The Cartouche Beg December 1954 Encounter
1955
The Picture Beg February 1955 Argosy
The Miller’s Tale uncoll 3 December 1955 Time and Tide
Neighbours Beg 1955
A Beginning Beg 1955
* Dates are given in italics for stories that were not serialized or published separately before they appeared in collections.
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