Complete Stories (Vonnegut)
Complete Stories is a 2017 collection of most of Kurt Vonnegut's previously published short stories, and several that were previously unpublished. The collection is introduced with a foreword by Dave Eggers, and is edited by Jerome Klinkowitz and Dan Wakefield.
This collection features 98 short stories:
- all from Bagombo Snuff Box, Look at the Birdie, and While Mortals Sleep
- 23/25 from Welcome to the Monkey House
- 10/11 from Armageddon in Retrospect
- 6/8 from Sucker's Portfolio
- 1 from Palm Sunday
- 5 never-before-published stories
Contents
Part 1: War
- All the King's Horses
- D.P.
- The Manned Missiles
- Thanasphere
- Souvenir
- The Cruise of the Jolly Roger
- Der Arme Dolmetscher
- Bagombo Snuff Box
- Great Day
- Guns Before Butter
- Happy Birthday 1951
- Brighten Up
- The Unicorn Trap
- Spoils
- Just You and Me, Sammy
- The Commandant's Desk
- Armageddon in Retrospect
- The Petrified Ants
- Atrocity Story
Part 2: Women
- Miss Temptation
- Little Drops of Water
- Jenny
- The Epizootic
- Hundred-Dollar Kisses
- Ruth
- Out, Brief Candle
- Mr. Z
- With His Hand on the Throttle
- Eden by the River
- Lovers Anonymous
Part 3: Science
- Next Door
- Report on the Barnhouse Effect
- The Euphio Question
- Unready to Wear
- EPICAC
- Mnemonics
- Confido
- Hall of Mirrors
- The Nice Little People
- Look at the Birdie
- Between Time and Timbuktu
Part 4: Romance
- Who Am I This Time?
- Long Walk to Forever
- A Night for Love
- Find Me a Dream
- FUBAR
- Girl Pool
- Rome
- Miss Snow, You're Fired
- Paris, France
- City
Part 5: Work Ethic versus Fame and Fortune
- More Stately Mansions
- The Hyannis Port Story
- Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son
- The Lie
- Deer in the Works
- Any Reasonable Offer
- The Package
- Poor Little Rich Town
- A Present for Big Saint Nick
- This Son of Mine
- Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp
- Shout About It from the Housetops
- Ed Luby's Key Club
- King and Queen of the Universe
- $10,000 a Year, Easy
- Money Talks
- While Mortals Sleep
- Tango
- The Humbugs
Part 6: Behavior
- The Foster Portfolio
- Custom-made Bride
- Unpaid Consultant
- Sucker's Portfolio
- The Drone King
- Hello, Red
- The Honor of a Newsboy
- Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog
- The Man Without No Kiddleys
- The Powder-Blue Dragon
- Runaways
- The Good Explainer
- Guardian of the Person
- Bomar
- Requiem for Zeitgeist
- And on Your Left
Part 7: The Band Director
- The Kid Nobody Could Handle
- The No-Talent Kid
- Ambitious Sophomore
- The Boy Who Hated Girls
- A Song for Selma
Part 8: Futuristic
- Harrison Bergeron
- Welcome to the Monkey House
- Adam
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- The Big Space Fuck
- 2 B R 0 2 B
- Unknown Soldier