Collections of Short Stories by Arthur Porges
On this page you will find details of all the book collections of Arthur Porges' stories that have been published as well as information on forthcoming titles.
Three Porges Parodies and a Pastiche
by Arthur Porges
Edited by Michael H. Kean
Published by Magico Magazine, 1988
Cover illustration by Kerry Smith
Michael Kean's elusive but brilliant collection of Arthur Porges' Holmesian spoofs was published by Magico Magazine in 1988. In addition to the four stories, the book contains an informative introduction by the editor, a transcription of a letter from Frederic Dannay to Arthur Porges, and a rare article by Porges entitled "The Other Works of Arthur Conan Doyle." The pastiche, "The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch," was first published in this volume.
Three Porges Parodies and a Pastiche contains the following stories:
- An Adventure of Stately Homes
- Another Adventure of Stately Homes
- Stately Homes ... and the Box
- The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch
The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections
by Arthur Porges
Edited by Mike Ashley
Published by Ash-Tree Press, 2002
Cover painting by Paul Lowe
This limited edition volume was published in 2002 by Ash-Tree Press. Edited by Mike Ashley, it contains twenty-eight of Porges' weird and supernatural stories, most of them drawn from the pages of old magazines. The book also includes the previously unpublished story "Swamp Demon," in addition to rare stories such as "The Man Who Wouldn't Eat" and Arthur Porges' first published story "Modeled in Clay." With a foreword by Mike Ashley and a fascinating introduction provided by the author himself, this book comes highly recommended.
The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections contains the following stories:
- The Mirror
- What Crouches in the Deep
- Solomon's Demon
- Swamp Demon
- The Shadowsmith
- Brilliant Career
- The Shakespeare Manuscript
- $1.98
- The Other Side
- In the Tomb
- Puddle
- The Fanatical Ford
- The Grom
- The Second Debut
- The Moths
- The Man Who Wouldn't Eat
- The Fanatic
- Nightquake
- Josephus
- Mystery and Magic on the Steppe
- The Lonesome Game
- The Forerunner
- Modelled in Clay
- Words and Music
- The Radio
- Two Lunchdates with Destiny
- 3rd Sister
- The Tidings
Eight
Problems in Space:
The Ensign De Ruyter Stories
by Arthur Porges
Edited by Richard Simms
Published by The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2008
Cover painting by Ron Turner
Edited and with an introduction by Richard Simms, this book of science fiction stories was published in 2008 by The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. With a stunning cover painting by the late Ron Turner, Eight Problems in Space collects together all of Arthur Porges' legendary Ensign De Ruyter tales. Both ingenious and exciting, this book will delight fans of stories that feature a traditional "scientific puzzle." Seven of these tales, long out-of-print, have been culled from the pages of Amazing Stories and Fantastic Stories magazines. The final story in the collection is the previously unpublished "Brain Slug."
This book can be ordered directly from The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box website.
Eight Problems in Space contains the following stories:
- Urned Reprieve
- Wheeler Dealer
- Ensign De Ruyter: Dreamer
- The Good Seed
- Dusty Answer
- Pressure
- The Dragons of Tesla
- Brain Slug
by Arthur Porges
Edited by Richard Simms
Published by The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2008
Cover artwork by Paul Churchill
Editor Richard Simms has teamed up with The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box to compile a definitive collection of Arthur Porges' Sherlockian writings. Contained in this book are the four stories collected in Michael Kean's earlier compilation Three Porges Parodies and a Pastiche (1988), as well five additional parodies originally published from 2001 to 2004. The superb volume includes an introduction by Sherlock Holmes enthusiast Michael Kean and a wonderful cover by Paul Churchill.
This book can be ordered directly from The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box website.
The Adventures of Stately Homes and Sherman Horn contains the following stories:
- An Adventure of Stately Homes
- Another Adventure of Stately Homes
- Stately Homes ... and the Box
- The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch
- Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher
- Stately Homes and the Blunt Instrument
- Stately Homes and the Invisible Giant
- Stately Homes and the Impossible Shot
- Stately Homes and the Cutthroat Ghost
The Calabash of Coral Island and Other Early Stories
by Arthur Porges
Edited by Richard Simms
Published by Richard Simms Publications, 2008
A collection of twenty-one previously unpublished short stories by Arthur Porges, dating from the 1930s and 1940s. The stories in this volume, compiled from Porges' original manuscripts, cover a wide range of themes and genres. This fascinating book gathers together a varied selection of stories that chronicle a young author developing and learning his craft in the years preceding his first professional sale.
This book was published in 2008 and is currently available to order exclusively through the Lulu.com website.
To order the book, please follow this link: http://www.lulu.com/content/2192939
The Calabash of Coral Island and Other Early Stories contains the following stories:
- The Crabs of Coral Island
- The Calabash of Coral Island
- Mind or Matter
- Was Peters' Watch Right?
- The Glass House Cure
- The Coward
- The Peasant Madonna
- Seaside Flirtation
- Pierre Renard's Christmas
- The True Story of Hercules
- The Tooth
- Return to Me
- The Surgical Cracksman and the Crime School
- A Dictator Dies
- When the Sleeper Wakes
- A Quick Death
- No Survivors
- The Terror of the Mindanao Depths
- Denizens of the Drop
- Monsters of the Grasslands
- The Soulless Ones: Vespa