Thomas Burke's short story collections of
mystery, horror & the supernatural
- Nights in Town: A London Autobiography (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1915), in the US as Nights in London (New York: Henry Holt, 1915). A mixture of essays, poems, & stories of working-class London by night, likened by contemporary critics to Edgar Poe. Two "chapters" are unquestionably stand-alone short stories:
"A Basher's Night"
"A Down-stream Night" - Limehouse Nights (London: Richards, 1916; New York: McBride, 1917). A later printing, Limehouse Nights Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine (New York: McBride, 1926) should be considered the definitive edition for the sake of Blaine's artwork. Selections from Limehouse Nights were reissued are Broken Blossoms (Richards, 1920) and In Chinatown (Richards, 1921)
The Chink & the Child
The Father of Yoto
Gracie Goodnight
The Paw
The Cue
Beryl, the Croucher & the Rest of England
The Sign of the Lamp
Tai Fu & Pansy Greers
The Bird
Gina of the Chinatown
The Knight-Errant
The Gorilla & the Girl
Ding-Dong-Dell
Old Joe - Out & About London (London: Allen & Unwin, 1919; New York: Holt, 1919). Chiefly essays, some few such as "Out of Town" difficult to tell from Thomas's short stories, & including at least this short story:
The Kid's Man
- More Limehouse Nights (New York: Doran, 1921) same as Whispering Windows: Tales of the Waterside (London: Richards, 1921)
The Yellow Scarf
A Game of Poker
Katie the Kid
The Heart of a Child
The Dumb Wife
Bluebell
A Family Affair
The Little Flowers of France
The Perfect Girl
The Affair at the Warehouse
Big Boy Blue
Mazurka
The Scarlet Shoes
The Good Samaritans
Twelve Golden Curls
Miss Plum-Blossom
The Cane
The Song of Ho Ling - East of Mansion House (New York: Doran, 1926; London: Cassell, 1928)
The Dream of Ah Lem
The Pash
Black Country (lacking in the London edition)
White Wings
Crash!
The Spot of Water
The Top of the Stairs
Adventure
Dow
The Purse
The Tablets of the House of Li
Johnny - The Bloomsbury Wonder (London: Mandrake Press, 1929). Contains just the one novelette.
- A Tea-shop in Limehouse (Boston: Little Brown, 1931) same as The Pleasantries of Old Quong (London: Constable, 1931)
The Sweet Enemy
The Ministering Angel
The Faultless Painter
The Shadow & the Bone
The Silver Star
The Case of Valentine Thrill
We are the Music-makers
The Yellow Imps
The Obscenity of Glamis Flang
The Beautiful End
John Brown's Body
Desirable Villa
The Secret of Francesco Shedd
The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
An Angel Unawares
Hotel Cote d'Azur - City of Encounters: A London Divertissement (London: Constable, 1932; Boston: Little Brown, 1932). In addition to the essays "The City" "A Phantom" "A Nest of Singing Birds" & "A Comedian" there also these short stories:
A Boy
A Keeper of a Charge
A Lover & His Lass
A Pantaloon
A Quintet
A Householder
A Girl - Night-Pieces: Eighteen Tales (London: Constable, 1935; New York: Appleton, 1936)
Miracle in Suburbia
Yesterday Street
Funspot
Uncle Ezekiel's Long Sight
The Horrible God
Father & Son
Johnson Looked Back
Two Gentlemen
The Black Courtyard
The Gracious Ghosts
Jack Wapping
One Hundred Pounds
The man Who Lost His Head
Murder Under the Crooked Spire
The Lonely Inn
The Watcher
Events at Wayless-Wagtail
The Hollow Man - Dark Nights (London: Jenkins, 1944; not issued in the US)
Roses Round the Door
Sonata in Scarlet
Proud Mother
Sweet & Low
The Purple Star
The Blomsbury Wonder
The Message
Estella & Dolores
Mysterious Disapperance
Beautiful Doll
The Black Stick
The Yellow Box - The Best Short Stories of Thomas Burke edited with an introducton by John Gawsworth (London: Phoenix, 1950)
The Chink & the Child
Gracie Goodnight
The Cue
The Bird
The Yellow Scarf
The Perfect Girl
The Affair at the Warehouse
The Song of Ho Ling
The Dream of Ah Lum
The Top of the Stairs
Dow
Johnny
The Bloomsbury Wonder
Diserable Villa
The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
Hotel Cote d'Azur
The Quintet
Father & Son
The Hollow Man
Roses Round the Door - The Golden Gong & Other Night-Pieces & Unpleasantries (Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2001)
Introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson:
The Tenderly Sadistic Vision of Thomas Burke
The Golden Gong
Scarlet Shoes
The Bird
The Tablets of the House of Li
White Wings
The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
The Yellow Imps
Desirable Villa
The Secret of Francesco Shedd
Miracle in Suburbia
Yesterday Street
Uncle Ezekiel's Long Sight
The Horrible God
Johnson Looked Back
The Black Courtyard
The Gracious Ghosts
The Man Who Lost His Head
The Lonely Inn
Events at Wayless-Wagtail
The Bloomsbury Wonder
The Hollow Man
Afterword: Grant Richards' reminiscence of Thomas Burke
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