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''Fancies and Goodnights'' is a collection of fantasy short stories by John Collier, first published by Doubleday Books in hardcover in 1951. A paperback edition followed from Bantam Books in 1953, and it has been repeatedly reprinted over more than five decades, most recently in the New York Review Books Classics line, with an introduction by Ray Bradbury. A truncated British edition, omitting roughly one-quarter of the stories, was published under the title ''Of Demons and Darkness''.〔(ISFDB bibliography )〕 The collection is viewed as a classic of its genre. It won the International Fantasy Award for fiction in 1952,〔(Locus Index to SF Awards )〕 as well as an Edgar Award for "outstanding contribution to the mystery short story."〔Anthony Boucher, "Criminals at Large", ''The New York Times Book Review'', May 11, 1952, p.25〕 It compiles most of the stories from Collier's prior collections as well as seventeen previously uncollected stories, several original to the volume. Collier reportedly rewrote many of his early stories prior to book publication.〔Everett F. Bleiler, ''The Guide to Supernatural Literature'', Kent State University Press, 1983, p.118〕 ==Contents== * "Bottle Party" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1939) * "De Mortuis" (''The New Yorker'' 1942) * "Evening Primrose" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "Witch's Money" (''The New Yorker'' 1939) * "Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early?" (''The New Yorker'' 1951) * "Fallen Star" (original) * "The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It" (''The New Yorker'' 1941) * "Three Bears Cottage" (original) * "Pictures in the Fire" (original) * "Wet Saturday" (''The New Yorker'' 1938) * "Squirrels Have Bright Eyes" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "Halfway to Hell" (''The Devil and All'' 1934) * "The Lady on the Grey" (''The New Yorker'' 1951) * "Incident on a Lake" (''The New Yorker'' 1941) * "Over Insurance" (original) * "Old Acquaintance" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "The Frog Prince" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "Season of Mists" (original) * "Great Possibilities" (original) * "Without Benefit of Galsworthy" (''The New Yorker'' 1939) * "The Devil, George, and Rosie" (''The Devil and All'' 1934) * "Ah the University" (''The New Yorker'' 1939) * "Back for Christmas" (''The New Yorker'' 1939) * "Another American Tragedy" (''The New Yorker'' 1940) * "Collaboration" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "Midnight Blue" (''The New Yorker'' 1938) * "Gavin O'Leary" (chapbook, 1945) * "If Youth Knew, If Age Could" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "Thus I Refute Beelzy" (''Atlantic Monthly'' 1940) * "Special Delivery" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "Rope Enough" (''The New Yorker'' 1939) * "Little Memento" (''The New Yorker'' 1938) * "Green Thoughts" (''Harper's Magazine'' 1931) * "Romance Lingers Adventure Lives" (original) * "Bird of Prey" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "Variation on a Theme" (chapbook 1935) * "Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon!" (''The New Yorker'' 1938) * "The Steel Cat" (''Lilliput'' 1941) * "Sleeping Beauty" (''Harper’s Bazaar'' (UK edition) 1938) * "Interpretation of a Dream" (''The New Yorker'' 1951) * "Mary" (''Harper’s Bazaar'' 1939) * "Hell Hath No Fury" (''The Devil and All'' 1934) * "In the Cards" (original) * "The Invisible Dove Dancer of Strathpheen Island" (''Presenting Moonshine'' 1941) * "The Right Side" (''The Devil and All'' 1934) * "Spring Fever" (original) * "Youth from Vienna" (original) * "Possession of Angela Bradshaw" (''The Devil and All'' 1934) * "Cancel All I Said" (original) * "The Chaser" (''The New Yorker'' 1940)〔Original publication information is compiled from the (ISFDB Bibliography ), the (Contento Short Fiction Index ), Everett F. Bleiler's ''Guidel to Supernatural Fiction'', and the (''The New Yorker'' site index ). Nevertheless, it remains possible that some stories identified as having first appeared in Collier collections actually had earlier publication, possibly in different form.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fancies and Goodnights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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