The Man Who Ate the Phoenix

The Man Who Ate the Phoenix is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in London by Jarrolds in December, 1949.

The book collects 41 short pieces by Dunsany.

Contents

• "The Man Who Ate the Phoenix"
• "The Widow Flynn's Apple Tree"
• "Where Everyone's Business is Known"
• "The Rose By-pass"
• "An Old Man's Tale"
• "How the Tinker Came to Skavangur"
• "The Opal Arrow-Head"
• "The Sultan's Pet"
• "The Descent of the Sultan of Khash"
• "The Policeman's Prophecy"
• "The Wind in the Wood"
• "The Tiger's Skin"
• "The Finding of Mr. Jupkens"
• "The Awful Dream"
• "Mrs. Mulger"
• "The Choice"
• "Rose Tibbets"
• "Little Snow White Up to Date"
• "The Return"
• "The Mad Ghost"
• "The Cause"
• "The Cut"
• "The Sleuthing of Lily Bostum"
• "The Possibility of Life on the Third Planet"
• "Old Emma"
• "How Abdul Din Saved Justice"
• "The First Watch-Dog"
• "The Chess-Player, the Financier, and Another"
• "The Honorary Member"
• "The Experiment"
• "Down among the Kingcups"
• "The Gratitude of the Devil"
• "The After-Dinner Speech"
• "The Je-ne-sais-quoi"
• "Poseidon"
• "A Near Thing"
• "Ardor Canis"
• "A Lapse of Memory"
• "Forty Years On"
• "The Iron Door"
• "The Great Scoop"

References

• Joshi, S. T. (1993). Lord Dunsany: a Bibliography / by S. T. Joshi and Darrell Schweitzer. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.. pp. 27.