47 (+/-) Short Stories, 5 Novels
(some may have been lost and three have been found recently)
These older titles are in the public domain. Rex Stout had a successful career writing for the pulps for a number of years. In about 1916 he created a school banking system, from which he retired in the late 1920s ( just before the start of The Great Depression) with the goal of writing full time.
From Wikipedia:
"Pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") are inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 through the 1950s. The term pulp derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed; in contrast, magazines printed on higher quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks".... Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were best known for their lurid and exploitative stories and sensational cover art.
Many of these stories and novels are available for free download at http://eserver.org/fiction/stout/ or by clicking any of the READ buttons below.
This section is divided into two listings and a slide show of the cover art from the anthology printings:
- listing of the books in which the stories have been reprinted
- their original magazine publication history
- slide show of the cover art of the books
Publications in Book Form Following Mr. Stout's Death
Listed in chronological order of publication in book form
| Publication Data (see next section for original publication dates) |
Title & Contents | Format/Other |
| 2015 Mysterious Press/Open Road Publishers, Paperback & Kindle formats |
The Last Drive and Other Stories:
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Anthology of 1 novel and 10 short stories Click here to read the promotional description |
| 2013 Kindle, Amazon Digital Services Also published: 2003, An Officer & a Lady |
Mr. Chidden Revolts
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"Mr. Chidden Revolts" is a compilation of three short stories originally published in the Pulp "Smith’s Magazine." Unlike other stories of the Rex Stout’s “Pulp period” these three feature the same character, Mr. Chiddden, who rebels at being forced to work in his demanding sister's rooming house. |
| 2006,Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group, Paperback | The Rex Stout Reader:
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Introduction by Otto Penzler Anthology of 2 novels and one short story (Read the Review of The Rex Stout Reader) |
| 2000, Mysterious Press/Open Road Publishers Also published: 2000, Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group |
Her Forbidden Knight | Novel |
2002, Wildside Mystery Classics |
A Prize for Princes | Novel |
| 2000, Paperback, Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group | Under The Andes (Link to the public-domain text online) |
Novel |
| 2000, Mysterious Press/Open Road Publishers, Paperback Also published: 2000, Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group |
An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories
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Short Story Anthology |
| 1998, Mysterious Press/Open Road Publishers, Paperback Also published: 1998, Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group |
Target Practice
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Short Story Anthology |
| 1997, Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group, Paperback | The Great Legend | Novel |
| 1977, Viking Press |
Justice Ends at Home | Hardcover anthology of short stories edited and with an introduction by John McAleer, |
The Pulp Fiction Works' Original Magazine Publishing History
Click here to view an abbreviated publication chart
| Original Publication Data | Title & Contents | Format |
| 1912 "Unlocated" according to John McAleer (may have been published under another title) |
Their Lady | Short Story |
| Short Stories, Oct. 1912, pp. 26-32 | Excess Baggage | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories |
| Short Stories, November 1912, pp. 88-91 | The Infernal Feminine | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories |
| Young's Magazine, November 1912, pp. 183-186 | The Paisley | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| The Black Cat, December 1912, pp. 46-50 | A Professional Recall | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories |
| Young's Magazine, December, 1912, pp. 370-376 | Billy Du Mont, Reporter | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| The Black Cat, January, 1913, pp. 49-56 | Pamfret and Peace | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories |
| Young's Magazine, January, 1913, pp. 72-75 | Barnacles | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| Short Stories, April 1913, pp. 112-117 |
A Companion of Fortune | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories |
| Lippincott Monthly Magazine, June 1913, pp. 730-734 | A White Precipitate | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories |
| The Black Cat, June 1913, pp. 46-56 |
The Pickled Picnic | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| All-Story Magazine. In five parts, August through December 1913 | Her Forbidden Knight | Novel included in: Paperback, Her Forbidden Knight, Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group, 2000 |
| The Black Cat, August, 1913, pp. 27-33 1913 | The Mother of Invention |  Short Storyincluded in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories |
| The Smart Set, November 1913, pp. 129-134 | Méthode Américaine | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories included in Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories |
| Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, January 1914, pp. 92-96 | A Tyrant Abdicates | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories |
| All-Story Magazine, January 1914, pp. 196-192 | The Pay Yeoman |
Short Story included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| All-Story Magazine, February 1914 (139 pages) | Under The Andes | Novel |
| All-Story Weekly, March 7, 1914, pp. 208-216 | Secrets | Short Story included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| All-Story Weekly, March 29, 1914, pp. 876-883 | Rose Orchid | Short Story
included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| Lippincott Monthly Magazine, April 1914, pp. 465-473 | An Agacella Or | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories |
| All-Story Weekly, April 25, 1914, | The Inevitable Third | Short Story included in Target Practice Anthology |
| All-Story Weekly Magazine. In five parts, May 2 through May 30, 1914 (163 pages) | A Prize for Princes | Novel |
| All-Story Cavalier Weekly June 13, 1914 | Out of the Line |
(Read the Review) Short Story included in: The Rex Stout Reader (paperback), Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group |
| All Story Cavalier Weekly, July 4, 1914, pp. 859-864 | The Lie | Short Story included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| All Story Cavalier Weekly, December 26, 1941, pp. 133-141 | Target Practice | Short Story included in: Target Practice Anthology |
| All Story Cavalier Weekly, January 16, 1915, pp. 762-768 | If He Be Married | Short Story included in: Target Practice Anthology |
| All Story Cavalier Weekly, January 30, 1915, pp. 351-356 | Baba | Short Story included in Target Practice Anthology |
| All Story Cavalier Weekly, February 27, 1915, pp. 222-242 | Warner and Wife (Link to the public-domain text online) |
Short Story included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| Smith's Magazine, July 1915, pp. 615-626 | A Little Love Affair | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories,, 2000 Mr. Chidden Revolts, 2013 |
| Smith's Magazine, August, 1915, pp. 757-764 | Art for Art's Sake | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories, 2000 Mr. Chidden Revolts, 2013 |
| Smith's Magazine, September 1915, pp. 1241-1252 |
Another Little Love Affair | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories, 2000 Mr. Chidden Revolts, 2013 |
| All-Story Weekly, September 11, 1915, pp. 236-242 | Jonathan Stannard's Secret Vice (Link to the public-domain text online) |
Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Short Story included in: Target Practice Anthology |
| All-Story Weekly, September 25, 1915, pp. 717-723 | Sanetomo | Short Story included in Target Practice Anthology |
| Young's Magazine, November 1915 | The Strong Man | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories |
| All-Story Weekly, December 4, 1915, pp. 260-293 | Justice Ends at Home | Short Story included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| All-Story Weekly. In five parts, January 1 through January 29, 1916 (147 pages) | The Great Legend | Novel included in: The Great Legend, Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group, 1997 |
| Breezy Stories, January, 1916, pp. 34-40 | Two Kisses | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| Golfer's Magazine, March 1916, pp. 16-33 |
Ask the Egyptians | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| Snappy Stories, March [issue 2] 1916, pp. 29-35 | This is My Wife | Short story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| Young's Magazine, April, 1916, pp. 85-94 | Second Edition | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| All-Story Weekly, April 1, 1916 |
It's Science That Counts | Short Story included in: Target Practice Anthology |
| All-Story Weekly, June 24, 1916, pp. 561-570 | The Rope Dance | Short Story included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| Golfers Magazine, July through December, 1916 | The Last Drive | Novel Re-discovered in 2011! included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| All-Story Weekly, January 13, 1917, pp. 610-616 | An Officer and a Lady | Short Story included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice |
| The Black Cat, January, 1917, pp. 19-22 | It Happened Last Night | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
| All-Story Weekly, November 17, 1917, pp. 688-695 | Heels of Fate | Short Story included in: Justice Ends at Home & Other Stories Target Practice Anthology |
| (first publication unknown) | Annuncio's Violin | NOT WRITTEN BY STOUT AFTER ALL included in: An Officer & A Lady & Other Stories |
| Young's Magazine, April, 1918, pp. 3-32 | Old Fools and Young | Short Story included in: The Last Drive and Other Stories |
