Bibliography
Saroyan is well known as a prolific writer, boasting that he wrote his twenty-six stories for the Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories in as many days. He was 26 when that collection was published, and he rarely slowed his output for the next fifty years. While much of his writing remains unpublished, below is a bibliography of his plays and books followed by the most complete list available of his published short stories. Pulling from magazines, anthologies, and his books of short stories, the archives developed a list that contains nearly 600 unique entries. Included are the publication titles and dates, giving you insight into which were his most popular short stories and which ones saw very limited release.
Because Saroyan’s short stories always existed in the ether between fiction and autobiography, this list is a work in progress as deeper research and analysis reveals more unearthed treasures and teases apart nonfiction essays from fictional stories. But then, as Saroyan puts it, “I have always written what I had to write, such as this. What is it? It's not a story, it's not even a proper autobiographical fragment.” Perhaps like myths and folk tales, the distinction is not necessary?
“I like to go out every day and find a story. Well, it’s not quite that cut and dried, and if the truth is told I don’t like to go out every day and find a story at all. I only like to go out, to go out. I can stay in and choose a story from out of a possible ten thousand stories always in my head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat. If it is time to write, you have already been out, you have already found a story, at least one for every day of your life, possibly two, three, or four. Perhaps even a dozen stories for every day. What is a story? It’s a writer with his mind made up to tell a story. To remember something, or to invent something. (It comes to the same thing.)” – Chance Meetings
Readers and Writing in His Own Words
(Excerpted from Here Comes, There Goes, You Know Who, 1961)
The only readers who are readers, the only readers who mean anything to a work of writing, and therefore possible a little something to the writer of the work himself, are the readers who read the way writers write: consciously, aware of themselves, aware of the work being read, aware of writing itself, and therefore able to get the writing, to know it, to understand what it's all about, what's going on. There are many kinds of writers and many kinds of readers, but the writers who are really writers and the readers who are really readers probably have one thing in common: being on the level without being pompous about it. And it's easy to get off the level, and it's easy to get pompous about just about anything.
CONTINUE READING
It happens all the time in writing, and it happens all the time in reading. When a book is read by great numbers of people, it doesn't mean the book is good, but it also doesn't mean it is not good, it only means it is being read by great numbers of people. The writer of the book knows if it's good or bad, because he knows what he can do, what he has done, and what's more important, he knows what other writers have done. If any of my stuff happens to get a lot of readers, as two of my books have, I don't tend to believe I've made it, I tend to wonder who the readers are and why they are reading those two books in such great numbers. Well, one of the books, My Name Is Aram, deserves to be read, and can do the reader no harm. But the other one, The Human Comedy, is different. There are some lapses in it which many readers like even more than they like stuff that is at least a little better, and this doesn't please me. If the stuff that went off the level is taken for gospel as it frequently is, it can do more harm than I want any of my writing ever to do. Now, you might say that the harm is harmless harm, but as for me, the hell with that. I didn't mean to go off the level, I meant the opposite. I meant to take a lot of everyday stuff and bring out the drama of it, but near the end of the book I went to work and wrote that it appears to be unavoidable sometimes for people to be killed in a war. I went even further and tried to demonstrate that the murder of somebody in a war can be a thing of great meaning-to somebody or other, sometime or other. Bullshit-but I was in a hurry, the war was upon me, and I wanted to get this thing out of the way before it got me, which it did soon enough, and the hell with that, too. I fought the United States Army for three years, and I won. I'm sorry for every man who fought, and lost.
What happens? What is it that really happens to a man?
Stories and Essays
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| $2400 For Kindness | 8/1/1935 | Esquire |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 2/1/1934 | The Magazine |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| 1924 Cadillac for Sale | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| 1924 Cadillac for Sale | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| 1924 Cadillac for Sale | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| 1924 Cadillac for Sale | 1955 | High Gear (anthology) |
| 1924 Cadillac for Sale | 1964 | 52 Miles to Terror (anthology) |
| 1924 Cadillac for Sale | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| 70,000 Assyrians | 4/1/1934 | Story |
| 70,000 Assyrians | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| A Christmas Carol | 1/1/1935 | North American Review |
| A Christmas Carol | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| A Christmas Carol | 1955 | Love |
| A Clear Warm Day | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| A Clear Warm Day | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| A Cold Day | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| A Cold Day | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| A Cold Day | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| A Couple Miscellaneous Prophecies, More or Less Guaranteed to Come True | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Curved line | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| A Family of Three | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| A Family of Three…The Child…The Man… The Woman | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| A Favor For A Friend | 7/1/1957 | Escapade |
| A Few Answers About Television | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| A Fist Fight for Armenia | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Flash of the Flashlight and the World-Shaking Question: Joe? | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Fresno Fable | 1/19/1976 | The New Yorker |
| A Fresno Fable | 1977 | The Best American Short Stories 1977, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin (anthology) |
| A Fresno Fable | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| A Glass of Water | 5/1/1956 | Nugget |
| A Holy Silence | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Lady Named Caroline | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| A Lady Named Caroline | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| A Letter to the Old City Editor | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| A Love Story: Paris is the Place for You | 10/1/1981 | Saturday Evening Post |
| A Man is a Vine | 9/1/1961 | Country Beautiful |
| A Moment of Freedom and Fun | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Moment of Prose in Kansas | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A New Chapter In The Human Comedy | 7/1/1964 | Playboy |
| A New Chapter In The Human Comedy | 1966 | The Twelfth Anniversary Playboy Reader, ed. Hugh M. Hefner, Souvenir Press 1966 |
| A Nice Boy, Even if He is Rich | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| A Nice Boy, Even if He is Rich | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics, and Everything | 1938 | A Native American |
| A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics, and Everything | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics, and Everything | 1946 | 15 Great Stories of Today (anthology) |
| A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics, and Everything | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Night of Nothing | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| A Night of Nothing | 1955 | Love |
| A Note on Travel | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| A Number of Fragments | 12/1/1940 | Yale Review Quarterly |
| A Number of the Poor | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| A Number of the Poor | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| A Number of the Poor | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| A Number of the Poor | 1949 | Seven American Short Stories, ed. Helvi Hakulinen & Irma Rantavaara, Helsinki: Otava 1949 |
| A Prayer for the Living | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| A Prayer for the Living | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| A Saroyan Trilogy: Saroyan's Note (My Shows, The Fire-Prevention Man and his Sister, The Stolen Secret) | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Scenario for Karl Marx | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| A Scenario for Karl Marx | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| A Seaside Friendship | 1956 | Spadea Magazine |
| A Seaside Friendship | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| A Soft Word to the Gravedigger | 9/1/1965 | Cavalier |
| A Soft Word to the Gravedigger | 1967? | Weekend Magazine, London Telegraph |
| A Soft Word to the Gravedigger | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| A Summer Day | 7/1/1936 | Peninsulan |
| A Survivor of the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Tale About a Wife | 6/1/1940 | Lilliput |
| A Talk with Father | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| A Time of Genius | 1944 | Dear Baby |
| A Tipped Hat to the Lamp Post | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| A Tipped Hat to the Lamp Post | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| A Valentine | 2/1/1966 | Playboy |
| A Valentine | 3/1/1967 | Argosy |
| A Valentine | 1970 | Playboy’s Short-Shorts, ed. Anon., Playboy Press (anthology) |
| A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse | 1997 | Laugh and Learn: Humorous American Short Stories, ed. Mira B. Felder, Addison-Wesley (anthology) |
| A Walk in New York | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| A Word to Scoffers | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| A Word to Scoffers | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| A Writer's Declaration | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| A Writer's Declaration | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| A Writer's Declaration | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| Accident at the County Fair | 4/1/1965 | Cavalier |
| Accident at the County Fair | 12/1/1965 | Argosy |
| Ah Life, Ah Death, Ah Music, Ah France, Ah Everything | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Ah Life, Ah Death, Ah Music, Ah France, Ah Everything | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Ah Silence, Ah Music, Ah Shut Up | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Ah-ha | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Ah-ha | 1955 | Love |
| Ah-ha | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Ah-ha Ah-ha | 8/1/1934 | American Mercury |
| Alive | 8/1/1964 | Ladies' Home Journal |
| Am I Your World? | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Am I Your World? | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Among the lost | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| An Occurrence at Izzy's | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| An Occurrence at Izzy's | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| An Occurrence at Izzy's | 1955 | Love |
| An Ornery Kind of Kid | 10/15/1949 | Saturday Evening Post |
| An Ornery Kind of Kid | 9/1/1986 | Saturday Evening Post |
| And Man | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| And Man | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Another Day, Another Dream | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Another Summer | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Antranik of Armenia | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Antranik of Armenia | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Anybody Home? | 1954 | Perfect Home |
| Anybody Home? | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Anything for a Laugh | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Anything for a Laugh | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Applause | 4/1/1955 | Theatre Arts |
| Applause | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Apple Pie and Crazy People | 12/13/1971 | The Nation |
| Aram Saeetyujkfogl | 12/1/1955 | Swank |
| Aram Saeetyujkfogl | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| Armenian Mouse | 1969 | Ararat: A Decade of Armenian-American Writing |
| Around the World with General Grant | 1937 | Little Children |
| Art, or on Account of Orozco | 1/1/1955 | Americas |
| As of the Sun | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Aspirin is a Member of the NRA | 5/1/1934 | American Mercury |
| Aspirin is a Member of the NRA | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| At Sundown | 2/1/1935 | Scribner's |
| At Sundown | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| At Sundown | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| At Sundown | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| At Sundown | 1939 | Thicker Than Water (anthology) |
| At Sundown | 1955 | Love |
| At the Chop Suey Joint on Larkin Street at Two Thirty in the Morning | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| At the Chop Suey Joint on Larkin Street at Two Thirty in the Morning | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| At the Chop Suey Joint on Larkin Street at Two Thirty in the Morning | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Axis | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Baby | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Beale Street | 4/27/1997 | San Francisco Examiner |
| Being Refined | 5/1/1965 | Playboy |
| Ben | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Best Wishes to a Former Mistress | 8/24/1968 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Big City Blues | 1/1/1937 | Phenix |
| Big Shot | 2/1/1950 | Argosy |
| Big valley vineyard | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Bill McGee's Brother | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| Boys and Girls Together | 1/19/1963 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Captain of Nothing | 7/11/1942 | The New Yorker |
| Care to Look | 8/1/1954 | Arts |
| Christians Singing | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Christians Singing | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Christians Singing | 1955 | Love |
| Christians singing | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Christmas | 12/1/1943 | Good Housekeeping |
| Citizens of the Third Grade | 8/1/1936 | Harper's Bazaar |
| Citizens of the Third Grade | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Citizens of the Third Grade | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Citizens of the Third Grade | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Citizens of the Third Grade | 1996 | Modern Fiction about School Teaching: An Anthology, ed. Jay S. Blanchard & Ursula Casanova, Allyn & Bacon (anthology) |
| Coffee and Sandwiches at Louie's on Pacific Street | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Coffee and Sandwiches at Louie's on Pacific Street | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Cold Winter | 12/1/1936 | College Humor |
| Comedy is Where You Die and They Don't Bury You Because You Can Still Walk | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Comedy is Where You Die and They Don't Bury You Because You Can Still Walk | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Common Prayer | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Corduroy Pants | 1937 | Little Children |
| Corduroy Pants | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| Countryman, How Do you Like America? | 1937 | Little Children |
| Cowards | 6/1/1974 | Harper's |
| Cowards | 5/1/1982 | Short Story Monthly |
| Cowards | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Crazy About Lincoln | 11/1/1955 | American Mercury |
| Crazy Hollywood | 6/27/1936 | Script |
| Crying Man of Paris | 9/1/1966 | Argosy |
| Cuba Libre | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Daily News | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Dear Baby | 6/24/1939 | Collier's |
| Dear Baby | 4/1/1941 | Modern Reading |
| Dear Baby | 3/8/1956 | Woman's Own |
| Dear Baby | 1954 | Champs and Bums, ed. Bucklin Moon, Lion Book (anthology) |
| Dear Baby | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| Dear Greta Garbo | 12/1/1950 | Sight and Sound |
| Dear Greta Garbo | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| Dear Greta Garbo | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| Dear Greta Garbo | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Death | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Death and Syncopation | 2/1/1940 | One Act Play |
| Decision on the 19,131st Day | 4/1/1963 | Rogue |
| Don't Laugh Unless It's Funny | 7/1/1966 | Playboy |
| Dragonfly | 7/28/1973 | The New Republic |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Earth, Day, Night, Self | 3/1/1958 | Hi-Life |
| Escape by Steerage | Frontier Magazine | |
| Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? | 1955 | Great Tales of City Dwellers, ed. Alex Austin, Lion Library Editions 1955 |
| Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| Ever Fall in Love with a Midget? | 1990 | Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories, ed. Burton Raffel, Signet Classic 1990 |
| Everything | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Everything | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Explosion | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Father and Son | 8/1/1955 | Cosmopolitan |
| Fifty Yard Dash | 1938 | A Native American |
| Fight for Life | 12/1/1934 | The Student Outlook |
| Fight your own war | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Finlandia | 1955 | Love |
| Finlandia | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| Finlandia | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| Finlandia | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Fire | 6/1/1941 | Cosmopolitan |
| Fire | 11/15/1976 | The New Yorker |
| Fire | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Five Pretty Little Fables | 7/15/1941 | |
| Five Ripe Pears | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Five Ripe Pears | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Five Ripe Pears | 1939 | Thicker Than Water (anthology) |
| Five Ripe Pears | Summer 35 | Yale Review Quarterly |
| Follow | 5/18/2008 | Fresno Bee |
| For My Part I'll Smoke A Good Ten Cent Cigar | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| For My Part I'll Smoke A Good Ten Cent Cigar | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| For the Love of Daisy | 5/31/1958 | Saturday Evening Post |
| For the Love of Daisy | 1959 | Saturday Evening Post Stories 1958, ed. Anon., Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday (anthology) |
| Four Little Armenian Stories | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Gaston | 2/1/1962 | Atlantic |
| Gaston | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Gaston Chevrolet and the Great Race | 8/1/1976 | Friends |
| Genesis | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Girl at the Bar | 3/1/1956 | Argosy |
| Going Home | 2/1/1935 | Redbook |
| Going Home | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Going Home | 1943 | The Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories, ed. Philip Van Doren Stern, Pocket Book (anthology) |
| Going Home | 1955 | Love |
| Going Home | 1971 | Counterpoints, ed. Harvey R. Granite, Millard H. Black & Jo M. Stanchfield, Houghton Mifflin Co. (anthology) |
| Going home | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Good Old Country Girl for Charley | 1/1/1973 | Gallery |
| Good Old Goody Goody Godot | Waiting for Godot album text [Columbia Records] | |
| Good-by Dolly | 11/1/1965 | Status |
| Great Grandad Stan/Meet Your Author | 5/1/1975 | Cricket |
| Gus the Gambler | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Gus the Gambler | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Harry | 4/1/1958 | Escapade |
| Harry | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Harry | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Hate | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Hayastan and Charentz | 4/1/1975 | Literary Tabloid |
| Hayastan and Charentz | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Hayastan and Charentz | Winter 54 | Armenian Review |
| He Said He Was Sorry | 1/1/1939 | Lilliput |
| Hello Out There | 2/1/1959 | Escapade |
| Help, the Newsboy Hollered | 5/1/1967 | McCall's |
| High Tide and Low Tide | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Highway America | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| His Collaborators | 10/1/1941 | Story |
| History and the Hollywood Writers | 11/1/1938 | Lilliput |
| Home | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Home | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Home is Where the Dream Is | 7/1/1976 | Think |
| Hong Kong | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Horsey Gorsey and the Frog | 11/7/1965 | Chicago Tribune |
| How It Is to Be | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| How It Is to Be | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| How It Is to Be | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| How It Is to Be | Transformation Four | |
| How Pleasant to Have Passed Through Buffalo | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| How Pleasant to Have Passed Through Buffalo | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| How Pleasant to Have Passed Through Buffalo | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| How the Barber Finally Got Himself Into a Fable | 11/1/1977 | Atlantic |
| How the Barber Finally Got Himself Into a Fable | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| How the Brigadier General Won the War | 12/1/1966 | Cavalier |
| How They Got Rid of the Unwelcome and Greedy Visitor | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| How to Choose a Wife | 10/1/1975 | Ladies' Home Journal |
| How to Choose a Wife | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Hunger | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Hunger Laughing | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| I Can't Put Two and Two Together | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| I Can't Put Two and Two Together | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| I Can't Put Two and Two Together | 1955 | Love |
| I Could Say Bella Bella | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| I Could Say Bella Bella | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| I Know You Good | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| I Love You Mama Girl 1/5 | 3/31/1956 | Saturday Evening Post |
| I Love You Mama Girl 2/5 | 4/7/1956 | Saturday Evening Post |
| I Love You Mama Girl 3/5 | 4/14/1956 | Saturday Evening Post |
| I Love You Mama Girl 4/5 | 4/21/1956 | Saturday Evening Post |
| I Love You Mama Girl 5/5 | 4/28/1956 | Saturday Evening Post |
| I Was Only Kidding | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| I'm Right. The World's Wrong | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| In the Land of the Midnight Sun | 9/22/1962 | Saturday Evening Post |
| International Harvester | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Is it Only A Game? | 1972 | Yearbook 72 |
| Isn’t today the day? Or, Saroyan 1964 | 3/1/1973 | Harpers |
| Isn’t today the day? Or, Saroyan 1964 | 1974 | The Best American Short Stories 1974, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1974 |
| It's Me, O Lord! | 11/1/1964 | Argosy |
| It's Not As If We Don't Appreciate Your Kindness | 11/5/1938 | Script |
| It's Not As If We Don't Appreciate Your Kindness | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Jim Pemberton and his Boy Trigger | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Jim Pemberton and his Boy Trigger | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Jim Pemberton and his Boy Trigger | 1955 | Love |
| Jim Pemberton and his Boy Trigger | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| Joe Gould, Joe Frisco, and American Talk | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Johnny The Dreamer, Mary the Model at Magnin's, and Plato the Democrat | 4/1/1939 | The Coast |
| Johnny The Dreamer, Mary the Model at Magnin's, and Plato the Democrat | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Johnny The Dreamer, Mary the Model at Magnin's, and Plato the Democrat | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Johnny The Dreamer, Mary the Model at Magnin's, and Plato the Democrat | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Knife-Like, Flower-Like, Like Nothing at All in the World | 7/1/1942 | Harper's Bazaar |
| Knife-Like, Flower-Like, Like Nothing at All in the World | 1943 | O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1943 (anthology) |
| Knife-Like, Flower-Like, Like Nothing at All in the World | 1943 | The Best American Short Stories 1943, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1943 |
| Knife-Like, Flower-Like, Like Nothing at All in the World | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| La Declaration De Guerre | 1/1/1947 | Action |
| Last Night | 5/1/1963 | Cavalier |
| Last Words of the Great | 9/24/1973 | The Nation |
| Lately I've Been Wanting to Go Away | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Laughing Sam | 1937 | Little Children |
| Laughing Sam | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Laughing Sam | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| Laughter | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| Laughter | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Laura, Immortal | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Laura, immortal | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Lauri | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Le Chat | ca. 1940 | Fontaine |
| Leaning on the Everlasting Arms | War and Spy Stories | |
| Liberty, 5c | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Life | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Life and Letters | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| Life and Letters | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Life, the Magazine, and Harry, the Polo Man Who Didn't Make the Team | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Little Brown Brothers the Filipinos | 1955 | Love |
| Little Frogs | 11/27/1976 | The Nation |
| Little Miss Universe | 12/1/1934 | Esquire |
| Little Miss Universe | 10/1/1973 | Esquire |
| Little Miss Universe | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Little Miss Universe | 1955 | Love |
| Little Miss Universe | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Little Miss Universe | 1944 | Stories for Men: An Anthology, ed. Charles Grayson, Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. 1944 |
| Little Moral Tales | 10/1/1938 | Story |
| Little Moral Tales from the Old Country | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Little Moral Tales from the Old Country | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Little Old New York | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Little Old New York | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Locomotive 38: the Ojibway | 2/8/1957 | Junior Scholastic |
| Locomotive 38: the Ojibway | 1938 | A Native American |
| Locomotive 38: the Ojibway | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| Locomotive 38: the Ojibway | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Locomotive 38: the Ojibway | 1957 | The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure, ed. Anon., Berkley 1957 |
| Locomotive 38: the Ojibway | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| London, Ah, London | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| London, Ah, London | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| London, Ah, London | 1955 | Love |
| London, Ah, London | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| London, ah, London | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Look Out, Here Comes Another Lion | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Lord Chugger of Cheer | 12/1/1971 | McCall's |
| Lord Chugger of Cheer | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Love | 3/1/1959 | Man's Magazine |
| Love | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Love | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Love | 1957 | Women Without Men, ed. Alex Austin, Lion 1957 |
| Love of London | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| Love, Death, Sacrifice and So Forth | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Love, Here is My Hat | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Love, Here is My Hat | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Love, Here is My Hat | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| Lover's Leap | 7/1/1966 | Argosy |
| Luther is Not Somebody to Hurt | 6/1/1970 | Cavalier |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Madness in the Family | 6/17/1967 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Madness in the Family | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Malenka Manon | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Malenka Manon | 1955 | Love |
| Malenka Manon | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Many Miles Per Hour | 1937 | Little Children |
| Me | 3/9/1963 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Memoirs of a Veteran Actor | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Memoirs of a veteran actor | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Memories of 1956 | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Memories of Paris | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Memories of Paris | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Memories of Paris/Ports of Call | 3/1/1957 | Fling |
| Money, Money, Money, and You Can Have It | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Morning | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Morning | 1955 | Love |
| Morning | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Mr. Feeny's Cheval | 2/1/1957 | Swank |
| Mr. Fleming and the Seven Wonders of the World | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| My Back to the World | 6/1/1963 | Rogue |
| My Cousin Dikran the Orator | 1/1/1939 | Atlantic |
| My Cousin Dikran the Orator | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| My Cousin Dikran the Orator | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| My Cousin Dikran the Orator | 1953 | Stories of Sudden Truth, ed. Joseph Greene & Elizabeth Abell, Ballantine Books 1953 |
| My Cousin Dikran the Orator | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| My Drawings |
Evergreen Review |
|
| My Favorite Town - Fresno, California | 8/1952 | The Ford Times |
|
My Financial Embarrassment |
1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| My Grandmother | 2/1/1936 | Harper's Bazaar |
| My Grandmother Lucy Tells a Story Without a Beginning, a Middle or an End | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| My Home, My Home | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| My Lousy Adventures with Money | 4/1/1962 | Atlantic |
| My Picture in the Paper | 2/1/1935 | American Spectator |
| My Picture in the Paper | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| My Picture in the Paper | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| My Picture in the Paper | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| My Picture in the Paper | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| My Shoes: A Short Story from 1933 | 6/1/1954 | Armenian Review |
| My Shoes: A Short Story from 1933 | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| My So Called San Francisco | 7/1/1947 | Smart Traveler |
| My Uncle and the Mexicans | 1937 | Little Children |
| My Witness Witnesseth | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| My Witness Witnesseth | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Myself Upon the Earth | 10/1/1934 | American Mercury |
| Myself upon the earth | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Mystic Games | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Najari Levon's Old Country Advice | 8/1/1971 | Atlantic |
| Najari Levon's Old Country Advice to the Young Americans on How to Live with a Snake | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Nine Million Years Ago | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Nine Million Years Ago | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Noneh | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Noonday Dark Enfolding Texas | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Noonday Dark Enfolding Texas | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Noonday Dark Enfolding Texas | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Notes | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Notes of Days Gone By | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Now | 3/1/1937 | Phenix |
| Now is the Time: A Sideshow of the World Today | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| O Higher Accountancy, O Traffic Management | 1937 | Little Children |
| O What a Man was O Henry | 11/1/1967 | Kenyon Review |
| O.K. Baby, This Is the World | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| O.K. Baby, This Is the World | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Of Love and Time | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Ohio | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Ohio | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Old Country Advice to the American Traveller | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| Old Country Advice to the American Traveller | 1997 | Light and Lively: Humorous American Short Stories, ed. Mira B. Felder, Addison-Wesley 1997 |
| Old Country Stories, Part I | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Old Country Stories, Part II | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Old Country Stories, Part III | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Old Country Stories, Part IV | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| On Malibu Bay | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| On Malibu Bay | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| One Hello and One Goodbye | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| One of Our Future Poets, You Might Say | 1938 | A Native American |
| One of Our Future Poets, You Might Say | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| One of the Least Famous of the Great Love Affairs of History | 8/1/1945 | Argosy |
| One of the Least Famous of the Great Love Affairs of History | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| One of the Least Famous of the Great Love Affairs of History | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| One of the Least Famous of the Great Love Affairs of History | 1955 | Love |
| Or Leave a Kiss Within the Cup | 4/27/1935 | Script |
| Our Friends the Mice | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Our Friends the Mice | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Our Friends the Mice | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Our Friends the Mice | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| Our Greatest Man | 3/12/1966 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Our Little Brown Brothers the Filipinos | 4/1/1936 | Fiction Parade |
| Our Little Brown Brothers the Filipinos | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Our Little Brown Brothers the Filipinos | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Out of Order | 1972 | The Search for Self, ed. Hannah Beate Haupt, Lilla Heston, Joy Littell & Sarah Solotaroff, McDougal, Littell & Co. 1972 |
| Over to You | 7/1/1965 | Argosy |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Palo | 3/1/1951 | Tomorrow |
| Palo | 1952 | The Best American Short Stories 1952, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1952 |
| Palo | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| Panorama Unmerciful | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Panorama Unmerciful | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Papa You're Crazy | 10/1/1956 | Family Circle |
| Paramount, Please Let Me Act | 10/1/1934 | Trend |
| Paris and Philadelphia | 10/1/1950 | Town and Country |
| Paris and Philadelphia | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| Paris is the Place for You | 9/30/1961 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Paris is the Place for You | 1962 | Saturday Evening Post Stories 1962, ed. Anon., Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday 1962 |
| Passengers to Europe | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| Peace, It's Wonderful | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Peace, It's Wonderful | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Peace, It's Wonderful | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| Pebbles on the Beach | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Pebbles on the Beach (different title published) | 1952 | Art News |
| Piano | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Piano | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Piano | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Piano | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| Piano | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Picnic Time | 7/1/1973 | Ladies' Home Journal |
| Picnic Time | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Poem, story, novel | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Portrait of a Bum | 12/1/1928 | Overland Monthly |
| Prelude to an American Symphony | 10/23/1934 | New Masses |
| Prelude to an American Symphony | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Prelude to an American Symphony | 1955 | Love |
| Prelude to an American symphony | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) | |
| Problems of Writing | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Psalms | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Psalms | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Psalms | 1955 | Love |
| Public Speech | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| Public Speech | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Pure Agony | 5/1/1937 | Globe |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter, Half, Three-Quarter, and Whole Notes | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| Quarter, Half, Three-Quarter, and Whole Notes | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Rain | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Rain | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Rain | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Raisins | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Raisins | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Raisins | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| Raisins | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Raisins | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Remember the Joyride? | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Resurrection of a Life | 11/1/1934 | Story |
| Resurrection of a Life | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Resurrection of a Life | 1939 | 50 Best American Short Stories 1915-1939, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Houghton Mifflin 1939 |
| Resurrection of a Life | 1952 | The Best of The Best American Short Stories, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1952 |
| Resurrection of a Life | 2000 | The Best American Short Stories of the Century, ed. John Updike & Katrina Kenison, Houghton Mifflin 2000 |
| Romance | 4/22/1940 | Scholastic |
| Romance | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| Romance | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Romance | 1948 | First Love, ed. Joseph Greene & Elizabeth Abell, Bantam Books 1948 |
| Romance | 1957 | Stories, ed. Frank G. Jennings & Charles J. Calitri, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1957 |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sailing Down the Chesapeake | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| Saturday Night | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Saturday Night | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Saturday Night | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Say I'm a Liar, But I Love You. Guess Who? | 1964 | Playboy |
| Say I'm a Liar, But I Love You. Guess Who? | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| School | 6/1/1936 | The North American Review |
| Secrets in Alexandria | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Secrets in Alexandria | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Seven Easy Ways to Make a Million Dollars | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Seven Fragments | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Seventeen | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Seventy Thousand Assyrians | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Seventy Thousand Assyrians | 1947 | A Treasury of Short Stories, ed. Bernardine Kielty, Simon and Schuster 1947 |
| Seventy Thousand Assyrians | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| Seventy Thousand Assyrians | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| Seventy Thousand Assyrians | 1999 | The American Short Story and Its Writer: An Anthology, ed. Ann Charters, Bedford Books 1999 |
| Shag Mugger's Drive | 4/1/1945 | Town and Country |
| Shall We Go Into the Rose Room? | Spring 62 | Chrysalis |
| Shout Armenia Wherever You Go | 11/21/1964 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Sit Down, Won't You? | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| Six Hundred and Sixty-Six | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Six Hundred and Sixty-Six | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Sleep in Unheavenly Peace | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Snake | 4/1/1961 | Argosy |
| Snake | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Snake | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| So He Died Laughing | 4/6/1935 | Script |
| Solemn Advice to a Young Man Sbout to Accept Undertaking as a Profession | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Solo for Tin Gazoo | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Solo for Tin Gazoo | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Some Day I'll be a Millionaire Myself | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Some Day I'll be a Millionaire Myself | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Speck, the Special Sardine | 3/1/1956 | Boy's Life |
| Speck, the Special Sardine | 12/1/1986 | Boy's Life |
| Stanley Rose and the Unknown Writer | 8/1/1975 | Westways |
| Summer Laughter | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Summertime | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| Summertime | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Sunday is a Hell of a Day | 8/1/1957 | American Mercury |
| Sunday is a Hell of a Day | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Take Her to Vegas | 9/23/1961 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Taxi to Laughter and Life Unending | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Taxi to Laughter and Life Unending | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Ten Minutes to Live | 10/1/1948 | Stop |
| The Acrobats | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Acrobats | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Actress and the Cop | 5/4/1957 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Adventures of a Young Man Some Day to Be Another Jack London | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Adventures of a Young Man Some Day to Be Another Jack London | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Album of Success/The Great Healer | 7/1/1957 | Charm |
| The Ants | 6/1/1937 | Lilliput |
| The Ants | 1/1/1938 | Lilliput Annual 1938 |
| The Ants | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Ants | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Armenian & the Armenian | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Armenian & the Armenian | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Armenian Writers | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Armenian Writers | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Art of Superior Inferiority | 6/1/1963 | Nugget |
| The Ashtree Talkers | 1977 | An Act or Two of Foolish Kindness |
| The Assyrian | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger | 3/1/1945 | Argosy |
| The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger | 1955 | Love |
| The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Barber Whose Uncle Had His Head Bitten Off by a Circus Tiger | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Barber's Apprentice | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Beautiful White Horse | 6/1/1938 | Esquire |
| The Beggars | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| The Beggars | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Beggars | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Beggars | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Best and Worst People and Things of 1938 | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Best and Worst People and Things of 1938 | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Big Change | 10/1/1964 | Cavalier |
| The Big Tree Coming | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| The Bike | 2/1/1952 | Good Housekeeping |
| The Bike | 12/1/1953 | Argosy |
| The Birds | 9/1/1940 | The Coast |
| The Black Tartars | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Black Tartars | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Body | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Boy from Kingsburg | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Boy Who Was Different | 11/25/1950 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Boy Who Was Different | 11/1/1980 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Boy With The Big Nose | 10/1/1972 | Boy's Life |
| The Boys In The Back Room | 11/18/1940 | The New Republic |
| The Bridge | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Bridge | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Broken Hearted Comedian and the Girl Who Took the Place of This Unfaithful Wife | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Broken Hearted Comedian and the Girl Who Took the Place of This Unfaithful Wife | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Broken Wheel | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Broken Wheel | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Broken Wheel | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Broken Wheel | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Brothers and the Sisters | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Brothers and the Sisters | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Brothers and the Sisters | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Brothers and the Sisters | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The California Cap and The New York Hat | 8/1/1964 | Rogue |
| The Cat | 6/1/1936 | Story |
| The Cat | 1937 | Little Children |
| The Cat | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Cat | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Circus | 5/28/1938 | Collier's |
| The Circus | 5/1/1957 | Scamp |
| The Circus | 1938 | A Native American |
| The Circus | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The Cocktail Party | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Cocktail Party | 1956 | Wives and Lovers, ed. Alex Austin, Lion Library (anthology) |
| The Coldest Winter Since 1854 | 1937 | Little Children |
| The Comic Page and the Vital Statistics | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Cornet Player | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Crazy Lady in the Red Bikini | 6/1/1965 | Medical Newsmagazine |
| The Crazy Lady in the Red Bikini | 4/1/1966 | Argosy |
| The Crusader | 4/1/1936 | Scribner's |
| The Crusader | 1937 | Little Children |
| The Crying Drunk | 1977 | An Act or Two of Foolish Kindness |
| The Crying Man of Paris | 12/1/1965 | Status |
| The Dale Carnegie Friend | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Dale Carnegie Friend | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | 2/1/1934 | Story |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | 6/1/1941 | Story |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | Winter 91 | Story |
| The Dark Sea | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Dark Sea | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Death of Children | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Death of Children | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Death of Children | 1955 | Love |
| The Death of Children | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Death of Children | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Declaration of War | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Declaration of War | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Declaration of War | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Doctor Didn't Understand | 8/16/1958 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Dream | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Dreamer and Dream of the World | 3/1/1941 | Read |
| The Drinkers | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Drinkers | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Drunkard | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Drunkard | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Drunkard | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Drunkard | 1955 | Love |
| The Duel | 6/14/1976 | The New Yorker |
| The Duel | 10/15/1978 | Telegraph |
| The Duel | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| The Dusty, Smeared, Tattered Life of PT Barnum | 6/13/1964 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Earth, Day, Night, Self | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| The Egg | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Empty House | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The End of the World | 11/28/1936 | Script |
| The Europa Club | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Europa Club | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Europa Club | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Fable of the War Between the Old Complex and the New Culture | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Failure of Friends | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Faraway Night | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Fifty Yard Dash | 6/1/1938 | Atlantic |
| The Fifty Yard Dash | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The Fifty Yard Dash | 1970 | Challenges, ed. Harvey R. Granite, Millard H. Black, Virginia F. Lewis & Jo M. Stanchfield, Houghton Mifflin Co. (anthology) |
| The Filipino and the Drunkard | 3/1/1935 | Literary America |
| The Filipino and the Drunkard | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| The Filipino and the Drunkard | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Filipino and the Drunkard | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Filipino and the Drunkard | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Filipino and the Drunkard | Voices of Man | |
| The Finer Things in the Life of Miss Selma Holly | 7/1/1939 | Harper's Bazaar |
| The Fire | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| The Fire | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The First Day of School | 1937 | Little Children |
| The First Day of School | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The First Day of School | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The First Day of Summer | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Flashing Dragonfly | 10/1/1962 | Nugget |
| The Flashing Dragonfly | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| The Flashlight | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Foreigner | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Foreigner | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Foreigner | Spring 48 | Armenian Review |
| The Foreigner | Summer 41 | Common Ground |
| The Friend of the Monkeys | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Gambled Coat | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Gay and Melancholy Flux | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Gay and Melancholy Flux | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Genius | 1/14/1939 | Picture Post |
| The Genius | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| The Genius | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Genius | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Genius | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Girl at the Bar | 4/1/1955 | Argosy |
| The Girl With the Crooked Teeth | 2/1/1969 | Cavalier |
| The Good Year | 4/1/1936 | The New Republic |
| The Good Year | 7/1/1936 | Fiction Parade |
| The Grapes | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Great Leapfrog Contest | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Great Leapfrog Contest | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Great Leapfrog Contest | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Great Leapfrog Contest | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Great Leapfrog Contest | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Great Unwritten American Novel | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Great Unwritten American Novel | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Greatest Country in the World | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Greatest Country in the World | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Greatest Country in the World | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Hoax of Success | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| The Home of the Human Race | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Horses and the Sea | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Horses and the Sea | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Horses and the Sea | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Horses and the Sea | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Hours of Day and the Hours of Night | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Human Comedy | 6/1/1943 | Omnibook |
| The Hummingbird That Lived Through the Winter | 6/1/1941 | Harper's Bazaar |
| The Hummingbird That Lived Through the Winter | 1942 | The Best American Short Stories 1942, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1942 |
| The Hummingbird That Lived Through the Winter | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Hummingbird That Lived Through the Winter | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Hummingbird That Lived Through the Winter | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Humor and Compassion of William Saroyan | 10/5/1978 | Scholastic Scope |
| The Idea in the Back of My Brother's Head | 12/1/1959 | Ford Times |
| The Idea in the Back of My Brother's Head | 9/1/1960 | Best Articles and Stories |
| The Idea in the Back of My Brother's Head | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Impossible Saroyans of Fresno | 10/1/1962 | Country Beautiful |
| The Inscribed Copy of the Kreutzer Sonata | 1/1/1975 | Atlantic |
| The Inscribed Copy of the Kreutzer Sonata | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| The Insurance Salesman, the Peasant, the Rug Merchant and the Potted Plant | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Insurance Salesman, the Peasant, the Rug Merchant and the Potted Plant | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Insurance Salesman, the Peasant, the Rug Merchant and the Potted Plant | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Insurance Salesman, the Peasant, the Rug Merchant and the Potted Plant | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Insurance Salesman, the Peasant, the Rug Merchant and the Potted Plant | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Insurance Salesman, the Peasant, the Rug Merchant and the Potted Plant | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Insurance Salesman, the Peasant, the Rug Merchant and the Potted Plant | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The International Song of the Machine Gun | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Inventor and the Actress | 10/1/1955 | Atlantic |
| The Inventor and the Actress | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Japanese are Coming | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Japanese are Coming | 1955 | Love |
| The Job | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Job | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Job | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Journey and the Dream | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Journey and the Dream | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Journey and the Dream | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Journey To Hanford | 4/1/1938 | My Name is Aram |
| The Journey to Hanford | 1938 | A Native American |
| The Journey to Hanford | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The La Salle Hotel in Chicago | 9/26/1936 | Script |
| The La Salle Hotel in Chicago | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| The La Salle Hotel in Chicago | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The La Salle Hotel in Chicago | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Last supper | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Last Word Was Love | 7/1/1974 | Ladies' Home Journal |
| The Last Word Was Love | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| The Laughing Matter | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Leaf Thief | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Legend-Makers | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Legend-Makers | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Letter to the Old City Editor | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Life | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Little Dog Laughed to See Such Sport | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Little Dog Laughed to See Such Sport | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Little Dog Laughed to See Such Sport | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Living and the Dead | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| The Living and the Dead | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Living and the Dead | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Living Multitude | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Living Multitude | 1955 | Love |
| The Long Way to Tipperary | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Love Kick | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Love Kick | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Lovers | 7/1/1936 | College Humor |
| The Man and the Mouse | 4/1/1946 | World Digest |
| The Man in the Yellow Coupe | 5/1/1936 | Esquire |
| The Man Who Got Fat | 1937 | Little Children |
| The Man Who Got Fat | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Man Who Got Fat | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Man Who Knew My Father as a Boy in Bitlis | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Man Who was Born Under the Sign of Scorpio | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Man With the French Post cards | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 10/1/1937 | The Booster |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 4/15/1938 | Mesures |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 1960 | Tall Short Stories, ed. Eric Duthie, Ace Star 1960 |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Man With The Heart in the Highlands | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Messenger | 1937 | Little Children |
| The Mexicans | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Mexicans | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Miraculous Phonograph Record | 10/19/1963 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Miraculous Phonograph Record | 9/1/1983 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Moment of Life | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Monumental Arena | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Monumental Arena | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Monumental Arena | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Mother | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Mother | 1955 | Love |
| The Mouse | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Mouse | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Mouse | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Nurse | 4/1/1936 | Story |
| The Nurse, the Angel, the Daughter of the Gambler | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Nurse, the Angel, the Daughter of the Gambler | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Odds Were Always Right | 5/1/1957 | Escapade |
| The Oldest Story | 5/11/1963 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Only Guy in Town | 1937 | Little Children |
| The Oranges | 10/1/1937 | Fiction Parade |
| The Oranges | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Oranges | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Oranges | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Oranges | 1955 | Love |
| The Oranges | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Oranges | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Parachute Jump | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Parsley Garden | 7/1/1949 | Harper's Bazaar |
| The Parsley Garden | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Parsley Garden | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Parsley Garden | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Parsley Garden | 1968 | Designs in Fiction: Revised Edition, ed. Elizabeth Scheld, The Macmillan Co. 1968 |
| The Parsley Garden | 1970 | Encounters, ed. Harvey R. Granite, Millard Black, Virginia F. Lewis & Stanchfield Jo M., Houghton Mifflin Co. 1970 |
| The Peaceful and Poetic Year | 2/1/1940 | The Coast |
| The Peasant | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The People, Yes and Then Again No | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The People, Yes and Then Again No | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Personal Secretary | 1/1/1962 | Playboy |
| The Pheasant Hunter | 8/1/1950 | World Review |
| The Pheasant Hunter | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Piano Player | 5/1/1936 | College Humor |
| The Play that Got Away | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Plot | 4/1/1951 | Argosy |
| The Plot | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Plot | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Plot | Summer 49 | Armenian Review |
| The Poet | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Poet Ashamed | 10/1/1950 | Harper's Bazaar |
| The Poet at Home | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Pomegranate Trees | 2/1/1938 | Atlantic |
| The Pomegranate Trees | 1938 | A Native American |
| The Pomegranate Trees | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The Pomegranate Trees | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Pomegranate Trees | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Pomegranate Trees | 1967 | Great Western Short Stories, ed. J. Golden Taylor, American West 1967 |
| The Pool Game | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Pool Game | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Poor and Burning Arab | 6/1/1940 | Atlantic |
| The Poor and Burning Arab | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The Poor Heart | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| The Poor Heart | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Poor World Turning | Fall 38 | Seven |
| The Presbyterian Choir Singers | 8/1/1939 | Harper's |
| The Presbyterian Choir Singers | 1/1/1943 | Encore |
| The Presbyterian Choir Singers | 1940 | The Best Short Stories of 1940 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Houghton Mifflin 1940 |
| The Presbyterian Choir Singers | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The Presbyterian Choir Singers | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Presbyterian Choir Singers | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Proletarian at the Trap Drum | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Proletarian at the Trap Drum | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Protectors of Culture | 3/2/1940 | Script |
| The Proud Poet | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Question | 1936 | 3 Times 3 |
| The Question | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Reader of "The World Almanac for 1944" | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Rearward Dog | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Rearward Dog | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Rearward Dog | Fall 54 | Armenian Review |
| The Rescue of the Perishing | 10/15/1958 | Read |
| The Rescue of the Perishing | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Return to the Pomegranate Trees | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Return to the Pomegranate Trees | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Return to the Pomegranate Trees | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Revolution | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Ride on the Great Highway in the Sky of the Sinking Sun | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Russian Singer | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Russian Writer | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Russian Writer | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Russian Writer | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Same as Twenty Years Ago | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Same as Twenty Years Ago | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Sea and the Small Boy | 7/1/1954 | Atlantic |
| The Sea and the Small Boy | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Shepherd's Daughter | 3/1/1934 | Avon Annual |
| The Shepherd's Daughter | 5/1/1934 | Story |
| The Shepherd's Daughter | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| The Shepherd's Daughter | 1945 | Modern American Short Stories, ed. Bennett Cerf, World 1945 |
| The Shepherd's Daughter | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Slot Machine | Transition | |
| The Small Rain | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| The Small Trouble that Starts at Home | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Smartest Nationality | 6/1/1972 | Harper's Bazaar |
| The Song | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Stolen Bicycle | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Stolen Bicycle | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Stolen Bicycle | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Story of a Man who Fell out of a Tree | 2/21/1972 | The Nation |
| The Story of The Young Man and the Mouse | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Story of The Young Man and the Mouse | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Struggle of Jim Patros with Death | 9/8/1945 | Phoenix |
| The Struggle of Jim Patros with Death | 1966 | Dear Baby |
| The Struggle of Jim Patros with Death | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Stumblebums | 6/1/1938 | The Coast |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 6/1/1938 | Esquire [pen name Aram Garoghlanian] |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1938 | A Native American |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1952 | 50 Great Short Stories, ed. Milton Crane, Bantam Book 1952 |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1956 | Great Tales of the Far West, ed. Alex Austin, Lion 1956 |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1968 | Designs for Reading: Short Stories by Jane Eklund Ball, ed. Kenneth S. Lynn, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1968 |
| The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse | 1999 | The New Roger Caras Treasury of Great Horse Stories, ed. Roger A. Caras, Bristol Park Books 1999 |
| The Sunday Zeppelin | 1937 | Little Children |
| The Sunday Zeppelin | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| The Sunday Zeppelin | 1964 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (Faber), (reprints) |
| The Sweet Singer of Omsk | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Sweet Singer of Omsk | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Sweetheart of Company D | 8/3/1943 | Yank |
| The Sweetheart of Company D | 7/28/1945 | Best from Yank! |
| The Sweetheart of Company D | 7/28/1945 | Liberty |
| The Sweetheart of Company D | 1945 | The Best from Yank The Army Weekly (anthology) |
| The Sweetheart of Company D | 1953 | Highlights from YANK The Army Weekly, ed. Anon., Royal Book 1953 |
| The Swimmers | 11/1/1966 | Playboy |
| The Swimmers | 7/1/1968 | Argosy |
| The Symphony | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Television Impeachment of the Boy President's Assassin's Financial Backer | Texas Arts Journal | |
| The Theater of War | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Theological Student | 10/1/1949 | World Review |
| The Theological Student | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Theological Student | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Third Day After Christmas | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Third Day After Christmas | 1951 | Stories for Here and Now, ed. Joseph Greene & Elizabeth Abell, Bantam Books 1951 |
| The Third Day After Christmas | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The Third Day After Christmas | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Three Instructions; and the Evil Step-Mother and the Beautiful Step-Daughter | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer from Yale | 6/1/1940 | Story |
| The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer from Yale | 1941 | My Name is Aram |
| The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer from Yale | 1945 | The Story Pocket Book, ed. Whit Burnett, Pocket 1945 |
| The Tiger | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Tiger | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Time Before | 1/1/1938 | The Booster |
| The Train | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Trains | 7/1/1937 | Story |
| The Trains | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| The Trains | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Turk Street Gamblers | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| The Turk Street Gamblers (published as "The Gambling Writers of San Francisco") | 1957 | Escapade |
| The Two Thieves | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Uncollected Dime | 5/1/1957 | Western Family |
| The Unpublished Writer, Rain, and His Daughter | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Vision | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Vision | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The War | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The War in Europe | 7/6/1940 | Script |
| The War in Spain | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The War in Spain | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Warm, Quiet Valley of Home | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Warm, Quiet Valley of Home | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Way to be Alive | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The Way to be Alive | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The Wedding Photograph | 3/1/1976 | Saturday Evening Post |
| The Wheels of Memory | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| The Whistle | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Whistle | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Wild Boy | 7/1/1964 | Seven Arts |
| The Winter Vineyard Workers | 1957 | The Whole Voyald and Heaven Itself |
| The Wonderful World of Geniuses | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Word | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The World | 9/29/1936 | Script |
| The World | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| The World | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| The World | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The World and the Theatre | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The World and the Theatre | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| The World is Too Much Water | 12/1/1944 | Yank |
| The World is Too Much Water | 1953 | Highlights from YANK The Army Weekly, ed. Anon., Royal Book 1953 |
| The World's Champion Elevator Operator | 1937 | Little Children |
| The World's Champion Elevator Operator | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| The World's Champion Elevator Operator | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| The Writer on Writing | 1950 | The Assyrian and Other Stories |
| The Year of Heaven | 1/4/1939 | The New Republic |
| The Year of Heaven | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| The Year of Heaven | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| The Young Husband and Father | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| The Young Man, The Book, The War in Europe, and Death | 11/6/1939 | Scholastic |
| The Younger Brother | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| The Younger Brother | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| The Younger Brother | 1955 | Love |
| There Was a Young Lady of Perth | 10/1/1961 | Atlantic |
| There Was a Young Lady of Perth | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| There's One In Every School | 2/1/1972 | Ladies' Home Journal |
| There's One In Every School | Ladies' Home Journal | |
| Thoughts While Goldbricking | 10/8/1943 | Yank |
| Thoughts While Goldbricking | 11/1/1943 | Yank |
| Thoughts While Goldbricking | 1953 | Highlights from YANK The Army Weekly, ed. Anon., Royal Book 1953 |
| Three Armenian Stories | 12/1/1940 | Lilliput |
| Three Fragments and a Story | Summer 39 | Little Man |
| Three Saroyan Stories | 1937 | New Directions 1937 |
| Three Stories | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| Three Tales | 10/7/1967 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Three, Four, Shut the Door | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| Three, Four, Shut the Door | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| Tijuana the Tramp Town of Lower California | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Tijuana Tramptown | 1964 | Rogue |
| To Be a Writer | Spring 48 | Story |
| To Be Courteous to Women | 1/1/1963 | Playboy |
| Tomboy | 4/1/1938 | College Humor |
| Train going | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Train going | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Trio | 11/1/1957 | Scamp |
| Twenty is the Greatest Time in Any Man's Life | 3/1/1977 | Saturday Evening Post |
| Twenty is the Greatest Time in Any Man's Life | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| Two Days Wasted in Kansas City | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Two Days Wasted in Kansas City | 1936 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 31 Selected Stories |
| Two Days Wasted in Kansas City | 1954 | Stakes Are High, ed. Brent Ashabranner, Pennant Books 1954 |
| Two Long Novels, Condensed | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Two Old Armenian Stories, and One New One | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Two Saroyan Stories | New Directions | |
| Two Thousand Four Hundred and Some Odd Dollars for Kindness | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Two Thousand Four Hundred and Some Odd Dollars for Kindness | 1955 | Love |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| War | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| War | 1958 | The William Saroyan Reader (reprints) |
| War | 1968 | The Man With The Heart in the Highlands |
| War | 1934 | The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories |
| War and Peace | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| War and Peace | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| We Want a Touchdown | 1/1/1938 | Story |
| We Want a Touchdown | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| We Want a Touchdown | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| Wesley Finds his Girl | 1/1/1947 | Argosy |
| What a World, Said the Bicycle Rider | 11/3/1962 | Saturday Evening Post |
| What a World, Said the Bicycle Rider | 10/1/1982 | Saturday Evening Post |
| What a World, Said the Bicycle Rider | 1988 | Madness in the Family (posthumous reprints) |
| What Hurts You? | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| What We Want is Love and Money | 1939 | Peace, It's Wonderful |
| What We Want is Love and Money | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
| What You Get for Trying Your Best, If Anything | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| What You've Got that's Worth More than 10 Million Dollars | 5/1/1966 | Cavalier |
| Whatever Happened to Ulysses? | 3/12/1967 | West |
| Where I Come From People are Polite | 1937 | Little Children |
| With a Hey Nonny Nonny | 4/1/1935 | Direction |
| With a Hey Nonny Nonny | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| With a Hey Nonny Nonny | 1955 | Love |
| Woof Woof | 1938 | The Trouble with Tigers |
| Woof Woof | 1938 | Avon Modern Shorty Story Monthly, 34 More Great Stories (reprints) |
| World Wilderness of Time Lost | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| World Wilderness of Time Lost | 1937 | The Gay and Melancholy Flux |
| Writer's Son | 5/1/1949 | Cosmopolitan |
| Title of Story | Publish Date | Publication/Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Yea and Amen | 1936 | Inhale and Exhale |
| Yea and Amen | 1983 | My Name is Saroyan (posthumous reprints and previously unpublished) |
| Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow | 1968 | I Used to Believe I Had Forever Now I'm Not so Sure |
| Young Writer in Hollywood | 12/1/1937 | Story |
| You're Breaking My Heart | 1938 | Love, Here is My Hat and Other Short Romances |
| You're Breaking My Heart | 1942 | Best Stories of William Saroyan (reprints) |
| You're Breaking My Heart | 1942 | 48 Saroyan Stories (reprints) |
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