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The Bite and Other Apocryphal Tales

Francis Greig

First published 1981
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages x+166
Price £5.95
ISBN 022401904X

Retellings of modern folktales, urban legends, etc. It is not clear all contents are speculative fiction (per ISFDB definition). A story was swapped between the UK and US edition ("The Street Cries of Old London" was replaced by "At Random").

Info from BLIC. Contents/contents' page numbers from Google Books copy.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Hitch-Hiker Francis Greig Short Fiction
7 The Street Cries of Old London Francis Greig Short Fiction
18 The Bargain Francis Greig Short Fiction
24 Predictions Francis Greig Short Fiction
36 A Dash for Freedom Francis Greig Short Fiction
41 Heads You Lose Francis Greig Short Fiction
52 Little Perry Francis Greig Short Fiction
63 A Testing Time Francis Greig Short Fiction
67 Quick Change Francis Greig Short Fiction
77 The Windfall Francis Greig Short Fiction
82 The Outing Francis Greig Short Fiction
91 The Bite Francis Greig Short Fiction
95 A Last Fling Francis Greig Short Fiction
101 In Jest Francis Greig Short Fiction
113 The Escape Francis Greig Short Fiction
121 Words to the Unwise Francis Greig Short Fiction
127 The Revenge Francis Greig Short Fiction
134 Going Home Francis Greig Short Fiction
144 The Cop-Out Francis Greig Short Fiction
152 The Move Francis Greig Short Fiction
161 Recollections Francis Greig Short Fiction
ix Introduction (The Bite and Other Apocryphal Tales) Francis Greig Essay