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Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?

James Charlton

First published 1986
Publisher Doubleday
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Mary Kornblum
Pages 117
Price $4.95
ISBN 0385234775

Humor anthology of puns, spoonerisms and shaggy dog stories.

  • No Canadian price.
  • Cover art credited on title page and copyright page.
  • Interior art credited on title page and copyright page.
  • Book design by Hudson Studio.
  • Full LCCN CIP data on copyright page.
  • Printing statement: "First Edition" on copyright page.
  • Catalog of Copyright Number TX0002042705 puts the publication date at 1986-09-26.
  • The list on pages 107-111 are the origin (setup) lines of each story.
  • Pages 112-117 are a collection of short "About the Contributors" essays.

Searching by ISBN: 0385234775

Page Title Author(s) Type
10 Introduction (Bred Any Good Rooks Lately?) James Charlton Essay
15 For the Birds Stephen King Short Story
16 Rook to King Donald Hall Short Story
18 The Lad Is Not for Burning John D. MacDonald Short Story
21 Gospel Rap Roy Blount, Jr. Poem
22 A Day With Sam Goldwyn William Eastlake Short Story
25 Lupe Has the Last Word George Garrett Short Story
27 Hyacinth and Fern Anne Bernays Short Story
28 The Tuchbreider Marriage Stephen Birmingham Short Story
30 Just Rewards Elizabeth Tallent Short Fiction
32 From the Journals of "Woodchuck Charlie" Robinson, Wilderness Guide & Tracker W. D. Snodgrass Short Story
34 True Valu Mark Harris Short Fiction
37 Anyone for Tennyson? Robert Terrall Short Story
39 Beautiful Princess Frieda Arkin Short Fiction
40 Down Under Donald Honig Short Story
43 No Slings, No Arrows Lawrence Block Short Story
44 On Bendiner's Tenderheartedness Mary Kornblum Short Story
47 The Ham Shall Lie Down with the... Richard Shickel Short Story
48 A Colorless Story William Cole Short Story
50 Is Cape Ann Huge at the Tip? No, Ann is a Mile of Land! George Cuomo Short Fiction
53 A Rebel Belle Tom Disch Short Story
55 Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot Grendel Briarton Short Story
56 A Spin Around Town Madeleine L'Engle Short Story
59 Resting Comfortably Max Wilk Short Story
60 The Man Who Kept Shakespeare in Stitches Bette Greene Short Story
62 Burnside and the Courts Isaac Asimov Short Story
65 Feghoot with Black Bean Sauce Richard Elman Short Story
66 Production Values Joe Haldeman Short Story
69 Studied Composition Annie Dillard Short Story
70 What I'd Do for Love David R. Slavitt Short Story
72 Poor Richard Frederik Pohl Poem
75 A Stiff Curriculum X. J. Kennedy Short Story
76 Psychobabble Charles Webb Short Story
78 The Shaggy Dog Bite Robert Bloch Short Story
80 A Jonathan Swifty Brock Brower Short Story
83 Routine Teuton Peter Straub Short Story
84 The Secret Ingredient of the Wee Intangible Essence Burger Tom Clark Short Story
87 The Fox Who Loved Ice Cream Hannah Green Short Story
91 Animal Rights Walter Redfern Short Story
92 Fish Story Robert Cantwell Short Story
94 An Artful Decision William Thompson Short Story
97 Flowers for Pachyderm Mark Strand Short Story
99 A Baseball Groaner W. P. Kinsella Short Story
100 Armor, Armor Joel Oppenheimer Short Story
102 A Conventional Approach James Charlton Short Story
104 Gustatory Notes from All Over Donald E. Westlake Short Story