Short Stories

This is a list of nearly all the short stories that Roald Dahl wrote. They are listed alphabetically and link to pages of information. Please e–mail me with questions, comments, and corrections.

• "A Connoisseur's Revenge"
• "A Fine Son"
• "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life"
• "An African Story"
• "Beware of the Dog"
• "B***h"
• "The Bookseller"
• "The Boy Who Talked with Animals"
• "The Butler"
• "The Champion of the World"
• "Collector's Item"
• "Death of an Old Old Man"
• "The Devious Bachelor
• "Dip in the Pool"
• "Edward the Conqueror"
• "Galloping Foxley"
• "Genesis and Catastrophe"
• "Georgy Porgy"
• "The Great Automatic Grammatizator"
• "The Great Switcheroo"
• "The Hitchhiker"
• "In the Ruins"
• "Katina"
• "Lamb to the Slaughter"
• "The Landlady"
• "The Last Act"
• "Lucky Break"
• "Madame Rosette"
• "Man From the South"
• "The Mildenhall Treasure"
• "Mr. Botibol"
• "Mr. Feasey"
• "Mr. Hoddy"
• "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"
• "Mrs. Mulligan"
• "My Lady Love, My Dove"
• "Neck"
• "Nunc Dimittis"
• "Only This"
• "Parson's Pleasure"
• "A Piece of Cake"
• "Pig"
• "Poison"
• "Princess and the Poacher"
• "Princess Mammalia"
• "The Ratcatcher"
• "Royal Jelly"
• "Rummins"
• "Shot Down Over Libya"
• "Skin"
• "Smoked Cheese"
• "The Soldier"
• "Someone Like You"
• "The Sound Machine"
• "The Surgeon"
• "The Swan"
• "The Sword"
• "Taste"
• "They Shall Not Grow Old"
• "The Umbrella Man"
• "The Upsidedown Mice"
• "Vengeance is Mine Inc."
• "The Visitor"
• "The Way Up to Heaven"
• "William and Mary"
• "The Wish"
• "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar"
• "Yesterday was Beautiful"