Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories

Introduction by Salman Rushdie EARLY WORK, 1962–6 The Man Who Loved a Double Bass A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home A Victorian Fable (with Glossary) FIREWORKS: NINE PROFANE PIECES, 1974 A Souvenir of Japan The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter The Loves of Lady Purple The Smile of Winter Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest Flesh and the Mirror Master Reflections Elegy for a Freelance THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES, 1979 The Bloody Chamber The Courtship of Mr Lyon The Tiger's Bride Puss-in-Boots The Erl-King The Snow Child The Lady of the House of Love The Werewolf The Company of Wolves Wolf-Alice BLACK VENUS, 1985 Black Venus The Kiss Our Lady of The Massacre The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer's Nights Dream Peter and the Wolf The Kitchen Child The Fall River Axe Murders AMERICAN GHOSTS AND OLD WORLD WONDERS, 1993 Lizzie's Tiger John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Gun for the Devil The Merchant of Shadows The Ghost Ships In Pantoland Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost Alice in Prague or The Curious Room Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene UNCOLLECTED STORIES, 1970–81 The Scarlet House The Snow Pavilion The Quilt Maker APPENDIX Afterword to Fireworks FIRST PUBLICATIONS