Complete Stories (Vonnegut)

Complete Stories (Seven Stories Press) is a 2017 collection of most of Kurt Vonnegut's previously published short stories, and several that were previously unpublished. The collection is introduced with a foreword by Dave Eggers, and is edited by Jerome Klinkowitz and Dan Wakefield.

Complete Stories
EditorsJerome Klinkowitz, Dan Wakefield
AuthorKurt Vonnegut
Cover artistStewart Cauley Design
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort fiction
PublisherSeven Stories Press
Publication date
September 26, 2017
Media typePrint, E-book
Pages1024
ISBN9781609808082

This collection features 98 short stories:

  • all from Bagombo Snuff Box (23), Look at the Birdie (14), and While Mortals Sleep (16)
  • 23/25 from Welcome to the Monkey House (except "Where I Live" and "New Dictionary", both of which are non-fiction pieces rather than stories)
  • 10/11 from Armageddon in Retrospect (except "Wailing Shall Be in All Streets", a non-fiction essay)
  • 6/8 from Sucker's Portfolio (except "The Last Tasmanian" and "Robotville and Mr. Caslow", one of which is an unfinished story fragment, the other a non-fiction piece)
  • 1 from Palm Sunday (only "The Big Space Fuck")
  • 5 never-before-published stories ("Atrocity Story," "City," "The Drone King," "Requiem for Zeitgeist," and "And on Your Left")
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