The Man Who Ate the Phoenix

The Man Who Ate the Phoenix is a collection of fantasy short stories by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in London by Jarrolds in December 1949.

The book collects 41 short pieces by Dunsany.

Contents

 * "The Man Who Ate the Phoenix"
 * "The Widow Flynn's Apple Tree"
 * "Where Everyone's Business is Known"
 * "The Rose By-pass"
 * "An Old Man's Tale"
 * "How the Tinker Came to Skavangur"
 * "The Opal Arrow-Head"
 * "The Sultan's Pet"
 * "The Descent of the Sultan of Khash"
 * "The Policeman's Prophecy"
 * "The Wind in the Wood"
 * "The Tiger's Skin"
 * "The Finding of Mr. Jupkens"
 * "The Awful Dream"
 * "Mrs. Mulger"
 * "The Choice"
 * "Rose Tibbets"
 * "Little Snow White Up to Date"
 * "The Return"
 * "The Mad Ghost"
 * "The Cause"
 * "The Cut"
 * "The Sleuthing of Lily Bostum"
 * "The Possibility of Life on the Third Planet"
 * "Old Emma"
 * "How Abdul Din Saved Justice"
 * "The First Watch-Dog"
 * "The Chess-Player, the Financier, and Another"
 * "The Honorary Member"
 * "The Experiment"
 * "Down among the Kingcups"
 * "The Gratitude of the Devil"
 * "The After-Dinner Speech"
 * "The Je-ne-sais-quoi"
 * "Poseidon"
 * "A Near Thing"
 * "Ardor Canis"
 * "A Lapse of Memory"
 * "Forty Years On"
 * "The Iron Door"
 * "The Great Scoop"