''Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey'' is a collection of
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
, narrated by Mr.
Joseph Jorkens, by writer
Lord Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consist ...
. It was first published in
London
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by
Michael Joseph in
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
. It was the fifth collection of Dunsany's Jorkens tales to be published. It has also been issued in combination with the sixth book, ''
The Last Book of Jorkens'', and three other short stories, in the omnibus edition ''
The Collected Jorkens, Volume Three'', published by
Night Shade Books
Night Shade Books is an American, San Francisco–based imprint, formerly an independent publishing company, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among its publications have been the U.S. edition of Iain M. Banks' novel '' ...
in 2005.
The book collects thirty-four short pieces by Dunsany, and in one key story, Jorkens is joined in the story by his most common adversary, Terbut.
Contents
* "Preface"
# "The Two-Way War"
# "A Nice Lot of Diamonds"
# "Letting Bygones be Bygones"
# "The Lost Invention"
# "On Other Paths"
# "The Partner"
# "Poulet a la Richelieu"
# "A Walk in the Night"
# "One Summer's Evening"
# "A Friend of the Family"
# "An Eccentricity of Genius"
# "Influenza"
# "The Unrecorded Test Match"
# "Idle Tears"
# "Among the Neutrals"
# "An Idyll of the Sahara"
# "The Devil among the Willows"
# "A Spanish Castle"
# "The New Moon"
# "The Gods of Clay"
# "A Rash Remark"
# "The Story of Jorkens' Watch"
# "The Track Through the Wood"
# "Snow Water"
# "The Greatest Invention"
# "The Verdict"
# "A Conversation in Bond Street"
# "The Reward"
# "Which Way?"
# "A Desperado in Surrey"
# "Misadventure"
# "A Long Memory"
# "An Absentminded Professor"
# "Greek Meets Greek"
References
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{{Lord Dunsany
1954 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Short story collections by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
Michael Joseph books