User:Magnoliasouth/Christie Short Stories

This is a work in progress. I posted on a talk page about creating this list. If and when I finish, I will post it in the original article. This and any notes after the table below are to be deleted, but it helps me remember where I'm at on the article.

I'm open to discussion on this. Poirot's stories are not her only short stories. Should we break the Marple stories into their own? Or should we integrate them into one long list?

This is a list of short stories, written by Agatha Christie. For the Poirot TV series, whose stories do not always match, please see this page.

Short Stories

Original Date and Publication , ,	Title , ,	Notable Characters	Collection(s) , ,
7 March 1923 The Sketch	The Affair at the Victory Ball	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	7, 10, 13
14 March 1923 The Sketch	The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls Later published as Mrs. Opalsen's Pearls and The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan.	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp.	1, 13
21 March 1923 The Sketch	The Adventures of the King of Clubs Later published as The King of Clubs.	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	7, 10, 13
28 March 1923 The Sketch	The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp Inspector Miller	1, 13
4 April 1923 The Sketch	The Mystery of the Plymouth Express Later published as The Plymouth Express, and expanded as Mystery of the Blue Train (novel).	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	7, 10, 13
11 April 1923 The Sketch	The Adventure of the Western Star	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	1, 13
18 April 1923 The Sketch	The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	1, 13
25 April 1923 The Sketch	The Kidnapped Prime Minister	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	1, 13
2 May 1923 The Sketch	The Million Dollar Bond Robbery	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	1, 13
9 May 1923 The Sketch	The Adventure of the Cheap Flat	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp, Mr. Burt (American Secret Service)	1, 13
16 May 1923 The Sketch	The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	1, 13
23 May 1923 The Sketch	The Chocolate Box	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	1, 10, 13
26 September 1923 The Sketch	The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	1, 13
3 October 1923 The Sketch	The Case of the Veiled Lady Later published as The Veiled Lady.	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	1, 10, 13
10 October 1923 The Sketch	The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly Later published as The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly.	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector McNeil	6, 10, 13
17 October 1923 The Sketch	The Market Basing Mystery Later expanded in the Murder in the Mews collection.	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	7, 10, 13
24 October 1923 The Sketch	The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	1, 13
31 October 1923 The Sketch	The Case of the Missing Will	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	1, 13
7 November 1923 The Sketch	The Submarine Plans Later expanded as The Incredible Theft (another short story).	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	7, 10, 13
14 November 1923 The Sketch	The Adventure of the Clapham Hook	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	7, 10, 13
21 November 1923 The Sketch	The Lost Mine	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Miller	1, 10, 13
28 November 1923 The Sketch	The Cornish Mystery	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	7, 10, 13
5 December 1923 The Sketch	The Double Clue	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Countess Rossakoff	9, 10, 13
12 December 1923 The Sketch	The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding Later published asThe Christmas Adventure and The Theft of the Royal Ruby, later expanded under the original title.	Hercule Poirot	8, 9, 12, 13
25 December 1923 The Sketch	The Lemesurier Inheritance	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	7, 10, 13
1 April 1926 Mystery Magazine	The Under Dog	Hercule Poirot George, Inspector Miller	7, 8, 13
23 September 1928 Sunday Dispatch	By Road or Rail Later published as Double Sin.	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings	9, 10, 13
20 November 1928 Daily Mail	The Wasps' Nest Later published as Wasps' Nest	Hercule Poirot	9, 10, 13
January 1929 Hutchinson's Magazine	The Third Floor Flat	Hercule Poirot Inspector Rice	6, 10, 13
January 1932 The Strand Magazine	The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest Later expanded as The Mystery of the Spanish Chest.	Hercule Poirot Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp	3, 12, 13
June 1932 Ladies' Home Journal	The Second Gong Later expanded as Dead Man's Mirror.	Hercule Poirot	5, 11, 13
June 1935 Ladies' Home Journal	How Does Your Garden Grow?	Hercule Poirot Miss Lemon, Inspector Sims	3, 10, 13
12 January 1936 This Week	Problem at Sea Later published as Poirot and the Crime in Cabin 66.	Hercule Poirot	3, 10, 13
2 February 1936 This Week	Triangle at Rhodes Later published as Poirot and the Triangle at Rhodes.	Hercule Poirot	2, 13
September 1936 Redbook	Murder in the Mews Later published as Mystery of the Dressing Case.	Hercule Poirot Inspector Japp, George	2, 13
July 1937 The Strand Magazine	Yellow Iris Also known as Hercule Poirot and the Sixth Chair. Later expanded as Sparkling Cyanide (novel).	Hercule Poirot	3, 11, 13,
23 Oct 1937 The Saturday Evening Post	The Dream	Hercule Poirot Inspector Barnett	8, 13
3 September 1939 This Week	The Invisible Enemy Later published as The Lernean Hydra, and The Case of the Gossipers.	Hercule Poirot George	4, 13
10 September 1939 This Week	The Disappearance of Winnie King Later published as The Girdle of Hyppolita and The Girdle of Hippolyte.	Hercule Poirot Inspector Japp, Inspector Hearn.	4, 13
17 September 1939 This Week	The Vulture Women Later published as Birds of Ill Omen and The Stymphalean Birds.	Hercule Poirot	4, 13
24 September 1939 This Week	Midnight Madness Later published as The Cretan Bull.	Hercule Poirot	4, 13
November 1939 The Strand Magazine	The Nemean Lion Later published as The Case of the Kidnapped Pekinese.	Hercule Poirot Miss Lemon, George, Miss Carnaby	4, 13
January 1940 The Strand Magazine	The Arcadian Deer Also published as Vanishing Lady.	Hercule Poirot	4, 13
February 1940 The Strand Magazine	Murder Mountain Also published as The Erymanthian Boar.	Hercule Poirot Inspector Drouet	4, 13
March 1940 The Strand Magazine	The Augean Stables	Hercule Poirot	4, 13
12 May 1940 This Week	The Poison Cup Later published as The Apples of Hesperides.	Hercule Poirot George, Inspector Wagstaffe	4, 13
26 May 1940 This Week	Weird Monster Later published as The Flock of Geryon.	Hercule Poirot Inspector Japp, Miss Carnaby	4, 13
June 1940 The Strand Magazine	The Horses of Diomedes Later published as The Case of the Drug Peddler.	Hercule Poirot	4, 13
9 November 1940 Collier's	Four and Twenty Blackbirds Later published as Poirot and the Regular Customer.	Hercule Poirot George	6, 8, 13
September 1947 The Labors of Hercules (novel)	Foreword to The Labors of Hercules (novel)	Hercule Poirot Miss Lemon	4, 13
September 1947 This Week	Meet Me in Hell Later published as The Capture of Cerberus (The Labors of Hercules).	Hercule Poirot Inspector Japp, Miss Lemon Countess Rossakoff	4, 13

Collections

1. Poirot Investigates. The Bodley Head. 1924.
2. Murder in the Mews and Other Stories. Collins Crime Club (CCC). 1937.
3. The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. Dodd, Mead and Company (DMC). 1939.
4. The Labors of Hercules. DMC. 1947.
5. The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories. DMC. 1948.
6. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories. DMC. 1950.
7. The Under Dog and Other Stories. DMC. 1951.
8. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées. CCC. 1960.
9. Double Sin and Other Stories. DMC. 1961.
10. Poirot's Early Cases. CCC. 1974.
11. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories. HarperCollins (HC). 1991.
12. While the Light Lasts and Other Stories. HC. 1997.
13. Hercule Poirot: the Complete Short Stories: a Hercule Poirot Collection (an omnibus edition). HC. 2003.

Notes

* The official AgathaChristie.com website is not to be entirely relied upon, because of numerous factual errors. For example, the site incorrectly states that Triangle at Rhodes was first published in May of 1936, but evidence has proven that it was specifically 23 February 1936 (see "Series List" from Galactic Central, below; and a snapshot of the site's story page]). A second and more glaring example is Four and Twenty Blackbirds. The site claims it was published in Mystery Magazine in April of 1926 (see the snapshot of the page). The magazine was printed on the 1st and 15th of every month. Images of both can be found here (or the snapshot), the story (even under other names) is not present. These are only two of many.