Short Stories

‘The Birds’ (1952) flies higher as a short story than as a movie

“Rebecca” (1938 novel, 1940 movie) is a pure example of Alfred Hitchcock taking a Daphne du Maurier story and adapting it for the screen. Interestingly,

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‘Marple: Twelve New Mysteries’ (2022) honors, expands character

“Marple: Twelve New Mysteries” (2022) – the first officially published prose about Miss Jane Marple written by someone other than Agatha Christie – should please

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‘Harlequin Tea Set’ (1997) gathers some antique gems 

In what must’ve felt like a long overdue publication to U.S. readers, “The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories” finally gathered up the last (except

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Poirot engages fairer sex in ‘Labors of Hercules’ (1947) 

Agatha Christie tries to tie a dozen Hercule Poirot cases in with the Greek myth of “The Labors of Hercules” in her 1947 short-story collection

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Christie probes personalities in ‘Golden Ball’ (1971) 

“The Golden Ball and Other Stories” (1971) isn’t the most deadly serious Agatha Christie short story collection. There’s barely a murder or even physical violence

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Christie hones craft in ‘Under Dog and Other Stories’ (1951) 

Although published as a U.S. collection in 1951, “The Under Dog and Other Stories” takes us back to the early days of Poirot and Hastings’

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‘Double Sin’ (1961) puts Poirot in a Christmas mood

“Double Sin and Other Stories” (1961) collects eight Agatha Christie yarns published in magazines from 1925 through 1960. With four Poirots and two Marples, the

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‘Last Séance’ (2019) gathers Christie’s spooky stuff

Agatha Christie was fascinated by the supernatural and paranormal – or at least the possibility thereof. But because her genre short stories are peppered across

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‘Mousetrap’ collection (1950) doesn’t merely squeak by

“The Mousetrap and Other Stories” (1950) kicks off with a trivia answer: The title novella is the only Agatha Christie story not published in the

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‘Witness for the Prosecution’ (1948) guilty of being great

“The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories” (1948) collects 11 Agatha Christie short stories that were originally published in magazines from 1924-47. They were

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