Norman Mailer’s Short Fiction
From Gerald R. Lucas
A chronological bibliography of Norman Mailer’s short fiction. Composition dates are shown in brackets; Unpublished stories will have just one date, and some of these compositions dates are speculative. Links are for Works and Days entries.
- Mailer, Norman (April 1941) [1940]. "The Greatest Thing in the World". The Harvard Advocate. pp. 3–6, 24–28.
- — (November–December 1941). "The Greatest Thing in the World". Story. Vol. 19. pp. 17–26.
- — (Fall 1941), "A Clean Well-Ordered Life", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–5.
- — (Fall 1941), "The Worms that Tear at Me", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–4.
- — (5 December 1941), "The Schedule Breaker", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–4.
- — (May 1942) [1941]. "Right Shoe on Left Foot". The Harvard Advocate. Vol. CXXVIII no. 5. pp. 12–18, 30–32.
- — (1942) [1941]. "Maybe Next Year". The Harvard Advocate. Vol. CXXVIII no. 6. pp. 25–27.
- — (8 February 1942), "Three Fingers of Friendship", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–5.
- — (18 February 1942), "Retreat", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–13.
- — (5 March 1942), "Charde and Dana", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–17.
- — (1 April 1942), "Land Lashed", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–10.
- — (3 April 1942), "Small Fry", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–3.
- — (May 1942), "Music Teachers I Have Known and Loved", Unpublished, Harvard, pp. 1–3.
