Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl is a 1991 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. The collection containing tales of macabre malevolence comprises many of Dahl's stories seen in the television series Tales of the Unexpected and previously collected in Someone Like You (1953), Kiss, Kiss (1960), Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969), Switch Bitch (1974), and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989).

Contains 51 stories (order varies by edition):

From Kiss Kiss Landlady William and Mary The Way Up to Heaven Parson's Pleasure Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat Royal Jelly Georgy Porgy Genesis and Catastrophe Edward the Conqueror Pig Champion of the World

From Over to You Death of an Old, Old Man An African Story A Piece of Cake Madame Rosette Katina Yesterday Was Beautiful They Shall Not Grow Old Beware of the Dog Only This Someone Like You

From Switch Bitch Visitor Great Switcheroo Last Act Bitch

From Someone Like You Taste Lamb to the Slaughter Man from the South The Soldier My Lady Love, My Dove Dip in the Pool Galloping Foxley Skin Poison Wish Neck Sound Machine Nunc Dimittis Great Automatic Grammatizator Claud's Dog Ratcatcher Rummins Mr Hoddy Mr Feasey

Eight Further Tales of the Unexpected The umbrella man -- Mr Botibol --
Vengeance is Mine Inc. --
The butler --
Ah, sweet mystery of life --
Bookseller Hitchhiker The surgeon