The Collected Stories of Chester Himes

Spanning 40 years and including Himes's first work, written during his imprisonment in the 1940s, this collection uncovers the internal struggles of black individuals caught between resignation and rage, probing the heart of the African-American experience with wit, indignation, and ruthless honesty.

Chester Himes was the author of numerous novels, short stories, essays, and two films. Himes, who began writing while serving a prison term for jewel theft in the early 1940s, is best known for his angry social criticism in books like If He Hollers Let Him Go and Lonely Crusade and for his memorable Harlem detective novels.

Foreword

ix

Calvin Hernton

Chronology

xiii

Headwaiter

1

(15)

Lunching at the Ritzmore

16

(6)

All God's Chillun Got Pride

22

(7)

A Nigger

29

(7)

Let Me at the Enemy -- An' George Brown

36

(12)

With Malice Toward None

48

(8)

A Penny for Your Thoughts

56

(5)

Two Soldiers

61

(4)

So Softly Smiling

65

(8)

Heaven Has Changed

73

(6)

Looking Down the Street

79

(7)

The Song Says `Keep on Smiling'

86

(5)

Her Whole Existence

91

(14)

He Seen it in The Stars

105

(5)

Make with the Shape

110

(4)

Dirty Deceivers

114

(4)

A Modern Marriage

118

(4)

Black Laughter

122

(4)

A Night of new Roses

126

(5)

The Night's for Cryin'

131

(5)

Face in the Moonlight

136

(4)

Strictly Business

140

(7)

Prison Mass

147

(46)

Money Don't Spend in the Stir

193

(5)

I Don't Want to Die

198

(11)

The Meanest Cop in the World

209

(5)

On Dreams and Reality

214

(13)

The Way of Flesh

227

(4)

The Visiting Hour

231

(6)

The Things You Do

237

(5)

There Ain't No Justice

242

(3)

Every Opportunity

245

(6)

I'm Not Trying to Hurt You

251

(3)

Pork Chop Paradise

254

(13)

Friends

267

(13)

To What Red Hell

280

(10)

His last Day

290

(14)

In the Rain

304

(3)

The Ghost of Rufus Jones

307

(5)

Whose Little Baby are You?

312

(5)

Mama's Missionary Money

317

(5)

My But the Rats are Terrible

322

(10)

The Snake

332

(8)

In the Night

340

(6)

All he Needs is Feet

346

(3)

Christmas Gift

349

(5)

The Revelation

354

(6)

Daydream

360

(5)

Da-Da-Dee

365

(7)

Marihuana and a Pistol

372

(3)

One More Way to Die

375

(6)

Naturally, the Negro

381

(5)

Winter Coming on

386

(10)

Spanish Gin

396

(7)

The Something in a Colored Man

403

(4)

Tang

407

(5)

One Night in new Jersey

412

(2)

A Modern Fable

414

(6)

Prediction

420

(6)

Life Everlasting

426

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The Collected Stories of Chester Himes

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