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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

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Original Date
and Publication
[1], [2], [3]
Title
[1], [2], [3]
Notable
Characters
[2]
Collection(s)
[1], [2], [3]
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).[Note 1]
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[4]
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[5]
Later published as Wasps' Nest
Hercule Poirot 9, 10, 13
January 1929
Hutchinson's Magazine[Note 2]
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[Note 3]
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

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  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

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  1. ^ Not listed in Hercule Poirot: the Complete Short Stories: a Hercule Poirot Collection, but at AgathaChristie.com instead.
  2. ^ The magazine went through a number of title changes, to include a title change in 1929, but on that date in 1929 it was Hutchinson's Magazine.
  3. ^ The actual September/October edition.

* 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Official Home of the best-selling author of all time". AgathaChristie.com. Retrieved 27 Mar 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help) Dates, alternate story names and collections.
  2. ^ a b c d Hercule Poirot: the Complete Short Stories: a Hercule Poirot Collection. United States: HarperCollins. 2013. p. access-date= 27 Mar 2015. ISBN 9780062251671. {{cite book}}: Missing pipe in: |page= (help) Dates, alternate story names and collections.
  3. ^ a b c "Series List > Poirot, Hercule". Galactic Central (The FictionMags Index Family). Retrieved 27 Mar 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help) Sources cite conflicting dates, alternate titles, periodical names, etc., but this site is extensively researched, so much more reliable.
  4. ^ "Mystery Magazine [v8 #6, April 1, 1926] (20¢, pulp)". Galactic Central (The FictionMags Index Family). Retrieved 27 Mar 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help) Sources cite different original publications, but this has an image and is the earliest found so far.
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