Bibliography

The following is a working bibliography of Morgan Robertson’s short fiction. The earliest known magazine publication date is listed after the title of each story, followed by the name of the volume(s) in which the story was collected, if applicable. This bibliography is indebted to John Vess’s archival work in The Titan and the Titanic.

  • A Chemical Comedy, 1902-08-00, Woman’s Home Companion; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • A Cow, Two Men, and A Parson, 1900-06-00, Home Magazine; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • A Creature of Circumstance, 1898-00-00, collected in Spun-Yarn (1898); collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • A Fall from Grace, 1900-11-00, Cosmopolitan; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • A Hero of the Cloth, 1903-02-00, Ainslee’s Magazine; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • A Matter of Induction, 1910-04-15, Popular Magazine
  • A Sea Change: A Tale of a Mate and a Cook, 1896-09-00, McClure’s Magazine; collected in Spun-Yarn (1898); collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • A Tale of A Halo, published as volume in 1894
  • A Tale of a Pigtail, 1900-10-20, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • A Whole Second Mate, 1903-04-25, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • A Yarn Without a Moral, 1896-07-12, St. Paul Pioneer Press
  • Absolute Zero, 1913-03-00, New Story Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • At the End of the Manrope, 1900-04-01, New York Sun; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • Bad Manners, 1908-10-00, Ainslee’s Magazine
  • Between The Millstones, collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • Beyond the Spectrum, 1909-04-00, Success Magazine; collected in Wreck of the Titan (1914)
  • Billson The Pariah, 1898-09-00, Ainslee’s Magazine
  • Chicken, 1910-06-01, Popular Magazine
  • Dignity, 1911-05-00, Popular Magazine; collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • Extracts from Noah’s Log, 1895-05-18, The Truth Seeker; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • Fifty Fathoms Down, 1904-06-11, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • Finnegan’s Eyesight, 1915-07-00, New Story Magazine
  • For the Honor of the Force, 1910-07-01, Popular Magazine
  • From the Darkness and the Depths, 1913-01-00, New Story Magazine; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • From the Royal-Yard Down, 1899-08-00, Ainslee’s Magazine; collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • Futility, 1897-00-00, Home Magazine; collected in Futility (1898); collected in Wreck of the Titan (1914)
  • Ghost of the Gun Deck, 1905-11-04, Harper’s Weekly
  • Hard Tack, 1910-05-15, Popular Magazine
  • Honor Among Thieves; collected in Spun-Yarn (1898); collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • In the Valley of the Shadow, 1910-05-01, Popular Magazine; collected in Wreck of the Titan (1914)
  • Jaws of the Pier, 1912-10-13, Sunday Magazine
  • Jim: The Story of an Ugly Boy, 1896-08-09, Morning Oregonian
  • Kismet, 1908-12-12, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • Masters of Men, published as volume in 1901
  • Needs Must When the Devil Drives, 1898-05-02, McClure’s Syndicate; collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • Never Again, 1911-09-00, New Story Magazine
  • No Smoking, 1910-01-01, Popular Magazine
  • Noah’s Ark, 1909-07-00, All-Story Magazine; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • Oil Upon the Water, 1904-12-00, Smart Set
  • On Board the Athol, 1896-05-31, St. Paul Pioneer Press; collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • On the Atoll, 1914-11-23, Popular Magazine
  • On the Forecastle Deck, collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • On the Rio Grande, 1898-03-00, English Illustrated; collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • Over the Border, 1911-01-15, Popular Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • Pneumogastric Nerve, 1905-07-14, Saturday Evening Post
  • Poison Ship, 1915-05-00, Harper’s Monthly
  • Polarity: A Tale of Two Brunettes, 1897-11-13, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • Poverty’s Bedfellows, 1902-12-06, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • Prickly Heat, 1903-05-02, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • Primordial, 1898-04-00, Harper’s Monthly; collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • Quasimodo, 1910-11-01, Popular Magazine
  • Salvage, 1899-00-00; collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • Shovels and Bricks, 1908-11-21, Harper’s Weekly; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • Sinful Peck, 1901-12-28, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • Sinful Peck, the Meddler, 1903-03-14, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • The Air Fight, 1907-03-00, Everybody’s Magazine
  • The Almena Club, 1910-08-15, Popular Magazine; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • The Americans, 1910-09-15, Popular Magazine; collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • The Argonauts, 1909-09-00, Hampton’s Magazine; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • The Arrest of Captain Bangs, 1910-06-15, Popular Magazine
  • The Baby, collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Battle of the Monsters, collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • The Boxers, 1903-03-28, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • The Brain of the Battleship, 1898-12-10, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • The Brothers, 1911-04-23, Sunday Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Closing of the Circuit, 1900-11-00, Home Magazine; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Cook and the Captain, collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Dancer, collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Day of the Dog, 1898-04-00, McClure’s Magazine; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • The Derelict ‘Neptune’, 1897-01-00, McClure’s Magazine; collected in Spun-Yarn (1898)
  • The Devil and his Due, 1900-03-24, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • The Dollar, collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Doubles, 1909-09-18, Harper’s Weekly
  • The Dutch Port Watch, 1899-07-00, Home Magazine; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • The Enemies, 1902-06-21, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Equation, 1910-10-00, Ainslee’s Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Finishing Touch, 1911-10-15, Popular Magazine; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • The Fire Worshiper, 1910-05-00, Ainslee’s Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Fool Killer, 1900-12-08, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • The Formula, 1909-10-00, Bohemian Magazine
  • The Grain Ship, 1909-03-00, Harper’s Monthly; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • The Grinding of the Mills, 1909-07-07, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Hairy Devil, 1908-10-00, Cosmopolitan; collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • The Headwind, 1912-01-00, Hampton-Columbian Magazine
  • The Helix, 1903-10-00, Ainslee’s Magazine; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Honeymoon Ship, 1900-00-00, McClure’s Syndicate; collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • The Hostage, 1903-05-00, Red Book; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • The Infernal Machine, 1912-04-15, Popular Magazine
  • The Inhibition, 1911-08-27, Sunday Magazine
  • The Jonah, 1910-12-15, Popular Magazine
  • The Last Battleship, 1908-06-00, Success Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Limits of Endurance, 1897-02-01, Ev’ry Month; collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Lobster, 1900-08-25, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Locked Cabin, 1913-02-01, Popular Magazine
  • The Made-Over Man, 1908-06-00, The Live Wire
  • The Magnetized Man, collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Man at the Wheel, 1900-05-12, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • The Man-Eaters, 1909-04-00, Popular Magazine
  • The Married Man, 1903-05-00, Smart Set; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • The Mate and the Maiden, 1905-12-00, Metropolitan
  • The Mate of his Soul, 1910-02-01, Popular Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Mistake, collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Mould of God, 1910-08-00, Ainslee’s Magazine
  • The Mutiny, 1901-01-05, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Nom de Plume, 1909-02-00, Smart Set
  • The Nuisance, 1899-09-16, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Shipmates (1901)
  • The Pirates, 1911-06-15, Popular Magazine; collected in Wreck of the Titan (1914)
  • The Rivals, collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Rock, 1909-08-08, Sunday Magazine; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • The Ruling Passion, 1911-12-01, Popular Magazine
  • The Salvors, 1903-04-18, Saturday Evening Post; collected in Sinful Peck (1903)
  • The Shark, 1903-11-00, Ainslee’s Magazine; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Ship-Owner, 1905-09-00, Popular Magazine; collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Sleepwalker, 1903-07-04, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Somnambulist, 1905-08-00, Woman’s Home Companion
  • The Steward, 1910-11-00, Cosmopolitan
  • The Story of Balaam, 1898-08-00, Ainslee’s Magazine
  • The Subconscious Finnegan, 1903-11-07, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Submarine, 1904-07-00, Everybody’s Magazine; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Submarine Destroyer, collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Suggestion, 1905-10-00, Blue Book
  • The Survival of the Fittest, 1896-10-00, McClure’s Magazine; collected in Spun-Yarn (1898); collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • The Teeth, 1911-11-18, Harper’s Weekly
  • The Third Mate, 1913-07-00, Sunday Magazine; collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • The Torpedo, 1904-06-00, Everybody’s Magazine; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Tradewind, collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • The Triple Alliance, 1912-11-10, Sunday Magazine; collected in The Grain Ship (1914)
  • The Twins, 1907-10-00, Cosmopolitan; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Tyranny of Fear, 1912-11-15, Popular Magazine
  • The Unpardonable Sin, 1913-02-15, Popular Magazine
  • The Vitality of Dennis, 1897-00-00, Unknown syndicate; collected in Down to the Sea (1905)
  • The Voices, 1908-03-01, Sunday Magazine; collected in Over the Border (1914)
  • The Wave, 1904-01-16, Harper’s Weekly; collected in Land Ho! (1905)
  • The Wigwag Message, collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • The Winning of Dan, 1903-11-00, Popular Magazine
  • The Witness, 1905-12-00, Red Book
  • The Wreck of the Titan, collected in Wreck of the Titan (1914)
  • Thinner than Water, 1911-11-00, New Story Magazine
  • Three Laws and the Golden Rule, 1912-12-20, American Sunday Monthly Magazine; collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • Three Sheets in the Wind, 1913-05-25, The Sun Semi-Monthly Magazine
  • Through the Bulkhead, 1912-12-20, Sunday Magazine
  • Through the Deadlight, collected in Three Laws and the Golden Rule (1914)
  • Uncharted, 1914-07-01, Popular Magazine
  • Wharf Rats of New York, 1902-07-05, Saturday Evening Post
  • When Greek Meets Greek, 1897-01-10, New York Sun; collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • When Jack Comes Home from the Sea, 1911-10-01, Popular Magazine
  • When the Blind Saw, 1896-09-13, New York Sun
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread, 1898-08-00, Atlantic Monthly; collected in Where Angels Fear to Tread (1899)
  • Where Love Began, 1896-11-08, New York Sun
  • Willie, 1909-06-06, Sunday Magazine