Short Stories by Geoffrey Household

Geoffrey Household (30 November 1900 – 4 October 1988) was a British gentleman whose various business ventures and involvement in WWII British Intelligence took him all over the Western world. Those familiar with his writings will especially note a heavy Spanish influence, though the U.S., Romania, Hungary, and other locations pepper his pages as well. Personally, I love him for his stories set in the quaint British countryside where fugitives are often hiding.

On this page you’ll find details to the following short-story collections by Geoffrey Household:

Links to reviews and downloads are provided when available—as are links for purchase on Amazon (as an Amazon Associate, I might get commission from purchases).

The Salvation of Pisco Gabar
and Other Stories (1938)

  1. “The Salvation of Pisco Gabar”
  2. “El Quixote Del Cine”
  3. “Estancia La Embajada”
  4. “Deliliah of the Back Stairs”
  5. “Kangaroo Loves Me”
  6. “Taboo”
  7. “Dionysus and the Pard”
  8. “Water of Iturrigorri”
  9. “Technique”
  10. “The Chaplain to the Embassy”
  11. “An Irishman and a Jew”
  12. “Women on Wheels”

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Tales of Adventurers (1952)

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The Brides of Solomon
and Other Stories (1958)

See The Little Man’s review of this entire collection, story by story.

  1. “The Case of Valentin Lecormier”
  2. “Kindly Stranger”
  3. “The Idealist”
  4. “Roll Out the Barrel”
  5. “The Greeks Had no Word for It”
  6. “Drug for the Major”
  7. “As Best He Can”
  8. “Moment of Truth”
  9. “Salute”
  10. “Constant Love”
  11. “Eggs as Ain’t”
  12. “Letter to a Sister”
  13. “The Brides of Solomon”
  14. “The Eye of a Soldier”
  15. “Children’s Crusade”

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Sabres on the Sand (1966)

  1. “The Battle of Mussolini”
  2. “Abner of the Porch”
  3. Twilight of a God”
  4. “Sabres on the Sand”
  5. From Our Own Correspondent”
  6. “Escape by Passport”
  7. “Immoral Trade”
  8. “Tell These Men to Go Away”
  9. “Three of Castile”
  10. “Give Us This Day”
  11. “Foals of Time”
  12. The Ivory Puma”
  13. “Secret Police”
  14. “Cellar Cool”
  15. “The Sword and the Rake”
  16. “The Furry Dance”
  17. “Champion Antiochus”

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The Europe That Was (1979)

This collection is broken up into four parts: EASTERN APPROACHES (stories 1-4), ROMANIA (stories 5-6), HUNGARY (stories 7-9), SPAIN (stories 10-14), ENGLAND (stories 15-18), and FRANCE (stories 19-20).

  1. “Kindly Stranger” – My Review
  2. “Give Us This Day”
  3. “Dionysus and the Pard”
  4. “Low Water”
  5. “Sabres on the Sand”
  6. “The Cook-runner”
  7. “Tell These Men to Go Away”
  8. “The Picket Lines of Marton Hevessy”
  9. “Roll Out the Barrel” – My Review
  10. “Water of Iturrigorri”
  11. “Three of Castile”
  12. “The Pejemuller”
  13. “Technique”
  14. “Secret Police”
  15. “Twilight of a God”
  16. “The Greeks Had No Word for It” – My Review
  17. “Eggs as Ain’t” – My Review
  18. “Abner of the Porch”
  19. “The Sword and the Rake”
  20. “Champion Antiochus”

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Capricorn and Cancer (1981)

CAPRICORN

  1. “The Salvation of Pisco Gabar”
  2. “Heart in the Mouth”
  3. “Letter to a Sister” – My Review
  4. “Six Legs Are Welcome”
  5. “The Brides of Solomon” – My Review

CANCER

  1. “First Blood
  2. “The Idealist” – My Review
  3. “The Hut”
  4. “The Battle of Mussolini”
  5. “Immoral Trade”
  6. “Woman in Love”
  7. “Moment of Truth” – My Review
  8. “The Case of Valentin Lecormier” – My Review
  9. “Children’s Crusade” – My Review

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Days of Your Fathers (1987)

  1. “Kangaroo Loves Me”
  2. “A Jew and an Irishman”
  3. “Firefly”
  4. “Keep Walking”
  5. “Yours Obediently”
  6. “Women’s Lib”
  7. “Debt of Honor”
  8. “Exiles”
  9. “Red Carpet Treatment”
  10. “The Singular Story of Mr. Hackafree”
  11. “Space Fiction”
  12. “Estancia La Embajada”
  13. “No Police in the Cemetery”
  14. “Chaplain to the Embassy”

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