v • Preface and Dedication • essay by Don Marquis 1 • Miss Higginbotham Declines • short fiction by Don Marquis 22 • God, the Devil and Old Man Murtrie • short fiction by Don Marquis 35 • Mrs. Van Durden's Dinner Party • short fiction by Don Marquis 53 • Satan Goes to Church • short fiction by Don Marquis 60 • The Devil, the Flea and the Millennium • short fiction by Don Marquis 92 • The Devil, the Iceman and Miss Calkins • short fiction by Don Marquis 103 • Report of a Trial Which Was Not Printed • short fiction by Don Marquis 141 • The Golden Legend • short fiction by Don Marquis 158 • Satan Looks in a Window • short fiction by Don Marquis 180 • Twiller Van Durden's Miracle • short fiction by Don Marquis 204 • The Case of the Eminent Neurologist • short fiction by Don Marquis 238 • A Moment in Hell • short fiction by Don Marquis
Donald Robert Perry "Don" Marquis was a newspaper columnist as well as a playwright, novelist, and poet, best known for his "Archy and Mehitabel" free verse and his "Old Soak" anti-Prohibition play.