P. G. Wodehouse short stories bibliography


The following is a list of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse grouped by the main series to which they belong, if applicable.
For a list of Wodehouse's books, including novels and collections of short stories, see P. G. Wodehouse bibliography.

Blandings Castle

The following 10 short stories feature Blandings Castle, its owner Lord Emsworth or members of his family. There are also 11 Blandings novels including an unfinished novel.
The short story "Life with Freddie" is not set in Blandings Castle but contains Lord Emsworth's son, Freddie Threepwood. "The Crime Wave at Blandings" was rewritten from an earlier non-Blandings story.
TitleShort story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineUS magazine publication monthUS magazineCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"The Custody of the Pumpkin"Blandings Castle and Elsewhere December 1924The Strand MagazineNovember 1924The Saturday Evening Post11
"Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best"Blandings Castle and Elsewhere June 1926The Strand MagazineJune 1926Liberty22
"Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey"Blandings Castle and Elsewhere August 1927The Strand MagazineJuly 1927Liberty33
"Company for Gertrude"Blandings Castle and Elsewhere September 1928The Strand MagazineOctober 1928Cosmopolitan44
"The Go-Getter"
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere August 1931The Strand MagazineMarch 1931Cosmopolitan56
"Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend"Blandings Castle and Elsewhere November 1928The Strand MagazineOctober 1928Liberty65
"The Crime Wave at Blandings"Lord Emsworth and Others January 1937The Strand MagazineOctober 1936The Saturday Evening Post77
"Birth of a Salesman"Nothing Serious March 1950This Week88
"Sticky Wicket at Blandings"
Plum Pie April 1967ArgosyOctober 1966Playboy910
"Life with Freddie"Plum Pie 109

Drones Club

There are 21 short stories in the Drones Club series, many of which star either Bingo Little or Freddie Widgeon. Most of the stories are told at the club amongst the members, who are referred to as Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. The stories are generally told by a Crumpet to an Egg or Bean, though four of the stories have no identified narrator: "The Fat of the Land", "Leave it to Algy", "Bingo Bans the Bomb", and "Stylish Stouts".
The US magazine version of "The Masked Troubadour" is a rewritten version titled "Reggie and the Greasy Bird". "Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust" was first published in the 1949 omnibus The Best of Wodehouse.
TitleShort story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineUS magazine publication monthUS magazineCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"Fate"
Young Men in Spats May 1931The Strand MagazineMay 1931Cosmopolitan11
"Tried in the Furnace"Young Men in Spats September 1935The Strand MagazineMarch 1937Cosmopolitan28
"Trouble Down at Tudsleigh"Young Men in Spats May 1935The Strand MagazineMay 1939Cosmopolitan36
"The Amazing Hat Mystery"Young Men in Spats June 1934The Strand MagazineAugust 1933Cosmopolitan42
"Goodbye to All Cats"Young Men in Spats December 1934The Strand MagazineNovember 1934Cosmopolitan55
"The Luck of the Stiffhams"Young Men in Spats March 1934The Strand MagazineNovember 1933Cosmopolitan63
"Noblesse Oblige"Young Men in Spats November 1934The Strand MagazineSeptember 1934Cosmopolitan74
"Uncle Fred Flits By"Young Men in Spats December 1935The Strand MagazineJuly 1935Redbook87
"The Masked Troubadour"
Lord Emsworth and Others December 1936The Strand MagazineNovember 1936The Saturday Evening Post99
"All's Well with Bingo"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets April 1937The Strand MagazineJanuary 1937The Saturday Evening Post1010
"Bingo and the Peke Crisis"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets June 1937The Strand MagazineMay 1937The Saturday Evening Post1111
"The Editor Regrets"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets September 1939The Strand MagazineJuly 1939The Saturday Evening Post1212
"Sonny Boy"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets December 1939The Strand MagazineSeptember 1939The Saturday Evening Post1313
"The Shadow Passes"Nothing Serious 1417
"Bramley Is So Bracing"Nothing Serious December 1940The Strand MagazineOctober 1939The Saturday Evening Post1514
"The Fat of the Land"A Few Quick Ones November 1958This Week1619
"The Word in Season"A Few Quick Ones August 1940PunchSeptember 1940Harper's Bazaar1715
"Leave it to Algy"
A Few Quick Ones May 1959John BullMay 1954Bluebook1818
"Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust"
A Few Quick Ones 1916
"Bingo Bans the Bomb"Plum Pie August 1965ArgosyJanuary 1965Playboy2020
"Stylish Stouts"
Plum Pie December 1965London Evening StandardApril 1965Playboy2121

Golf stories

Featuring 31 short stories, most narrated by a golf club's Oldest Member, usually from his seat on the terrace overlooking part of the golf course. One of the golf stories, "Those in Peril on the Tee", is also a Mr Mulliner story.
The UK magazine version of "Archibald's Benefit" is a cricket story titled "Reginald's Record Knock". "Rodney Has a Relapse" was first published in the Canadian magazine National Home Monthly in 1949.
TitleShort story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineUS magazine publication monthUS magazineCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"Archibald's Benefit"
The Man Upstairs July 1909Pearson's MagazineMarch 1910Collier's11
"The Clicking of Cuthbert"
The Clicking of Cuthbert October 1921The Strand MagazineJuly 1922Elks Magazine210
"A Woman is Only a Woman"The Clicking of Cuthbert October 1919The Strand MagazineJune 1919The Saturday Evening Post32
"A Mixed Threesome"The Clicking of Cuthbert March 1921The Strand MagazineJune 1920McClure's44
"Sundered Hearts"The Clicking of Cuthbert December 1920The Strand MagazineDecember 1920McClure's56
"The Salvation of George Mackintosh"The Clicking of Cuthbert June 1921The Strand MagazineSeptember 1921McClure's68
"Ordeal by Golf"
The Clicking of Cuthbert February 1920The Strand MagazineDecember 1919Collier's73
"The Long Hole"The Clicking of Cuthbert August 1921The Strand MagazineMarch 1922McClure's89
"The Heel of Achilles"The Clicking of Cuthbert November 1921The Strand MagazineJune 1922Chicago Tribune911
"The Rough Stuff"The Clicking of Cuthbert April 1921The Strand MagazineOctober 1920Chicago Tribune105
"The Coming of Gowf"The Clicking of Cuthbert May 1921The Strand MagazineJune 1921McClure's117
"The Heart of a Goof"The Heart of a Goof April 1924The Strand MagazineSeptember 1923Red Book1215
"High Stakes"The Heart of a Goof October 1925The Strand MagazineSeptember 1925The Saturday Evening Post1319
"Keeping in with Vosper"The Heart of a Goof March 1926The Strand MagazineMarch 1926Liberty1420
"Chester Forgets Himself"The Heart of a Goof May 1924The Strand MagazineJuly 1923The Saturday Evening Post1514
"The Magic Plus Fours"
The Heart of a Goof December 1922The Strand MagazineJanuary 1923Red Book1612
"The Awakening of Rollo Podmarsh"
The Heart of a Goof January 1923The Strand MagazineMarch 1923Red Book1713
"Rodney Fails to Qualify"The Heart of a Goof March 1924The Strand MagazineFebruary 1924The Saturday Evening Post1816
"Jane Gets off the Fairway"The Heart of a Goof November 1924The Strand MagazineOctober 1924The Saturday Evening Post1917
"The Purification of Rodney Spelvin"The Heart of a Goof September 1925The Strand MagazineAugust 1925The Saturday Evening Post2018
"Those in Peril on the Tee"Mr Mulliner Speaking June 1927The Strand MagazineMay 1927Liberty2121
"The Letter of the Law"
Lord Emsworth and Others April 1936The Strand MagazineApril 1936Redbook2224
"Farewell to Legs"Lord Emsworth and Others May 1936The Strand MagazineJuly 1935This Week2322
"There's Always Golf"
Lord Emsworth and Others March 1936The Strand MagazineFebruary 1936Redbook2423
"Up from the Depths"Nothing Serious 2530
"Feet of Clay"
Nothing Serious June 1950This Week2629
"Excelsior"
Nothing Serious July 1948Argosy2726
"Rodney Has a Relapse"
Nothing Serious 2828
"Tangled Hearts"
Nothing Serious September 1948Cosmopolitan2927
"Scratch Man"
A Few Quick Ones September 1940The Strand MagazineJanuary 1940The Saturday Evening Post3025
"Sleepy Time"
Plum Pie October 1965ArgosyJune 1965The Saturday Evening Post3131

Jeeves

The following 35 short stories feature Drones Club member Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. There are also 11 Jeeves novels. Fourteen of the chapters in The Inimitable Jeeves were derived by splitting seven previously-published short stories.
Four of the stories in Carry On, Jeeves are slightly revised versions of Jeeves stories originally published in the UK-only collection My Man Jeeves. "Fixing it for Freddie" and "Jeeves Makes an Omelette" are rewritten versions of Reggie Pepper stories published in My Man Jeeves.
TitleShort story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineUS magazine publication monthUS magazineCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"Extricating Young Gussie"The Man with Two Left Feet January 1916The Strand MagazineSeptember 1915The Saturday Evening Post11
"The Artistic Career of Corky"
My Man Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves
June 1916The Strand MagazineFebruary 1916The Saturday Evening Post22
"Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest"My Man Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves
March 1917The Strand MagazineDecember 1916The Saturday Evening Post35
"Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg"My Man Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves
August 1917The Strand MagazineMarch 1917The Saturday Evening Post46
"The Aunt and the Sluggard"My Man Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves
August 1916The Strand MagazineApril 1916The Saturday Evening Post53
"Jeeves in the Springtime"The Inimitable Jeeves December 1921The Strand MagazineDecember 1921Cosmopolitan68
"Aunt Agatha Takes the Count"
The Inimitable Jeeves April 1922The Strand MagazineOctober 1922Cosmopolitan711
"Scoring off Jeeves"
The Inimitable Jeeves February 1922The Strand MagazineMarch 1922Cosmopolitan89
"Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch"
The Inimitable Jeeves March 1922The Strand MagazineApril 1922Cosmopolitan910
"Jeeves and the Chump Cyril"The Inimitable Jeeves August 1918The Strand MagazineJune 1918The Saturday Evening Post107
"Comrade Bingo"The Inimitable Jeeves May 1922The Strand MagazineMay 1922Cosmopolitan1112
"The Great Sermon Handicap"The Inimitable Jeeves June 1922The Strand MagazineJune 1922Cosmopolitan1213
"The Purity of the Turf"The Inimitable Jeeves July 1922The Strand MagazineJuly 1922Cosmopolitan1314
"The Metropolitan Touch"The Inimitable Jeeves September 1922The Strand MagazineSeptember 1922Cosmopolitan1416
"The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace"The Inimitable Jeeves October 1922The Strand MagazineNovember 1922Cosmopolitan1517
"Bingo and the Little Woman"The Inimitable Jeeves November 1922The Strand MagazineDecember 1922Cosmopolitan1618
"Jeeves Takes Charge"Carry On, Jeeves April 1923The Strand MagazineNovember 1916The Saturday Evening Post174
"The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy"Carry On, Jeeves October 1924The Strand MagazineSeptember 1924The Saturday Evening Post1819
"Without the Option"Carry On, Jeeves July 1925The Strand MagazineJune 1925The Saturday Evening Post1921
"Fixing it for Freddie"Carry On, Jeeves 2022
"Clustering Round Young Bingo"Carry On, Jeeves April 1925The Strand MagazineFebruary 1925The Saturday Evening Post2120
"Bertie Changes His Mind"Carry On, Jeeves August 1922The Strand MagazineAugust 1922Cosmopolitan2215
"Jeeves and the Impending Doom"Very Good, Jeeves December 1926The Strand MagazineJanuary 1927Liberty2324
"The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy"Very Good, Jeeves April 1926The Strand MagazineApril 1926Liberty2423
"Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit"Very Good, Jeeves December 1927The Strand MagazineDecember 1927Liberty2525
"Jeeves and the Song of Songs"
Very Good, Jeeves September 1929The Strand MagazineSeptember 1929Cosmopolitan2626
"Episode of the Dog McIntosh"
Very Good, Jeeves October 1929The Strand MagazineOctober 1929Cosmopolitan2727
"The Spot of Art"
Very Good, Jeeves December 1929The Strand MagazineDecember 1929Cosmopolitan2829
"Jeeves and the Kid Clementina"Very Good, Jeeves January 1930The Strand MagazineJanuary 1930Cosmopolitan2930
"The Love That Purifies"
Very Good, Jeeves November 1929The Strand MagazineNovember 1929Cosmopolitan3028
"Jeeves and the Old School Chum"Very Good, Jeeves February 1930The Strand MagazineFebruary 1930Cosmopolitan3131
"Indian Summer of an Uncle"Very Good, Jeeves March 1930The Strand MagazineMarch 1930Cosmopolitan3232
"The Ordeal of Young Tuppy"
Very Good, Jeeves April 1930The Strand MagazineApril 1930Cosmopolitan3333
"Jeeves Makes an Omelette"
A Few Quick Ones February 1959LilliputAugust 1959Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine3434
"Jeeves and the Greasy Bird"Plum Pie January 1967ArgosyDecember 1965Playboy3535

Mr Mulliner

The following 40 short stories are narrated by raconteur Mr Mulliner, a fisherman who tells all the stories at a pub called the Angler's Rest. One of the stories, "Those in Peril on the Tee", is also a golf story. "George and Alfred" was rewritten from an earlier Reggie Pepper story. Multiple stories in this list were originally not told by Mr Mulliner in their magazine versions, but were revised to have a Mr Mulliner frame when published in a short story collection.
TitleShort story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineUS magazine publication monthUS magazineCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"The Truth About George"Meet Mr Mulliner July 1926The Strand MagazineJuly 1926Liberty14
"A Slice of Life"Meet Mr Mulliner August 1926The Strand MagazineAugust 1926Liberty25
"Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo"Meet Mr Mulliner November 1926The Strand MagazineSeptember 1926Liberty36
"The Bishop's Move"Meet Mr Mulliner September 1927The Strand MagazineAugust 1927Liberty411
"Came the Dawn"Meet Mr Mulliner July 1927The Strand MagazineJune 1927Liberty510
"The Story of William"
Meet Mr Mulliner May 1927The Strand MagazineApril 1927Liberty68
"Portrait of a Disciplinarian"Meet Mr Mulliner October 1927The Strand MagazineSeptember 1927Liberty712
"The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer"Meet Mr Mulliner March 1927The Strand MagazineMarch 1927Liberty87
"Honeysuckle Cottage"Meet Mr Mulliner February 1925The Strand MagazineJanuary 1925The Saturday Evening Post92
"The Reverent Wooing of Archibald"Mr Mulliner Speaking August 1928The Strand MagazineSeptember 1928Cosmopolitan1014
"The Man Who Gave Up Smoking"Mr Mulliner Speaking March 1929The Strand MagazineMarch 1929Liberty1117
"The Story of Cedric"Mr Mulliner Speaking May 1929The Strand MagazineMay 1929Liberty1218
"The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner"Mr Mulliner Speaking December 1928The Strand MagazineNovember 1928Liberty1315
"Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court"Mr Mulliner Speaking February 1929The Strand MagazineFebruary 1929Liberty1416
"Those in Peril on the Tee"Mr Mulliner Speaking June 1927The Strand MagazineMay 1927Liberty159
"Something Squishy"Mr Mulliner Speaking January 1925The Strand MagazineDecember 1924The Saturday Evening Post161
"The Awful Gladness of the Mater"Mr Mulliner Speaking May 1925The Strand MagazineMarch 1925The Saturday Evening Post173
"The Passing of Ambrose"Mr Mulliner Speaking July 1928The Strand MagazineAugust 1928Cosmopolitan1813
"The Smile That Wins"Mulliner Nights February 1932The Strand MagazineOctober 1931The American Magazine1922
"The Story of Webster"
Mulliner Nights May 1932The Strand MagazineFebruary 1932The American Magazine2025
"Cats will be Cats"
Mulliner Nights June 1932The Strand MagazineMarch 1932The American Magazine2126
"The Knightly Quest of Mervyn"
Mulliner Nights July 1931The Strand MagazineApril 1931Cosmopolitan2221
"The Voice from the Past"Mulliner Nights December 1931The Strand MagazineNovember 1931The American Magazine2323
"Open House"Mulliner Nights April 1932The Strand MagazineApril 1932The American Magazine2427
"Best Seller"Mulliner Nights July 1930The Strand MagazineJune 1930Cosmopolitan2520
"Strychnine in the Soup"
Mulliner Nights March 1932The Strand MagazineDecember 1931The American Magazine2624
"Gala Night"Mulliner Nights June 1930The Strand MagazineMay 1930Cosmopolitan2719
"Monkey Business"
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere December 1932The Strand MagazineDecember 1932The American Magazine2828
"The Nodder"
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere January 1933The Strand MagazineJanuary 1933The American Magazine2929
"The Juice of an Orange"
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere February 1933The Strand MagazineFebruary 1933The American Magazine3030
"The Rise of Minna Nordstrom"
Blandings Castle and Elsewhere April 1933The Strand MagazineMarch 1933The American Magazine3131
"The Castaways"Blandings Castle and Elsewhere June 1933The Strand Magazine3232
"Archibald and the Masses"Young Men in Spats February 1936The Strand MagazineAugust 1935Cosmopolitan3335
"The Code of the Mulliners"Young Men in Spats April 1935The Strand MagazineFebruary 1935Cosmopolitan3434
"The Fiery Wooing of Mordred"Young Men in Spats February 1935The Strand MagazineDecember 1934Cosmopolitan3533
"Buried Treasure"
Lord Emsworth and Others September 1936The Strand MagazineSeptember 1936This Week3636
"Anselm Gets His Chance"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets July 1937The Strand MagazineJuly 1937The Saturday Evening Post3737
"The Right Approach"A Few Quick Ones September 1958LilliputJanuary 1959Playboy3839
"Big Business"A Few Quick Ones March 1953LilliputDecember 1952Collier's3938
"George and Alfred"Plum Pie January 1967Playboy4040

School stories

The following list includes 37 school stories written by Wodehouse. Most of the stories were not published in US periodicals. The fictional school at which each story takes place is noted. Some stories seem to have been rewritten with a different location for later republication. Several of Wodehouse's early novels are also set at schools, and multiple characters in the short stories also appear in one or two of the novels. The Pothunters is set at St Austin's, A Prefect's Uncle at Beckford, The Gold Bat and The White Feather at Wrykyn, The Head of Kay's at Eckleton, and Mike at Wrykyn and Sedleigh.
Each of the stories was published either in Tales of St. Austin's or later in the book Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere. Some of the short stories in Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere had previously been published in The Uncollected Wodehouse, The Swoop! and Other Stories, or Plum Stones.
TitleShort story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineSchoolCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"How Pillingshot Scored"Tales of St. Austin's May 1903The CaptainSt. Austin's113
"The Odd Trick"Tales of St. Austin's August 1902The CaptainSt. Austin's29
"L'Affaire Uncle John"Tales of St. Austin's August 1901Public School MagazineSt. Austin's32
"Harrison's Slight Error"Tales of St. Austin's January 1903The CaptainSt. Austin's412
"Bradshaw's Little Story"Tales of St. Austin's July 1902The CaptainSt. Austin's58
"A Shocking Affair"Tales of St. Austin's St. Austin's615
"The Babe and the Dragon"Tales of St. Austin's February 1902The CaptainSt. Austin's75
"The Manoeuvres of Charteris"Tales of St. Austin's August 1903The CaptainSt. Austin's814
"How Payne Bucked Up"Tales of St. Austin's October 1902The CaptainSt. Austin's910
"Author!"Tales of St. Austin's October 1901Public School MagazineSt. Austin's103
"The Tabby Terror"Tales of St. Austin's February 1902Public School MagazineSt. Austin's116
"The Prize Poem"Tales of St. Austin's July 1901Public School MagazineSt. Austin's121
"Jackson's Extra"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere June 1904The Royal MagazineWrykyn1316
"Homœopathic Treatment"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere August 1904The Royal MagazineWrykyn1417
"The Reformation of Study Sixteen"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere November 1904The Royal MagazineWrykyn1520
"Ruthless Reginald"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere April 1905The CaptainWrykyn1623
"The Politeness of Princes"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere May 1905The CaptainWrykyn1724
"Shields' and the Cricket Cup"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere June 1905The CaptainWrykyn1825
"An Affair of Boats"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere July 1905The CaptainWrykyn1926
"The Last Place"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere August 1905The CaptainWrykyn2027
"An International Affair"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere September 1905The CaptainWrykyn2129
"The Deserter"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere August 1905The Royal MagazineWrykyn2228
"A Division of Spoil"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere September 1906The CaptainWrykyn2331
"Educating Aubrey"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere May 1911The London MagazineWrykyn2437
"The Strange Disappearance of Mr Buxton-Smythe"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere December 1901Public School MagazineSt. Asterisk's254
"The Adventure of the Split Infinitive"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere March 1902Public School MagazineSt. Asterisk's267
"Welch's Mile Record"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere November 1902The CaptainSt. Austin's2711
"Pillingshot, Detective"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere September 1910The CaptainSt. Austin's2835
"Pillingshot's Paper"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere February 1911The CaptainSt. Austin's2936
"An Afternoon Dip"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere September 1904Pearson's MagazineLocksley3019
"A Corner in Lines"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere January 1905Pearson's MagazineLocksley3121
"The Autograph Hunters"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere February 1905Pearson's MagazineSt. Austin's/Locksley3222
"Playing the Game"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere May 1906Pearson's MagazineLocksley3330
"Blenkinsop's Benefit"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere August 1904The CaptainBeckford/Locksley3418
"Personally Conducted"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere July 1907Cassell's MagazineBeckford/Locksley3532
"The Guardian"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere September 1908The Windsor MagazineEckleton3633
"Stone and the Weed"Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere May 1910The CaptainSedleigh3734

Ukridge

In addition to the following 19 short stories, Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge also appears in a single full-length novel, Love Among the Chickens.
TitleShort story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineUS magazine publication monthUS magazineCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"Ukridge's Dog College"Ukridge May 1923The Strand MagazineApril 1923Cosmopolitan11
"Ukridge's Accident Syndicate"
Ukridge June 1923The Strand MagazineMay 1923Cosmopolitan22
"The Debut of Battling Billson"Ukridge July 1923The Strand MagazineJune 1923Cosmopolitan33
"First Aid for Dora"Ukridge August 1923The Strand MagazineJuly 1923Cosmopolitan44
"The Return of Battling Billson"Ukridge September 1923The Strand MagazineAugust 1923Cosmopolitan55
"Ukridge Sees Her Through"Ukridge October 1923The Strand MagazineSeptember 1923Cosmopolitan66
"No Wedding Bells for Him"Ukridge November 1923The Strand MagazineOctober 1923Cosmopolitan77
"The Long Arm of Looney Coote"Ukridge December 1923The Strand MagazineNovember 1923Cosmopolitan88
"The Exit of Battling Billson"Ukridge January 1924The Strand MagazineDecember 1923Cosmopolitan99
"Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner"Ukridge February 1924The Strand MagazineJanuary 1924Cosmopolitan1010
"Ukridge and the Home from Home"Lord Emsworth and Others June 1931The Strand MagazineFebruary 1931Cosmopolitan1115
"The Come-back of Battling Billson"Lord Emsworth and Others July 1935The Strand MagazineJune 1935Cosmopolitan1216
"The Level Business Head"Lord Emsworth and Others May 1926The Strand MagazineMay 1926Liberty1313
"A Bit of Luck for Mabel"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets January 1926The Strand MagazineDecember 1925The Saturday Evening Post1412
"Buttercup Day"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets December 1925The Strand MagazineNovember 1925The Saturday Evening Post1511
"Ukridge and the Old Stepper"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets June 1928The Strand MagazineJune 1928Liberty1614
"Success Story"
Nothing Serious March 1947Argosy1717
"A Tithe for Charity"A Few Quick Ones April 1955Playboy1818
"Ukridge Starts a Bank Account"Plum Pie July 1967Playboy1919

Miscellaneous stories

The following is a list of short stories by Wodehouse that are not part of one of the main series but were published in a collection of short stories by Wodehouse. Several of these stories were to some extent rewritten from or into other Wodehouse stories, as noted in the list. Wodehouse also wrote other stories that were only published in magazines.
Some of the books listed below, such as The Man Upstairs and A Man of Means, were originally only published in the UK, while others such as The Uncollected Wodehouse and The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories were originally only published in the US. Some stories were published in more than one of these collections. The stories are listed below with the first short story collection they were published in.
The six stories collected in A Man of Means were written in collaboration by Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill.
TitleEarliest story collectionUK magazine publication monthUK magazineUS magazine publication monthUS magazineSeriesCollection publication orderOriginal publication order
"The Man Upstairs"The Man Upstairs March 1910The Strand MagazineMarch 1910Cosmopolitan118
"Something to Worry About"The Man Upstairs February 1913The Strand MagazineMarch 1913Metropolitan Magazine239
"Deep Waters"The Man Upstairs June 1910The Strand MagazineMay 1910Collier's320
"When Doctors Disagree"The Man Upstairs December 1910The Strand MagazineMarch 1911Success426
"By Advice of Counsel"The Man Upstairs July 1910The Strand MagazineSeptember 1910Pictorial Review522
"Rough-Hew Them How We Will"The Man Upstairs April 1910The Strand MagazineAugust 1910Cosmopolitan619
"The Man Who Disliked Cats"
The Man Upstairs May 1912The Strand MagazineJanuary 1916Ladies' Home Journal733
"Ruth in Exile"The Man Upstairs July 1912The Strand MagazineAugust 1912Ainslee's Magazine835
"The Man, the Maid and the Miasma"The Man Upstairs February 1910The Grand MagazineJune 1910Cosmopolitan916
"The Good Angel"
The Man Upstairs February 1910The Strand MagazineFebruary 1910CosmopolitanKeggs1017
"Pots o' Money"The Man Upstairs December 1911The Strand MagazineFebruary 1912Metropolitan Magazine1131
"Out of School"The Man Upstairs October 1910The Strand MagazineSeptember 1909Ainslee's Magazine1214
"Three From Dunsterville"The Man Upstairs August 1911The Strand MagazineAugust 1912Pictorial Review1329
"The Tuppenny Millionaire"The Man Upstairs October 1912The Strand Magazine1436
"Ahead of Schedule"The Man Upstairs November 1910The Grand MagazineJanuary 1911Collier's1525
"Sir Agravaine"The Man Upstairs December 1912Pearson's MagazineJune 1912Collier's1634
"The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat"
The Man Upstairs January 1912The Strand MagazineSeptember 1910Collier's1724
"In Alcala"The Man Upstairs December 1911The London MagazineNovember 1909People's Magazine1815
"Bill the Bloodhound"The Man with Two Left Feet April 1915The Strand MagazineFebruary 1915The Century Magazine1953
"Wilton's Holiday"
The Man with Two Left Feet July 1915The Strand MagazineMarch 1916Illustrated Sunday Magazine2058
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The Man with Two Left Feet November 1915The Strand MagazineJune 1916The Red Book Magazine2160
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The Man with Two Left Feet December 1915The Strand MagazineJuly 1916The Red Book Magazine2261
"Crowned Heads"The Man with Two Left Feet April 1915Pearson's MagazineJune 1914The Argosy2343
"At Geisenheimer's"
The Man with Two Left Feet October 1915The Strand MagazineAugust 1915The Saturday Evening Post2459
"The Making of Mac's"
The Man with Two Left Feet May 1915The Strand MagazineMay 1916The Red Book Magazine2556
"One Touch of Nature"
The Man with Two Left Feet August 1914McClure's2646
"Black for Luck"
The Man with Two Left Feet June 1915The Strand MagazineJuly 1915The Red Book Magazine2757
"The Romance of an Ugly Policeman"The Man with Two Left Feet January 1915The Strand MagazineApril 1915Ainslee's Magazine2852
"A Sea of Troubles"The Man with Two Left Feet June 1915Pearson's MagazineSeptember 1914McClure's2948
"The Man with Two Left Feet"The Man with Two Left Feet May 1916The Strand MagazineMarch 1916The Saturday Evening Post3063
"Absent Treatment"My Man Jeeves March 1911The Strand MagazineAugust 1911Collier'sReggie Pepper3127
"Helping Freddie"
My Man Jeeves September 1911The Strand MagazineMarch 1912Pictorial ReviewReggie Pepper3230
"Rallying Round Old George"
My Man Jeeves December 1912The Strand MagazineSeptember 1913Collier'sReggie Pepper3337
"Doing Clarence a Bit of Good"
My Man Jeeves May 1913The Strand MagazineApril 1914Pictorial ReviewReggie Pepper3440
"The Man Who Married an Hotel"Indiscretions of Archie March 1920The Strand MagazineMay 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam3564
"Archie and the Sausage Chappie"Indiscretions of Archie April 1920The Strand MagazineJune 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam3666
"Dear Old Squiffy"Indiscretions of Archie May 1920The Strand MagazineJuly 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam3767
"Doing Father a Bit of Good"Indiscretions of Archie June 1920The Strand MagazineAugust 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam3868
"Paving the Way for Mabel"Indiscretions of Archie July 1920The Strand MagazineSeptember 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam3969
"Washy Makes His Presence Felt"Indiscretions of Archie August 1920The Strand MagazineOctober 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam4070
"A Room at the Hermitage"
Indiscretions of Archie September 1920The Strand MagazineNovember 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam4171
"First Aid For Looney Biddle"Indiscretions of Archie October 1920The Strand MagazineDecember 1920CosmopolitanArchie Moffam4272
"Mother's Knee"Indiscretions of Archie November 1920The Strand MagazineJanuary 1921CosmopolitanArchie Moffam4373
"Strange Experience of an Artist's Model"Indiscretions of Archie January 1921The Strand MagazineArchie Moffam4474
"The Wigmore Venus"
Indiscretions of Archie February 1921The Strand MagazineFebruary 1921CosmopolitanArchie Moffam4575
"Mr Potter Takes a Rest Cure"
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"Romance at Droitgate Spa"Eggs, Beans and Crumpets August 1937The Strand MagazineFebruary 1937The Saturday Evening Post4778
"How's That, Umpire?"Nothing Serious 4881
"Joy Bells for Walter"
A Few Quick Ones February 1957John BullOctober 1956This Week4983
"Unpleasantness at Kozy Kot"
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"A Good Cigar Is a Smoke"Plum Pie December 1967Playboy5187
"Another Christmas Carol"The World of Mr Mulliner December 1970Playboy5288
"From a Detective's Notebook"The World of Mr Mulliner May 1959PunchFebruary 1960Escapade5386
"When Papa Swore in Hindustani"The Uncollected Wodehouse August 1901Answers541
"Tom, Dick–and Harry"The Uncollected Wodehouse June 1905The Grand Magazine552
"Misunderstood"The Uncollected Wodehouse May 1910Nash's MagazineMay 1910Burr McIntosh Monthly5621
"The Best Sauce"
The Uncollected Wodehouse July 1911The Strand MagazineFebruary 1913Pictorial Review5728
"Death at the Excelsior"
The Uncollected Wodehouse December 1914Pearson's MagazineMarch 1915All-Story Cavalier Weekly5851
"The Test Case"The Uncollected Wodehouse December 1915Pearson's MagazineDecember 1915Illustrated Sunday MagazineReggie Pepper5962
"The Wire-Pullers"The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories July 1905The Strand MagazineAugust 1905The Strand Magazine Joan Romney603
"The Episode of the Landlady's Daughter"A Man of Means April 1914The Strand MagazineMay 1916Pictorial ReviewRoland Bleke6141
"The Episode of the Financial Napoleon"
A Man of Means May 1914The Strand MagazineJune 1916Pictorial ReviewRoland Bleke6242
"The Episode of the Theatrical Venture"A Man of Means June 1914The Strand MagazineJuly 1916Pictorial ReviewRoland Bleke6344
"The Episode of the Live Weekly"A Man of Means July 1914The Strand MagazineAugust 1916Pictorial ReviewRoland Bleke6445
"The Episode of the Exiled Monarch"A Man of Means August 1914The Strand MagazineSeptember 1916Pictorial ReviewRoland Bleke6547
"The Episode of the Hired Past"A Man of Means September 1914The Strand MagazineOctober 1916Pictorial ReviewRoland Bleke6649
"Mr McGee's Big Day"Plum Stones November 1950Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine6782
"Disentangling Old Percy"
Plum Stones August 1912The Strand MagazineMarch 1912Collier'sReggie Pepper6832
"Concealed Art"Plum Stones February 1915The Strand MagazineJuly 1915Pictorial ReviewReggie Pepper6954
"The Colour Line"
Plum Stones March 1920The Grand MagazineApril 1920McClure's7065
"Back to the Garage"
Plum Stones July 1929The Strand MagazineJuly 1929Cosmopolitan7177
"Love Me, Love My Dog"
Plum Stones August 1910The Strand MagazineJuly 1920Hampton'sKeggs7223
"A Job of Work"Plum Stones January 1913The Strand MagazineSeptember 1913Collier's7338
"Ways to Get a Gal"
Plum Stones February 1957Dream World7484
"Creatures of Impulse"
Plum Stones October 1914The Strand MagazineOctober 1914McClure's7550
"Joy Bells for Barmy"
Plum Stones November 1946CarnivalOctober 1947Cosmopolitan7680
"Dudley is Back to Normal"
Plum Stones July 1940The Strand MagazineBobbie Wickham7779
"A Prisoner of War"Plum Stones March 1915The Strand MagazineFebruary 1916Illustrated Sunday Magazine7855
"The Pro"
Plum Stones August 1906The Strand Magazine7911
"Ladies and Gentlemen v. Players"Wodehouse at the Wicket August 1908The Windsor MagazineJoan Romney8013
"Between the Innings"Wodehouse at the Wicket July 1905The Novel Magazine814
"Kid Brady, Light-Weight"Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means September 1905Pearson's Kid Brady825
"How Kid Brady Broke Training"Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means November 1905Pearson's Kid Brady836
"How Kid Brady Won the Championship"Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means January 1906Pearson's Kid Brady847
"How Kid Brady Assisted a Damsel in Distress"Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means March 1906Pearson's Kid Brady858
"How Kid Brady Joined the Press"Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means May 1906Pearson's Kid Brady869
"How Kid Brady Fought for His Eyes"Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means July 1906Pearson's Kid Brady8710
"How Kid Brady Took a Sea Voyage"Kid Brady Stories and A Man of Means March 1907Pearson's Kid Brady8812