Alphabetically - Short Story Listing
(Jim Kjelgaard)
This is a list of original short stories with the earliest
published date known.  Later printings are not included
either under the same name, or the same story with a new
name (however the new name is referenced). See the original
short story listing for a more complete picture.

(Not complete - Work in progress)
 by Gary L. Charter   9-29-05

        Abbey Holden as Guide - October 25, 1946, Short Stories
        Adults Who Never Learn Enough – April 1946, Rotarian
        All My Friends - 1948
        All Wool--and a River Wide - June 28, 1941 - Argosy Weekly
        Ambush at Two-Dog Rock – December 25,1944, Short Stories
  the Ambush of Hoe-Handle Charlie - September 1945, 
                                                            Adventure Magazine
        Animals Pull Their Rank - September 1945, Coronet
        Arbey Holden Rides Again - March 10, 1947,  Short Stories

        Backfire - December 1940, Black Mask
        Barnyard Billy’s Conscript Army – 1940  
        Battle For Three – June 1953, Texas Rangers
  the Battle of Dabbit Run - March 9, 1940, Argosy Weekly 
        Bear Dog - April 8, 1939, Western Story Magazine (S&S)
        Bear Tracks to Hell - March 1941, New Western Magazine
        Beaver Boomerang – June 26,1943, 
                  Western Story Magazine (S&S)       
  the Bee Hunter - March 18, 1939, Argosy-All American Fiction                   
        Beloved Bums of the Black Hills - July 1958, Ford Times
        Bighorn Challenge – February 28 1942, Western  Story
                Magazine
  the Big Trout and Yooley Drabner - January 1948, Sports Afield
        Billy Dancer’s Bull - December 25, 1945, Short Stories
        Bird In the Sky – December 2,1939, Argosy Weekly  
  the Black Buck of Gaswell Hollow - July 1953, Texas Rangers
  the Black Horse – July 8,1939, Collier's
  the Black Horse same as Rebel Horse
        Black Ice - August 1949, Adventure Magazine
        Black Terror - April 17, 1943, Western Story Magazine(S&S)  
        Blind Murder - October 1942, Phantom Detective
        Blind Trap - August-September 1949, Western Story Magazine
        Blood Debt – September 12 1942, Western Story Magazine(S&S)
        Blood on the Ice – March 1947, Boys’ Life
  the Bow, a Hunting Weapon - December 1941, Esquire, by Jim Kjelgaard
                                                   and Syl LeFebre                                      
     a Brand for Pete - March 1949, 10 Story 
        Breed of the Blue Hen - April 1946, Adventure Magazine
  the Buck at Cross Lake - January 1948, Adventure Magazine
  the Buck-Baiting of Charlie Hoe Handle - March 1946,
                                                                   Adventure Magazine
        Bullet Blackmail - October 26,1940, Western Story Magazine
        Bullet Boomerang - 1941
        Bushwhack King on His Backtrail – same as Ride a Packhorse
       
        Can Animals Outwit Men - May 1945, Coronet
        Cap Gitchie’s Rooster same as Cock O’ the River
        Cap’s Cache – January 1943, Bulletman
  the Captains Pass - September 21, 1940, Argosy Weekly
        Carnival At Toomey Creek - August 1950, Adventure
                                                    Magazine
        Caribou Trek – April 26 1941, Western Story Magazine
     a Case in Point – January 1949, Argosy Weekly
        Chanu - March 1946, Weird Tales
        Charlie Hoe Handle and the Fifty-Buck Beaver
                                             February 1947, Adventure Magazine
        Charlie Hoe Handle and the Great Big Bass – 
                                             December 1946, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle and the Loony Trout – 
                                             September 1946, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle and the Reluctant Muskie – 
                                             December 1945, Adventure Magazine
        Charlie Hoe Handle and the Spirit Wolf
                                             May 1947, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle and the Weasel’s Chance
                                             December 1948, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle and the Witches ‘ Fire
                                             August 1948, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle Gets Caught – 
                                            January 1950, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle Goes Native – 
                                             June 1950, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle’s Bear Hunt
                                             October 1950, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle ‘s Chicken Party – 
                                              May 1948, Adventure Magazine
        Charley Hoe Handle Vs. Man’s Best Friend -
                      August 1947, Adventure Magazine
        Chatterbox - October1951, Boys' Life
        Cheena - November 10, 1945, Short Stories 
        Clubfoot - the Killer - 1941
        Cobwebs in the Corner - May 25, 1947, Short Stories
        Code of the Underworld – 1941
        Code of the Underworld  same as Curse of the Beaver
        Collect One Pelt  - December 28, 1940, Western Story Magazine
        Cock O’ the River - November 1946, Adventure Magazine         
        Cock O’ the River - same as Cap Gitchie’s Rooster
        Cougar Trail – February 13,1943, Western Story Magazine
  the Courting of Hoyt Magloon - August 25, 1946, Short Stories
       (Croatan -  in Buckskin Brigade by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Cross Your Bridges - April 19, 1941, Argosy Weekly
        Crying Hound - August 19, 1939, Argosy Weekly
        Curse of the Beaver - July 1941, Black Mask volume 24 #3 
        Curse of the Beaver – same as Code of the Underworld

        Danger in the Wind - February 21, 1942, Argosy Weekly
        Dangerous Journey -
        Dangerous Journey - January 1950, Boys’ Life                                    
        Dangerous Journey – same as Return of the Coyote
        Dead Man’s Dogs - July 1943, New Western Magazine         
        Dead Wrong –  same as Ride a Pack Horse
        Death In Every Shadow - July 1949, American Legion
        Death on the Hoof - December 1941, Big-Book Detective 
                                       Magazine volume 1 #1
        Death's Fangs Open - November 14, 1942, Western Story
                   Magazine
        Desert Treachery - July 18, 1942, Western Story Magazine
  the Desperate Man - October 30, 1943, Liberty Magazine
        Detour to Death – 1942
        Doctor of Birds - January 1949, Pageant (digest)
        Do Deer Scare Easily? - February 1948, Sports Afield
    (a Dog Remembers - in Two Dogs and a Horse by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Dog Sense - 1944
        Dollar-A-Mile Horse - January,1948, New Western Magazine
        Don’t Be Afraid  of the Short Story - 1945
  the Duck Blind deal - July 1947, Sports Afield
        Ducks on Windy Slough – January 7, 1939, Argosy Weekly
  the Duel - June 1942, Adventure Magazine
        Dusky - February 10, 1946, Short Stories 

        East of the Border - June 16, 1945, Liberty Magazine (Canada)
  the Education of Johnny Bing - September 11, 1943, Liberty
                            Magazine
        Empire Before Him - June 7, 1941, Argosy Weekly
        End of the Trail - in Buckskin Brigadeby Jim Kjelgaard

     A Fair Bet  same as Pedro The Gambler
  the Fangs of Tsan-lo - November 1945, Weird Tales
        Fantastic Dr. Nature - February 1945, Coronet 
  the Fawn in the Forest - May, 1949, Blue Book
  the Fifth Friend – December 25,1946, Short Stories
  the Fire God’s Kindling - August 16, 1941, Argosy Weekly  
        Fire Watch (part 1) - April 1944, Boys' Life
        Fire Watch (part 2) - May 1944, Boys' Life
        Fire Watch (part 3) - June 1944, Boys' Life
        Fire Watch (part 4)- July 1944, Boys' Life
        First Catch Your Beaver - August 3, 1940, Argosy Weekly
  the Fisherman of Clam Creek – February 25, 1945, Short Stories 
        Fish For A Dollar - May 4, 1940, Argosy Weekly
        Fishin’ Fool - June 1948, Western Story Magazine  (S&S)
        Forest of Fear - November 29, 1941, Western Story Magazine
        For Love of a Wildling - December 1940, Rangeland Romances
        For You, Valkyrie - 1942
  the Fork in the Trail - July 1943, Capper's Farmer
        Four-Footed G Men - August 1950, Boys’ Life   
        Fox in the Bag - July 13, 1940, Argosy Weekly
        Freebooter – May 1951, Boys’ Life
       (Freight for Santa Fe - in Buckskin Brigade by Jim Kjelgaard)
        From Misty Swamp -  June 29, 1940 Argosy Weekly
        Fugitive of Furnace Flats - July,1943, 10 Story Western Magazine

        George and the Retriever - October 1947, Adventure
                                                   Magazine 
        Ghost Dog - February 15, 1941, Western Story Magazine (S&S)
        Gold Is Where You Find It - March 1,1941, Western Story
                           Magazine
        Gone to the Dogs - 1958 article about anthologies
        Good Leather –  January 25, 1941, Argosy Weekly
  the Grass Grows Again - February 24, 1940, Argosy Weekly
  the Gray Buck - April 13,1940, Western Story Magazine (S&S)
         Gunsmoke Cornerstone -  1943
  the Gun Smoke Herd
        Gunstop Canyon - same as the Lieutenant’s Horse

        Hangmans Mark – October,1940, Black Mask
        Hunting the Haunt Fox  in Along Story Trails,  Ginn Basic Reader,
                                              by Ginn and Co., 1962
        Hair Over the Sights - January 1934, Fur-Fish-Game
        Headwater Tryst - September 18,1943, Western Story 
                        Magazine  (S&S)
        Hermit of the Yagitak - January 25, 1941, Western Story
                                            Magazine (S&S)
        Hitchhike For Punch - December 1945, Coronet
        Hoof-and-Fang Fury - February 1949, 10 Story Western
  the Horse Hunters - November 10,1942, Short Stories
        Horses for the Calvary - March 22, 1941, Argosy Weekly
        Hounded – August,1941, Black Mask
     a Hound for Sleeping - April 1947, Adventure Magazine
        How Animals Fight For Survival - February 1946, Coronet
        How Animals Harness Their Fear - March, 1945, Coronet
        How Some People Make a Living - 1946
        How Wary is Your Game - January 1955, American Rod and Gun

        How to Get a Plot (Joke) – October 1943, Writer’s Digest
        How to Gun a Buck - September 1955, American Rod and Gun
        Hunt For Big Trout - March 1955, Sports Afield
 
       Hunter's Moon - November 1946, Argosy Weekly
       
        Incident at Bad Water - September 1951, .44 Western Magazine
        I Never Remember a Face - The Phantom Detective, June 1941
        In Like A Lion - May 24, 1941, Argosy Weekly
  the Invader - Fall,1944, North-West Romances
      “I,” Said the Sparrow -  June 3, 1939, Argosy-All American 
                                           Fiction
        I Shot An Arrow - December 21, 1940, Argosy Weekly
        It’s the Craziest Fishing - May 1959, Arizona Highways
        It Takes a Skunk To Catch a Skunk - November 3,1945, Liberty

  the Jaguar’s Heart - same as the Tiger’s Heart
        Jasper and the Criminal – March 1951, Adventure Magazine
  the Jinx of Wrong-Way Charlie - June 1945, Western Story 
                                                    Magazine
        Journey Upstream - August 15, 1942, Western Story 
                                        Magazine (S&S)

  the Keeper of the Refuge - October 25 1945, Short Stories 
        Killer for a Day – April, 1942, Detective Short Stories
        Killer's Trail - 1942
        Killing's an Easy Thing - January 1,1944, Liberty
 
       King of Cardonga - 1941
        Kinitak Killer - 1940

 (the Lake and the Lonely Exiles -  in Two Dogs and a Horse
                                                      by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Larrigan Joe’s  Poaching Ring – June 1950, Short Stories
        Last Battle – November 1947, Argosy Weekly
  the Last Elk - August 1939, Country Gentleman Magazine
  the Last Herd - November 16, 1940, Western Story Magazine (S&S)
  the Last Trek - October 25, 1948, Short Stories
     a Lesson for the Warden - November 25, 1944, Liberty Magazine
        Letters From Elizabeth - April 1952, Coronet
  the Lieutenant’s Horse - May 25, 1940, Argosy Weekly
  the Lieutenant’s Horse - same as Gunstop Canyon
  the Light In The Window - January 11, 1941, Argosy Weekly
  the Little Blue Lake – December 10, 1944,Short Stories
     a Little Knowledge – December 1949, Big-Book Western
        Lord of the Jungle - same as the Tiger’s Heart       
        Lost Trail Drive - May 1947, Western Story Magazine
           (S&S)
        Lynx Kittens Must Eat – December 1940, Ace High Western Stories,
                                                vol. 2, #4
        Magpie Circle – Spring 1945, North-West Romances
        Make ‘Em Plausible - November,1945, Writer magazine
        Man Enough - January 1946, Western Story Magazine  (S&S)
  the Man They Couldn’t Break – July 1942, Black Mask
  the Man Who Told the Truth - July 1946, Weird Tales
     a Matter of Morale - October 24,1942, Liberty Magazine
        Mechanization of Charley Hoe Handle - October 1948, 
                                              Adventure Magazine
 (the Medicine Bag - in Buckskin Brigadeby Jim Kjelgaard)
        Meeting On The Ice - May 1949, Adventure Magazine
        Men Walk Alone - September 1945, Esquire Magazine
        Meteorologists - Furred and Feathered - May 1946,
           Boy's Life
        Midnight - December 22, 1945, Liberty Magazine
        Midnight - Fall 1975, Liberty Magazine
        Monarch of the Crags - June 29, 1940, Western Story 
                                             Magazine (S&S)
     a Month of Madness - May 10, 1942,Short Stories
  the Moon of Slatted Ribs - Jan 1949, Adventure Magazine
  the Moose of Westsmith Creek - Spring 1949, North-West
                                     Romances
        Mountain Men - February 22, 1941, Argosy Weekly
        Mountain Monarch - January 10, 1942, Western Story
                                        Magazine (S&S)
        Mudhole Pilot - February 10, 1940, Argosy Weekly
        My Father’s Collie - 1961
 
     a Narrow Escape - January 1949, Western Story Magazine  (S&S)
     a Naturalist’s Nightmare - July 1945, Coronet
        Nature’s Federation of Labor - July 1945, Coronet, Page 131             
        Nature’s Navigators - June, 1945, Coronet
        Nemesis of the NorthlandApril 4,1942, Western Story Magazine
                                                     (S&S)     
        Nemesis of the Wild –  January 16, 1943, Western Story
                                             Magazine (S&S)
        Night Hunter - November 1944,  Western Story Magazine  (S&S)
        Night Ride - March 10, 1946, Short Stories 
        Night Sounds - December 25, 1942, Short Stories
  the Night the Leaves Rustled - February 1946, Boys' Life
       (No Retreat for a Cat - in Fawn in the Forest by Jim Kjelgaard) 
        North Of The Jinx -  November 18, 1939, ArgosyWeekly                      
 (the Not-So-Tranquil Pool - in Fawn in the Forest by Jim Kjelgaard)

        Of the People – February 1951, Blue Book Magazine
        Of the River and Uncle Pidcock - November 1948,
                                    Adventure Magazine 
        Old Clumsy Paws - August 1937, Fur-Fish-Game
        Old Dog’s Tricks
- May 31, 1941, Argosy Weekly
        Old Man of Creek Bend - 1948
        Old Men's War - April 10, 1943, Short Stories 
        Old Yellowfoot - August 1947, Sports Afield
        On Custer's Trail - April 1937, Fur-Fish-Game
        One American Family - March 1946, Coronet - Dale
        Only the Brave Can Be Free - September 1941, Ace-High 
                                                       Western Stories, Vol 4, #2
 (the Opening Gate - in Buckskin Brigade by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Orphan of the Heights - December 20, 1941, Western 
                                              Story Magazine (S&S)
        Outcasts of the Desert - August 15, 1953, Saturday 
                                               Evening Post 

        Partners in Peril - October 24,1942, Western Story Magazine (S&S) 
        Pat’tidge Dog – March 1944, Boys' Life 
        Peace at Any Price - 1943
        Pedro The Gambler - May 1951, The American Legion
                  Magazine
        Pedro The Gambler - same as A Fair Bet
        Phantom of the Beeches - March 10,1943, Short Stories
        Pigeoner – March 1945, Adventure Magazine
        Please Retrieve – October 1947, Boys’ Life 
        Poaching Is Big Business - 1950
  the Pool at Gilbang – July 1947, Boys’ Life
  the Pool of No Mercy -June 1948, Argosy Weekly
  the Possum – April 1943, Western Adventures
        Push Your Wounded Deer - December 1946, Sports Afield

     a Quart of Water - March 1949, Western Story Magazine (S&S)

  the Rams With Great Horns - November 1951, Blue Book
 
the Rattler, King of Killers - 1946
        Rebel Horse -  same as the Black Horse
  the Red Bull Bellows - June 8, 1940, Argosy Weekly
        Repayment In Full - February 1950, Coronet
        Reputation – April 25, 1945, Short Stories
  the Return - June 1949, Western Story Magazine (S&S)  Vol 221, #2
  the Return of the Coyote - in Fawn in the Forest by Jim Kjelgaard
  the Return of the Coyote -  same as Dangerous Journey 
        Ride a Pack Horse - October 19, 1940, Argosy Weekly
        Ride a Pack Horse - same as Bushwhack King on His
                                        Backtrail
        Ride a Pack Horse – same as Dead Wrong
        Right as Rain - June1946, Sports Afield
        River Man - November 5, 1938, Argosy-All American Fiction
        River Purge – June 20,1942, Western Story Magazine (S&S)
        Roll’em Over Gently – 1941
        Roll’em Over Gently – January 10,1942, Detective Fiction Weekly,
                                             vol. 149,#2 
        Routine Day - June 1948, American Magazine
  the Rugged Benches – May 17,1941, Detective Fiction Weekly
 (the Rule of the Storm - in Fawn in the Forest by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Run, Sheep, Run - May1944, Western Story Magazine 


        Saddlefull of Dynamite - July 27 1940, Western Story
                                              Magazine (S&S)
        Salvation Bullet - February 7, 1942, Argosy Weekly
       (Savage Trek - in Buckskin Brigade by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Second Shot – August 1945, The Shadow
        Shadows in the Pool - April 1942, The Elks Magazine
 (the Sheltering Thicket - in Fawn in the Forest by Jim Kjelgaard)
  the Shepherd of the Slough – January1944, Adventure Magazine
  the Shot that Proved Fatal - September 20,1947, Toronto Star Newspaper
  the Shooting of Frenchy Dumont -April 1949, Adventure Magazine
        Siwash Savvy - 1941        
        Six Grow Up - September 1942, Thrilling Adventures
        Sled Dog’s Savvy - May 24 1941, Western Story Magazine
  the Smartest Dog – October 1945, Boys’ Life 
  the Snow Devil - October 1942, Adventure Magazine
        Some Must Die - May 1950, Adventure Magazine
        Something to Talk With - May 10, 1945, Short Stories
        So Skulks the Weasel July 1940, Black Mask
        Staff of Life - July 1946, Adventure Magazine
        Stalking the Seal - December 1940, Esquire  
        Starvation Island - August 2,1941, Argosy Weekly
        Strike It Rich - November 15, 1947, Collier's

  the Terrible Thirst – March 1954, Texas Rangers
        Terror of the Floes – July 5, 1941, Western Story Magazine
        Test of the Informer - 1943
        Thanksgiving at Charley Hoe Handle’s - November 1949,
                                                                       Adventure Magazine
        There Is No Story Formula - 1950
  the Thing From The Barrens - 1945
        This Is How It Was - 1959
        Thundercloud Marsh - April 13, 1940, Argosy Weekly
  the Tiger’s Heart - no date 
  the Tiger’s Heart – April 1951, Esquire Magazine
        Tiger’s Heart  same as the Jaguar’s Heart
        Tigre - part 1, January 1959, Boys' Life, (Later published as 
                              a book Tigre by Jim Kjelgaard, 1961)
        Tigre - part 2, February 1959, Boys' Life, (Later published as
                              a book Tigre by Jim Kjelgaard, 1961)
        Tigre - part 3, March 1959, Boys' Life, (Later published as 
                              a book Tigre by Jim Kjelgaard, 1961)
        Trader - May 1944, Argosy
        Trail’s End - 1961, Collins Boy’s Annual
        Trapper’s Savvy – February 19,1944, Western Story Magazine
             (S&S)
  (the Tree - in Buckskin Brigade by Jim Kjelgaard)
  (the Tree of Life - in Fawn in the Forest by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Trek from Texas August 1941, Western Adventures
        Trial By Hot Lead - August 1943, 10 Story Western
        Trouble in the Spruces - October 18,1941, Western Story
                       Magazine(S&S)
        Turkey in the Tangle - October 1945, Adventure Magazine
        Two For One - July, 27, 1940, Argosy Weekly

        Ulysses Grant Jones - Serialized posthumously novel
                                          -October 1960 , Boys’ Life 
                                          -November 1960 , Boys’ Life
                                          -December 1960 , Boys’ Life
                                          Longer version book published as 
                  Ulysses and his Woodland Zoo by
                                          Jim Kjelgaard 
        Uncle Lawrences's Trout - June 1946, Country Gentleman
        Under the Killers’ Moon - February1941, Big-Book Western
        Unmarred - 1944 January 1944, Boys' Life
        Up Where Death Begins –  April 1963, Adventure Magazine

        War-Cub with the Colt - Wary Smile - November 1941 - Western
                                                                     Novel & Short Stories
        War Country - May 3, 1941, Argosy Weekly
        Warden Bait - November 4, 1939, Argosy Weekly
        Was Grandpa a Sheep? - May 1946, Blue Book
        Water Flows Downhill - August 31, 1940, Argosy Weekly 
  the Water Hole - February 1954,  Blue Book
        When the Pack Gathered - August 10, 1940, 
                          Argosy Weekly
        Where the Wild Goats Drink - May 18, 1940, 
                                                       Argosy Weekly
  the Whistling Witness - December 1944, 10-Story Detective 
        White-Flag Friend - in Outdoors Guide of Deep-River Jim ,
                Ziff-Davis edition 1949,Didier Publishers
        Whiteness of the Night –  March,1950, Boys' Life
        Whiteness of the Night - same as White Shadow on the Ice
        White Shadow on the Ice -  same as Whiteness of the Night
        White-Water Pitch – October 30,1943, Western Story
                Magazine (S&S)
        Wild Bull of Timagour - August 1942, Thrilling Adventures
  the Wild Dog - March 10, 1945, Short Stories
        Wilderness Battle Saga -November 1940, 10 Story Western
        Wilderness Fury - November 1948, American Legion  Magazine           
        Wilderness Monarch –  October 17, 1942, Western Story Magazine
       (Wilderness Road - in Buckskin Brigade by Jim Kjelgaard)
        Wilderness Road - in Indians, Indians, Indians,
                                      P R Fenner, ed., 1951
        Wilderness Saga - June 8, 1940, Western Story
                                      Magazine (S&S)
  the Wild One’s Red Revenge –August 1948,Western Short Stories            
  the Wild Pack – March 10, 1944, Short Stories
  the Wild Swamp - July 25, 1945, Short Stories  
        William and the Contract Buck - May 1952, Texas Rangers 
        Winged Killer of the Forest - April 1945, Coronet
        Winged Vengeance – May 9, 1942, Western Story
  the Wizard's Mark - 1943
        You Can Not Drive Deer - November 1946  Sports Afield
        You Can't Catch a Deer - November 1956 Sports Afield
 

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