A SAX ROHMER BIBLIOGRAPHY

A chronological listing of his thriller fiction

by Carl William Thiel

N = novel, S = short story

vt = variant title

At the bottom of each story entry is the book or

collection where the story can be found.

S1. “The Mysterious Mummy”

Pearson's Weekly Xmas 'Xtra issue (dated 24 November 1903)

S2. “The Leopard-Couch”

Chambers's Journal. January 30, 1904
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

S3. “The Green Spider”

Pearson's Magazine. October, 1904. As A. Sarsfield Ward.
Reprinted in Science Fiction by the Rivals of H.G. Wells, ed. Alan K. Russell (Castle Books, 1979)

S4. “The Mystery of the Marsh Hole”

Pearson's Magazine. April 1905
The Secret of Holm Peel (Ace Books, 1970)

S5. “The M’Villin”

Pearson's. December 1906
Tales of East and West

N1. The Sins of Severac Bablon

Cassell’s. June-August 1912
Book publication: Cassell’s, January 1914

S6. “The Secret of Holm Peel”

Cassell's Magazine. December 1912
The Secret of Holm Peel (Ace Books, 1970)

S7. “A House Possessed”

The New Magazine. December 1912.
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

N2. The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu. London: Methuen,

June 26, 1913. First edition, England.
American title: The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu (F1)
Originally published as “Fu-Manchu” in The Story Teller, October 1912 to July 1913

S8. “Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room”

The New Magazine No. 49 April 1913
The Dream Detective
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S9. “Case of the Potsherd of Anubis”

The New Magazine No. 50 May 1913
The Dream Detective

S10. “Case of the Crusader's Ax”

The New Magazine No. 51 June 1913
The Dream Detective

S11. “Case of the Ivory Statue”

The New Magazine, July 1913.
The Dream Detective

S12. “Case of the Blue Rajah”

The New Magazine, August 1913.
The Dream Detective

S13. “Case of the Whispering Poplars”

The New Magazine, September 1913.
The Dream Detective

S14. “Case of the Chord in G”

The New Magazine No. 55 Oct 1913
The Dream Detective

S15. “Case of the Headless Mummies”

The New Magazine No. 56 Nov 1913
The Dream Detective

N3. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

Serial Publication: Short Stories Magazine
November 1913 to June 1914

S16. “Case of the Haunting of Grange”

The New Magazine No. 57 December 1913
The Dream Detective

S17. “Case of the Veil of Isis”

The New Magazine No. 58 January 1914
The Dream Detective

S18. “The Broom of the Desert” (vt “The Turquoise Necklace”)

Popular Magazine. January 1, 1914.
-The Haunting of Low Fennel
-Tales of East and West

S19. “For Love of Mistress Mary”

Short Stories Illustrated. May 30, 1914.
The Secret of Holm Peel (Ace Books, 1970)
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N4. Brood of the Witch Queen

Premier Magazine. 9 parts: May 1914 to January 1915

N5. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu (F2)

Serial Publication: Collier's Nov 21, 1914 to Dec 4, 1915.
Book Publication: R. M. McBride & Co. © Mar. 8, 1916

N6. The Yellow Claw

Serial Publication: Lippincott's. February to June 1915
Book Publication: McBride, Nast & Co. © Apr. 17, 1915

S20. “Haroun Pasha”

Popular Magazine. April 23, 1915
Tales of Secret Egypt

S21. “The Haunting of Low Fennel”

The Story-Teller, November 1915
-The Haunting of Low Fennel
-Tales of East and West

S22. “Pomegranate Flower”

The Premier Magazine, Nov 1915
Tales of Secret Egypt

S23. “In the Valley of the Sorceress”

The Premier Magazine January 1916
Tales of Secret Egypt

S24. “Lure of Souls”

The Premier Magazine, March 1916
Tales of Secret Egypt

N7. The Hand of Fu-Manchu (F3)

Collier's, April 8, 1916 through June 2, 1916
Book Publ: © May 28, 1917
“Being a new phase in the activities of Fu-Manchu, the
Devil Doctor”

S25. “The Treasure of Taia”

The New Magazine. May 1916 (orig. title: “The Haunted
Temple”)
Munsey's. November 17, 1925 (rewritten with parts of the
text rearranged and the main characters’ names changed)
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

S26. “The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho”

Blue Book, June 1916
Tales of Chinatown
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S27. “The Cardinal’s Stair”

The Story-Teller, July 1916
Tales of East and West

S28. “Lord of the Jackals”

The New Magazine, January 1917
Tales of Secret Egypt

S29. “The Secret of Ismail”

The Premier Magazine, September 1917
Tales of Secret Egypt

S30. “The Yashmak of Pearls”

The Premier Magazine, Oct 1917
Tales of Secret Egypt

S31. “The Death-Ring of Sneferu”

The Premier Magazine, Nov 1917
Tales of Secret Egypt

S32. “The Lady of the Lattice”

The Premier Magazine, December 1917
Tales of Secret Egypt

S33. “Omar of Ispahan”

The Premier Magazine, Jan 1918
Tales of Secret Egypt

S34. “The Breath of Allah”

The Premier Magazine, February 1918
Tales of Secret Egypt

S35. “The Whispering Mummy”

The Premier Magazine, March 1918
Tales of Secret Egypt

S36. “The Master of Hollow Grange”

The New Magazine, June 1918
-The Haunting of Low Fennel
-Tales of East and West

N8. The Orchard of Tears

London: Methuen, October 24, 1918

S37. “The Curse of a Thousand Kisses”

The Premier Magazine, Nov 1918
-The Haunting of Low Fennel
-Tales of East and West
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N9. The Golden Scorpion

The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 1918
Book Publication: New York, R.M. McBride & Co. © Apr. 14, 1920

N10. Tales of Secret Egypt

Book Publication: New York, R.M. McBride & Co.
© February 1919

N11. Dope
Serial Publication: Detective Story. July 22 to September 9, 1919
Book Publication: New York, R.M. McBride & Co. © Sept. 9, 1919

S38. “The Man with the Shaven Skull”

The Premier. March 12, 1920
Tales of Chinatown

S39. “Tchériapin”
Sovereign, April 1920
Tales of Chinatown; The Omnibus of Crime
(ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, 1928)

N12. The Dream Detective

Book Publication: London: Jarrolds, 1920; New York:
Doubleday, 1925

N13. The Green Eyes of Bast

Serial Publication: Detective Story. Mar 16 to Apr 20, 1920
Book Publication: London: Cassell, 1920; NY: McBride, 1920

S40. “The House of the Golden Joss”

Cassell's July 1920
Tales of Chinatown

S41. “The Dance of the Veils”

The Sovereign Magazine, v1#8, June/July 1920
Tales of Chinatown

N14. Fire-Tongue
Serial Publication: Collier's Dec 25, 1920 to March 12, 1921
Book Publication: Doubleday, Page & Co. © Jan. 20, 1922

N15. Bat Wing

Book Publication: London, Jan. 12, 1921.
Short Stories. February, March, April 1921 © Apr 29, 1921 in U.S.

S42. “The Daughter of Huang Chow”

Cassell's Magazine of Fiction, December 1921
Tales of Chinatown
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S43. “The Hand of the Mandarin Quong”

Munsey's. February 1922
Tales of Chinatown

S44. “The Golden Doll”

Detective Story Magazine. April 8, 1922
Tales of Chinatown

S45. “The Black Mandarin”

Collier's. November 4 - 18, 1922
Tales of East and West

N16. Grey Face

Serial Publication: Short Stories. September 10, 1924
Book Publication: October 9, 1924

N17. Yellow Shadows

Serial Publication: London Daily Graphic.
May 25 to July 7, 1925

N18. Moon of Madness

Serial Publication: Liberty
June 26 & July 3, 1926 Chapters 1- 7 as “Without Surrender” (two parts)
March 5, 1927. Chapters 8-12 as “Moon of Madness”
March 19, 1927. Chapters 13-16 as “The Grass Orphan”
April 2, 1927. Chapters 17-20 as “The Zara Mystery”
April 16, 1927 Chapters 21-23 “The Beauty Trap”
April 30, 1927 Chapters 24-27 “Peter Pan at Noon”
May 7, 1927 Chapters 28-32 “The Heart of Nanette”

N19. The Emperor of America

Serial Publication: Collier's November 5, 1927 to Feb 11, 1928; May 19 to Aug 18, 1928.

1. The Emperor of America (Nov 5, 1927)

2. The Diamond Z (Nov 19, 1927)
3. Thorn Apple (Dec 3, 1927)
4. Mysterious Napoleon (Dec 17, 1927)
5. The Barking Dogs (Dec 24, 1927)
6. At the Road House (Jan 7, 1928)
7. The White Room (Feb 11, 1928)
8. The Emperor of America Returns (May 19, 1928)
9. The Black White Way (Jun 2, 1928)
10. Great Head Center (Jun 16, 1928)
11. Manhatten Caverns (Jul 21, 1928)
12. The Cardinal's Garden (Aug 18, 1928)

N20. She Who Sleeps

Serial Publication: Liberty. Mar 3-May 5, 1928.
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N21. The Day the World Ended

Serial Publication: Collier's. May 4 to July 20, 1929

S46. “Fires of Baal”

Collier's. November 9, 1929
Tales of East and West

S47. “The Father of Thieves”

Collier's. February 22, 1930
Tales of East and West

N22. The Daughter of Fu Manchu (F4)

Serial Publication: Collier's. March 8 to May 24, 1930.

S48. “Torture”
Collier's. June 21, 1930
Tales of East and West

N23. Yu'an Hee See Laughs

Serial Publication: Collier's. February 28 to May 16, 1931

S48~ “Midnight Rendezvous” [May be variant title?]

Collier's. June 13, 1931.

S49. “Mark of the Monkey”

Britannia & Eve [UK]. April 1931
Collier's. June 27, 1931
Tales of East and West

S50. “The Squirrel Man”

Collier's. August 15, 1931
Tales of East and West

S51~ “The Turkish Yataghan”

Collier's. June 13, 1931.
reprinted in Saint Mystery Magazine
(April 1957, v7#4)

S51. “Light of Atlantis”

Collier's. January 23, 1932
Tales of East and West

N24. The Mask of Fu Manchu (F5)

Serial Publication: Collier's. May 7 to July 23, 1932
MGM Picture released on Nov 5, 1932.

N25. Tales of East and West; thirteen little masterpieces of death and fear and terror.
Book Publication © Apr 26, 1933
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N26. The Bride of Fu Manchu (F6)

Serial Publication: Collier's. May 6 to July 8, 1933

N27. The Trail of Fu Manchu (F7)

Serial Publication: Collier's. April 28 to July 14, 1934

N28. The Bat Flies Low

Serial Publication: Collier's. March 30 to June 15, 1935.

N29. President Fu Manchu (F8)

Serial Publication: Collier's. February 29 to May 16, 1936.
Crime Club edition © May 22, 1936

N30. The Drums of Fu Manchu (F9)

Serial Publication: Collier's April 1 to June 3, 1939.

N31. The Island of Fu Manchu (F10)

Serial Publication: Liberty. November 16, 1940 to February 1, 1941.
N32. Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt
Collier's (May 1941-Feb 1943)
• A Heart in Her Hands (chaps. 1-5) May 31, 1941
• Pool-O'-the-Moon (chaps. 6-9) Aug 23, 1941
• Four and Twenty Cobblers (chaps. 10-13). Apr 11, 1942
• Laughing Buddha (chaps. 14-16) Feb 21, 1942
• Blue Anemones (chaps. 22-24) Sept 19, 1942
• Serpent Wind (chaps. 25-28). Nov 7, 1942
• The Man Who Killed Blackbirds (chaps. 29-31).
Feb 13, 1943)

S52. “Brother Wing-Commanders”

Chambers’s Journal. June, 1942
The Secret of Holm Peel (Ace Books, 1970)

S53. “The Mark of Maat”

Collier's. January 15, 1944
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

S54. “The Owl Hoots Twice”

Collier's. February 14, 1948
The Secret of Holm Peel (Ace Books, 1970)

N33. Shadow of Fu Manchu (F11)

Serial Publication: Collier's. May 8 to June 12, 1948
Crime Club edition © Aug 5, 1948
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S55. “Crime Takes a Cruise”

This Week. January 15-22, 1950
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

N34. The Nude in Mink

Fawcett Gold Medal © May 5, 1950
Published in the U.K. as Sins of Sumuru (1950)

S56. “A Date at Shepheard’s”

Blue Book. October 1950
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

N35. Wulfheim. London: Jarrolds, 1950

[An occult novel based on a play Rohmer wrote in
1926 which was never published or produced.]

N36. Sumuru
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, © Dec 5, 1951
Published in the U.K. as Slaves of Sumuru (1951)

S57. “The Wrath of Fu Manchu”

Star Weekly (Toronto), January 26 to February 23, 1952
(a 5-part serial)
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

N37. Re-enter Fu Manchu (F12)

Fawcett Gold Medal Book only © July 30, 1957

S58. “The Eyes of Fu Manchu”

This Week. October 6 and 13, 1957
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

S59. “The Word of Fu Manchu”

This Week. March 9, 1958.
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

S60. “The Mind of Fu Manchu”

This Week. February 1, 1959.
The Wrath of Fu Manchu (DAW Books, 1976)

N38. Emperor Fu Manchu (F13)

Fawcett Gold Medal Book only © Oct 28, 1959
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LITERARY CRITICISM of DR. FU MANCHU

Cannon, Garland. Sax Rohmer’s Use of Oriental Words in His Fiction. Texas A&M, 2005.

Frayling, Christopher. The Yellow Peril: Dr Fu Manchu & The Rise of Chinaphobia. Thames &
Hudson, 2014.

“Sax Rohmer's Use of Oriental Terms in his Fiction”

Scott, David. “Rohmer’s ‘Orient’ - Pulp Orientalism? Oriental Archive 80, 2012.

Shih, David. “The Color of Fu-Manchu: Orientalist Method in the Novels of Sax Rohmer.”
The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2009, pp. 304-317

Van Ash, Cay and Elizabeth Sax Rohmer. Master of Villainy: A Biography of Sax Rohmer. Tom
Stacey / Bowling Green, 1972.

On the Internet:

The Page of Fu Manchu is an excellent resource for all things Rohmer and Fu Manchu.
http://www.philsp.com/SaxRohmer/FuManchu.htm

Sax Rohmer

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