Pub Fiction AKA Bar Tales REDUX

i.e. published fantasy and science fiction stories set in bars

Books = collections by the same author
Anthologies = books containing stories by various authors
Stories may be found in either of the above category, or on their own (in other collections)
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Books

Bar: Callahan's
Author: Spider Robinson
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Time Traveler's Strictly Cash
Callahan's Secret

Bar: Mary's Place
Author: Spider Robinson
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

The Callahan Touch
Callahan's Legacy
Callahan's Key

Bar: The White Hart
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

Tales From The "White Hart"

Bar: Gavagan's Bar
Author: L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Book(s):

Tales From Gavagan's Bar

Bar: The One-Eyed Crow
Author: Dennis L. McKiernan
Genre: Fantasy
Book(s):

Tales From The One-Eyed Crow: The Vulgmaster
Tales of Mithgar

Bar: Bullfinche's Pub
Author: Patrick Thomas
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Book(s):

Murphy's Lore: Tales from Bullfinche's Pub
Murphy's Lore: Fool's Day
Murphy's Lore: Through The Drinking Glass

Bar: Cowboy Feng's
Author: Steven Brust
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille

Bar: The Outpost
Author: Mike Resnick
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

The Outpost

Bar: Slab's Tavern
Author: John Gregory Betancourt
Genre: Fantasy
Book(s):

Slab's Tavern and Other Uncanny Places

Bar: The Billiards Club
Author: Lord Dunsany
Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Book(s):

NOTE that in 2004/2005, the Lord Dunsany stories were collected in three hardcover volumes:

The Collected Jorkens Volume 1
The Collected Jorkens Volume 2
The Collected Jorkens Volume 3

The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens
Jorkens Remembers Africa
Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey
The Fourth Book of Jorkens
Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey

Bar: Psychoanalytic Alliance luncheon club AKA Pshrinks Anonymous
Author: Janet O. Jeppson
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

The Mysterious Cure

Bar: "the club" (attended by narrator Brigadier Donald Ffellowes)
Author: Sterling Lanier
Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Book(s):

Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes
The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes

Bar: Wallace's
Author: Ross H. Spencer
Genre: Hard-boiled detective
Book(s):

The Dada Caper (1978)
The Regis Arms Caper (1979)
The Stranger City Caper (1980)
The Abu Wahab Caper (1980)
The Raddish River Caper (1981)


Collected in:

The Compleat Chance Purdue

Bar: the Gaff and Slasher Inn
Author: Peter S. Beagle
Genre: Fantasy
Book(s):

The Innkeeper's Song
Giant Bones (1993)

Bar: the Inn of the Last Home
Author: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Larry Elmore (contributors and editors)
Genre: Fantasy (note that these are sourcebooks for the DragonLance fiction and gaming universe)
Book(s):

Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home: The Complete Krynn Source Book
More Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home

Bar: The Anglers' Rest
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Genre: Humor
Book(s):

The World of Mr. Mulliner

Bar: The Union Club
Author: Isaac Asimov
Genre: Mystery
Book(s):

The Union Club Mysteries (the collected 30 mystery stories told by Griswold, EXcluding the fantasy tale "Getting Even")

Bar: Diamondback Jack's
Author: Allen Steele
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

Sex And Violence In Zero-G, from MM Publishing

Bar: The Draco Tavern
Author: Larry Niven
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

The Draco Tavern

Anthologies (various authors)

Editor(s): George H. Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

Tales From The Spaceport Bar
Another Round At the Spaceport Bar

Editor(s): Robert Lynn Asprin
Genre: Fantasy
Book(s):

Tales From The Vulgar Unicorn

Editor(s): Kealan Patrick Burke
Genre: Horror
Book(s):

Taverns of the Dead

Editor(s): Denise Little
Genre: Science Fiction
Book(s):

Cosmic Cocktails

Stories (requires that there be more than one set in any given bar)

Bar: The Draco Tavern
Author: Larry Niven
Genre: Science Fiction
Stories:

"The Subject Is Closed"
"Grammar Lesson"
"Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing"
"The Schumann Computer"
"The Green Marauder"
"The Real Thing"
"War Movie"
"Limits"
"Table Manners" (originally "Folk Tale")
"One Night at the Draco Tavern"
"The Heights"
"The Wisdom of Demons"
"Smut Talk"
"Ssoroghod's People"
"The Missing Mass"
"The Convergence of the Old Mind"
"Chrysalis"
"The Death Addict"
"Storm Front"
"The Slow Ones"
"Cruel and Unusual"
"The Ones Who Stay Home"
"Breeding Maze"
"Playhouse"
"Lost"
"Losing Mars"
"Playground Earth"

Bar: The Union Club
Author: Isaac Asimov
Genre: Fantasy
Stories:

"Getting Even"

Bar: The Union Club
Author: Isaac Asimov
Genre: Mystery
Stories:

"No Refuge Could Save"
"The Telephone Number"
"The Men Who Wouldn't Talk"
"A Clear Shot"
"Irresistible to Women"
"He Wasn't There"
"The Thin Line"
"Mystery Tune"
"Hide and Seek"
"Gift"
"Hot or Cold"
"The Thirteenth Pagen"
"1 to 999"
"Twelve Years Old"
"Testing, Testing!"
"The Appleby Story"
"Dollars and Cents"
"Friends and Allies"
"Which is Which?"
"The Sign"
"Catching the Fox"
"Getting the Combination"
"The Library Book"
"The Three Goblets"
"Spell It!"
"Two Women"
"Sending a Signal"
"The Favorite Piece"
"Half a Ghost"
"There Was a Young Lady"

Bar: Slab's Tavern
Author: John Gregory Betancourt
Genre: Fantasy
Stories:

"On The Rocks At Slab's"
"Well Bottled at Slab's"
"Cleaning Up at Slab's"
"On the Scent at Slab's"

Bar: Psychoanalytic Alliance luncheon club AKA Pshrinks Anonymous
Author: Janet O. Jeppson
Genre: Science Fiction
Stories:

"The Mysterious Cure"
"The Hotter Flash"
"A Million Shades of Green"
"August Angst"
"Seasonal Special"
"The Beanstalk Analysis"
"A Pestilence of Psychoanalysts"
"Consternation and Empire"
"The Noodge Factor"
"The Ultimate Biofeedback Device"
"The Curious Consultation"
"The Time-Warp Trauma"
"The Horn of Elfland"

Bar: "the club" (attended by narrator Brigadier Donald Ffellowes)
Author: Sterling Lanier
Genre: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Stories:

"Fraternity Brother"
"His Coat So Gay"
"His Only Safari"
"The Kings of the Sea"
"The Leftovers"
"Soldier Key"
"Ghost of a Crown"
"And the Voice of the Turtle..."
"A Father's Tale"
"Commander in the Mist"
"Thinking of the Unthinkable"
"The Brigadier in Check - and Mate"

Bar: no specific bar - the stories are all told by the narrator's unnamed Mad Friend
Author: G. C. Edmondson
Genre: Science Fiction
Stories:

"The Misfit"
"From Caribou to Carrie Nation"
"The Galactic Calabash"
"The Sign of the Goose"
"The Country Boy"
"The World Must Never Know"
"The Third Bubble"

Bar: The Rook's Branch Tavern
Author: Jeff Cates
Genre: Science Fiction
Stories:

"Getting a Toehold in the Belt" (#1)
"The Lost Dutchman's Asteroid" (#2)
"Sojourner" (#3 & #5 - printed twice by the same magazine)
"A Second Line of Defense" (#4)
"Vineland Two" (#6 part 1)
"The Challenger" (sold but unpublished)

Bar: Diamondback Jack's
Author: Allen Steele
Genre: Science Fiction
Stories:

"Free Beer & The William Casey Society"
"The Return of Weird Frank"
"Sugar's Blues"
"The Flying Triangle"