A mainstream anthology of stories on gambling themes, edited by Brent K. Ashabranner and published by Pennant Books in 1954. There was no hardcover edition. Contents: "Blood Money" - David Karp "Taste" - Roald Dahl "Everything is Wild" - James Thurber "The Most Dangerous Game" - Richard Connell "The Wager" - Anton Chekhov (trans. A. E. Chamot) "Two Days Wasted in Kansas City" - William Saroyan "Swindler's Luck" -Ben Hecht "Katz" - Nelson Algren "A Piece of Pie" -Damon Runyon "Elementals" - Stephen Vincent Benét "The Rocking-Horse Winner" - D. H. Lawrence "The Resourceful Miss Railey" -Irvin S. Cobb "A Watcher by the Dead" - Ambrose Bierce "A Fowl Disaster" - John Taintor Foote "Gambler's Luck" - Albert Richard Wetjen
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