Bagombo Snuff Box is an assortment of short stories

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 written by Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...

 published in 1999. The book contains previously published, but uncollected short fiction

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

 that did not appear in Vonnegut's previous collection, Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House is an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in August 1968. The stories range from war-time epics to futuristic thrillers, given with satire and Vonnegut's unique edge...

. Though almost all the stories were initially written and published in the 1950s, for this collection, Vonnegut re-wrote three stories with which he had been dissatified. These rewritten stories include "The Powder Blue Dragon" and "Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp".

The Collection

• "Thanasphere
  Thanasphere
  "Thanasphere" is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, first published on 2 September 1952 in Collier's weekly, and later in Bagombo Snuff Box in 1999....
  
  " (Collier's weekly
  Collier's Weekly
  Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
  
  , 2 September 1950)
• "Mnemonics
  Mnemonics (short story)
  "Mnemonics" is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, first published on 28 April September 1951 in Collier's weekly, and later in Bagombo Snuff Box in 1999....
  
  " (Collier's, 28 April 1951)
• "Any Reasonable Offer
  Any Reasonable Offer
  Any Reasonable Offer is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, first published on 19 January 1952 in in Collier's weekly, and later in Bagombo Snuff Box in 1999....
  
  " (19 January 1952)
• "The Package
  The Package (short story)
  The Package is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, first published on 26 July 19 1952 in Collier's weekly, and later in Bagombo Snuff Box in 1999....
  
  " (26 July 1952)
• "The No-Talent Kid"
• "Poor Little Rich Town" (25 October 1952)
• "Souvenir"
• "The Cruise of the Jolly Roger"
• "Custom-made Bride"
• "Ambitious Sophomore"
• "Bagombo Snuff Box"
• "The Powder-Blue Dragon"
• "A Present for Big Saint Nick"
• "Unpaid Consultant"
• "Der Arme Dolmetscher"
• "The Boy Who Hated Girls"
• "This Son of Mine"
• "A Night for Love"
• "Find Me a Dream"
• "Runaways"
• "2BR02B
  2BR02B
  2BR02B is a science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the digest magazine Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1962, and collected in Vonnegut's Bagombo Snuff Box . The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B", referencing the famous phrase "to be, or not to be" from...
  
  " (January 1962)
• "Lovers Anonymous"
• "Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp"
• "Coda to My Career as a Writer for Periodicals" - this is Vonnegut's own reflection over the time he spent and the man he was when writing these short stories.