Fles, Barthold
Entry updated 24 August 2026. Tagged: Editor.
(1902-1989) Dutch-American author, editor, literary agent, translator and publisher; in the USA from 1923 to 1986. Authors represented by his New York agency, which was active from 1933 to 1986, included Guy Endore, L Sprague de Camp, Charles Finney, Dean R Koontz and Leo Perutz. As editor, Fles published four reprint anthologies of magazine stories, beginning with The Best Short Short Stories from Collier's (anth 1948): this comprises 50 selections from Collier's Weekly and includes a story by John Collier. Of the four, the only volume of strong genre interest is the Fantastika-themed The Saturday Evening Post Fantasy Stories (anth 1951), whose nine stories from the Saturday Evening Post include sf by Paul Gallico, Gerald Kersh and Murray Leinster (as Will F Jenkins). [DRL]
Barthold Fles
born Amsterdam, Netherlands: 17 February 1902
died Laren, Netherlands: 19 December 1989
works as editor (selected)
- The Best Short Short Stories from Collier's (Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Company, 1943) [anth: often wrongly listed as The Best Short Stories from Collier's: hb/nonpictorial]
- The Saturday Evening Post Fantasy Stories (New York: Avon Publishing Company, 1951) [anth: pb/William Randall]
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