A Chapter of Accidents: Twenty-seven Rediscovered Stories by L.M. Montgomery, selected and edited by Carolyn Strom Collins, was published in August 2025 by Nimbus Publishing. The book contains a collection of L.M. Montgomery's short stories featuring accidents and unlikely pairings. The stories have not been in print since their original publication in periodicals from 1901 to 1932.
Here is the description of the book from Nimbus Publishing:
A funny and heartfelt collection of rare short stories about unlikely pairings by the famed Anne of Green Gables author.
L. M. Montgomery, best known for creating the beloved Anne of Green Gables series, had a thriving writing career that included several novels and more than five hundred poems and stories.
This collection features rare short stories originally published between 1901 and 1932 that haven’t been in print since their initial periodicals. Montgomery scholar Carolyn Strom Collins has curated a selection of funny and heartfelt stories to provide unique insight into how this famed author’s writing developed over her career. With stories like "A Case of Mistaken Identity," "A Platonic Experiment," and "Frank’s Revenge," each tale features an unusual, accidental, or unlikely pair. Montgomery’s brilliantly written characters and strong sense of place paired with Collins’s scholarly context make this collection a must for every Montgomery fan.
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