âThe Collected Short Storiesâ is a collection of Abraham Merrittâs shorter works, and contains eight stories and two âfragments.â Included are: âThe People of the Pitâ, âThrough the Dragon Glassâ, âThe Droneâ, âThe Last Poet and the Robotsâ and others. These short stories span the entire career of the man who has been called Americaâs foremost adventure fantasist of the 1920s and â30s. The collection kicks off with one of its strongest tales, âThe Fox Woman,â a tale of revenge in a remote part of 20th century China. This is a mix of complete short stories and beginnings of novels that Abraham Merritt left unfinished before he died, the title story in the latter camp.