Crab Apple Jelly is a 1944 short story collection by Frank O'Connor.[1] It includes the following stories:
According to the critic Richard Ellmann, "crab apple jelly" was O'Connor's description of the "sweet and tart mixture" he aimed for in his work generally. Ellmann adds, "[O'Connor's] best stories stir those facial muscles which, we are told, are the same for both laughing and weeping."[2]