The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Dahl, Roald. Kiss Kiss. Penguin Random House, 1959.

Roald Dahl's Kiss Kiss is a collection of 11 short stories. Each of the collected stories is written from a distinct point of view and employs a unique approach to structure and point of view. The following summary relies upon the present tense and a linear mode of explanation.

In "The Landlady," 17-year-old Billy Weaver travels from London to Bath. After arriving in town, he notices a tantalizing bed and breakfast and decides to stay. He soon discovers that the landlady has killed and stuffed her last two guests, the same way she has stuffed her dog and parrot.

In "William and Mary," after Mary's controlling husband William dies of cancer, his scientist friend Landy, extracts his brain and eyeball. He keeps William's brain and eyeball alive using a mechanical heart. When Mary goes to see William in his new form, she is delighted by this version of her husband. Finally, she has power over him.

In "The Way Up To Heaven," Mrs. Foster is desperate to make her flight to Paris to see her daughter and grandchildren. When her husband threatens to make her late, she leaves him to die in their home's broken elevator. His death frees her to leave her life in New York to live with her family in France.

In "Parson's Pleasure," Cyril Boggis has made a living out of deceiving people. In order to procure antiques for his shop in Chelsea, he tours the countryside dressed as a clergyman. He convinces homeowners to sell him their valuable furniture for low prices. When he finds a rare commode, he expects the purchase to make him rich and famous. However, before he can load the commode into his car, the sellers chop it up with an axe.

In "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat," after Mrs. Bixby's lover gives her a mink coat, she devises a scheme to deceive her husband about the coat's origins. Ultimately, Mr. Bixby tricks his wife and gives the coat to his lover.

In "Royal Jelly," in order to save his baby's life and quell his wife's anxieties, Albert starts feeding his infant daughter royal jelly. When his wife discovers the truth, she realizes that both her husband and child are turning into bees.

In "Georgy Porgy," George's inability to interact appropriately with women is the result of a childhood experience. After seeing his pet rabbit eat her newborn baby, George has become convinced that women will devour him.

In "Genesis and Catastrophe," because Klara Hitler's first three children died, she is worried that her fourth child, Adolf, will not survive. She prays desperately that God will preserve his life.

In "Edward the Conqueror," Louisa becomes convinced that a stray cat is the reincarnation of the composer Franz Liszt. Disturbed by his wife's fantasy, Louisa's husband Edward throws the cat into his garden bonfire.

In "Pig," Lexington lives his whole life on his aunt's farm in Virginia. After her death, he travels to New York for the first time. His ignorance of the world leads to his gruesome death at a packing-house.

In "The Champion of the World," Claud convinces his friend Gordon to help him poach all of the landowner Victor Hazel's birds before his hunting party. Although they successfully drug and steal the birds, when they leave the property, the drugs wear off and the birds fly away.