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The Best of Elmer T. Hack by Jim Barker & Chris Evans (BSFA, 1979, no ISBN, 80p, 52pp, ph, co)

1 · An Interview with Elmer T. Hack · Chris Evans · fa Deadloss #2, August 1979

6 · Elmer T. Hack · Chris Evans & Jim Barker · cs (r)
some of these cartoon strips originally appeared in Vector.

38 · A Day in the Life · Chris Evans & Jim Barker · ss

48 · Review of Lucifer’s Bradawl by Elmer T. Hack · Christopher Priest · fa

Frontiers West ed. S. Omar Barker (Doubleday, 1959, hc, an)
By Members of the Western Writers of America. Also: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. WWA #7.

· Introduction · S. Omar Barker · in

· The Spirit of Katyann · Verne Athanas · ss (r)

· The Bridegroom Came Late · Todhunter Ballard · ss (r)

· First Kill · Will C. Brown · ss (r)

· Decision · William R. Cox · ss

· Geranium House · Peggy Simson Curry · ss

· Herd Law · Hal G. Evarts · ss (r)

· Holecard · Bennett Foster · ss (r)

· Another Man’s Boots · Norman A. Fox · ss (r)

· Trial by Jury · Bill Gulick · ss (r)

· The Therefore Hog · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss (r)

· Lapwai Winter · Will Henry · nv

· Afternoon of a Hero · Dorothy Johnson · ss (r)

· The Debt of Hardy Buckelew · Elmer Kelton · ss

· Grandfather Out of the Past · Noel Loomis · ss

· Ghost Town · John Myers Myers · pm (r)

· Mean Men Are Big · Wayne D. Overholser · ss

· The Silent Ranch · Stephen Payne · ss (r)

· Bear-Sign · John Prescott · ss (r)

· The Lady Bandit and the Blizzard · Frank Robertson · ss (r)

· Blackie Gordon’s Corset · William O. Turner · ss (r)

Legends and Tales of the Old West ed. S. Omar Barker (Doubleday, 1962, hc, nf)
“60 Entertaining Folk Tales, Legends, & Tall Stories Told by Members of the Western Writers of America. Includes some fiction also.” “Contains several chapters on such gunmen and outlaws as Murietta, Black Bart, Tom Horn, Cole Younger, King Fisher, Luke Short, Bat Masterson, Diamondfield Jack Davis & others.” Details not known, but authors include Olive Burt, William R. Cox, Homer Croy, Clay Fisher, Will Henry, Dorothy Johnson, Noel Loomis, Ellis Lucia, Lola Pence Pence, Mari Sandoz, & A.W. Spring.

Spurs West ed. S. Omar Barker (Doubleday, 1960, 332pp, hc, an)
Western anthology by Members of the Western Writers of America. (WWA#8) [Mark Martinez]

· Introduction · S. Omar Barker · in

· Bad Company · S. Omar Barker · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 22 1955

· The War-horse of Spotted Tail · Amelia Bean · nv (r)

· Wine Without Price · Bill Burchardt · ss (r)

· The Brushoff · Peggy Simson Curry · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1957

· One Night in the Red Dog Saloon · Hal G. Evarts · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 3 1953

· Army Wife · Kenneth Fowler · nv Zane Grey’s Western Magazine October 1952

· Homesteader’s Wife · Norman A. Fox · ss (r)

· Hostage Trail · Fred Grove · ss Texas Rangers April 1957

· Thief in Camp · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 8 1958

· The Last Gunman · Donald Hamilton · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 2 1959

· Lost Sister · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s March 30 1956

· Grandfather Out of the Past · Noel M. Loomis · ss Frontiers West ed. S. Omar Barker, Doubleday, 1959

· Big Man from Texas · Ed Montgomery · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 3 1958

· Killer’s Conscience · Stephen Payne · ss Ranch Romances 2nd August 1957

· Man Afoot · John Prescott · ss (r)

· Gun Job · Thomas Thompson · nv Collier’s February 28 1953

· Blood on the Sun · Thomas Thompson · ss The American Magazine June 1954

Spurs: Western Writers of America ed. S. Omar Barker (Bantam, 1977, pb, an)
“An expanded edition including 14 Spurs” (Spurs #3). 25 award-winning stories, articles and poems with an introduction by S. Omar Barker. Note: from 1971 to 1977, the WWA’s “short” award was given to articles, probably due to the lack of short story markets.

· Introduction · S. Omar Barker · in

· Isley’s Stranger · Henry Wilson Allen · nv The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico, and Other Stories by Clay Fisher, Macmillan, 1962, as by Clay Fisher

· The Buried Money · Eve Ball · ar True West May/June 1974

· Bad Company · S. Omar Barker · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 22 1955

· Empty Saddles at Christmas—1966 · S. Omar Barker · pm Western Horseman Magazine December 1966

· Shootout in Burke Canyon · Earl Clark · ar American Heritage 1971

· The Brushoff · Peggy Simson Curry · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1957

· In the Silence · Peggy Simson Curry · ss Boys’ Life January 1970

· Westward—To Blood and Glory · Cliff Farrell · na Pioneer Western August 1937

· Comanche Woman · Fred Grove · ss The Pick of the Roundup ed. Stephen Payne, Avon, 1963

· When the Caballos Came · Fred Grove · ss Boys’ Life November 1968

· The Shaming of Broken Horn · Bill Gulick · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 13 1960

· The Guns of William Longley · Donald Hamilton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967

· The Tallest Indian in Toltepec · Will Henry · ss Great Western Stories ed. Charles N. Heckelmann, Berkley Highland, 1965

· The Comancheros · John Jarrell · ar New Mexico Magazine November/December 1973

· Lost Sister · Dorothy M. Johnson · ss Collier’s March 30 1956

· The Other Nevada · Robert Laxalt · ar National Geographic June 1974

· A Town Named Hate · John Prebble · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 1 1961 (+1)

· Log Studio of C.M. Russell · Lola Shelton · ss Gilcrease Magazine v5 #4, 1964

· Jonathan Gillam and the White Man’s Burden · C. L. Sonnichsen · ar Persimmon Hill v6 #4, 1976

· Blood on the Sun · Thomas Thompson · ss The American Magazine June 1954

· Gun Job · Thomas Thompson · nv Collier’s February 28 1953

· Call of the Cow Country · Harry E. Webb · ar The Westerner 1972

· The Apaches in the History of the Southwest · Don Worcester · ar New Mexico Historical Review 1975

Crime Spree ed. Trey R. Barker & Sandy DeLuca--- see under Sandy DeLuca.

The Harlot Killer ed. Allan Barnard (Dodd, Mead, 1953, LC:53-6317, $3.00, 248pp, hc, an)
Also in pb (Dell 1954).

1 · Introduction · Allan Barnard · in

14 · Murder Unlimited · Alan Hynd · ar Good Housekeeping February 1945

23 · The Alarm Bell · Dion Henderson · ss 1945

33 · The Intruder · William Sansom · ss Cosmopolitan March 1948

52 · The Stripper [Sister Mary Ursula, OMB] · Anthony Boucher · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945, as by H. H. Holmes

69 · The Jack the Ripper Murders · Richard Barker · ar from The Fatal Caress, Duell, Sloane, Pearce, 1947

123 · Love Story · Kay Rogers · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1951

127 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929

152 · In the Fourth Ward · Theodora Benson · ss The Man from the Tunnel by Theodora Benson, Gollancz, 1950

160 · The Lodger · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv Nash’s Magazine January 1911

202 · “Frenchy” - Ameer Ben Ali · Edwin M. Borchard · ar from Convicting the Innocent, 1943

211 · Jack el Destripador · translated by Anthony Boucher · ex
translated from the Spanish (1928).

215 · Jack the Ripper · Edmund Pearson · ar from More Studies in Murder, Random House, 1936

224 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943

Death of a Salesperson and Other Untimely Exits by Robert Barnard (Charles Scribner’s Sons, January 1990, 0-684-19088-5, $16.95, 200pp, hc, co)
Reprint (Collins 1989) collection of 16 mystery stories. First U.S. edition.

7 · The Woman in the Wardrobe · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1987

25 · A Business Partnership · Robert Barnard · ss (r)

36 · Little Terror · Robert Barnard · ss Winter’s Crimes 18 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1986

47 · Breakfast Television · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1987

57 · What’s in a Name? · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1985

68 · Sisters · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Anthology #57, Fall 1987

76 · The Injured Party · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine mid December 1986

88 · Just Another Kidnap · Robert Barnard · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1983

102 · Blown Up · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1986

112 · A Process of Rehabilitation · Robert Barnard · ss (r)

122 · Holy Living and Holy Dying · Robert Barnard · ss

135 · The Oxford Way of Death · Robert Barnard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1987

152 · Daylight Robbery · Robert Barnard · ss (r)

164 · Happy Release · Robert Barnard · ss

171 · Death of a Salesperson · Robert Barnard · nv (r)

197 · My Last Girlfriend · Robert Barnard · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1986

Interplanetary Hunter by Arthur K. Barnes (Gnome Press, 1956, $3.00, 321pp, hc, co, cover by Ed Emshwiller & W. I. Van der Poel)
Fix-up novel based on five stories from Thrilling Wonder Stories. Also in pb (Ace 1972).

· Venus [Gerry Carlyle] · Arthur K. Barnes · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1937, as “The Hothouse Planet”

· Jupiter [Gerry Carlyle] · Arthur K. Barnes · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1938, as “Satellite Five”

· Neptune [Gerry Carlyle] · Arthur K. Barnes · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Winter 1946, as “Siren Satellite”

· Almussen’s Comet [Gerry Carlyle; Tony Quade] · Arthur K. Barnes & Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories May 1940, as “The Seven Sleepers”

· Saturn [Gerry Carlyle] · Arthur K. Barnes · na Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1941, as “Trouble on Titan”

Circle of Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Western Women Writers ed. Kim Barnes & Mary Clearman Blew (University of Oklahoma Press, November 2001, 0806133678, $17.95, 414pp, tp, an)

· Introduction · Kim Barnes & Mary Clearman Blew · in

· The Sow in the River · Mary Clearman Blew · ss (r)

· Woodcutting on Lost Mountain · Tess Gallagher · ss (r)

· The Secret of Cartwheels · Patricia Henley · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1989

· Iona Moon · Melanie Rae Thon · ss (r)

· When I Was Ten, at Night · Mary Ann Waters · ss (r)

· Luck · Mary Ann Waters · ss (r)

· The Just Rewards · Debra Earling · ss (r)

· Changing · Debra Earling · ss (r)

· from Housekeeping · Marilynne Robinson · ex 1981

· Rules · Ripley Schemm · ss (r)

· Songs Were Horses I Rode · Ripley Schemm · ss (r)

· They Keep Their Story · Ripley Schemm · ss (r)

· For Mary, on the Snake · Ripley Schemm · ss (r)

· Visiting the Hutterites · Irene Wanner · ss (r)

· Scale · Diane Raptosh · ss (r)

· Missing You · Inez Petersen · ex (r)

· The Jailing of Cecelia Capture · Janet Campbell Hale · ex (r)

· In the Hellgate Wind · Madeline DeFrees · ss (r)

· The Difference in Effects of Temperature Depending on Geographical Location East or West of the Continental Divide: A Letter · Dennice Scanlon · ss (r)

· It’s Come to This · Annick Smith · ss Story Spring 1991

· from The Jump-Off Creek · Molly Gloss · ex (r)

· Bones · Teresa Jordan · ss (r)

· Leaving Home · Judy Blunt · ss (r)

· What comes of winter · Judy Blunt · ss (r)

· At the Stockman Bar, Where the Men Fall in Love, and the Women Just Fall · Judy Blunt · ss (r)

· from Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir · Cyra McFadden · ex (r)

· Entering Smoot, Wyoming Pop. 239 · Dixie Partridge · ss (r)

· Seasons · Ruth McLaughlin · ss The California Quarterly 1978

· Cry · Sandra Alcosser · ss (r)

· Tracks · Sandra Alcosser · ss (r)

· The Sawyer’s Wife · Sandra Alcosser · ss (r)

· Fires · Christina Adam · ss Cosmopolitan August 1994

· In My Next Life · Pam Houston · ss (r)

· Red Rock Ceremonies · Anita Endrezze · ss (r)

· Claiming Lives · Anita Endrezze · ss (r)

· Moving Day at the Widow Cain’s · Anita Endrezze · ss (r)

· Island · Gretel Ehrlich · ss (r)

· The Force of One Voice · Neidy Messer · ss (r)

· Legend in a Small Town · Neidy Messer · ss (r)

· from Relative Distances · Victoria Jenkins · ex (r)

· The Other Side of Fire · Leslie Ryan · ss (r)

· A Coyote Is Loping Across the Water · Mary Golden · ss (r)

· The Hunsaker Blood · Pauline Mortenson · ss (r)

· How I Came West, and Why I Stayed · Alison Baker · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1991

· Rima in the Weeds · Deirdre McNamer · ex (r)

· Circle of Women · Kim Barnes · ss (r)

· Calling the Coyotes In · Kim Barnes · ss (r)

· The Smell of Rain · Kim Barnes · ss (r)

· The Clan of One-Breasted Women · Terry Tempest Williams · ex from Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, Pantheon, 1991

· Breathing the Snake · Claire Davis · ss (r)

· Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Harper Anthology of Fiction ed. Sylvan Barnet (HarperCollins, 1991, 0-673-39634-7, $61.00, 1300pp, tp, an)

· I. Getting Started

· 1. Reading and Responding · [uncredited] · ms

· 2. Plot, Character, Theme · [uncredited] · ms

· 3. Narrative Point of View · [uncredited] · ms

· 4. Allegory and Symbolism · [uncredited] · ms

· II. An Anthology of Fiction

· My Kinsman, Major Molineux · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple”

· The Maypole of Merry Mount · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1836, 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy”

· The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839

· The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

· The Short Prose Narrative · Edgar Allan Poe · ar (r)

· The Overcoat · Nikolai Gogol · na (r)
translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842).

· Bartleby the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited.

· A Simple Heart · Gustave Flaubert · nv Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert, 1877
translated from the French (“Un coeur simple”, Trois contes, G. Charpentier, 1877).

· The Death of Ivan Ilych · Leo Tolstoy · na (r)

· The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865, as “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865).

· An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

· Daisy Miller · Henry James · na The Cornhill Magazine June 1878 (+1)

· A Letter about Daisy Miller · Henry James · ar (r)

· The House of Fiction · Henry James · ar (r)

· A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886

· Miss Tempy’s Watchers · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1888

· Hautot and His Son · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)

· The Awakening · Kate Chopin · n. Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899

· The Storm · Kate Chopin · ss The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, Louisiana State University, 1969

· Heart of Darkness · Joseph Conrad · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1899 (+2)

· The Lady with the Pet Dog · Anton Chekhov · ss (r)

· Letters on Fiction · Anton Chekhov · ar (r)

· The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892

· The Open Boat · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Magazine June 1897

· The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Magazine February 1898

· Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905

· The Egg · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial March 1920, as “The Triumph of the Egg”

· I Want to Know Why · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Smart Set November 1919

· To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

· Old Man and Old Woman · Chewing Blackbones · ss (r)

· Medicine · Lu Xun · ss (r)

· Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

· Clay · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

· The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

· Solid Objects · Virginia Woolf · ss The Athenaeum October 22 1920

· A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1921

· Lappin and Lapinova · Virginia Woolf · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2722, April 1939

· Modern Fiction · Virginia Woolf · ar (r)

· Han’s Crime · Shiga Naoya · ss (r)

· The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka · nv Parton Press, 1937
translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15).

· A Hunger Artist · Franz Kafka · ss (r)

· The Horse Dealer’s Daughter · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review April 1922

· The Blind Man · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review July 1920

· A Dill Pickle · Katherine Mansfield · ss The New Age October 4 1917, as “An Album Leaf”

· Miss Brill · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Athenaeum November 26 1920

· He · Katherine Anne Porter · ss New Masses October 1927

· The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929

· Flowering Judas · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Hound and Horn April/June 1930

· Especially “Flowering Judas” · Katherine Anne Porter · ar (r)

· You Were Perfectly Fine · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker February 23 1929

· The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939

· I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady by Jean Rhys, Andre Deutsch, 1976

· A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930

· Spotted Horses · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1931

· Comments on “A Rose for Emily” · William Faulkner · ar (r)

· Hills Like White Elephants · Ernest Hemingway · ss Transition August 1927

· The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941

· The Lottery in Babylon · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r)
translated from the Spanish (“La lotería en Babilonia”, Sur, January 1941).

· The Intruder · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r)
translated from the Spanish (“La intrusa”, El Aleph (3rd edition), 1966).

· The Gospel According to Mark · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The New Yorker October 23 1971
translated from the Spanish (“El evangelio según Marcos”, La Nación, August 1970).

· Sweat · Zora Neale Hurston · ss Fire!! November 1926

· The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937

· Guests of the Nation · Frank O’Connor · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1931

· The Importance of Theme · Frank O’Connor · ar (r)

· Gimpel the Fool · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss (r)

· On Saying Versus Showing · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ar (r)

· The Man Who Was Almost a Man · Richard Wright · ss (r)

· Livvie · Eudora Welty · ss (r)

· A Worn Path · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1941

· Is Phoenix Jackson’s Grandson Really Dead? · Eudora Welty · ar Critical Inquiry September 1974

· The Enormous Radio · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker May 17 1947

· The Fourth Alarm · John Cheever · ss Esquire April 1970

· I Stand Here Ironing · Tillie Olsen · ss The Pacific Spectator Winter 1956, as “Help Her to Believe”

· King of the Bingo Game · Ralph Ellison · ss Tomorrow November 1944

· Battle Royal · Ralph Ellison · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1947

· My Life with the Wave · Octavio Paz · ss (r)

· A Woman on a Roof · Doris Lessing · ss (r)

· The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948

· August 2004: There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950, as “There Will Come Soft Rains”

· Yoneko’s Earthquake · Hisaye Yamamoto · ss Furioso Winter 1951

· Samuel · Grace Paley · ss Something Else ed. Leo B. Kneer, Scott, Foresman and Co., 1970

· A Man Told Me the Story of His Life · Grace Paley · ss (r)

· The Aquatic Uncle · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, tr. William Weaver, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968
translated from the Italian (“Lo zio acquatico”, Le Cosmicomiche, Einaudi, 1965).

· About Cosmicomics · Italo Calvino · ar (r)

· The Train from Rhodesia · Nadine Gordimer · ss (r)

· The Brother · Robert Coover · ss (r)

· The Man, The Snake, and the Stone: An Islamic Fable · Idries Shah · ss (r)

· A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953

· Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964

· A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable · Flannery O’Connor · ar (r)

· Gift of Grass · Alice Adams · ss The New Yorker November 8 1969

· A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings · Gabriel Garcia Marquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss New American Review #13, 1971

· Death Constant Beyond Love · Gabriel Garcia Marquez · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1973

· The Shawl · Cynthia Ozick · ss The New Yorker May 26 1980

· What Literature Means · Cynthia Ozick · ar (r)

· The Fifty-Dollar Bill · Donald Hall · ss (r)

· The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973

· A Note on “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar (r)

· Sunday in the Park · Bel Kaufman · ss (r)

· Civil Peace · Chinua Achebe · ss (r)

· Lost in the Funhouse · John Barth · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1967

· The Spirit of Place · John Barth · ar (r)

· The Balloon · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker April 16 1966

· In the Great War · Fay Weldon · ss (r)

· Boys and Girls · Alice Munro · ss (r)

· How I Met My Husband · Alice Munro · ss (r)

· A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961

· Traveler · Ellen Gilchrist · ss (r)

· Dream Children · Gail Godwin · ss (r)

· Popular Mechanics · Raymond Carver · ss (r)

· Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981

· Errand · Raymond Carver · ss The New Yorker June 1 1987

· Talking About Stories · Raymond Carver · ar (r)

· Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Epoch Fall 1966

· My Man Bovanne · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Black World October 1971, as “Mama Hazel Takes to Her Bed”

· Rape Fantasies · Margaret Atwood · ss (r)

· The Man from Mars · Margaret Atwood · ss The Ontario Review Spring/Summer 1977

· Style and Sexuality · Margaret Atwood · ar (r)

· Shiloh · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The New Yorker October 20 1980

· Heroes and Ordinary People · Bobbie Ann Mason · ar (r)

· The Tip-Top Club · Garrison Keillor · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1981

· The Stolen Party · Liliana Heker · ss (r)

· El Tonto del Barrio · José Armas · ss (r)

· To Hell with Dying · Alice Walker · ss (r)

· Everyday Use · Alice Walker · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1973

· Remembering Mr. Sweet · Alice Walker · ar (r)

· The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986

· The Burning House · Ann Beattie · ss The New Yorker June 11 1979

· Storyteller · Leslie Marmon Silko · ss (r)

· Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978

· Coach · Mary Robison · ss The New Yorker September 14 1981

· Today Will Be a Quiet Day · Amy Hempel · ss The Missouri Review 1985

· Two Kinds · Amy Tan · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1989

· Territory · David Leavitt · ss The New Yorker May 31 1982

· Fleur · Louise Erdrich · ss Esquire August 1986

· The Moths · Helena María Viramontes · ss The Moths and Other Stories by Helena María Viramontes, Arte Publico Press, 1985

· Appendix A: A Very Short History of Short Fiction · [uncredited] · ms

· Appendix B: Writing About Fiction · [uncredited] · ms

· Appendix C: A Glossary of Critical Terms · [uncredited] · ms

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