Miscellaneous Anthologies

Stories, Listed by Author

VIVANTE, ARTURO

• * Honeymoon, (ss) New Yorker Nov 26 1973
  • The Best American Short Stories 1974, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1974
• * The Stream, (ss) New Yorker
  • Stories from The New Yorker 1950-1960, ed. Anon., Penguin 1965

VIZENOR, GERALD (1934- )

• * Almost Browne, (ss)
  • A Web of Stories: An Introduction to Short Fiction, ed. Jon Ford & Marjorie Ford, Prentice Hall 1998
• * Bad Breath, (nv)
  • An Illuminated History of the Future, ed. Curtis White, Illinois State University 1989

VOELKER, JOHN DONALDSON (1903-1991); see pseudonym Robert Traver

VOGLER, SIDNEY

• * The Old Woman, (ss) New Stories Apr-May 1934
  • The Best British Short Stories 1934 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Houghton Mifflin 1934

VOIGHT, JOHN

• * Nether City, (ex)
  • The New Olympia Reader, 1993 Edition, ed. Maurice Girodias, Quality Paperback Club 1993

VOLCHOK, SUSAN

• * How We Did It, (ss)
  • The Best American Erotica 2003, ed. Susie Bright, Touchstone Books 2003

VOLLMANN, WILLIAM T(anner) (1959- )

• * Nicole, (ss) 1991; From Whores for Gloria, ascription required.
  • The Mammoth Book of International Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 1996

VOLLMER, LULA

• * The Road That Led Afar, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 14 1939
  • Post Stories of 1939, ed. Anon., Little, Brown 1940

VOLOSHEN, LAUREN

• * Baila Conmigo, (ss)
  • Best Lesbian Erotica 1997, ed. Jewelle Gomez & Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press 1997

VOLPE, EDMOND

• * Myth in Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”, (ar)
  • An Introduction to Fiction, ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Longman 1999
  • The Longman Anthology of Short Fiction, ed. Dana Gioia & R. S. Gwynn, Longman 2000

VOLTAIRE; pseudonym of François Marie Arouet, (1694-1778)

• * Candide, (ex) 1759
  • Classic Erotic Tales, ed. Anon., Michael O’Mara 1995
• * The Dog and the Horse [from Zadig, 1747], (ex)
  • The World’s Shortest Stories, ed. Richard G. Hubler, Popular Library 1962
• * On Tolerance, (ar); from Selected Works of Voltaire.
  • Man’s Search for Values, ed. Thomas H. W. Martin, Dorothy Chamberlin & Irmgard Wieler, Gage Publishing 1987; tr. by Joseph McCabe
• * The Three Prophets, (vi)
  • The World’s Shortest Stories, ed. Richard G. Hubler, Popular Library 1962

von ARNIM, ACHIM (1781-1831)

• * The Mad Invalid of Fort Ratonneau, (nv)
  • Four Romantic Tales from 19th Century German, Helene Scher, Frederick Ungar 1982

VON DER GOLTZ, PEGGY

• * Fair Lady, (ss)
  • The Story Pocket Book, ed. Whit Burnett, Pocket 1945

VON DODERER, HEIMITO (1896-1966)

von DODERER, HEIMITO

• * Two Short Stories, (ss) The Literary Review Win 1962
  • Stories From The Literary Review, ed. Charles Angoff, Associated University Presses 1969; tr. by Astrid Ivask

von ESCHSTRUTH, NATALY

• * The Gray Nun, (ss); from the German, for “Short Stories”.
  • Greatest Short Stories: Volume 4, Foreign, ed. Anon., P. F. Collier & Son 1953; tr. by Lionel Strachey

VON FAUST, YON

• * Lacerations, (ss) Backstage Passes, ed. Amelia G, Rhinoceros 1996

von FRANZ, MARIE-LOUISE (1915?-1998)

• * Archetypes Surrounding Death, (ar) Quadrant Sum 1979
  • Dreams Are Wiser Than Men, ed. Richard A. Russo, North Atlantic 1987

von GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG; see under Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

VONNEGUT, KURT, Jr. (1922- )

• * Harrison Bergeron, (ss) F&SF Oct 1961
  • Ventures, ed. Harvey R. Granite, Millard H. Black & Jo M. Stanchfield, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1971
  • An Introduction to Fiction, ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Longman 1999
  • The American Short Story and Its Writer: An Anthology, ed. Ann Charters, Bedford Books 1999
• * How to Write with Style, (ar)
  • The New Millennium Reader (3rd Edition), ed. Stuart Hirschberg & Terry Hirschberg, Prentice Hall 2002
• * The Hyannis Port Story, (ss) Welcome to the Monkey House, Delacorte 1968
  • Innovative Fiction, ed. Jerome Klinkowitz & John Somer, Dell Laurel 1972
• * In a Manner That Must Shame God Himself, (ss)
  • American Satire: An Anthology of Writings from Colonial to Present Times, Nick Bakalar, Meridian 1997
• * Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., on Writing, the Themes of Science Fiction, (ar)
  • An Introduction to Fiction, ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Longman 1999
• * Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog, (ss) Colliers Mar 14 1953
  • Vibrations, ed. Harvey R. Granite, Millard H. Black & Jo M. Stanchfield, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1971
• * Unready to Wear, (ss) Galaxy Apr 1953
  • Superfiction, or the American Story Transformed, ed. Joe David Bellamy, Vintage 1975
• * Welcome to the Monkey House, (ss) Playboy Jan 1968
  • The Granta Book of the American Short Story, ed. Richard Ford, Penguin/Granta 1998

von SACHER-MASOCH, LÉOPOLD; see under Sacher-Masoch, Léopold von

VOROBYOV, N.

• * For the Birds, (ss)
  • The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire, ed. Mirra Ginsburg, Evergreen/Grove Press 1965

VORSE, MARY (Marion) HEATON [i.e., Mary Heaton Vorse O’Brien; Mrs. Albert White Vorse] (1874-1966)

• * De Vilmarte’s Luck, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1918
  • The Best Short Stories of 1918 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Small, Maynard 1919
• * Other Room, (ss) McCall’s Apr 1919
  • The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Small, Maynard 1920
• * The Promise, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1923
  • The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Small, Maynard 1924
• * Twilight of the God, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1922
  • O. Henry Memorial Award Prizes of 1922, ed. Anon., Doubleday, Page & Company; Garden City, New York, and Toronto 1923
• * The Wallow of the Sea, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1921
  • The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Small, Maynard 1922
• * Youth’s a Crime, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion Feb 1927
  • A Diamond of Years — The Best of Woman’s Home Companion, ed. Helen Lamont, Doubleday 1961

VOYLE, URITH

• * Their Fellow-Prisoner, (ss) Blackwood’s Dec 1932
  • The Best British Short Stories 1933 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Houghton Mifflin 1933

VOZENILEK, HELEN

• * The Fall, (ss)
  • Love Shook My Heart 2, ed. Jess Wells, Alyson 2001

VREULS, DIANE

• * Beebee, (ss) Shenandoah 1982
  • The Best American Short Stories 1983, ed. Anne Tyler & Shannon Ravenel, Houghton Mifflin 1983

VROMAN, MARY ELIZABETH

• * See How They Run, (ss)
  • By and About Women, ed. Beth Kline Schneiderman, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973
  • Modern Fiction about School Teaching, ed. Jay S. Blanchard & Ursula Casanova, Allyn & Bacon 1996

VU, TRAC

• * PreDahmer, (ss)
  • The Best American Erotica 1995, ed. Susan Bright, Touchstone Books 1995

VUKELICH, GEORGE

• * The Scale Room, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jun 1954
  • The Best American Short Stories 1955, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1955
• * The Turtle, (ss)
  • Ten Top Stories, ed. David A. Sohn, Bantam 1964
  • Ten Top Stories, ed. David A. Sohn, Bantam Pathfinder 1964

WACHSLER, SHARON

• * The Pitcher, (ss) Best Lesbian Erotica 2003, ed. Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press 2002
  • The Best American Erotica 2004, ed. Susie Bright, Simon & Schuster/Touchstone 2004

WADDINGTON, MIRIAM

• * In the Sun, (pm); from The Season’s Lovers.
  • Man’s Search for Values, ed. Thomas H. W. Martin, Dorothy Chamberlin & Irmgard Wieler, Gage Publishing 1987

WADE, JOHN STEVENS

• * Upstairs, (pm)
  • The Search for Self, ed. Hannah Beate Haupt, Lilla Heston, Joy Littell & Sarah Solotaroff, McDougal, Littell & Co. 1972

WADE, ROBERT (Allison) (1920- ); see pseudonym Wade Miller

WAGGENER, E. C.

_____, trans.

• * The Accursed House, by Émile Gaboriau, (ss) 1891; Copyright 1891 by The Current Literature Publishing Company.
  • Greatest Short Stories: Volume 6, Foreign, ed. Anon., P. F. Collier & Son 1953

WAGNER, ERICA

• * The Taste of Apricots: une histoire de fantômes, (ss) The Time Out Book of Paris Short Stories, ed. Nicholas Royle, Penguin 1999

WAGONER, DAVID (Russell) (1926- )

• * A Guide to Dungeness Spit, (pm)
  • Portable Western Reader, ed. William Kittredge, Penguin 1997
• * Note from Body to Soul, (pm)
  • The Search for Self, ed. Hannah Beate Haupt, Lilla Heston, Joy Littell & Sarah Solotaroff, McDougal, Littell & Co. 1972
• * Working Against Time, (pm)
  • What on Earth? An Ecology Reader, ed. Terry Ofner & Rebessa Christian, Perfection Learning 2001

WAHL, ALBERTA (Elizabeth) HUGHES (1904-1987)

• * This Was Meant to Be, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion Feb 1946
  • A Diamond of Years — The Best of Woman’s Home Companion, ed. Helen Lamont, Doubleday 1961

WAHLENBERG, ANNA

• * The Barrel Bung, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978
• * The King’s Choice, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978
• * Linda-Gold and the Old King, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978
• * The Magician’s Cape, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978
• * The Magpie with the Salt on Her Tail, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978
• * The Old Troll of Big Mountain, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978
• * The Queen, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978
• * The Troll Ride, (ss)
  • Great Swedish Fairy Tales, ed. Elsa Olenius, Delacorte Press 1978

WAIN, JOHN (1928- )

• * Manhood, (ss)
  • Sport, ed. Graham Handley, London: J. Murray 1980
• * Moondust (for Victor Neep in Rhosgadfan), (pm)
  • Frontier of Going, ed. John Fairfax, Panther 1973
• * While the Sun Shines, (ss) Playboy Apr 1967
  • Great British Short Stories, ed. Editors of Reader’s Digest, London: Reader’s Digest 1974
  • Great British Short Stories, ed. Editors of Reader’s Digest, London: Reader’s Digest 1974

WAKEFIELD, DAN

• * Autumn Full of Apples, (ss) Redbook Sep 1965
  • The Best American Short Stories 1966, ed. Martha Foley & David Burnett, Houghton Mifflin 1966

WAKEFIELD, H(erbert) RUSSELL (1888-1964)

• * The Third Coach, (ss) They Return At Evening, Phillip Allan 1928
  • The Haunted Dancers, ed. Charles Birkin, Paperback Library 1967
• * Used Car, (ss) Ghost Stories, London: Cape 1932
  • The Evening Standard Book of Best Short Stories, ed. Anon., London: Search Publications 1933

WAKEFIELD, TOM (1935- )

• * Dance of the Vipers, (ss) Winter’s Tales, New Series: 7, ed. Robin Baird-Smith, Constable 1991

WAKEMAN, JOHN

• * Sherry at the Rectory, (ss)
  • God, ed. Anon., Serpent’s Tail 1992

WAKOSKI, DIANE

• * Blue Suede Shoes, (pm)
  • Mondo Elvis, ed. Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody, St. Martin’s Press 1994
• * The Photos, (ss)
  • Many Californias, ed. Gerald Haslam, University of Nevada Press 1999
• * Precision, (ss)
  • Many Californias, ed. Gerald Haslam, University of Nevada Press 1999
• * The Ring, (ss)
  • Many Californias, ed. Gerald Haslam, University of Nevada Press 1999

WALBERT, KATE

• * The Gardens of Kyoto, (ss)
  • Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards, ed. Larry Dark, Anchor Books 2000

WALCOTT, DEREK (1930- )

• * Pissarro at Dusk, (ss)
  • Beacon Best of 2000, ed. Edwidge Danticat, Beacon Press 2000

WALD, ELISSA

• * Missing the Boat, (nv) 1995; From Meeting the Master..
  • The Mammoth Book of International Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson 1996
• * Real Men, (ss)
  • The Ex-Files: New Stories About Old Flames, ed. Blake Ferris, Context Books 2000

WALDMAN, MILTON (1895- )

• * The Home Town, (ss) The London Mercury Dec 1924
  • The Best Short Stories of 1925 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story, ed. Edward J. O’Brien, Small, Maynard 1926

WALDRON, DANIEL (1925- )

• * Evensong, (ss) New Story Magazine Oct 1951
  • The Best American Short Stories 1952, ed. Martha Foley, Houghton Mifflin 1952

WALDROP, HOWARD (1946- )

• * Ike at the Mike, (ss) Omni Jun 1982
  • Elvis Rising: Stories on the King, ed. Kay Sloan & Constance Pierce, Avon 1993
  • Mondo Elvis, ed. Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody, St. Martin’s Press 1994
• * Tube Chiefs Talk Tough! Gi’z a Pint!, (ar) A Mexicon Decade, ed. Colin Harris, Mexicon 6 1994

WALKER, ALICE (Malsenior) (1944- )

• * The Abortion, (ss) Mother Jones Aug 1980
  • We Are the Stories We Tell: The Best Short Stories by North American Women Since 1945, ed. Wendy Martin, Pantheon Books 1990
• * Am I Blue?, (ar)
  • The New Millennium Reader (3rd Edition), ed. Stuart Hirschberg & Terry Hirschberg, Prentice Hall 2002
• * Author’s Perspective: Walker: The Black Woman Writer in America, (ar)
  • The Longman Anthology of Short Fiction, ed. Dana Gioia & R. S. Gwynn, Longman 2000
• * Everyday Use, (ss)
  • Women and Fiction: Short Stories by and About Women, ed. Susan Neunzig Cahill, New American Library 1975
  • Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, R. V. Cassill, Norton 1987
  • The Harper Anthology of Fiction, ed. Sylvan Barnet, Longman 1991
  • The Secret Self 1: Short Stories by Women, ed. Hermione Lee, Everyman 1993
  • Worlds of Fiction, ed. Roberta Rubenstein & Charles R. Larson, MacMillan College Division 1993
  • Major American Short Stories, ed. A. Walton Litz, Oxford University Press 1994
  • Fiction: A Longman Pocket Anthology, ed. R. S. Gwynn, Addison-Wesley Pub Co. 1998
  • An Introduction to Fiction, ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Longman 1999
  • The American Short Story and Its Writer: An Anthology, ed. Ann Charters, Bedford Books 1999
  • The Haves and Have-Nots, ed. Barbara H. Solomon, Signet 1999
  • Norton Anthology of Short Fiction: Sixth Edition, ed. R. V. Cassill & Richard Bausch, W. W. Norton & Co. 2000
  • The Longman Anthology of Short Fiction, ed. Dana Gioia & R. S. Gwynn, Longman 2000