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His3: Brilliant New Fiction by Gay Writers ed. Robert Drake (Faber & Faber 0571199631, Jun ’99, $15.00, 256pp, tp)

0 • Introduction • Robert Drake • in
1 • Queerbait • Mark A. Shaw • nv
22 • Arson • Bernard Cooper • ss
36 • Tar Pit Heart • Tim Miller • ss
45 • Heroes • Gil Cuadros • ss
52 • To Nam and Bac • Henri Tran • ss
61 • Affairs of the Day • Robert Rodi • ss
66 • The Road to Mary’s Place • David Kelly • ss
77 • Levi • Rick Sandford • ss
95 • Love Problem • Matthew Stadler • ss
100 • Bitter Homes and Gardens • Luis Alfaro • ss
108 • Love Is Thin Ice • David Vernon • ss
122 • The Seizure • Peter Cashorali • ss
138 • Wig • Patrick Gale • ss
158 • The Wedding Dress • Jason Friedman • ss
176 • The Horses • David Watmough • ss
183 • Guardian • Scott W. Peterson • ss
200 • Going to Japan • Paul Attinello • ss
202 • The Option of the Coat • Frank DiPalermo • nv
233 • Notes on the Contributors • Misc. Material • bg
In and Out of Time: Lesbian Feminist Fiction ed. Patricia Duncker (Onlywomen Press 0-906500-37-0, Jun ’90, £5.95, 239pp, tp, cover by Geraldine Walsh); Anthology of 18 radical lesbian feminist stories, 15 original.

1 • Gypsophila • Claire Macquet • ss *
15 • Diwali Mubarak • Daljit Kaur • ss Bazaar Magazine Mar ’90
23 • Naomi • Tina Kendall • ss *
30 • Penelope Is No Longer Waiting • Cherry Potts • ss *
33 • The Wedding Stone • Caroline Halliday • ss *
38 • The Lizard Barks at One • Valerie Potter • vi *
40 • Dope Smoking Lesbians Can Never Be Good Teachers • Berta R. Freistadt • ss *
58 • You Can’t Say That • Rebecca O’Rourke • ss *
61 • In and Out of Time • Shameem Kabir • nv *
86 • Another Garden • Aspen • ss *
100 • The Secret of Chantal Grey • Margaret Melvin • ss *
107 • Below Zero • Alison Ward • ss *
119 • The Runners • Char March • ss *
131 • The Great Tropical Hardwood Walkout • Frances Gapper • ss Horticulture Week Dec 20/Dec27 ’85; slightly revised.
136 • Someone in Some Future Time • Shelley Anderson • ss *
156 • Saccharin Cyanide • Anna Livia • ss Saccharin Cyanide, Onlywomen Press, 1990
175 • Scarlett O’Hara • Mary Dorcey • nv *
217 • Suit, Goodbye • Helen Smith • ss *
224 • The Word and the World • Patricia Duncker • aw *
235 • Contributors’ Notes • Misc. Material • bg *
Mondo Marilyn ed. Lucinda Ebersole & Richard Peabody (St. Martin’s, 1995, xiii+193pp, tp)

• For Marilyn M. • Charles Bukowski • ss
• Marilyn Monroe Comes to Rock Falls • Leslie Pietrzyk • ss
• Marilyn Poses on Red Satin • Lyn Lifshin • pm
• Marilyn Monroe Knows She Should Make Herself • Lyn Lifshin • pm
• Marilyn Monroe Longs for a Siamese Twin • Lyn Lifshin • pm
• From The Missing Person • Doris Grumbach • ex
• Marilyns • Jeanne Beaumont • ss
• From Queen of Desire • Sam Toperoff • ex
• Saturday Afternoon, June, Long Island, New York • Julia P. Dulmer • ss
• From Motor City • Bill Morris • ex
• I Have Come to Claim • Judy Grahn • ss
• From Son of Celluloid • Clive Barker • ex
• From Marilyn’s Daughter • John Rechy • ex
• Something’s Got to Give • David Trinidad • ss
• Waiting to See • L. A. Lantz • ss
• From Atomic Candy • Phyllis Burke • ex
• Marilyn Monroe - Neon and Waltzes • Nanci Griffith • ss
• You: Coma: Marilyn Monroe • J. G. Ballard • ss Ambit #27 ’66
• A Dream Can Make a Difference • Beth Meacham • ss By Any Other Fame, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1993
• Marilyn Sightings • Tom Whalen • ss
• The Real Marilyn Monroe • Hillary Johnson • ss
• Sex Appeal • Rita Valencia • ss
• Dead Talk • Lynne Tillman • ss
• ***Marilyn Monroe*** • Michael Lally • ss
• Untitled • Michael Lally • ss
• Marilyn Gets a New Dress • Eleanor E. Crockett • ss
• Marilyn Monroe Returns • Robert Peters • pm
• Twenty-Six Marilyns... • Michael Hemmingson • ss
• Marilyn, My Mother, Myself • Gregg Shapiro • ss
• First Authentic Star of the New Cinema • Taylor Mead • ss
• From Life After Death • Susan Compo • ex
• From The Angel Carver • Rosanne Daryl Thomas • ss
• The Death of Marilyn Monroe • Sharon Olds • pm
The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories ed. Roberto González Echevarría (Oxford University Press 0-19-513085-5, Sep ’99, £11.99, xiv+481pp, tp, cover by Flora Fong & Leah Lococo); Reprint (Oxford University Press 1997) anthology of 53 stories written over the last 500 years, including myths, fantasies, magical realism, and mainstream works. Each author, and each section, has a separate introduction. The simultaneous US edition with a UK price.

xi • Preface • Roberto González Echevarría • pr
3 • Introduction • Roberto González Echevarría • in
23 • Part I: The Colonial Period • Roberto González Echevarría • si
25 • How the Men Were Parted from the Women • Fray Ramón Pané; trans. by Sarah Arvio • ss *
28 • A Maiden’s Story • Popul Vuh; trans. by Ralph Nelson • ss, 1974
31 • Tocay Capac, the First Inca • Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala; trans. by Rolena Adorno • ss *
34 • Plague of Ants • Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas; trans. by Sandra Ferdman • ss
39 • The Story of Pedro Serrano • Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca; trans. by Harold V. Livermore • ss, 1966
43 • The Adventurer Who Pretended That He Was a Bishop • Gaspar de Villarroel; trans. by Roberto González Echevarría • ss
46 • Amorous and Military Adventures • Catalina De Erauso (“The Lieutenant Nun”); trans. by Michele & Gabriel Stepto • ss, 1996
50 • A Deal with Juana García • Juan Rodríguez Freyle; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden • ss
57 • Part II: New Nations • Roberto González Echevarría • si
59 • The Slaughter House • Esteban Echevarría; trans. by Angel Flores • ss, 1959
73 • The Tiger of the Plains • Domingo Faustino Sarmiento; trans. by Kathleen Ross • ss, 1977
76 • He Who Listens May Hear - To His Regret: Confidence of a Confidence • Juana Manuela Gorriti; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden • ss
85 • Fray Gómez’s Scorpion • Ricardo Palma; trans. by Harriet De Onís • ss, 1945
89 • Where and How the Devil Lost His Poncho • Ricardo Palma; trans. by Harriet De Onís • ss, 1945
95 • Midnight Mass • Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; trans. by William L. Grossman & Helen Caldwell • ss, 1963
103 • Part III: The Contemporary Period • Roberto González Echevarría • si
105 • The Death of the Empress of China • Rubén Darío; trans. by Sarah Arvio • ss
111 • Yzur • Leopoldo Lugones; trans. by Gregory Woodruff • ss, 1974
118 • The Decapitated Chicken • Horacio Quiroga; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden • ss, 1976
125 • The Baby in Pink Buckram • Jaão (Paulo Barreto) do Rio; trans. by Gregory Rabassa • ss
131 • The Man Who Resembled a Horse • Rafael Arévalo Martínez; trans. by William George & William Carlos Williams • ss, 1944
141 • The Braider • Ricardo Güiraldes; trans. by Christine A. Dolan • ss
144 • The Man Who Knew Javanese • Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto; trans. by Gregory Rabassa • ss
153 • Peace on High • Rómulo Gallegos; trans. by Hardie St. Martin • ss, 1962
159 • The Christmas Turkey • Mário de Andrade; trans. by Gregory Rabassa • ss *
165 • The Daisy Dolls • Felisberto Hernández; trans. by Luis Harss • nv, 1993
201 • The Photograph • Enrique Amorim; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden • ss *
205 • The Clearing • Luisa Mercedes Levinson; trans. by Sarah Arvio • ss *
211 • The Garden of Forking Paths • Jorge Luis Borges; trans. by Helen Temple & Ruthven Todd • ss Ficciones, Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1962
221 • Journey Back to the Source • Alejo Carpentier; trans. by Harriet De Onís • ss, 1970
233 • The Tree • María Luisa Bombal; trans. by Richard Cunningham & Cunningham Lucia • ss New Islands and Other Stories, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982
242 • The Legend of “El Cadejo” • Miguel Angèl Asturias; trans. by Hardie St. Martin • ss, 1963
247 • Encarnacíon Mendoza’s Christmas Eve • Juan Bosch; trans. by Susan Herman • ss *
256 • The Third Bank of the River • João Guimarães Rosa; trans. by William L. Grossman • ss, 1967
261 • The Image of Misfortune • Juan Carlos Onetti; trans. by Daniel Balderstone • nv, 1990
284 • Tell Them Not to Kill Me! • Juan Rulfo; trans. by George D. Schade • ss, 1967
290 • Hahn’s Pentagon • Osman Lins; trans. by Gregory Rabassa • nv *
312 • The Switchman • Juan José Arreola; trans. by George D. Schade • ss, 1964
318 • The Featherless Buzzards • Julio Ramón Ribeyro; trans. by Dianne Douglas • ss, 1993
327 • Meat • Virgilio Piñera; trans. by Mark Schafer • ss Cold Tales, Eridanos Press, 1956; Revised by Thomas Christensen.
330 • Unborn • Augusto Roa Bastos; trans. by Helen Lane • ss, 1969
337 • The Night Face Up [1956] • Julio Cortázar; trans. by Paul Blackburn • ss End of the Game and Other Stories, Random House, 1967
345 • Cooking Lesson • Rosario Castellanos; trans. by Maureen Ahern • ss, 1988
354 • The Doll Queen [1969] • Carlos Fuentes; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden • ss Antæus #13/14 ’74
367 • The Walk • José Donoso; trans. by Andrée Conrad • ss, 1967
383 • Balthazar’s Marvelous Afternoon • Gabriel García Márquez; trans. by Gerome Bernstein • ss, 1968
390 • The Challenge • Mario Vargas Llosa; trans. by Gregory Kolovakos & Ronald Christ • ss, 1979
400 • The Crime of the Mathematics Professor • Clarice Lispector; trans. by William L. Grossman • ss, 1972
406 • Buried Statues • Antonio Benítez Rojo; trans. by Lee H. Williams, Jr. • ss *
419 • A Woman’s Back • José Balza; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden • ss *
428 • The Warmth of Things • Nélida Piñón; trans. by Helen Lane • ss *
433 • Penelope • Dalton Trevisan; trans. by Gregory Rabassa • ss, 1972; revised
438 • The Threshold • Cristina Peri Rossi; trans. by Mary Jane Treacy • ss, 1993
443 • The Parade Ends • Reinaldo Arenas; trans. by Andrew Bush • ss The Paris Review Sum ’81
462 • When Women Love Men • Rosario & Rosario Ferré & Cindy Ventura • ss The Youngest Doll, University of Nebraska Press, 1991
473 • Selected Bibliography • Misc. Material • bi
477 • Author Index • Misc. Material • bi
Great Stories About Dogs ed. Eleanor Middleton Edwards (Hart Publishing, 1965, 192pp, hc)

• The Way Up • Howard M. Brier • ss
• Foole and Gallant, Pioneer Dogs • Catherine C. Coblentz • ss
• Bruno’s Fortieth Rescue • Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham • ss
• Champion Fire ’n Feather • Lavinia R. Davis • ss
• Wild Dog • Ruth Elizabeth Tanner • ss
• Faithful Unto Death • Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham • ss
• Freddy, the Pad Dog • F. Beverly Kelley • ss
• Bounce • Mae Trovillion Smith • ss
• Golden Duke • Mae H. Ashworth • ss
• The Story of an Ugly Dog • Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham • ss
• The Coward • Albert Payson Terhune • ss
• Dogs of World War I • Mae Trovillion Smith • ss
• Scarlet’s Sons • Betty Cavanna • ss
It’s Only Rock and Roll: An Anthology of Rock and Roll Short Stories eds Janice Eidus & John Kastan (David R Godine 1-567-92089-6, Nov ’98, $16.95, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Introduction • Janice Eidus • in
• GLORY DAYS
• The Day I Met Buddy Holly • Kim Herzinger • ss
• Final Vinyl Days • Jill McCorkle • ss
• Bobby’s Girl • Rochelle Ratner • ss
• Elvis in Wonderland • Kathleen Warnock • ss
• Vito Loves Geraldine • Janice Eidus • ss The Village Voice Literary Supplement Jun ’89
• KEEPIN’ THE FAITH
• Shrine • Jodi Bloom • ss
• Never Mind • Madison Smartt Bell • ss
• Belgrade, New York • Ava Chin • ss
• ‘Til There Was You • Kim Addonizio • ss
• YOU’VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME
• Rock & Roll Heaven • T. Coraghessan Boyle • ss
• Sticks • Lewis Shiner • nv In Dreams, ed. Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman, London: Gollancz, 1992
• Over the Line • Linda Gray Sexton • ss
• A Hunk of Burning Love • François Camoin • ss
• WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
• The Unfinished Business of Childhood • Lee K. Abbott • ss
• Madonna • Harold Jaffe • ss
• Kama Quyntifonic • Lance Olsen • ss
• Ursus Major • Roberta Smoodin • ss Esquire Mar ’80
• ROCK AND ROLL IS HERE TO STAY
• Bigger Than Jesus • Lucinda Ebersole • ss
• Brazzaville Teenager • Bruce Jay Friedman • ss Esquire Jul ’65
• In Winter the Snow Never Stops • Michael Covino • ss
• Like a Lead Balloon • Kevin Downs • ss
• Bluestown • Geoffrey Becker • ss
• Contributors’ Notes • Misc. Material • bg
Friction 2: Best Gay Erotic Fiction ed. John Erich & Jesse Grant (Alyson Publications 1555834825, Feb ’99, $14.95, 360pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Preface • Jesse Grant • pr
• The Porn Writer • Bob Vickery • ss
• Three-Penny Dare • R. J. March • ss
• The Training Session • Grant Foster • ss
• Panting in Pantomime • Lance Rush • ss
• My Best Friend’s Husband • The Hitman • ss
• Tryst • David Neilson • ss
• Night Games • Simon Stillguard • ss
• Family Values • Bob Vickery • ss
• The Little Things • Alain du Moulinet • ss
• In Between • R. J. March • ss
• Shelter • Barry Alexander • ss
• Lust in the Locker Room • Grant Foster • ss
• Bear • Dale Chase • ss
• Tantra • Dominic Santi • ss
• Southern Boys • Bob Vickery • ss
• Rookie Initiation • Charles Forrester • ss
• The Whole Truth and Nothing But • Derek Adams • ss
• The Difference • Jeff Kane • ss
• Anthology • Alain du Moulinet • ss
• Tension • R. J. March • ss
• Tourist Attraction • L. Paige • ss
• Ballet Boy • B. John Fisher • ss
• Smooth • R. W. Clinger • ss
• Revelations • Dante Williams • ss
• Incubus • Bob Vickery • ss
• Nocturne • Barry Alexander • ss
• Neptune • R. J. March • ss
• In His Pants • Leo Cardini • ss
• The Grease Monkey • Grant Foster • ss
• Mike • Bob Vickery • ss
• A Business Trip • Chase Peters • ss
• Winter Flames • Brandon Powers • ss
• Fat Boy’s Chance • DAG • ss
• On the Run • Dale Chase • ss
• The Hardest Part • R. J. March • ss
• Thug Life, Thug Fiction • Lance Rush • ss
• Dan the Man • The Hitman • ss
• Wrong Number • Bob Vickery • ss
• Opportunities • James Anselm • ss
• About the Contributors • Misc. Material • bg
American West ed. Loren D. Estleman (Forge 0-312-87317-4, Jan 2001, $25.95, 367pp, hc); Original anthology of 20 stories from the Western Writers of America.

11 • Introduction: The New Westward Expansion • Loren D. Estleman • in *
17 • The Snows of August • Jory Sherman • ss *
33 • The Guardians • Don Coldsmith • ss *
45 • A Piano at Dead Man’s Crossing • Johnny D. Boggs • ss *
65 • Traveling Princess • Lenore Carroll • ss *
83 • Requiem for Rosebud • Ken Hodgson • nv *
105 • Dead Game Man • Sally Zanjani • ss *
125 • The Heart of the Matter • Max Evans • ss *
141 • River Watch • Lori Van Pelt • ss *
159 • Hewey and the Wagon Cook • Elmer Kelton • ss *
177 • A Woman 49er • JoAnn Levy • ss *
193 • The Living Land • Janet E. Graebner • ss *
209 • The Last Days of Dominic Prince • Richard S. Wheeler • ss *
227 • The Two Trail Ride Tricksters • Riley Froh • ss *
245 • Laureano’s Wall • Mike Blakely • nv *
271 • Going Home Money • Judy Magnuson Lilly • ss *
285 • Thirteen Coils • Loren D. Estleman • ss *
305 • The Purification of Jim Barnes • Troy D. Smith • ss *
325 • Mother George, Midwife • Patti Sherlock • ss *
339 • Dove’s Song • Randy Lee Eickhoff • ss *
355 • Sepia Sun • Deborah Morgan • ss *
Laugh and Learn: Humorous American Short Stories ed. Mira B. Felder (Addison-Wesley 0-201-83414-6, Jun ’97, $22.33, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.

• Preface • Mira B. Felder • pr
• Introduction • Anna Bryks Bromberg • in
• Thank You, Uncle Ben, for the Nicest Whatever-It-Is That Ever Ruined a House • Maggie Grant • ss
• Diary of a Quitter • Ralph Reppert • ss
• A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse-Part I • William Saroyan • ss
• A Visitor in the Piano Warehouse-Part II • William Saroyan • ss
• Borrowing a Match • Stephen Leacock • ss
• The Private Life of Mr. Bidwell • James Thurber • ss New Yorker Jan 28 ’33
• The Prize Fish • Jack Scott • ss
• Learn with BOOK • R. J. Heathorn • ss
• The Miracle Drugs Abroad • Art Buchwald • ss
• My Father Goes to Court • Carlos Bulosan • ss
• Answer Key • Misc. Material • ms
Light and Lively: Humorous American Short Stories ed. Mira B. Felder (Addison-Wesley 0-201-83413-8, Feb ’97, $18.33, 215pp, tp); Second edition. Contents from Amazon.com.

• Preface • Mira B. Felder • pr
• Introduction • Anna Bryks Bromberg • in
• Complaint Department • Katherine Best • ss
• Are You Majoring In Detention? • Bill Cosby • ss
• The Late Mr. Adams • Steve Allen • vi
• My Financial Career • Stephen Leacock • ss
• Old Country Advice to the American Traveler • William Saroyan • ss
• This Year It’s Going to Be Different • Will Stanton • ss
• A Bird in Hand - What’s It Worth? • Elaine Hart Messmer • ss
• You Were Perfectly Fine • Dorothy Parker • ss
• Harpist on Horseback • Hilda Cole Espy • ss
• The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones • Stephen Leacock • ss
• The Soft Sell • Art Buchwald • ss
• Glove Purchase in Gibraltar • Samuel Clemens • ss
• What Do You Do with Your Old Coffee Grounds? • Howard Lindsay • ss
• The Romance of a Busy Broker • O. Henry • ss
• University Days • James Thurber • ss
• Answer Key • Misc. Material • ms

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