Sonny's blues / James Baldwin --
The bystander / Gina Berriault --
The Amish farmer / Vance Bourjaily --
1/3, 1/3, 1/3 / Richard Brautigan --
Verona: a young woman speaks / Harold Brodkey --
Talk of heroes / Carol Bly --
Fever / Raymmond Carver --
The fisherman from Chihuahua / Evan S. Connell --
Willi / E. L. Doctorow --
A poetics for bullies / Stanley Elkin --
Rock springs / Richard Ford --
The lover of horses / Tess Gallagher --
Redemption / John Gardner --
Dream children / Gail Godwin --
The ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall --
Water liars / Barry Hannah --
Letters from the Samantha / Mark Helprin --
The magic barrel / Bernard Malamud --
Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason --
The story of a scar / James Alan McPherson --
Murderers / Leonard Michaels --
The misfits / Arthur Miller --
Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates --
A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor --
The used-boy raisers / Grace Paley --
The heavenly animal / Jayne Anne Phillips --
Walking out / David Quammen --
The conversion of the Jews / Philip Roth --
Akhnilo / James Salter --
The Christian roommates / John Updike --
Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- Weekend / Ann Beattie -- The bystander / Gina Berriault -- The Amish farmer / Vance Bourjaily -- 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 / Richard Brautigan -- Verona : a young woman speaks / Harold Brodkey -- Talk of heroes / Carol Bly -- Fever / Raymond Carver -- The fisherman from Chihuahua / Evan S. Connell -- Midair / Frank Conroy -- Willi / E.L. Doctorow -- The fat girl / Andre Dubus -- A poetics for bullies / Stanley Elkin -- Rock springs / Richard Ford -- The lover of horses / Tess Gallagher -- Redemption / John Gardner -- Dream children / Gail Godwin -- The ledge / Lawrence Sargent Hall --
(Cont'd) Water liars / Barry Hannah
Letters from the Samantha / Mark Helprin
Ile forest / Ursula K. Le Guin
The magic barrel / Bernard Malamud
Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason
The story of a scar / James Alan McPherson
Murderers / Leonard Michaels
The misfits / Arthur Miller
Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates
A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor
The used-boy raisers / Grace Paley
The heavenly animal / Jayne Anne Phillips
Walking out / David Quammen
The conversion of the Jews / Philip Roth
The Christian roommates / John Updike
The wedding / Joy Williams