Fictions: Second Edition ed. Joseph F. Trimmer & C. Wade Jennings (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, 0-15-527326-4, vii+1230pp, tp, an)
- v · Preface · Joseph F. Trimmer & C. Wade Jennings · pr
- 1 · Introduction · Joseph F. Trimmer & C. Wade Jennings · in
- _12 · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour”
- 29 · Truth or Consequences · Alice Adams · ss Shenandoah Winter 1978/1979
- 38 · The Egg · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial March 1920, as “The Triumph of the Egg”
- 46 · Sonny’s Blues · James Baldwin · nv Partisan Review Summer 1957
- 69 · The Lesson · Toni Cade Bambara · ss Redbook January 1973
- 76 · Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story · Russell Banks · nv The Missouri Review 1984
- 92 · The Author · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker June 15 1987
- 95 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890
- 102 · A Summer Tragedy · Arna Bontemps · ss Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life June 1933
- 110 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review Spring 1958
translated from the Spanish (“El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941).
- 118 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941
- 123 · The Astronomer’s Wife · Kay Boyle · ss The White Horses of Vienna and Other Stories by Kay Boyle, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1936
- 128 · The Guest · Albert Camus; translated by Justin O’Brien · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1957
- 138 · A Small, Good Thing · Raymond Carver · ss Ploughshares Summer/Fall 1982
- 155 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905
- 169 · The Swimmer · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker July 18 1964
- 178 · The Lady with the Dog · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Chatto & Windus, 1917
translated from the Russian.
- 190 · Heart of Darkness · Joseph Conrad · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1899 (+2)
- 250 · Press Clippings · Julio Cortázar; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss We Love Glenda So Much & Other Tales by Julio Cortázar, tr. Gregory Rabassa, Knopf, 1983
translated from the Spanish (Alguien que anda por ahí, Ediciones Alfaguera, 1978).
- 259 · We Love Glenda So Much · Julio Cortázar; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss We Love Glenda So Much & Other Tales by Julio Cortázar, tr. Gregory Rabassa, Knopf, 1983
translated from the Spanish (Alguien que anda por ahí, Ediciones Alfaguera, 1978).
- 264 · The Open Boat · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Magazine June 1897
- 282 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898
- 303 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892
- 321 · Killings · Andre Dubus · ss The Sewanee Review v87 #2, Spring 1979
- 335 · Battle Royal · Ralph Ellison · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1947
- 346 · King of the Bingo Game · Ralph Ellison · ss Tomorrow November 1944
- 354 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 362 · That Evening Sun · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury March 1931
- 374 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939
- 388 · Babylon Revisited · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 21 1931
- 403 · A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings · Gabriel Garcia Marquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss New American Review #13, 1971
translated from the Spanish (“Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes”, 1955).
- 409 · Thank You for the Lovely Tea · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker June 9 1956
- 418 · Revenge · Ellen Gilchrist · ss In the Land of Dreamy Dreams by Ellen Gilchrist, University of Arkansas Press, 1981
- 428 · Traceleen, She’s Still Talking · Ellen Gilchrist · ss Victory Over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist, Little, Brown, 1984
- 443 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 455 · Dream Children · Gail Godwin · ss Dream Children by Gail Godwin, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976
- 466 · The Train from Rhodesia · Nadine Gordimer · ss The Soft Voice of the Serpent and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer, Simon & Schuster, 1952
- 471 · The Destructors · Graham Greene · ss Picture Post July 24 1954 (+1)
- 483 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 493 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843
- 504 · My Kinsman, Major Molineux · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple”
- 518 · Moon of Atevo · Larry Heinemann · ex from Close Quarters, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1977
- 522 · The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber · Ernest Hemingway · nv Cosmopolitan September 1936
- 545 · On the Road · Langston Hughes · ss Esquire January 1935
- 549 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
- 556 · The Real Thing · Henry James · ss Black & White April 16 1892
- 575 · Spells · Tama Janowitz · ss The New Yorker November 25 1985
- 586 · A White Heron · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, Houghton Mifflin, 1886
- 594 · Moving Pictures · Charles Johnson · ss New American Review September 1985
- 599 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice · Charles Johnson · nv Callaloo February 1983
- 608 · Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 613 · The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 642 · A Hunger Artist · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Hungerkünstler”, Die neue Rundschau, 1922).
- 649 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · na The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15).
- 682 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · nv The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“In der Strafkolonie”, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1919).
- 700 · Patriotic · Janet Kauffman · ss The New Yorker April 11 1983
- 710 · The Only Man on Liberty Street · William Melvin Kelley · ss Dancers on the Shore by William Melvin Kelley, Doubleday, 1964
- 718 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926
- 729 · The Horse Dealer’s Daughter · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review April 1922
- 742 · Tickets, Please · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Strand Magazine April 1919
- 752 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, October 1973
- 758 · The Black Madonna · Doris Lessing · ss Winter’s Tales 3, Macmillan UK, October 1957
- 769 · A Woman on a Roof · Doris Lessing · ss A Man and Two Women by Doris Lessing, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963
- 776 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902
- 788 · The Magic Barrel · Bernard Malamud · ss Partisan Review November/December 1954
- 800 · Her First Ball · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Sphere November 28 1921
- 806 · Brooklyn · Paule Marshall · ss Soul Clap Hands and Sing by Paule Marshall, Atheneum, 1961
- 820 · Shiloh · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The New Yorker October 20 1980
- 831 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).
- 838 · A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud · Carson McCullers · ss Harper’s Bazaar November 1942
- 845 · Bartleby the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited.
- 871 · Patriotism · Yukio Mishima; translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent · ss Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima, tr. Geoffrey W. Sargent, New Directions, 1966
translated from the Japanese (“Yūkoku”, Shōsetsu Chūōkōron, December 1960).
- 889 · How I Met My Husband · Alice Munro · ss Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You by Alice Munro, McGraw-Hill, 1974
- 902 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966
- 916 · In the Region of Ice · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1966
- 929 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
- 941 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964
- 956 · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, September 1961
- 968 · Guests of the Nation · Frank O’Connor · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1931
- 978 · I Stand Here Ironing · Tillie Olsen · ss The Pacific Spectator Winter 1956, as “Help Her to Believe”
- 985 · A Conversation with My Father · Grace Paley · ss New American Review #13, 1971
- 990 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- 1004 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
- 1010 · The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929
- 1018 · Flowering Judas · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Hound and Horn April/June 1930
- 1027 · The Grave · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review April 1935
- 1032 · Defender of the Faith · Philip Roth · nv The New Yorker March 14 1959
- 1054 · Gimpel the Fool · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May/June 1953
- 1065 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937
- 1074 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942
- 1081 · The Death of Ivan Ilych · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · na Ivan Ilych and Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1934
translated from the Russian (“Smert Ivana Ilyicha”, Russkaya Mysl, 1886).
- 1121 · 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).
- 1127 · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961
- 1133 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961
- 1139 · Everyday Use · Alice Walker · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1973
- 1146 · To Hell with Dying · Alice Walker · ss The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers ed. Langston Hughes, Little, Brown, 1967
- 1151 · “Really, Doesn’t Crime Pay?” · Alice Walker · ss In Love & Trouble by Alice Walker, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973
- 1160 · A Worn Path · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1941
- 1167 · Petrified Man · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Spring 1939
- 1177 · Why I Live at the P.O. · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1941
- 1187 · The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant · W. D. Wetherell · ss The Man Who Loved Levittown by W. D. Wetherell, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985
- 1193 · Roman Fever · Edith Wharton · ss Liberty November 10 1934
- 1204 · The Man Who Was Almost a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940, as “Almos’ a Man”
- 1215 · Glossary of Critical Terms · [uncredited] · ms
- 1221 · Thematic Table of Contents · [uncredited] · ix
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