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This anthology surveys the most thought-provoking and noteworthy "non-traditional#148 short stories written by American and international writers over the past 100 years. The works collected here represent a rich, while often overlooked, tradition of stories that seem to break the rules of short fiction. These stories, by well-known writers as well as by refreshingly new voices, demonstrate a wide-range of stylistic and narrative diversity. They expand our perceptions of what constitutes a well-written short story and underscore the unlimited techniques writers use to achieve a desired effect.
Contents
Preface v
Introduction 1
PART ONE: FABULISTS
At the End of the Mechanical Age, Donald Barthelme 15
Water Liars, Barry Hannah 22
A Conversation with My Father, Grace Paley 26
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities, Delmore Schwartz 31
Opium, Rikki Ducornet 39
The Sin of Jesus, Isaac Babel 44
The Aleph, Jorge Luis Borges 49
Pastoralia, George Saunders 61
The Art of Forgiveness: A Fable, Janice Eidus 102
Liompa, Yuri Olesha 107
Cat's Eye, Luisa Valenzuela 111
John Duffy's Brother, Flann O'Brian 115
The Fall River Axe Murders, Angela Carter 120
Bloodchild, Octavia E. Butler 138
Order of Insects, William H. Gass 156
PART TWO: FORMALISTS
Milk Is Very Good for You, Stephen Dixon 165
Rondo, Susan Neville 176
Cornsilk, Randall Kenan 181
Is It Sexual Harassment Yet?, Cris Mazza 198
Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy, J.G. Ballard 215
Story, Lydia Davis 218
Innocent Objects, Diane Schoemperlin 221
The Elevator, Robert Coover 239
The Fifth Story, Clarice Lispector 249
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality: A Diagnostic Test in Two Parts, A. B. Paulsen 251
The Writers' Model, Molly Giles 258
Second Story, R.M. Berry 261
Can This Story Be Saved?, Michael Wilkerson 271
Wild Desire, Karen Brennan 281
Scissors Kick, Sandy Huss 298
Five on Fiction, Janet Kauffman 304
Click, John Barth 317
Credits 339
Index of Authors and Titles 343
