The Anchor book of modern African stories; edited by Nadezda Obradovic; with a foreword by Chinua Achebe. Anchor Bks. 2002 375p pa $14

ISBN 0-385-72240-0; LC 2002-74441

Atkinson, Kate

Not the end of the world: stories. Little, Brown 2002 244p $23.95

ISBN 0-316-61430-0; LC 2003-40117

The Best of the Kenyon Review; editor David H. Lynn; introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. Soucebooks Landmark 2003 441p pa $16.95

ISBN 1-4022-0035-8; LC 2003-4791

Blaise, Clark

Southern stories; with an introduction by Fenton Johnson. Porcupine’s Quill 2003 c2000 190p pa $17.95

ISBN 0-88984-219-1

Brackenbury, Rosalind

Between man and woman keys: stories. Daniel, J. & Co. 2002 191p pa $12.95

ISBN 1-880284-52-9

Carried in rock: short stories by musicians; edited by Greg Kihn. Thunder’s Mouth 2003 330p pa $15.95

ISBN 1-560-25453-X; LC 2003-541781

Cobb, Thomas

Arts of contrition. Texas Review Press 2003 154p pa $16.95

ISBN 1-881515-59-1; LC 2003-8909

Drake, David

Grimmer than hell. Baen Bks. 2003 373p $24

ISBN 0-7434-3590-7; LC 2002-34194

From Africa: new francophone stories; edited by Adele King. University of Neb. Press 2004 150p $40; pa $15

ISBN 0-8032-2758-2; 0-8032-7810-1; LC 2003-53347

Gorriti, Juana Manuela

Dreams and realities: selected fiction; translated from the Spanish by Sergio Waisman; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Francine Masiello. Oxford Univ. Press 2003 270p (Library of Latin America) $35

ISBN 0-19-511737-9; LC 2002-31175

Gwynn, Aaron

Dog on the cross: stories. Algonquin Bks. of Chapel Hill 2004 217p pa $15.95

ISBN 1-56512-412-X

Harty, Ryan

Bring me your saddest Arizona. University of Iowa 2003 158p (The John Simmons fiction award) $35

ISBN 0-87745-869-3; LC 2003-42643

Kittredge, William

The best stories of William Kittredge. Graywolf 2003 200p pa $15

ISBN 1-55597-384-1

Kusel, Lisa

Other fish in the sea. Hyperion 2003 290p pa $13

ISBN 0-7868-8802-4; LC 2002-32941

Lee, Vernon

Supernatural tales: excursions into fantasy; with an introduction by I. Cooper Willis. Owen, P. 2004 c1987 222p pa $19.95

ISBN 0-7206-1194-6

Lone Star literature: from the Red River to Rio Grande; edited by Don Graham. Norton 2004 512p $29.95

ISBN 0-393-05043-2; LC 2003-16321

McSweeney’s mammoth treasury of thrilling tales; edited by Michael Chabon. Vintage Bks. 2003 479p pa $13.95

ISBN 1-400-03339-X; LC 2002-192265

Theroux, Paul

The stranger at the Palazzo d’oro and other stories. Houghton Mifflin 2004 304p $25

ISBN 0-618-26515-5; LC 2003-50893

Vapnyar, Laura

There are Jews in my house. Pantheon Bks. 2003 149p $19.95

ISBN 0-375-42250-1; LC 2003-42975

A Whistler in the nightworld: short fiction from the Latin Americas; edited by Thomas Colchie. Plume 2002 432p pa $16

ISBN 0-452-28358-2; LC 2002-22450