Best of the South; from the second decade of New stories from the South edited by Shannon Ravenel; selected and introduced by Anne Tyler. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2005 342p pa $15.95

Boyers, Robert

Excitable women, damaged men: short stories. Turtle Point Press 2005 128p pa $15.95

ISBN 1-885586-40-X: LC 2004-113836

Burgin, Richard

The identity club: new and selected stories. Ontario Review Press 2005 330p $24.95

ISBN 0-86538-115-1; LC 2005-40669

Chicago noir; edited by Neal Pollack. Akashic Books 2005 252p pa $14.95

ISBN 1-888451-89-0; LC 2005-925468

Contemporary Maine fiction: an anthology of Short Stories; edited by Wesley McNair. Down East Books 2005 295p $25

ISBN 0-89272-693-8; LC 2005-9464

Corso, Paola

Giovanna’s 86 circles and other stories. University of Wisconsin Press 2005 138p (Library of America fiction) $21.95

ISBN 0-299-21280-7; LC 2005-5437

Link, Kelly

Magic for beginners. Small Beer Press 2005 272p il $24

ISBN 1-931520-15-1; LC 2005-5394

Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi

The gold of the sunbeams and other stories; introduction by Soma Mukhopadhyay. Arcade Pub. 2005 247p $23

ISBN 1-55970-777-1; LC 2005-10305

Novakovich, Josip

Infidelities: stories of war and lust. Harper Perennial 2005 241p pa $13.95

ISBN 0-06-058399-1; LC 2004-65068

Reed, Robert

The cuckoo’s boys. Golden Gryphon Press 2005 315p $24.95

ISBN 1-930846-37-1; LC 2005-8247

Shepard, Lucius

Eternity and other stories. Thunder’s Mouth Press 2005 442p pa $15.95

ISBN 1-56025-662-1

Varallo, Anthony

This day in history. University of Iowa Press 2005 166p (John Simmons short fiction award) pa $15.95

ISBN 0-87745-951-7; LC 2005-45703