Subject |
Short stories.
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Alt Name |
Stern, Jerome (Jerome H.)
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Description |
141 pages ; 17 cm |
Edition |
First edition. |
Contents |
Poet's husband / M. Giles -- Cough / Harry Humes -- Daydream / R. Allen -- Wrong channel / R. Fernandez -- Harmony / J. Williams -- 20/20 / L. Brewer -- Your fears are justified / R. DeMarinis -- At the point / B. McCaddon -- Halo / M. McFee -- Mockingbird / L. Berry -- Changing the channel / E.E. Miller -- Wanting to fly / S. Dunning -- Eclipsed / R. Shuster -- New Year / P. Painter -- Survivors / K. Addonizio -- Anti-Cain / V. Suarez -- Painted devils / F. Chappell -- Honeycomb / N.R. Singer -- Baby, baby, baby / F. Camoin -- An old story / J. Kelman -- Conception / T. Fleming -- All this / J. Avallon -- Stone belly girl / J. Granger |
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Worry / R. Wallace -- You can't see dogs on the radio / L. Wendling -- True story of Mr. and Mrs. Wong / M. Chin -- Flu / S. Dybek -- The bridge / R. Edson -- Kennedy in the barrio / J.O. Cofer -- Grief / R. Carlson -- Mount Olive / M.A. Love -- Hurray for Hollywood / G. Garrett -- This is how I remember it / Betsy Kemper -- November / U. Hegi -- Carpathia / J.L. Kercheval -- Chickens / E. Magarrell -- Mayor of the sister city speaks to the chamber of commerce in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on a night in December in 1976 / M. Martone -- Confirmation names / M. Lippo -- Hostess ; Housewife / A. Hempel -- Land's end / A. Nelson -- Last supper in the Cabinet Mountains / D. Bottoms -- Strongman / W. White-Ring -- Diverging paths and all that / M. O'Hara -- A gentleman's C / P. Powell -- Of exposure / J. Holman -- Tea leaves / J. Burroway -- We eat our peas for the souls in Purgatory / A. McPeters -- Waiting / P. McNally -- But what was her name? / D. Raffel -- Guadalupe in the Promised Land / Sam Shepard -- Morning news / J. Stern -- Molibi / L. Hancock -- Wallet / A. Woodman. |
Summary |
Collection of short short stories, from contest winners and selected finalists for the annual World's Best Short Short Story Contest, where each entry must be less than 250 words long. |
ISBN |
0393039684 |
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9780393039689 |
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0393314324 (pbk.) |
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9780393314328 (pbk.) |
OCLC # |
33440078 |
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