The Best American Short Stories 1993

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Short Stories by Andrea Lee, Thom Jones, John Updike, Mary Gordon, Joanna Scott, Diane Johnson, Antonya Nelson, Harlan Ellison, and Alice Munro.

Foreword —

Introduction / Louise Erdrich —

Playing with dynamite / John Updike —

The girl on the plane / Mary Gaitskill —

A real life / Alice Munro —

Silent passengers / Larry Woiwode —

Queen Wintergreen / Alice Fulton —

The man who rowed Christopher Columbus ashore / Harlan Ellison —

Poltergeists / Jane Shapiro —

Red moccasins / Susan Power —

I want to live! / Thom Jones —

Charlotte / Tony Early —

What the thunder said / Janet Peery —

Naked ladies / Antonya Nelson —

Man, woman and boy / Stephen Dixon —

Winter barley / Andrea Lee —

Concerning mold upon the skin, etc. / Joanna Scott —

Pray without ceasing / Wendell Berry —

Gold / Kim Edwards —

Great Barrier Reef / Diane Johnson —

Terrific mother / Lorrie Moore —

The important houses / Mary Gordon —

Contributor's notes —

100 other distinguished stories of 1992 —

Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories