Table Of Contents:
Introduction 11(17)

Brilliant Silence 17(2)

Spencer Holst

Pumpkins 19(4)

Francine Prose

The Stones 23(2)

Richard Shelton

The One Sitting There 25(3)

Joanna H. Wos

Crossing Spider Creek 28(3)

Dan O'Brien

The Lampshade Vendor 31(3)

Allen Woodman

Roseville 34(3)

William Heyen

Pendergast's Daughter 37(2)

Lex Williford

Ponderosa 39(2)

Kent Thompson

Gold Coast 41(3)

Stuart Dybek

Mr. Mumsford 44(3)

Larry French

From the Floodlands 47(3)

Adrienne Clasky

A Public Denial 50(3)

Allan Gurganus

232-9979 53(3)

Carol Edelstein

The Father 56(3)

Raymond Carver

Love Poems 59(2)

Lon Otto

Night 61(2)

Bret Lott

Mandy Shupe 63(3)

Kristin Andrychuk

Wedding Night 66(3)

Tom Hawkins

The Appalachian Trail 69(3)

Bruce Eason

Dinner Time 72(3)

Russell Edson

Vision Out of the Corner of One Eye 75(2)

Luisa Valenzuela

I Get Smart 77(4)

Pamela Painter

True Love 81(3)

Don Shea

The Colonel 84(2)

Carolyn Forche

Snow 86(2)

Julia Alvarez

Everything Is Green 88(3)

David Foster Wallace

Draft Horse 91(3)

Michael Delp

Corporal 94(3)

Richard Brautigan

Subtotals 97(3)

Gregory Burnham

Fingers 100(2)

Gary Gildner

Nadine at 35: A Synopsis 102(3)

Jo Sapp

Feeding the Hungry 105(3)

Roland Topor

Dish Night 108(3)

Michael Martone

Grace Period 111(3)

Will Baker

The Haircut 114(3)

Mary Morris

Vines 117(3)

Kenneth Bernard

How to Touch a Bleeding Dog 120(3)

Rod Kessler

Girl 123(3)

Jamaica Kincaid

The Burlington Northern, Soutbbound 126(2)

Bruce Holland Rogers

The Cage 128(3)

Heinrich Boll

The Restraints 131(3)

Robert Hill Long

Blackberries 134(3)

Ellen Hunnicutt

A Continuity of Parks 137(3)

Julio Cortazar

The Paring Knife 140(2)

Michael Oppenheimer

The Widow 142(4)

John Updike

What Happened during the Ice Storm 146(2)

Jim Heynen

Teddy's Canary 148(4)

K. C. Frederick

The Nicest Kid in the Universe 152(3)

Chuck Rosenthal

The Parents 155(2)

Kelly Cherry

Water 157(2)

Fred Leebron

Stockings 159(2)

Tim O'Brien

The Hurricane Ride 161(2)

Bernard Cooper

A Moment in the Sun Field 163(2)

William Brohaugh

The Philosophical Cobbler 165(2)

Scott Russell Sanders

Corners 167(3)

Sheila Barry

Space 170(3)

Mark Strand

Fear: Four Examples 173(3)

Gordon Lish

The Last Parakeet 176(3)

Kate McCorkle

Snapshot, Harvery Cedars: 1948 179(2)

Paul Lisicky

August Evening 181(3)

Joyce Carol Oates

The Factory 184(3)

Mary Dilworth

The Sewers of Salt Lake 187(4)

Francois Camoin

Jane 191(3)

Steven Molen

Offerings 194(4)

Marlene Buono

Bread 198(3)

Margaret Atwood

Yogurt 201(2)

Ronald Wallace

A Chronicler's Sin 203(2)

Pavao Pavlicic

Here 205(4)

S. Friedman

Here's Another Ending 209(2)

Diane Williams

108 John Street 211(2)

Mark Halliday

Deportation at Breakfast 213

Larry Fondation