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The Best American Short Stories 1992 ed. Katrina Kenison & Robert Stone--- see under Robert Stone.

The Best American Short Stories 1993 ed. Katrina Kenison & Louise Erdrich--- see under Louise Erdrich.

The Best American Short Stories 1994 ed. Katrina Kenison & Tobias Wolff--- see under Tobias Wolff.

The Best American Short Stories 1995 ed. Katrina Kenison & Jane Smiley--- see under Jane Smiley.

The Best American Short Stories 1996 ed. Katrina Kenison & John Edgar Wideman--- see under John Edgar Wideman.

The Best American Short Stories 2001 ed. Katrina Kenison & Barbara Kingsolver--- see under Barbara Kingsolver.

The Best American Short Stories 2003 ed. Katrina Kenison & Walter Mosley--- see under Walter Mosley.

The Best American Short Stories 2004 ed. Katrina Kenison & Lorrie Moore--- see under Lorrie Moore.

The Best American Short Stories 2005 ed. Katrina Kenison & Michael Chabon--- see under Michael Chabon.

The Best American Short Stories 2006 ed. Katrina Kenison & Ann Patchett--- see under Ann Patchett.

The Best American Short Stories of the Century ed. Katrina Kenison & John Updike--- see under John Updike.

An Introduction to Fiction ed. Joe Kennedy & Dana Gioia--- see under X. J. Kennedy.

Made in Britain ed. Kevin J. Kennedy (HellBound Books, November 26, 2018, 978-1-948318-56-3, $15.99, 498pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Britain’s Best Clown · Ross Baxter · nv 31 · From the Darkness Within · Charlene Bailey-Bacchus · nv 53 · Mr. Elvid · Justin Boote · nv 75 · Formaldehyde · Munib Haroon · nv 105 · Foundations · Lex H. Jones · nv 136 · After Midnight · Michael Byrne · nv 174 · Mirrored Evil · Guy N. Smith · ss 193 · Yobs · Kevin J. Kennedy · ss 210 · The Devils Tree · Tricia-Lee Pinfold · nv 234 · Sisters of Solicited · David Owain Hughes · nv 258 · To Put a Price on Love · J. C. Michael · nv 292 · Childe Abbas · Bill Davidson · nv 315 · The Swarm · James H. Longmore · nv 353 · Ocean’s Bounty · Andrew J. Lucas · nv 378 · Raven’s Curse · Nick Stead · na

100 Word Horrors ed. Kevin J. Kennedy & Brandy Yassa (KJK Publishing, February 2, 2018, 978-1-984382-05-4, $5.99, 126pp, tp, oa)     Subtitled “An Anthology of Horror Drabbles.” Details taken from online listing. 9 · Foreword · Kevin J. Kennedy · fw 11 · The Dead Thing · Lisa Morton · vi 12 · Hide and Seek · Matthew Brockmeyer · vi 13 · They Came for Me · Glenn Rolfe · vi 14 · Lunchtime · Andrew Lennon · vi 15 · Strength in the Blood · A. J. Brown · vi 16 · It Is Just Local Gossip · Norbert Gora · vi 17 · Just a Game · Christopher Motz · vi 18 · Firing Squad · Mark Fleming · vi 19 · Alone · Brandy Yassa · vi 20 · Baby Steps · Michael A. Arnzen · vi 21 · A Song for Them · Mark Cassell · vi 22 · The Other Me · P. J. Blakey-Novis · vi 23 · Late Night Drive · John Dover · vi 24 · Hobby · Matt Hickman · vi 25 · Beauty Mask · Sara Tantlinger · vi 26 · Bessy · Mark Lumby · vi 27 · Heart Shaped Box · Pippa Bailey · vi 28 · Past Halloween · Veronica Smith · vi 29 · The Man in the Black Sweater · Richard Chizmar · vi 30 · Virtual Reality · David Owain Hughes · vi 31 · I Was Loved · P. J. Blakey-Novis · vi 32 · The End of the Pier · Amy Cross · vi 33 · The Dublin Pub · Veronica Smith · vi 34 · I Am the End · Michael Bray · vi 35 · Beasts from Below · Alex Laybourne · vi 36 · Coming Home · Suzanne Fox · vi 37 · Stone Dry · Sara Tantlinger · vi 38 · The Box · Valerie Lioudis · vi 39 · Best of Friends · Stefen Lear · vi 40 · It Came · Mark Lumby · vi 41 · Cold Toes · Georgia Lennon · vi 42 · Edmond · James Matthew Buyers · vi 43 · Knock, Knock… · C. S. Anderson · vi 44 · Delusional · Suzanne Fox · vi 45 · Disregarded · Ike Hamill · vi 46 · Harsh Sentence · P. Mattern · vi 47 · No More · Mike Duke · vi 48 · What Is Schizophrenia Anyway? · Robert W. Easton · vi 49 · Shower Thoughts · Peter Oliver Wonder · vi 50 · A Caring Community? · Suzanne Fox · vi 51 · Lightbulb · Matthew Brockmeyer · vi 52 · A Demonic Pact · Billy San Juan · vi 53 · Till Death Do Us Part · Derek Shupen · vi 54 · Someone’s in My House · Gord Rollo · vi 55 · It · Billy Chizmar · vi 56 · Checkmate Roommate · Michael A. Arnzen · vi 57 · Silence · Pippa Bailey · vi 58 · Jolly Ol’ Infiltrator · Weston Kincade · vi 59 · Shadows · Antonio Simon, Jr. · vi 60 · Winter’s Embrace · Duncan P. Bradshaw · vi 61 · Cut Down to Size · David Owain Hughes · vi 62 · Children of the Carnival · Kevin J. Kennedy · vi 63 · The Grave · Amy Cross · vi 64 · Will-o’-the-Wisp · Nicholas Diak · vi 65 · Stone · Becky Narron · vi 66 · Meal for One · Howard Carlyle · vi 67 · Don’t Look Back · James Matthew Buyers · vi 68 · Street-Hearts · Chris Kelso · vi 69 · Consumed Desire · Andriaan Brae · vi 70 · Another Tonight? · William F. Nolan · vi 71 · Destiny’s Embrace · Michael Paul Gonzalez · vi 72 · Clean · Valerie Lioudis · vi 73 · Trees · Donelle Pardee Whiting · vi 74 · Dancing · David Owain Hughes · vi 75 · Running from Him · Michael A. Arnzen · vi 76 · Night Terrors · Lisa Vasquez · vi 77 · It’s Just a Dream, Right? · Ellen A. Easton · vi 78 · Over the Edge · Mark Cassell · vi 79 · The Beauty of the Sea · Kevin J. Kennedy · vi 80 · Breadth of Bone · Sara Tantlinger · vi 81 · Never Leave Me, Nor Forsake Me · Mike Duke · vi 82 · Escape · Megan Ince · vi 83 · Forever Men · Eric J. Guignard · vi 84 · The Artist · Howard Carlyle · vi 85 · Initiation · Mark Fleming · vi 86 · What’s for Dinner? · Christopher Motz · vi 87 · Vermillion · Lisa Vasquez · vi 88 · Jack Frost · Christina Bergling · vi 89 · Coming Around · C. M. Saunders · vi 90 · Bad Cop, Bad Cop · James H. Longmore · vi 91 · Experimental Animal 7 · Lee McGeorge · vi 92 · Bummed Light · James Matthew Byers · vi 93 · Sugar & Spice · Chad Lutzke · vi 94 · Air · Dave McClusky · vi 95 · You Don’t See Me · Christina Bergling · vi 96 · The Dead Train · Craig Saunders · vi 97 · Delivery · Briana Robertson · vi 98 · The Guest · Dave McClusky · vi 99 · Nights in Whitechapel · Theresa Jacobs · vi 100 · Betrayal · Lee Mountford · vi 101 · Beautiful Francesca · Ike Hamill · vi 102 · Priscilla’s Pugnacious Pampered Pigs · Brandy Yassa · vi 103 · Mister Fancy Pants · Rhys Hughes · vi 104 · Greed Has No Heart · Mark Lumby · vi 105 · Beast in the Bedroom · Pippa Bailey · vi 106 · The Boy · Billy & Richard Chizmar · vi 107 · Weeping Keys · Elizabeth Cash · vi 108 · Grand Slam · Christina Bergling · vi 109 · Shock Collar · Jeff Strand · vi 110 · The Festival of Gluttony · Mike Duke · vi 111 · Selfie · Rick Gualtieri · vi 112 · Jonathan · Amy Cross · vi 113 · A Flash Beginning · Jessica Gomez · vi 114 · Spellbound · John Dover · vi 115 · I Was a Teenage Eulogist · Jason M. Light · vi 116 · From the Mouths of Drunks and Babes · Alex Laybourne · vi 117 · Stage Fright · James McCulloch · vi 118 · Cupid and Death · Rhys Hughes · vi 119 · The Feast · Rebecca Brae · vi 120 · The Dolls · Mark Lukens · vi 121 · Afterword · [uncredited] · ms

An Introduction to Fiction ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia (Longman US, 1999, 0-321-01558-4, $50.00, 720pp, tp, an) · 1. Reading a Story · Fable and Tale · The Appointment in Samarra · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Star July 9 1936 · Godfather Death · Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss (r) · Independence · Chuang Tzu · ss (r) · Plot · The Short Story · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961 · John Updike on Writing, Why Write? · John Updike · ar (r) · What’s the Plot · 2. Point of View · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981 · Miss Brill · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Athenaeum November 26 1920 · Katherine Mansfield on Writing, Creating “Miss Brill” · Katherine Mansfield · ar (r) · How Point of View Shapes a Story · Student Essay: Raymond Carver’s Use of First-Person Point of View in “Cathedra” · 3. Character · The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929 · Everyday Use · Alice Walker · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1973 · Gimpel the Fool · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May/June 1953 · Isaac Bashevis Singer on Writing, “The Character of Gimpel” · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ar (r) · How Character Creates Action · 4. Setting · The Storm · Kate Chopin · ss The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, Louisiana State University, 1969 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902 · Greasy Lake · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The Paris Review #83, Spring 1982 · A Pair of Tickets · Amy Tan · ss (r) · Amy Tan on Writing, Setting the Voice · Amy Tan · ar (r) · How Time and Place Set a Story · 5. Tone and Style · A Clean, Well-Lighted Place · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1933 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939 · Irony · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Marjorie Laurie · ss The House of Madame Tellier by Guy de Maupassant, Everyman's Library, 1934 translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884). · The Gospel According to Mark · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r) translated from the Spanish (“El evangelio según Marcos”, La Nación, August 1970). · Ernest Hemingway on Writing, the Direct Style · Ernest Hemingway · ar (r) · Be Style Conscious · 6. Theme · The Open Boat · Stephen Crane · nv Scribner’s Magazine June 1897 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” · The Parable of the Prodigal Son · [uncredited] · ss from The King James Bible (r); from Luke 15:11-32. · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., on Writing, the Themes of Science Fiction · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ar (r) · Stating the Theme · 7. Symbol · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973 · Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing, Note on “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar (r) · Recognizing Symbols · Student Essay · An Analysis of the Symbolism in Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” · [uncredited] · ms (r) · 8. Evaluating a Story · Jungle Video · Ralph Lombreglia · ss The New Yorker August 21 1989 · Ralph Lombreglia on Writing, Creating “Jungle Video” · Ralph Lombreglia · ar (r) · Know What You’re Judging · 9. Reading Long Stories and Novels · Sonny’s Blues · James Baldwin · nv Partisan Review 1957 · The Metamorphosis [Gregor Samsa] · Franz Kafka · nv Parton Press, 1937 translated from the German (“Die Verwandlung”, Weisse Blätter Oct ’15). · Franz Kafka on Writing, Discussing “The Metamorphosis” · Franz Kafka · ar (r) · Leaving Things Out · Student Essay · Kafka’s Greatness · 10. A Writer in Depth · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953 · Revelation · Flannery O’Connor · nv The Sewanee Review Spring 1964 · Flannery O’Connor on Writing: The Element of Suspense in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” · Flannery O’Connor · ar (r) · Flannery O’Connor on Writing: The Serious Writer and the Tired Reader · Flannery O’Connor · ar (r) · How One Story Illuminates Another · 11. Stories for Further Reading · Civil Peace · Chinua Achebe · ss (r) · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 · A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain · Robert Olen Butler · ss New England Review 1991 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905 · The Five-Forty-Eight · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker April 10 1954 · The Lady with a Pet Dog · Anton Chekhov · ss (r) · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour” · Barbie-Q · Sandra Cisneros · ss Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros, Random House, 1991 · Battle Royal · Ralph Ellison · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1947 · 1933 · Mavis Gallant · ss (r) · A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings · Gabriel Garcia Marquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss New American Review #13, 1971 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 · The Defeated · Nadine Gordimer · ss (r) · On the Road · Langston Hughes · ss Esquire January 1935 · Sweat · Zora Neale Hurston · ss Fire!! November 1926 · In the American Society · Gish Jen · ss The Southern Review Summer 1986 · Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 · The Soong Sisters · Sky Lee · ss (r) · A Woman on a Roof · Doris Lessing · ss (r) · Angel Levine · Bernard Malamud · ss Commentary December 1955 · Shiloh · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The New Yorker October 20 1980 · How I Met My Husband · Alice Munro · ss (r) · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Epoch Fall 1966 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986 · First Confession · Frank O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2720, March 1 1939 · I Stand Here Ironing · Tillie Olsen · ss The Pacific Spectator Winter 1956, as “Help Her to Believe” · The Man to Send Rain Clouds · Leslie Marmon Silko · ss The New Mexico Quarterly Winter/Spring 1969, as by Leslie Chapman · No One’s a Mystery · Elizabeth Tallent · ss (r) story syndicated to newspapers and published by Cincinnati Enquirer and Newsday. · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942 · A Visit of Charity · Eudora Welty · ss Decision June 1941 · The Use of Force · William Carlos Williams · ss Blast: A Magazine of Proletarian Short Stories November/December 1933 · 12. Writing About Literature · Beginning · Discovering and Planning · Drafting and Revising · The Form of Your Finished Paper · Documenting Your Sources · Reference Guide for Citations · Keeping a Journal · The Girl Writing Her English Paper · Robert Wallace · ss (r) · 13. Writing About a Story · Explicating · Student Essay (Explication) · Analyzing · Student Essay (Analysis) · Student Card Report · Comparing and Contrasting · Suggestions for Writing · 14. Writing and Researching on the Computer · Writing and Revising · Using Spell-Check Programs · Researching on the World Wide Web · Two Ways to Start Researching · Plagiarism · Literature Online · 15. Critical Approaches to Literature · Formalist Criticism · The Formalist Critic · Cleanth Brooks · ar (r) · Light and Darkness in “Sonny’s Blues” · Michael Clark · ar (r) · On Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” · Robert Langbaum · ar (r) · Biographical Criticism · The Relationship of Poet and Poem · Leslie Fiedler · ar (r) · Chekhov’s Attitude to Romantic Love · Virginia Llewellyn Smith · ar (r) · On Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” · Brett C. Millier · ar (r) · Historical Criticism · Imagism · Hugh Kenner · ar (r) · Southern Sources of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” · Sally Fitzgerald · ar (r) · On Langston Hughes · Darryl Pinckney · ar (r) · Psychological Criticism · The Destiny of Oedipus · Sigmund Freud · ar (r) · The Father-Figure in “The Tell-Tale Heart” · Daniel Hoffman · ar (r) · Poetic Influence · Harold Bloom · ar (r) · Mythological Criticism · Mythic Archetypes · Northrop Frye · ar (r) · Myth in Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” · Edmond Volpe · ar (r) · Lucifer in Shakespeare’s Othello · Maud Bodkin · ar (r) · Sociological Criticism · Content Determines Form · Georg Lukacs · ar (r) · Money and Labor in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” · Daniel P. Watkins · ar (r) · Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln · Alfred Kazin · ar (r) · Gender Criticism · Toward a Feminist Poetics · Elaine Showalter · ar (r) · Gender and Pathology in “The Yellow Wallpaper” · Juliann Fleenor · ar (r) · The Freedom of Emily Dickinson · Sandra M. Gilbert & Susan Gubar · ar (r) · Reader-Response Criticism · An Eskimo “A Rose for Emily” · Stanley Fish · ar (r) · “How Do We Make a Poem?” · Robert Scholes · ar (r) · Filling the Gaps in Hamlet · Joel Wingard · ar (r) · Deconstructionist Criticism · The Death of the Author · Roland Barthes · ar (r) · Rigorous Unreliability · Barbara Johnson · ar (r) · On Wordsworth’s “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” · Geoffrey Hartman · ar (r) · Cultural Studies · Poststructuralist Cultural Critique · Vincent B. Leitch · ar (r) · What Is Cultural Studies? · Mark Bauerlein · ar (r) · The Stance of Observation in William Blake’s “London” · Heather Glen · ar (r)