Fiction 100 ed. James H. Pickering (Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 0-02-395290-3, v+1048pp, tp, an)
- v · Preface · James H. Pickering · pr
- 1 · The Bound Man · Ilse Aichinger; translated by Eric Mosbacher · ss The Bound Man and Other Stories by Ilse Aichinger, tr. Eric Mosbacher, Secker & Warburg, 1955
translated from the German (“Der Gefesselte”, Der Gefesselte Erzahlungen, S. Fischer, 1953).
- 9 · I Want to Know Why · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Smart Set November 1919
- 15 · This Morning, This Evening, So Soon · James Baldwin · nv The Atlantic Monthly September 1960
- 38 · Title · John Barth · ss The Yale Review Winter 1968
- 43 · A Shower of Gold · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker December 21 1963
- 49 · Chickamauga · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner January 20 1889
- 53 · Christmas Every Day · Heinrich Böll; translated by Denver Lindley · ss Partisan Review Spring 1957
translated from the German (“Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit”, Alfred Andersch, December 1952).
- 66 · A Summer Tragedy · Arna Bontemps · ss Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life June 1933
- 72 · The Garden of Forking Paths · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review Spring 1958
translated from the Spanish (“El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941).
- 78 · The Library of Babel · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by James E. Irby · ss Labyrinths by Jorge Luís Borges, New Directions, 1962
translated from the Spanish (“La biblioteca de Babel”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941).
- 83 · The South · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · ss Ficciones by Jorge Luís Borges, Grove Press, 1962
translated from the Spanish (“El Sur”, La Nación, October 11, 1953).
- 88 · Her Table Spread · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener March 7 1934
- 93 · Astronomer’s Wife · Kay Boyle · ss The White Horses of Vienna and Other Stories by Kay Boyle, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1936
- 97 · August 2002: Night Meeting [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, May 1950
- 102 · The Guest · Albert Camus; translated by Justin O’Brien · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1957
- 110 · The Country Husband · John Cheever · nv The New Yorker November 20 1954
- 125 · The Bet · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, tr. Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1921
translated from the Russian (“Pari”, Novoye Vremya, January 16, 1889).
- 130 · The Darling · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Darling and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, tr. Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1916
translated from the Russian (“Dushechka”, Semya #1, January 3, 1899).
- 138 · Gooseberries · Anton Chekhov; translated by Ivy Litvinov · ss Selected Works: Stories by Anton Chekhov, tr. Ivy Litvinov, Progress Publishers, 1973
translated from the Russian (“Kryzhovnik”, Russkaya Mysl, 1898).
- 145 · The Flashlight · Eldridge Cleaver · nv Playboy December 1969
- 164 · The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg · Samuel L. Clemens · na Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1899, as by Mark Twain
- 190 · The Traveler’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited.
- 200 · The Secret Sharer · Joseph Conrad · nv Harper’s Monthly Magazine August 1910 (+1)
- 223 · Anthony Garstin’s Courtship · Hubert Crackanthorpe · nv The Savoy #3, July 1896
- 239 · The Blue Hotel · Stephen Crane · nv Collier’s Weekly November 26 1898
- 255 · The Grace · Robert Creeley · ss Origin #1, 1951
- 259 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”
- 267 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Isak Dinesen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam UK, 1942
- 274 · The Grand Inquisitor · Fëdor Dostoevski; translated by Constance Garnett · ex from The Brothers Karamazov, Heinemann, 1912
translated from the Russian (Brat’ya Karamazovy, 1880).
- 286 · King of the Bingo Game · Ralph Ellison · ss Tomorrow November 1944
- 292 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1931
- 299 · The Old People [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine September 1940
- 310 · That Evening Sun · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury March 1931
- 320 · Absolution · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The American Mercury June 1924
- 329 · The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller · Gustave Flaubert (translated) · nv The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert by Gustave Flaubert, 1926
translated from the French (“La légende de saint Julien l’Hospitalier”, Trois Contes, G. Charpentier, 1877).
- 343 · The Celestial Omnibus · E. M. Forster · nv Albany Review January 1908
- 352 · A Change of Plan · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Esquire January 1966
- 356 · In the Heart of the Heart of the Country · William H. Gass · nv New American Review #1, September 1967
- 371 · The House of Cobwebs · George Gissing · ss The Argosy (UK) August 1900
- 382 · The Overcoat · Nikolai Gogol; translated by Constance Garnett · na Atlantis Press, 1947
translated from the Russian (“Shinel”, Sochineniia, 1842).
- 400 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883
- 413 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869
- 419 · My Kinsman, Major Molineux · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, as by The Author of “Sights from a Steeple”
- 430 · Roger Malvin’s Burial · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv The Token 1832, 1831, uncredited.
- 441 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 449 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927
- 455 · The Poet · Hermann Hesse; translated by Denver Lindley · ss Strange News from Another Star by Hermann Hesse, tr. Denver Lindley, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972
translated from the German (“Der Dichter”, Märchen, 1919).
- 459 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon
- 468 · One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts · Shirley Jackson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955
- 474 · Led Astray · Dan Jacobson · ss The New Yorker January 23 1965
- 481 · The Beast in the Jungle · Henry James · na The Better Sort by Henry James, Scribner's, 1903
- 506 · Four Meetings · Henry James · ss Scribner’s Monthly November 1877
- 523 · The Tree of Knowledge · Henry James · ss The Soft Side by Henry James, Methuen, 1900
- 532 · The Town Poor · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1890
- 539 · Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 543 · The Dead · James Joyce · na The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 566 · Ivy Day in the Committee Room · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, June 1914
- 574 · A Hunger Artist · Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir · ss The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, tr. Willa & Edwin Muir, Schocken, 1948
translated from the German (“Ein Hungerkünstler”, Die neue Rundschau, 1922).
- 580 · The Gardener · Rudyard Kipling · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1926
- 586 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904
- 598 · Without Benefit of Clergy · Rudyard Kipling · nv Macmillan’s Magazine June 1890
- 611 · Gogol’s Wife · Tommaso Landolfi; translated by Wayland Young · ss Encounter #53, February 1958
translated from the Italian (“La moglie di Gogol”, Ombre, Vallecchi Editore, 1954).
- 618 · The Shadow in the Rose Garden · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Smart Set March 1914
- 626 · One Off the Short List · Doris Lessing · nv Partisan Review Summer 1960
- 641 · Journey Through the Night · Jakov Lind; translated by Ralph Manheim · ss Soul of Wood and Other Stories by Jakob Lind, tr. Ralph Manheim, Jonathan Cape, 1964
translated from the German (“Eine Seele aus Holz”, Eine Seele aus Holz, 1962).
- 645 · Gold Coast · James Alan McPherson · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1968
- 658 · No Trace · David Madden · nv The Southern Review Winter 1970
- 671 · The Magic Barrel · Bernard Malamud · ss Partisan Review November/December 1954
- 681 · Mario and the Magician · Thomas Mann; translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter · na Martin Secker, 1930
translated from the German (Mario und der Zauberer, S. Fischer Verlag, 1930).
- 706 · The Man Without a Temperament · Katherine Mansfield · ss Arts and Letters Spring 1920
- 714 · The Outstation · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International June 1924
- 731 · Little Soldier · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Jonathan Sturges · ss The Odd Number by Guy de Maupassant, tr. Jonathan Sturges, Harper & Brothers, 1889
translated from the French (“Petit Soldat”, Le Figaro April 13, 1885).
- 735 · Bartleby, the Scrivener · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), uncredited.
- 756 · Patriotism · Yukio Mishima; translated by Geoffrey W. Sargent · ss Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima, tr. Geoffrey W. Sargent, New Directions, 1966
translated from the Japanese (“Yūkoku”, Shōsetsu Chūōkōron, December 1960).
- 770 · Sredni Vashtar · H. H. Munro · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910, as by Saki
- 773 · Four Summers · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Yale Review Spring 1967
- 784 · The Artificial Nigger · Flannery O’Connor · ss A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor, Harcourt, 1955
- 796 · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, September 1961
- 805 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
- 815 · Guests of the Nation · Frank O’Connor · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1931
- 822 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
- 826 · The Man of the Crowd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine December 1840
- 832 · The Grave · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review April 1935
- 836 · The Valiant Woman · J. F. Powers · ss Accent Spring 1947
- 842 · The Secret Room · Alain Robbe-Grillet; translated by Bruce Morrissette · ss Snapshots by Alain Robbe-Grillet, tr. Bruce Morrissette, Grove Press, 1968
translated from the French (“La Chambre secrète”, Instantanés, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1962).
- 846 · The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner · Alan Sillitoe · ss The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe, W.H. Allen, 1959
- 868 · Gimpel the Fool · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Saul Bellow · ss Partisan Review May/June 1953
- 877 · The Twins · Muriel Spark · ss The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories by Muriel Spark, Macmillan UK, November 1958
- 883 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937
- 890 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885
- 900 · Miss Leonora When Last Seen · Peter Taylor · nv The New Yorker November 19 1960
- 917 · The Catbird Seat · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker November 14 1942
- 923 · The Death of Ivan Ilych · Leo Tolstoy; translated by Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude · na Ivan Ilych and Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1934
translated from the Russian (“Smert Ivana Ilyicha”, Russkaya Mysl, 1886).
- 955 · Of This Time, of That Place · Lionel Trilling · nv Partisan Review January/February 1943
- 977 · The Country Doctor · Ivan Turgenev; translated by Charles Hepburn & Natasha Hepburn · ss A Sportsman’s Notebook by Ivan Turgenev, tr. Charles & Natasha Hepburn, The Cresset Press, 1950
translated from the Russian (“Uyezdnyy lekar”, Sovremennik, 1849).
- 983 · Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr · Miguel de Unamuno; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · ss Abel Sanchez and Other Stories by Miguel de Unamuno, tr. Anthony Kerrigan, Gateway Press, 1956
translated from the Spanish (“San Manuel Bueno, mártir”, La Novela de Hoy, 1933).
- 1003 · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961
- 1008 · The Lord of the Dynamos · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget September 6 1894
- 1014 · Powerhouse · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1941
- 1021 · The Man Who Was Almost a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940, as “Almos’ a Man”
- 1028 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg
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