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Best English Short Stories II ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (W.W. Norton & Company, 1992, 0-393-30877-4, $10.95, ix+338pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1990 as Best Short Stories 1990) anthology.

Best English Short Stories III ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, 0-393-03036-9, $10.95, ix+305pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1991 as Best Short Stories 1991) anthology.

Best English Short Stories IV ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Norton, 1992, hc, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1992 as Best Short Stories 1992) anthology.

Best English Short Stories V ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (W.W. Norton & Company, 1994, 0-393-03580-8, $22.00, ix+370pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1993 as Best Short Stories 1993) anthology.

Best Short Stories 1986 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., November 1986, 0-434-35419-8, viii+243pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 3 · Answers to a Questionnaire · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #100, Spring 1985 8 · The Last Island Boy · George Mackay Brown · ss The Scotsman December 24 1985 15 · Dealing in Fictions · Christopher Burns · ss The London Magazine 1985 32 · A Present for Christmas 1816 · Barbara Cartland · ss (r) 39 · The Assassination of Indira Gandhi · Upamanyu Chatterjee · ss (r) 52 · Fulfilment · Éilís Ní Dhuibhne · ss (r) 67 · Needlework · Douglas Dunn · ss The New Yorker August 19 1985 84 · Primavera · Marian Eldridge · ss Southerly 1985 92 · Away in a Niche · Alice Thomas Ellis · ss The Spectator December 21/December 28 1985 100 · Martyrs · Desmond Hogan · ss (r) 115 · Carnation Butterfly · Christopher Hope · ss The London Magazine April/May 1985 123 · Credit · Francis King · ss (r) 131 · Smile · Deborah Moggach · ss (r) 143 · Master of Ceremonies · John Murray · ss (r) 159 · Cruising at Fifty · Philip Oakes · ss Woman’s Own July 20 1985 168 · Fen Hall · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1985 182 · Cocktails at Doney’s · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker April 8 1985 198 · Retired People · Frank Tuohy · ss The London Magazine November 1985 205 · Cottage Rubbings · Dai Vaughan · ss Stand Summer 1985 225 · The Bottom Line and the Sharp End · Fay Weldon · ss Polaris and Other Stories by Fay Weldon, Penguin, 1985 235 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1987 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., September 1987, 0-434-35418-X, 311pp, hc, an) · [unknown story] · Beryl Bainbridge · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Jim Crace · ss (r) · Visitors · John Cranna · ss Stand Winter 1985/1986 · [unknown story] · Dan Davin · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Anne Devlin · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Janice Elliott · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Penelope Gilliatt · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Kate Grenville · ss (r) · People for Lunch · Georgina Hammick · ss Stand Winter 1985/1986 · [unknown story] · James Lasdun · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Deborah Levy · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Shena Mackay · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Peter McNiff · ss (r) · Alas for the Egg · Hilary Mantel · ss The London Magazine December 1986/January 1987 · [unknown story] · E. A. Markham · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Aidan Mathews · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Alice Munro · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Leslie Norris · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Rose Tremain · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Tim Winton · ss (r)

Best Short Stories 1988 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., July 25, 1988, 0-434-35419-8, ix+258pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · Angelo’s Passion · Christopher Burns · ss The London Magazine December 1987 12 · “Night in Paris” · Patrice Chaplin · ss The Fiction Magazine January/February 1987 19 · The Death of the Tribe · Jim Clarke · ss Passages #1, 1987 33 · Autumn Rain · Richard Crawford · ss Passages #1, 1987 40 · Fruits de Mer · Ronald Frame · ss The London Magazine December 1986/January 1987 55 · Birth · Sophie Frank · ss Ambit #108, 1987 62 · Lingo · Penelope Gilliatt · ss The New Yorker September 7 1987 74 · Spoils · Nadine Gordimer · ss Granta #22, Autumn 1987 89 · High Teas · Georgina Hammick · ss The Listener December 17/December 24 1987 98 · The Buddha of Suburbia · Hanif Kureishi · ss The London Review of Books February 19 1987 114 · Vigil · Jim Mangnall · ss Ambit #107, 1987 119 · Remission · Adam Mars-Jones · nv Granta #22, Autumn 1987 143 · Horse Sense · Deborah Moggach · ss The Fiction Magazine April 1987 154 · Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 22 1987 161 · Stopover · Graham Seal · ss The London Magazine December 1987 178 · A Sleeping Pill for the Doctor · Lionel Seepaul · ss The London Magazine July 1987 199 · Good Friday, 1633 · Helen Simpson · ss The Listener September 3 1987 209 · A Trinity · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker May 11 1987 229 · Home Place · Guy Vanderhaeghe · ss The London Review of Books November 12 1987 239 · The Legs of the Queen of Sheba · Marina Warner · ss The Fiction Magazine April 1987 256 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1990 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1990, 0-434-35415-5, £13.95, ix+338pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · It Will Grow Again · Cecil Bonstein · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #2, 1989 17 · Transfigured Night · William Boyd · ss Granta #28, Autumn 1989 31 · The Vanishing Princess or The Origins of Cubism · Jenny Diski · ss New Statesman and Society October 27 1989 38 · After the Rains · Janice Galloway · ss Edinburgh Review #82, Winter 1989 48 · Chinese Funeral · Jane Gardam · ss first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 3 January 1990. 55 · Jump · Nadine Gordimer · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1989 70 · Company · Robert Grossmith · ss The Spectator December 23/December 30 1989 82 · The Man with the Dagger · Russell Hoban · ss Granta #28, Autumn 1989 94 · An Affair · Desmond Hogan · ss The European Gay Review March 1989 112 · The Loss of Faith · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Prairie Schooner Winter 1988/1989, as “Expatriate” 122 · The Goose Path · Elizabeth Jolley · ss Encounter September/October 1989 134 · Goldberg · Gabriel Josipovici · ss The London Magazine April/May 1989 145 · Vibrations · Francis King · ss The European Gay Review March 1989 152 · Esther · Hanif Kureishi · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1989 168 · The Wrong Vocation · Moy McCrory · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #1, 1989 181 · Geology · Steve McGiffen · ss Stand Winter 1989/1990 198 · Baby Clutch · Adam Mars-Jones · nv Granta #27, Summer 1989 224 · Goodness and Mercy · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker March 20 1989 247 · Arthur Seal and the Hand of Fate · Philip Oakes · ss Woman’s Journal July 1989 256 · Oranges from Spain · David Park · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #2, 1989 272 · Skinny Louie · Fiona Farrell Poole · ss New Zealand Listener May 1990 288 · The Beverly Hills Snowman · Frederic Raphael · ss Sunday Express December 24 1989 297 · At Brackus’s · D. J. Taylor · ss The London Magazine April/May 1989 306 · Shaking Hands with Theodor Herzl · Jonathan Treitel · ss The London Magazine February/March 1989 312 · In the Dark · Charles Wilkinson · ss The London Magazine December 1989/January 1990 333 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1991 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1991, 0-434-35421-X, ix+305pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · The Age of Lead · Margaret Atwood · ss New Statesman and Society July 20 1990 16 · Dragons · Julian Barnes · ss Granta #32, Summer 1990 31 · Come See About Me · Alan Beard · ss Panurge #13, October 1990 45 · Cork · William Boyd · ss Granta #34, Autumn 1990 63 · Baby Love · Julie Burchill · ss New Woman October 1990 73 · Medusa’s Ankles · A. S. Byatt · ss Woman’s Journal September 1990 87 · Peter’s Buddies · Michael Carson · ss Gay Times December 1990 95 · A Death in the Family · Michael Dibdin · ss GQ December 1990 108 · Sex and Drugs and Rock’n’Roll: Part II · Jenny Diski · ss New Statesman and Society August 24 1990 115 · A Find · Nadine Gordimer · ss New Statesman and Society September 7 1990 120 · Uncle Victor · Georgina Hammick · ss Critical Quarterly Spring 1990 131 · Sungura · Tracey Lloyd · ss Good Housekeeping February 1990 142 · Popping Out · Rachel McAlpine · ss Southerly #4, 1990 148 · A Pair of Spoons · Shena Mackay · ss Critical Quarterly Spring 1990 169 · The Language of Water · David S. Mackenzie · ss Sunk Island Review #3, Summer 1990 176 · With Long Thin Fingers · Richard Madelin · ss The London Magazine October/November 1990 185 · Changing Babies · Deborah Moggach · ss The Listener December 20/December 27 1990 first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 24 December 1990. 194 · Friend of My Youth · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker January 22 1990 217 · The Card Party · Denise Neuhaus · ss Critical Quarterly Summer 1990 240 · Magnets · Colm O’Gaora · ss Cosmopolitan (UK) May 1990 248 · Eggs for the Taking · June Oldham · ss Stand Autumn 1990 260 · A Fairly Regular Four · Frederic Raphael · ss first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 26 November 1990. 267 · Over · Rose Tremain · ss Soho Square III ed. Alberto Manguel, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990 272 · Coffee with Oliver · William Trevor · ss Cathay Pacific Airline Magazine October 1990 288 · Glob · James Waddington · ss Panurge #13, October 1990 300 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1993 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1993, 0-434-35423-6, ix+370pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · Career Move · Martin Amis · nv The New Yorker June 29 1992 24 · Life and Art · John Banville · ss Granta #41, Autumn 1992 36 · Different Ways of Getting Drunk · David Belbin · ss Ambit #128, Spring 1992 49 · West Wirral Story · Michael Carson · ss first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 20 November 1992. 56 · Switchback · Ronald Frame · ss first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 19 February 1992. 62 · Bevis · Jane Gardam · nv Discovery September 1 1992 89 · The Headscarf · Carlo Gébler · ss Critical Quarterly Summer 1992 97 · Look-Alikes · Nadine Gordimer · ss Granta #40, Summer 1992 106 · Nana’s Dance · Michelle Heinemann · ss Whetstone Spring 1992 112 · Farthing House · Susan Hill · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) December 1992/January 1993 127 · Here Come the Impersonators · Jonathan Holland · ss Stand Winter 1992 142 · Maundy · Christopher Hope · ss The New Yorker June 1 1992 157 · Sisters · Colum McCann · ss Analecta 1992 174 · The Wake House · Bernard MacLaverty · ss GQ October 1992 183 · endword · David Mackenzie · ss Stand Spring 1992 195 · A Real Life · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker February 10 1992 222 · Bel · Tony Musgrave · ss Panurge #15/16, 1992 237 · The Guitar and Other Animals · Geoff Nicholson · ss Ambit #130, Autumn 1992 246 · Wilderness · Edna O’Brien · nv The New Yorker March 16 1992 282 · The Gymnasium · Kathy Page · ss Passport #4, 1992 292 · Stalin, Stalin, and Stalin · Jonathan Treitel · ss The New Yorker September 21 1992 300 · Two of Them · Rose Tremain · ss Marie Claire August 1992 313 · Lost Ground · William Trevor · nv The New Yorker February 24 1992 348 · Fallen by the Wayside · Barry Unsworth · ss The Times December 24 1992 354 · Through a Dustbin, Darkly · Fay Weldon · ss Options December 1992 364 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1994 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1994, 0-434-00164-3, vii+304pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · The Dream Lover · William Boyd · ss The London Magazine February/March 1993 16 · Sentiment in Drag · Maddo Field · ss Stand Autumn 1993 34 · Mlle. Dias De Corta · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker December 28 1992/January 4 1993 46 · L, U, C, I, E · Nadine Gordimer · ss Granta (online) September 30 1993 54 · The Mantris Woman · Russell Hoban · ss first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 14 June 1993. 61 · Political Economy · Margaret Horner · ss The Observer June 27 1993 70 · North of Nowhere · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Nimrod Spring/Summer 1993 87 · The Master Builder’s Wife · Lisa Jacobson · ss Stand Autumn 1993 96 · Song of Roland · Jamaica Kincaid · ss The New Yorker April 12 1993 106 · Nihon-Jin Girls · Matthew Kramer · ss Panurge April 1993 121 · A Bed of Roses · Edna O’Brien · ss The Spectator December 18/December 25 1993 133 · Rum and Coke · Julia O’Faolain · ss Scripsi v9 #1, 1993 147 · A Prayer from the Living · Ben Okri · ss The New York Times January 29 1993 154 · Concerto Grossman · Frederic Raphael · ss BBC Music Magazine September 1993 first broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 31 August 1993. 162 · The Rower · Frank Ronan · ss Scripsi v8 #2, 1993 171 · So Far, She’s Fine · Oakland Ross · ss Story Winter 1993 184 · A Respectable Woman · Alan Sillitoe · ss The Illustrated London News December 1993 191 · Heavy Weather · Helen Simpson · ss Granta #43, Spring 1993 209 · Nessun Dorma · Alan Spence · ss Scotland on Sunday 1993 220 · Reservations · Carl Tighe · ss Metropolitan #1, Winter 1993/1994 234 · Spirit of a New India · Jonathan Treitel · ss Ambit Spring 1993 245 · The Potato Dealer · William Trevor · ss The Spectator December 18/December 25 1993 260 · Wasted Lives · Fay Weldon · ss The New Yorker April 19 1993 272 · Bank Holiday · Jonathan Wilson · ss The New Yorker January 11 1993 284 · Mr Applewick · Tamar Yellin · ss The London Magazine December 1993/January 1994 297 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Short Stories 1995 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (William Heinemann Ltd., 1995, 0-434-00088-4, vii+325pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · Interference · Julian Barnes · ss The New Yorker September 19 1994 16 · The Destiny of Nathalie X · William Boyd · nv Granta #48, Autumn 1994 45 · Sure to Rise · Fiona Farrell · ss Metro (New Zealand) December 1994 57 · Light · Jane Gardam · ss Marie Claire August 1994 66 · The Take-Over · Michael Hamburger · ss Stand Spring 1994 75 · The Sarum Twins · Christine Hauch · ss Panurge #20, 1994 89 · Books and Records · Nick Hornby · ss The Big Issue #84, 1994 95 · Unperformed Experiments Have No Results · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Queen’s Quarterly Winter 1994 110 · The Lobster Season · Barry Hunter · ss Panurge #21, 1994 120 · Three Miles to One Inch · Elizabeth Jolley · ss The New Yorker December 19 1994 137 · The Web · Francis King · ss The London Magazine December 1994/January 1995 149 · The Occupation; A Guide for Tourists · Mike McCormack · ss Ambit #135, 1994 156 · Creatures of the Earth · John McGahern · ss Granta #49, Winter 1994 172 · A Nation Once Again · Jim McGowan · ss Stand Summer 1994 183 · A Silver Summer · Shena Mackay · ss Marie Claire August 1994 189 · Bevis · David Mackenzie · ss Edinburgh Review #91, 1994 205 · Hired Girl · Alice Munro · ss The New Yorker April 11 1994 224 · Sin · Edna O’Brien · ss The New Yorker July 11 1994 230 · Under the Rose · Julia O’Faolain · ss The New Yorker February 28 1994 245 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994 255 · World of Serial · Will Self · ss The Big Issue #81, 1994 267 · Going Up and Coming Down · Muriel Spark · ss The Daily Telegraph July 4 1994 271 · That and a Dollar · Alan Spence · ss Edinburgh Review #92, 1994 294 · Widows · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker June 27/July 4 1994 310 · Michigan Water · Tim Willocks · ss The Big Issue #83, 1994 319 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg