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The Innkeeper Chronicles, Volume Two by Andrew & Ilona Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

The Kinsmen Universe by Andrew & Ilona Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

Small Magics by Andrew & Ilona Gordon--- see under Ilona Andrews.

Best English Short Stories 1989 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (W.W. Norton & Company, 1989, 0-393-02720-1, $18.95, ix+287pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Heinemann 1989 as Best Short Stories 1989) anthology. vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · The Secret History of World War 3 · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #114, 1988 13 · A Letter to Our Son · Peter Carey · ar Granta #24, Summer 1988 33 · ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore · Angela Carter · nv Granta #25, Autumn 1988 54 · Card Trick with Hearts · Adrian Dannatt · ss The London Magazine October/November 1988 62 · The Bad Boy · Berlie Doherty · ss Critical Quarterly Summer 1988 71 · Explosions on the Sun · Marilyn Duckworth · ss Landfall #160, 1986 84 · A Day in the Life of a Sphere · Lucy Ellman · ss The New Statesman December 23/December 30 1988 94 · The Book of Ands · Robert Grossmith · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1988 103 · Travelling Elsewhere · Howard Jacobson · ss The Observer October 2 1988 113 · The Five Thousand and One Nights · Penelope Lively · ss The Observer August 28 1988 123 · Volunteer · Tracey Lloyd · ss Woman’s Journal July 1988 137 · A Foreign Dignitary · Bernard MacLaverty · ss The New Statesman January 15 1988 146 · Summer Lightning · Adam Mars-Jones · ss The Observer August 14 1988 162 · Another Time · Edna O’Brien · ss The New Yorker November 14 1988 179 · Weeds · Ruth Rendell · ss The Observer September 4 1988 188 · Notes of a Copernican Biographer · Patrick Rogers · ss Panurge #8, April 1988 204 · And Now This · Carl Tighe · ss Ambit #113, 1988 216 · A Merican · Jonathan Treitel · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1988 224 · Children of the Headmaster · William Trevor · ss The Spectator December 24/December 31 1988 241 · The Scenic Railway · Edward Upward · ss The London Magazine June 1988 262 · Ind Aff · Fay Weldon · ss The Observer August 7 1988 272 · Just Like Stone’s Hotel · Kit Wright · ss The London Magazine August/September 1988 280 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

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 of Best Short Stories 1986-1995 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes (Minerva, 1995, 0-7493-9562-1, £7.99, vii+504pp, tp, an) vii · Introduction · Giles Gordon & David Hughes · in 1 · Career Move · Martin Amis · nv The New Yorker June 29 1992 21 · The Age of Lead · Margaret Atwood · ss New Statesman and Society July 20 1990 35 · Answers to a Questionnaire · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #100, Spring 1985 40 · Dragons · Julian Barnes · ss Granta #32, Summer 1990 53 · The Dream Lover · William Boyd · ss The London Magazine February/March 1993 66 · The Last Island Boy · George Mackay Brown · ss The Scotsman December 24 1985 72 · Medusa’s Ankles · A. S. Byatt · ss Woman’s Journal September 1990 85 · ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore · Angela Carter · nv Granta #25, Autumn 1988 103 · The Mermaid · David Constantine · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1991 128 · A Death in the Family · Michael Dibdin · ss GQ December 1990 130 · Forain · Mavis Gallant · ss The New Yorker June 24 1991 147 · The Book of Ands · Robert Grossmith · ss Critical Quarterly Autumn 1988 155 · People for Lunch · Georgina Hammick · ss Stand Winter 1985/1986 177 · Five Paintings of the New Japan · Steven Heighton · ss Stand v32 #3, 1991 198 · Maundy · Christopher Hope · ss The New Yorker June 1 1992 212 · Unperformed Experiments Have No Results · Janette Turner Hospital · ss Queen’s Quarterly Winter 1994 226 · Sisters · Colum McCann · ss Analecta 1992 241 · The Wrong Vocation · Moy McCrory · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #1, 1989 253 · Creatures of the Earth · John McGahern · ss Granta #49, Winter 1994 268 · A Pair of Spoons · Shena Mackay · ss Critical Quarterly Spring 1990 287 · Alas for the Egg · Hilary Mantel · ss The London Magazine December 1986/January 1987 304 · Remission · Adam Mars-Jones · nv Granta #22, Autumn 1987 326 · A Real Life · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker February 10 1992 349 · Wilderness · Edna O’Brien · nv The New Yorker March 16 1992 380 · Oranges from Spain · David Park · ss Critical Quarterly v31 #2, 1989 394 · A Fairly Regular Four · Frederic Raphael · ss Best Short Stories 1991 ed. Giles Gordon & David Hughes, William Heinemann Ltd., 1991 first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Morning Story, 26 November 1990. 400 · Burning End · Ruth Rendell · ss The Spectator December 17/December 24 1994 410 · Notes of a Copernican Biographer · Patrick Rogers · ss Panurge #8, April 1988 423 · Good Advice Is Rarer Than Rubies · Salman Rushdie · ss The New Yorker June 22 1987 429 · Good Friday, 1633 · Helen Simpson · ss The Listener September 3 1987 438 · Stalin, Stalin, and Stalin · Jonathan Treitel · ss The New Yorker September 21 1992 445 · Two of Them · Rose Tremain · ss Marie Claire August 1992 456 · Cocktails at Doney’s · William Trevor · ss The New Yorker April 8 1985 471 · Ind Aff*--or Out of Love in Sarajevo · Fay Weldon · ss The Observer August 7 1988 479 · Bank Holiday · Jonathan Wilson · ss The New Yorker January 11 1993 489 · Biographical Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 501 · Index to Best Short Stories 1986-1995 · [uncredited] · ix

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