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    The Black Swan [August 1929] (standard)
    Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.


    The Black Swan [November 1929] (standard)
    Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.


    The Black Swan [February 1930] (standard)
    Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan.

















    BlackBook [#34, Fall 2004] ed. Aaron Hicklin (BlackBook Media Corp., $4.99, 230pp, slick bedsheet)
    subtitled “Progressive Culture.” Fiction only. Details supplied by Todd Mason.
    • Hemingway Challenge:
    • 132 · “Forgive me!” “What for?” “Never mind.” · John Updike · vi
    • 132 · Eyeballed me, killed him. Slight exaggeration. · Irvine Welsh · vi
    • 132 · Satan—Jehovah—fifteen rounds. A draw. · Norman Mailer · vi
    • 132 · “Welcome to Moeshe Christiansen’s Bar Mitzvah” · Andrea Siegel · vi
    • 132 · grass, cow, calf, milk, cheese, France · Rick Moody · vi
    • 132 · He remembered something that never happened. · A. M. Homes · vi
    • 132 · Saigon hotel. Decades later. He weeps. · Robert Olen Butler · vi
    • 132 · She gave. He took. He forgot. · Tobias Wolff · vi
    • 132 · I love you... —Love ya back. · Courtney Eldridge · vi
    • 132 · You are not shit. You are! · Jerry Stahl · vi
    • 132 · All her life: half a house. · Jamie O’Neill · vi
    • 133 · Poison; meditation; skiing; ants—nothing worked. · Edward Albee · vi
    • 133 · My nemesis is dead. Now what? · Michael Cunningham · vi
    • 133 · I saw. I conquered. Couldn’t come · David Lodge · vi
    • 133 · “Cyanide? Bitter almonds.” He knew. How? · Brian Bouldrey · vi
    • 133 · Father died. Mother triumphed. I left. · Mary Gaitskill · vi
    • 133 · “You? Her? No dice, fat boy.” · Pinckney Benedict · vi
    • 133 · Oh that? It’s nothing. Not contagious. · Augusten Burroughs · vi
    • 133 · Mother’s Day came, doubling Oedipus’ pleasure. · Bruce Benderson · vi
    • 133 · Tossed remoreslessly, whiffle balls sure hurt. · J. T. LeRoy · vi
    • 133 · As she fell, her mind wandered. · Rebecca Miller · vi
    • 133 · It’s negative. Say hi to Mom. · Ben Greenman · vi
    • 133 · A Short History of Academia [Horny professor. Failing coed. No tenure.] · Sue Grafton · vi
    • 133 · Shiva destroys Earth: “Well, that’s that.” · A. G. Pasquella · vi
    • 133 · Havana’s no place for hockey, coach. · Nicholas Weinstock · vi
    • 194 · My Mother was a Monster · Ryan Bourdinot · ss; (inspired by “Untitled” [cartoon with legend “My mother was a monster who ate children.”] by Raymond Pettibon, reproduced here)
    • 198 · Tiger Mending · Aimee Bender · ss; (inspired by painting “Tiger Mending” by Amy Culler, reproduced here)


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