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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Thomas; Robert Shapard |
| ISBN: | 9780393328028 0393328023 |
| OCLC Number: | 65201384 |
| Description: | 237 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Jumper down / Don Shea -- The memory priest of the Creech people / Paul Theroux -- Sashimi cashmere / Carolyn Forde -- The Barbie birthday / Alison Townshed -- Sweet sixteen / Gary D. Wilson -- Before the bath / Ismail Kadare -- Baker's helper / Cynthia Anderson -- Rumors of myself / Steve Almond -- Mandela was late / Peter Mehlman -- Sleeping / Katharine Weber -- Traditional style Indian garage / Chrytos -- How to set a house on fire / Stace Budzko -- The jalapeno contest / Ray Gonzalez -- Currents / Hannah Bottomy -- 1951 / Richard Bausch -- Bullet / Kim Church -- Consuming the view / Luigi Malerba -- The great open mouth anti-sadness / Ron Carlson -- Things you should know / A.M. Holmes -- Rose / John Biguenet -- Tiffany / Stacey Richter -- The fallguy's fate / Robert Coover -- The cats in the prison recreation hall / Lydia Davis -- Level / Keith Scribner -- Blind fish / Melanie Rae Thon -- The voices in my head / Jack Handey -- The old truth in Costa Rica / Lon Otto -- Why you shouldn't have gone in the first place / Samantha Schoech -- Mythologies / R.L. Futrell -- Reviving Pater / John Goulet -- Bullhead / Leigh Allison Wilson -- Accident / Dave Eggers -- All girl band / Utahna Faith -- I never looked / Donald Hall -- My date with Neanderthal woman / David Galef -- Fab 4 / Jenny Hall -- The Peterson fire / Barry Gifford -- Words / John A. McCaffrey -- The black city / Leonardo Alishman -- Justice, a beginning / Grace Paley -- That could have been you / Jim Heynen -- The wallet / Andrew McCuaig -- How to end up / Jennifer A. Howard -- The orange / Benjamin Rosenbaum -- 21 / Jim Crace -- Geometry can fail us / Barbara Jacksha -- To reduce your likeihood of murder / Ander Monson -- Oliver's evolution / John Updike -- The doctor / Ann Hood -- Crazy glue / Etgar Keret -- Pledge drive / Patricia Marx -- The handbag / Michael Augustin -- A patriotic angel / Mark Budman -- What were the white things? / Amy Hempel -- Map of the lost world / James Tate -- Bill / Dan Kaplan -- The kettle / Eva Marie Ginsburg -- Quill / Tony Earley -- Nicaragua / Kirk Nesset -- Parrot talk / Kite Covne Irwin -- I didn't do that / Tom Hazuka -- What I know of your country / John Leary -- The paperboy / Sherrie Flick -- Birth / Robert Earle -- Guidebook / Christopher Merrill -- Test / G.A. Ingersoll -- Drawer / Rick Moody 00:03:36:58 / Bayard Godsave -- The good life / David Ryan -- Fruit series / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Initials etched on a dining-room table, Lockport, Nova Scotia / Peter Orner -- Mr. Nikos Nikou / Ersi Sotiropoulos -- Three soldiers / Bruce Holland Rogers -- The mesmerit / Michael Knight -- Toasters / Pamela Painter -- Diagnostic drift / Michael Martone -- You don't know anything / Kathleen Wheaten -- Traveling alone / Rob Carney -- The death of a short story / J. David Stevens. |
| Responsibility: | edited by James Thomas and Robert Shapard. |
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Abstract:
In this follow-up to the first "Flash Fiction" anthology, the editors once again tackle the question, "How short can a story be and truly be a story?" Includes stories from Ron Carlson, Robert Coover, Grace Paley, Paul Theroux, and others.
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