The Best American Short Stories 1993

352 pp. Includes: Foreword; Introduction by Louise Erdrich; Playing with Dynamite by John Updike; The Girl on the Plane by Mary Gaitskill; A Real Life by Alice Munro; Silent Passengers by Larry Woiwode; Queen Wintergreen by Alice Fulton; The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus by Harlan Ellison; Poltergeists by Jane Shapiro; Red Moccassins by Susan Power; I Want to Live! by Thom Jones; Charlotte by Tony Earley; What the Thunder Said by Janet Perry; Naked Ladies by Antonya Nelson; Man, Woman and Boy by Stephen Dixon; Winter Barley by Andrea Lee; Comcerning Mold upon the Skin, Etc. by Joanna Scott; Pray Without Ceasing by Wendell Berry; Gold by Kim Edwards; Great Barrier Reef by Diane Johnson; Terrific Mother by Lorrie Moore; The Important Houses by Mary Gordon; Contributors' Notes; 100 Distinguished Stories of 1992; Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories.