The Best American Short Stories 1993

Short Stories by Andrea Lee, Thom Jones, John Updike, Mary Gordon, Joanna Scott, Diane Johnson, Antonya Nelson, Harlan Ellison, and Alice Munro.

Foreword —
Introduction / Louise Erdrich —
Playing with dynamite / John Updike —
The girl on the plane / Mary Gaitskill —
A real life / Alice Munro —
Silent passengers / Larry Woiwode —
Queen Wintergreen / Alice Fulton —
The man who rowed Christopher Columbus ashore / Harlan Ellison —
Poltergeists / Jane Shapiro —
Red moccasins / Susan Power —
I want to live! / Thom Jones —
Charlotte / Tony Early —
What the thunder said / Janet Peery —
Naked ladies / Antonya Nelson —
Man, woman and boy / Stephen Dixon —
Winter barley / Andrea Lee —
Concerning mold upon the skin, etc. / Joanna Scott —
Pray without ceasing / Wendell Berry —
Gold / Kim Edwards —
Great Barrier Reef / Diane Johnson —
Terrific mother / Lorrie Moore —
The important houses / Mary Gordon —
Contributor’s notes —
100 other distinguished stories of 1992 —
Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories