New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first collection of short stories, thirteen stories set in a contemporary America featuring "people, above all, contending with an ever-present element of fear" - whether from nuclear fall-out, polluted water, smog, a niece who is a revolutionary bomber, or campers who imagine monsters in nature. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-394-501918.