Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First edition - These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Dorothy Allison, Louise Erdrich, Edwidge Danticat, E. L. Doctorow, Z. Z. Packer, Susan Straight, Mona Simpson, Adam Haslett and more. Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with introductions by Mosley and Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 2002. xv, 360 pp. ISBN: 0-618-197338.