New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book and first collection of shorter works - three novellas, four short stories - by this author, with three of the stories rooted in World War II. The NY Times review noted "their combination of sound, fictional craftsmanship with a lowering and sinister vision of life. . . his [characters are] acting roles designed to dramatize the ironies, the sinister mysteries and the dark fears." Born in New Jersey, and transplanted to Montana, WWII veteran writer and professor, Bier wrote several novels, short stories, plays, and scholarly essays and nonfiction during his tenure at the University of Montana, including in 2018, in his 93rd year a collection of poetry with the appropriate name of "Phenomenal Farewell." 248 pp.