New York: Longman, (1998). SIGNED - Includes 32 short stories ranging from early pieces by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Poe, through Faulkner, Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker and Margaret Atwood. While most selections are by American authors, there are some from other countries, including Anton Chekhov, Chinua Achebe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and more. SIGNED by Sandra Cisneros at her contribution "Barbie-Q" and uncommon thus. Includes alphabetical list of authors and a new foreword for this edition. Index. xii, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-321011481.