Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. SIGNED first edition - These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Amy Bloom, Raymond Carver, Walter Mosley , Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, Ron Carlson, Junot Diaz, Z Z Packer, Percival Everett and more. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Ron Carlson at his story 'The Ordinary Son' and Walter Mosley at "Pet Fly." Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with an ntroduction by E. :L Doctorow. Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 1999. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-395-926866.

Cincinnati: F & W Publications, 1998. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Bender at her story "The Healer." Also include stories by Jean Fong Kwok, Melanie Sumner, Percival Everett, A. L. Kennedy, Julia Slavin and others. Notes on contributors. 128 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many other issues - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Amy Bloom, Raymond Carver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, Ron Carlson, Junot Diaz, Walter Mosley, Percival Everett, ZZ Packer and more. Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with an introduction by E. L Doctorow. Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 1999. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-395-926874.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. First edition - These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Amy Bloom, Raymond Carver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, Ron Carlson, Junot Diaz, Walter Mosley, Percival Everett, ZZ Packer and more. Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with an introduction by E. :L Doctorow. Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 1999. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-395-926866.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. SIGNED first edition - These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Amy Bloom, Raymond Carver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, Ron Carlson, Junot Diaz, Walter Mosley, Percival Everett, ZZ Packer and more. SIGNED by Mosley at his story "Pet Fly." Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with an introduction by E. :L Doctorow. Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 1999. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-395-926866.

New York: Hyperion, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When a man comes back to life at his funeral, the stitches which re-attached his severed head still clearly visible, he becomes a source of embarrassment to his daughter, an object of morbid curiosity to the press, a prized specimen for scientists, and Satan incarnate to an obscure religious cult. A wildly funny and satirical novel by this African American writer. SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-69178.

Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fascinating novel about a confrontation with the FBI on a reservation somwhere north of Denver. A mystery featuring an African American hydrologist who becomes involved because he gave a ride to Louise Yellow Calf, who was hitching on a deserted, snowy road. Interspersed with the story are quotes from old treaties and documents which vividly portray this country's racial history. Dj blurbs from Rick Bass and Madison Smartt Bell. A very different novel by this African American writer, who is not as widely read as he should be. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 1-55597-2373.

Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - "With this inventive and humorous novel, Percival Everett has created his unlikeliest hero to date. Mute by choice, baby Ralph is able to ponder the worth (not much) of Derrida and Barthes. On discovery of his talents, a host of people are soon eager for a stake in this child prodigy." As Terry McMillan says "I think Percival Everett is a genius. . . He has a following, but not large enough. He's a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him." 208 pp. ISBN: 1555972969.

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (2005). Hardcover first edition - A novel by this African American author which explores the consequences of hatred in a divided world. "Training horses is dangerous - a head-to-head confrontation with 1,000 pounds of muscle and little sense takes courage, but more importantly patience and smarts. It is these same qualities that allow John and his uncle Gus to live in the beautiful high desert of Wyoming. A black horse trainer is a curiosity, at the very least, but a familiar curiosity in these parts. It is the brutal murder of a young gay man, however, that pushes this small community to the teetering edge of fear and tolerance." Everett is a consistently interesting and provocative novelist. 207 pp. ISBN: 1-555974279.