New York: Random House, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first book, a collection of bittersweet stories about the world of ballet and its fringes.SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-375-504206.

New York: HarperCollins, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second book, a collection of interrelated stories. Winner of the 1992 BANTA award. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0165634.

Framingham, MA: NESFA Press, 2005. Hardcover - A collection of 41 of the best short stories by Sheckley, with an introduction by David Hartwell. As one review noted, these stories "make it clear that Sheckley is one of sf's all-time masters of the humorous or satirical short story. 'The Lifeboat Mutiny' represents Sheckley's classic Triple A Ace Interplanetary Decontamination Agency at its risible best . . . and a dozen others are just as good places for innocent readers to start an acquaintance with Sheckley. A welcome replacement for all those tattered paperbacks on the sf shelves." 569 pp. Dust jacket art by Bob Eggleton. ISBN: 1-886778604.

Fairfield, Australia: Pascoe Publishing, (1986). First edition - The second collection of stories, including many prize winners, by this Australian author. Themes in the 15 stories range from the fire-bombing of Dresden, to the struggles of ordinary people, Aborigines, Bali and more. 187 pp. ISBN: 0-959210482.

Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1932). Hardcover - A collection of six sports stories - in addition to the title story this includes Against His Home Town; Blisters!; A Little Drop of Water; Dinnie's Weak Backhand and The Hidden Battle. 244 pp plus 5 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Shields' third book and first collection of short stories. Cover praise from Walker Percy and others. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-679-401113.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994). First edition - Share Our Strength (SOS)'s third collection of short fiction, edited and with an introduction by William H. Shore. Collects 22 short stories by Paul Auster, Rick Bass, Cynthia Baughman, Amy Bloom, Larry Brown, Richard Currey, Stephen Dixon, Clyde Edgerton, Milly Giles, Elizabeth Graver, A. M. Homes, Jim Humes, David Michael Kaplan, Randall Kenan, Barbara Kingsolver, David Kranes, John L'Heureux, Margot Livesey, Reynolds Price, Lee Smith, W.D. Wetherell, and Tobias Wolff. Notes on contributors. xiii, 230 pp. ISBN: 0-156001179.

New York: Norton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a collection of nine linked stories, set in a Los Angeles of "seismic geologic change, of racial unease, of parched desert landscapes littered with the detritus of urban ambition." A New York Times Notable Book, and a Los Angeles Times 'Best Book of the Year.' SIGNED on the title page. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-393020037.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nine science fiction stories, written for young adults., in which outerspace and the unknown are brought alive, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0751500.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Nine science fiction stories, written for young adults., in which outerspace and the unknown are brought alive, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0751500.

New York: Belmont, (1964.). First edition - A collection of 11 short stories. Belmont Future series L92-591. 157 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third collection of short stories - nine stories which show that she is one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic life. Ruth Rendell called her work "sparingly tragic and unsparingly funny." Named one of Granta's Best of Young British novelists and the recipient in 1991 of the first Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award. SIGNED on the title page. 196 pp. Dust jacket features a painting by Alex Katz. ISBN: 0-375411097.

Willimantic, CT: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology of sixteen original stories, from the most irreverent and visionary masters of the contemporary horror genre, written in homage to the classic zombie film "The Night of the Living Dead" of George Romero. Foreword by Romero and introduction by John Skipp and Craig Spector . Contributors include Stephen King, David Schow, Steve Rasnic Tem, Les Daniels, Richard Layman, Ed Bryant, Joe R. Lansdale, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, Douglas Winter, Steven R. Boyett and others. SIGNED by Lansdale at his story "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks." Illustrated by J.K. Potter with handlettering by Arnie Fenner. Illustrated endpapers. Slightly oversized format. xiv, 334 pp. ISBN: 0-929480082.

New York: St Martin's, (1997). Hardcover first edition - "Twenty-Four Unforgettable and Chilling Stories by Some of the World's Best-Loved, Most Celebrated Writers." Includes stories by Louisa May Alcott, Isabel Allende, John Cheever, Isak Dinesen, W. S. Gilbert, Nadine Gordimer, Rudyard Kipling, A. A. Milne, Paul Theroux, James Thurber, William Trevor, Patrick O'Brian, Alice Walker, Evelyn Waugh, Virgina Woolf, Edith Wharton and others. Introduction by Slung. xiii, 343 pp. ISBN: 0-31216937X.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House Publishers, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects thirty stories set in the worlds of Averoigne, Atlantis, Hyperborea, Lost Worlds and Zothique. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Full-page illustrations and wrap-around dust jacket art by Jeffrey K. Potter. 472 pp plus final illustration. ISBN: 0-870541560.

New York: Ecco Press, 1990. Author's first book, a collection of short stories which was the winner of the Drue Heinze Literature Prize for 1989.

New York: Grand Street Press, 1989. First edition - A quarterly literary journal which is "straight from the jagged edge of the imagination. Fiction, art, poetry, science, travel, photography. Expect the unexpected." This issue features "The Widow's House" a story by Elizabeth Jolley and an essay by Penelope Gilliatt on the novellas of Muriel Spark. Also includes fiction and poetry by John Updike, Amy Hempel, Marilyn Hacker, W. S. Merwin and many more. Notes on contributors, ads. 245 pp.

New York: Grand Street Press, 1989. First edition - A quarterly literary journal which is "straight from the jagged edge of the imagination. Fiction, art, poetry, science, travel, photography. Expect the unexpected." This issue features "The Printmaker" a story by William Trevor and Stanley Elkin on the first amendment. Also includes fiction, essays and poetry by Jorie Graham, Charles Baxter, Amy Clampitt, Frank Hauser, Dennis Silk, Christopher Ricks, Katha Pollitt, Rick de Marinis and many more. Notes on contributors, ads. 239 pp.

New York: Grand Street Press, 1987. First edition - A quarterly literary journal which is "straight from the jagged edge of the imagination. Fiction, art, poetry, science, travel, photography. Expect the unexpected." This issue features Christopher Hitchens, Nicholas von Hoffman and Robert Sherrill on the Constitution. Also includes fiction, essays and poetry by W.S. Merwin, Mary Jo Salter, Penelope Gilliatt, Floyd Dell, Charles Simic, P.J. Kavanagh, Richard Avedon and many more. Notes on contributors, ads. 225 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A collection of ten short stories, set in California's Central Valley, about the hard life on the streets for Mexican American kids. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 1999. 157 pp. ISBN: 0-15-2016589.

New York: Poseidon Press, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of six short stories that "evoke the bewildering vagaries of American life." Cover praise from Joseph Heller, Carolyn Chute, and others. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-671-685449.

New York: Arcade, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first collection of short stories (his second book) - called "hilarious, bittersweet and brilliant.". ISBN: 1-55970-3571.

New York: Arcade, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first collection of short stories (his second book) - called "hilarious, bittersweet and brilliant.". ISBN: 1-55970-3571.

New York: Belmont/Tower, (1973). A collection of 15 short stories by writers such as Michael Moorcock, Philip Jose Farmer, Samuel Delaney, Brian Aldiss and others, with an introduction by Spinrad, and brief comments on each story by him. 235 pp plus ads.

Boston: Emerson College, 2005. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by TWO authors: Carol Muske Dukes at her poem "Jacaranda" and Ann Beattie at her story "Talk." Also contains poetry by Marvin Bell, Jane Hirshfield, Carl Phillips, Charles Harper Webb, and many others. Stories by Ron Carlson, Alice Hoffman, Howard Norman and more, a profile of David St John by Susan Terris, and notes on contributors. 209 pp plus ads. Wraparound cover art by Lee Stoval. ISBN: 0-933058021.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of stories which show that "even in its early days, Hollywood was a community riddled with scandal and murders left unsolved." Includes stories Robert Bloch, Ross MacDonald, F. Paul Wilson, John Jakes, Jon L. Breen, Ed Gorman and others. Introduction by John Jakes. 367 pp. ISBN: 0-881848794.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2008. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Steele's fifth collection of short stories, issued in a limited edition of 1,000 signed copies. Signed by Allen Steele on the limitation page bound in at the beginning of the book. Includes an introduction by Steele, and ten short works, including the young adult novella "Escape From Earth." 310 pp. ISBN: 978-1596061521.

Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects 13 stories by this cyberpunk writer, including two collaborations, one with Rudy Rucker & the other with James Patrick Kelly. #72 out of 375 numbered SIGNED copies of the deluxe edition. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-929480-708.

New York: Hyperion, (2006). First edition - A collection of ten interrelated short stories, set during a single day, each telling the story of a teenager as they cope with problems in their lives - and make decisions that affect others in these stories. 222 pp.

Blue Bell, PA: Paper Golem, (2011.). SIGNED first edition - His first highly praised collection of short stories,. Includes the Hugo finalist 'That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made.' SIGNED on the title page, numbered #59 and dated at WorldCon on August 19, 2011. 283 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's advertisements. ISBN: 0-9795349-92.