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• ix • Preface (Plays in One Act) • essay by Daniel Halpern
• 1 • The Man Who Turned Into a Stick • short fiction by
  安部公房^?Koubou Abe
  あべこうぼう
  Kōbō Abe
  Kobo Abe
  Kohboh Abe
  Kobo Abé
  (trans. of
  棒になった男^?Bō ni natta otoko
  1957) [as by Kobo Abe]
• 91 • Helpless Doorknobs • short fiction by Edward Gorey
• 242 • Prodigal Son • short fiction by Garrison Keillor
• 248 • She Talks to Beethoven • short fiction by Adrienne Kennedy
• 272 • Medusa's Tale • short fiction by Carol S. Lashof
• 349 • Tone Clusters • short fiction by Joyce Carol Oates
• 448 • Placebo • (1989) • short story by Andrew Vachss
• 467 • The Chalky White Substance • short fiction by Tennessee Williams