Description: Contents Foreword ix Introduction by Michael Chabon xiii Tom Perrotta. The Smile on Happy Chang's Face 1 from Post Road Dennis Lehane. Until Gwen 19 from The Atlantic Monthly Lynne Sharon Schwartz. A Taste of Dust 35 from Ninth Letter Thomas McGuane. Old Friends 43 from The New Yorker J . Robert Lennon. Eight Pieces for the Left Hand 58 from Granta Kelly Link. Stone Animals 67 from Conjunctions Nathaniel Bellows. First Four Measures 109 from The Paris Review Charles D'Ambrosio. The Scheme of Things 125 from The New Yorker Alice Munro. Silence 149 from The New Yorker Tom Bissell. Death Defier 174 from Virginia Quarterly Review Joy Williams. The Girls 212 from Idaho Review Cory Doctorow. Anda's Game 223 from Salon.com Alix Ohlin. Simple Exercises for the Beginning Student 251 from Swink Edward P. Jones. Old Boys, Old Girls 265 from The New Yorker David Means. The Secret Goldfish 288 from The New Yorker Joyce Carol Oates. The Cousins 298 from Harper's Magazine David Bezmozgis. Natasha 318 from Harper's Magazine Tim Pratt. Hart and Boot 339 from Polyphony Rishi Reddi. Justice Shiva Ram Murthy 356 from Harvard Review George Saunders. Bohemians 374 from The New Yorker Contributors' Notes 383 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2004 394 Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories 398

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