An unprecedented collection of the best of Joyce Carol Oates's short stories combined with eleven new stories.

Contents:

• Spider Boy
• The Fish Factory
• The Cousins
• Soft-core
• The Gathering Squall
• The Lost Brother
• In Hot May
• High Lonesome
• *Bd*11 1 87
• Fat Man My Love
• Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear
• Upon the Sweeping Flood
• At the Seminary
• In the Region of Ice
• Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
• How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections, and Began My Life Over Again
• Four Summers
• Small Avalanches
• Concerning the Case of Bobbie T.
• The Tryst
• The Lady with the Pet Dog
• The Dead
• Last Days
• My Warszawa : 1980
• Our Wall
• Raven's Wing
• Golden Gloves
• Manslaughter
• Nairobi
• Heat
• The Knife
• The Hair
• The Swimmers
• Will You Always Love Me?
• Life After High School
• Mark of Satan