What you pawn I will redeem / Sherman Alexie --
Tooth and claw / T. Corahessan Boyle --
Written in stone / Catherine Brady --
Accomplice / Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum --
Screenwriter / Charles D'Ambrosio --
Breasts / Stuart Dybek --
Some other, better Otto / Deborah Eisenberg --
Tutor / Nell Freudenberger --
Rich man / Edward P. Jones --
Limestone diner / Trudy Lewis --
Intervention / Jill McCorkle --
Gallatin Canyon / Thomas McGuane --
All Saints Day / Angela Pneuman --
What kind of furniture would Jesus pick? / Annie Proulx --
Walk with Elizanne / John Updike --
Mirror studies / Mary Yukari Waters --
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence / John Edgar Wideman. Foreword
Introduction / E.L. Doctorow
Black Elvis / Geoffrey Becker
The beautiful days / Michael Byers
The ordinary son / Ron Carlson
Call if you need me / Raymond Carver
Bones of the inner ear / Kiana Davenport
The gilgul of Park Avenue / Nathan Englander
The fix / Percival Everett
Good for the soul / Tim Gautreaux
He's at the office / Allan Gurganus
Blind Jozef Pronek / Aleksandar Hemon
The anointed / Kathleen Hill
The thing around them / Marilyn Krysl
The third and final continent / Jhumpa Lahiri
People in hell just want a drink of water / Annie Proulx
Basil the dog / Frances Sherwood
100 other distinguished stories of 1999
Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.