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Authors: Ann Beattie
It did not ever arrive, with or without its white towel, with or without its burnished coffin, and he did not pursue it. In two days’ time, though, his son returned home.
About the Author
Ann Beattie has been included in four O. Henry Award collections and in John Updike’s
Best American Short Stories of the Century
. In 2000, she received the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story form. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Key West, Florida, and Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia.
Table of Contents
A Platonic Relationship ♦ April 8, 1974
Fancy Flights ♦ October 21, 1974
Wolf Dreams ♦ November 11, 1974
Dwarf House ♦ January 20, 1975
Secrets and Surprises ♦ October 26, 1976
Tuesday Night ♦ January 3, 1977
A Vintage Thunderbird ♦ February 27, 1978
The Cinderella Waltz ♦ January 29, 1979
The Burning House ♦ June 11, 1979
Greenwich Time ♦ October 29, 1979
Running Dreams ♦ February 16, 1981
Like Glass ♦ February 22, 1982
Moving Water ♦ November 8, 1982
Coney Island ♦ January 24, 1983
Heaven on a Summer Night ♦ November 28, 1983
In the White Night ♦ June 4, 1984
Summer People ♦ September 24, 1984
Where You’ll Find Me ♦ March 3, 1986
Home to Marie ♦ December 15, 1986
Horatio’s Trick ♦ December 28, 1987
Second Question ♦ June 10, 1991
The Women of This World ♦ November 20, 2000
That Last Odd Day in L.A. ♦ April 15, 2001
Find and Replace ♦ November 5, 2001
The Rabbit Hole as Likely Explanation ♦ April 12, 2004
Coping Stones ♦ September 12, 2005
The Confidence Decoy ♦ November 27, 2006
Table of Contents
A Platonic Relationship ♦ April 8, 1974
Fancy Flights ♦ October 21, 1974
Wolf Dreams ♦ November 11, 1974
Dwarf House ♦ January 20, 1975
Secrets and Surprises ♦ October 26, 1976
Tuesday Night ♦ January 3, 1977
A Vintage Thunderbird ♦ February 27, 1978
The Cinderella Waltz ♦ January 29, 1979
The Burning House ♦ June 11, 1979
Greenwich Time ♦ October 29, 1979
Running Dreams ♦ February 16, 1981
Like Glass ♦ February 22, 1982
Moving Water ♦ November 8, 1982
Coney Island ♦ January 24, 1983
Heaven on a Summer Night ♦ November 28, 1983
In the White Night ♦ June 4, 1984
Summer People ♦ September 24, 1984
Where You’ll Find Me ♦ March 3, 1986
Home to Marie ♦ December 15, 1986
Horatio’s Trick ♦ December 28, 1987
Second Question ♦ June 10, 1991
The Women of This World ♦ November 20, 2000
That Last Odd Day in L.A. ♦ April 15, 2001
Find and Replace ♦ November 5, 2001
The Rabbit Hole as Likely Explanation ♦ April 12, 2004
Coping Stones ♦ September 12, 2005
The Confidence Decoy ♦ November 27, 2006
Table of Contents
A Platonic Relationship ♦ April 8, 1974
Fancy Flights ♦ October 21, 1974
Wolf Dreams ♦ November 11, 1974
Dwarf House ♦ January 20, 1975
Secrets and Surprises ♦ October 26, 1976
Tuesday Night ♦ January 3, 1977
A Vintage Thunderbird ♦ February 27, 1978
The Cinderella Waltz ♦ January 29, 1979
The Burning House ♦ June 11, 1979
Greenwich Time ♦ October 29, 1979
Running Dreams ♦ February 16, 1981
Like Glass ♦ February 22, 1982
Moving Water ♦ November 8, 1982
Coney Island ♦ January 24, 1983
Heaven on a Summer Night ♦ November 28, 1983
In the White Night ♦ June 4, 1984
Summer People ♦ September 24, 1984
Where You’ll Find Me ♦ March 3, 1986
Home to Marie ♦ December 15, 1986
Horatio’s Trick ♦ December 28, 1987
Second Question ♦ June 10, 1991
The Women of This World ♦ November 20, 2000
That Last Odd Day in L.A. ♦ April 15, 2001
Find and Replace ♦ November 5, 2001
The Rabbit Hole as Likely Explanation ♦ April 12, 2004