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A Vintage Contemporaries Original Includes: Jim Shepard's "Tedford and the Megalodon" Glen David Gold's "The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter" Dan Chaon's "The Bees" Kelly Link's "Catskin" Elmore Leonard's "How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman" Carol Emshwiller's "The General" Neil Gaiman's "Closing Time" Nick Hornby's "Otherwise Pandemonium" Stephen King's "The Tale of Gray Dick" Michael Crichton's "Blood Doesn’t Come Out" Laurie King's "Weaving the Dark" Chris Offutt's "Chuck’s Bucket" Dave Eggers's "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly" Michael Moorcock's "The Case of the Nazi Canary" Aimee Bender's "The Case of the Salt and Pepper Shakers" Harlan Ellison's "Goodbye to All That" Karen Joy Fowler's "Private Grave 9" Rick Moody's "The Albertine Notes" Michael Chabon's "The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance" Sherman Alexie's "Ghost Dance"

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There were some short stories here that were superb and some I could have skipped. The Albertine Notes started out sort of interesting and developed into an incredibly powerful shocking story that will haunt me forever. The major writers I've heard of didn't write the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:13:56 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 17:57:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 18:23:49 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 21:43:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 09:26:57 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 06:20:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Sep 05 07:34:10 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 05:08:15 -0700 2007
I was not disappointed. In his introduction, Michael Chabon di...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 03:14:52 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 03:23:19 -0700 2007
That being said, this book only continues my love affair with the publisher.

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Highlights: Dan Chaon's "The Bees" (creepy an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 18:01:59 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 15:39:40 -0800 2008
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