A Kind of Flying
by Ron Carlson | 
At the Jim Bridger
by Ron Carlson | 
Aliens of Affection
by Padgett Powell | 
What Was Mine
by Ann Beattie | 
Charity
by Mark Richard | 
At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom
by Amy Hempel |
Anecdotes of Destiny
by Karen Blixen | 
Here We Are in Paradise
by Tony Earley | 
The Wine of Youth
by John Fante | 
Passion and Affect
by Laurie Colwin |
Waltzing the Cat
by Pam Houston | 
Cruising Paradise
by Sam Shepard | 
The Age of Miracles
by Ellen Gilchrist | 
Gallatin Canyon
by Thomas McGuane | 
In the Land of Dreamy Dreams
by Ellen Gilchrist | 
A Multitude of Sins
by Richard Ford |
Where You'll Find Me
by Ann Beattie | 
The Toughest Indian in the World
by Sherman Alexie | 
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
by Stephen King | 
Birds of America
by Lorrie Moore |
In his new collection of quirky, bittersweet stories, Carlson observes the men and women of the middle class, people who find themselves settling uneasily into lives they never envisioned for themselves. Carlson uncannily captures the complexity of his characters' inner lives.