The Situation of the Story

FLANNERY O'CONNOR, The Comforts of Home 3
ANN BEATTIE, It's Just Another Day in Big Bear City, California 22
MARK TWAIN, The $30,000 Bequest 37
EUDORA WELTY, Why I Live at the P.O. 62
WILLIAM GOYEN, Tapioca Surprise 73
STEPHEN CRANE, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky 83
WILLIAM FAULKNER, Barn Burning
CONRAD AIKEN, Strange Moonlight 113
ELIZABETH SPENCER, Moon Rocket 124
TRUMAN CAPOTE, Children on Their Birthdays 133
JOHN UPDIKE, A & P 148
ALICE...