SHORT STORY INDEX, 2014

PART I

Author, Title, and Subject Index

A
A & P. Updike, John
Abadzis, Nick
Toxoplasmosis of the Brain; Candidiasis of the
Esophagus; Candidiasis of the Trachea;
Candidiasis of the Bronchi; Candidiasis of the
Lungs; Kaposis Sarcoma; Pneumonia;
Tuberculosis
This Is How You Die
ABANDONMENT OF FAMILY
See Desertion & non-Support
ABBOTS
Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Eight Novell.
Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Fourth Novell.
Abbott, Megan
Part III: Road Rage: Our Eyes Couldnt Stop
Opening.
Usa Noir
ABDUCTION
Saramago, Jose. The Centaur.
ABILITY
See also Leadership
Walser, Robert. The Great Talent.
ABILITY LEVELS
See Ability
ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS
See Miscarriage
About as Fast as This Car Will Go. Vestal, Shawn
ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE
Daniels, Jim Ray. Awol.
Absent Friends (1985): Orbits. Busch, Frederick
ABSOLUTION
Constantine, Mary-Ann. Absolution.
Absolution. Constantine, Mary-Ann
ABSURD (PHILOSOPHY)
Frame, Janet. The Friday Night World.
Aliu, Xhenet. How to Play Shit.
Aliu, Xhenet. The Kill Jar.
Ockert, Jason. Still Life.
Aliu, Xhenet. Two Assholes.
ABSURD (PHILOSOPHY) IN LITERATURE
Mirolla, Michael. Chapter V: In the Country.
Mirolla, Michael. Chapter VI: Dans Le Mtro.
Mirolla, Michael. Chapter XIV: Into Another Kind
of Country.
Mirolla, Michael. Chapter XVII: Homeward
Bound.
Mirolla, Michael. Chapter XVIII: You Will Land....
ABUSE, SEXUAL
See Sex crimes
ACADEMICIANS
See College teachers

Accelerant. Wilson, D. W.
The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe. Updike,
John
The Accident. Tsepeneag, Dumitru
ACCIDENTS
Tsepeneag, Dumitru. The Accident.
ACCIDENTS FICTION
Lubar, David. Fortunate Accidents.
Tuck, Lily. Sure and Gentle Words.
Gray, Alasdair. A Unique Case.
Accidents. Shields, Carol
Ace in the Hole. Updike, John
Achates McNeil. Boyle, T. C.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (IN BOOKS)
Cooke, Carolyn. Acknowledgments.
Acknowledgments. Cooke, Carolyn
Acrobat. Van Den Berg, Laura
ACROBATS
Van Den Berg, Laura. Acrobat.
Across the Line (2013). Pascoe, Jim and Fassbender,
Tom
Across the Pond. Page, Katherine Hall
Across the Rooftops. Barry, Kevin
ACTING
Daniels, Jim Ray. 13-Part Story with Mime.
Acting Lessons. Stern, Amanda
ACTORS
Updike, John. The Ideal Village.
Milliken, Kate. A Matter of Time.
Barker, Clive. Sex, Death and Starshine.
ACTORS FICTION
Deaver, Jeffery. Bump.
OHara, John. John Barton Rosedale, Actors
Actor.
Antopol, Molly. The Unknown Soldier.
Waldrop, Howard. Why Then Ile Fit You.
ACTRESSES FICTION
OHara, John. Can I Stay Here?
Vonnegut, Kurt and Sumner, Gregory D. Go Back
to Your Precious Wife and Son.
Golden, Christopher. The Hiss of Escaping Air.
Vonnegut, Kurt and Sumner, Gregory D. Miss
Temptation.
Elyot, Justine. One Hot Summer.
Lau, Doretta. Rerun.
Nors, Dorthe. The Wadden Sea.
Upton, Lee. You Know Youve Made It When They
Hate You.
ACTS OF TERRORISM
See Terrorism
ACULEATA
See Ants
Adam Robots. Roberts, Adam
Adam. Vonnegut, Kurt and Sumner, Gregory D.

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Adams, Alina
To Look for You.
Mammoth Book of ER Romance
ADAPTATION (PHYSIOLOGY)
Kaufman, Margaret. Adaptation.
Adaptation. Kaufman, Margaret
ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL
See Alcoholism
ADDICTS
See also Alcoholics
Rash, Ron. Nothing Gold Can Stay.
Addresses. Flood, Cynthia
Adeline. Purdy, James
Adieu. De Balzac, Honore
ADJUSTMENT (PSYCHOLOGY)
Ockert, Jason. Echo.
Milliken, Kate. Inheritance.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
OHara, John. The Assistant.
Admiral. Boyle, T. C.
ADMIRALS FICTION
Boyle, T. C. Admiral.
Adolescence. Wescott, Glenway and Rosco, Jerry
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
See Teenage girls
ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY
Updike, John. The Alligators.
ADOLESCENTS
See Teenagers
ADOPTION
Mellas, Tessa. Beanstalk.
Adrian. Saki
Adrien Brody (Age 21). Calloway, Marie
ADULT CHILDREN LIVING WITH PARENTS
Lamour, Louis. The Nester and the Piute.
ADULTERERS
Jacobus, Lee A. Adulterers in Paradise.
Adulterers in Paradise. Jacobus, Lee A.
ADULTERY
Updike, John. Babys First Step.
Updike, John. Free.
Updike, John. German Lessons.
Updike, John. More Stately Mansions.
Updike, John. New York Girl.
Updike, John. The Women Who Got Away.
ADULTERY FICTION
De Balzac, Honore. Gobseck.
Banks, Russell. Lost And Found.
Yu Hua. Mid-Air Collisions.
Redel, Victoria. On Earth.
Yu Hua. Victory.
Yu Hua. Why There Was No Music.
ADULTS
Rasnic Tem, Steve. Celestial Inventory.
Advanced Latin. Bingham, Sallie
ADVENTURE & ADVENTURERS
Christie, Agatha. The Adventure of Johnnie
Waverly.
Christie, Agatha. The Adventure of the Cheap
Flat.
Christie, Agatha. The Adventure of the Clapham
Cook.

Christie, Agatha. The Adventure of the Egyptian

Tomb.
Christie, Agatha. The Adventure of the Italian
Nobleman.
Christie, Agatha. The Adventure of the Western
Star.
Swirsky, Rachel. The Adventures of Captain
Blackheart Wentworth: A Nautical Tale.
ADVENTURE & ADVENTURERS FICTION
See Adventure stories
ADVENTURE & ADVENTURERS
JUVENILE FICTION
See Adventure stories
ADVENTURE FICTION
See Adventure stories
Adventure in the East Indies. Bryant, William Cullen
ADVENTURE NOVELS
See Adventure stories
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly. Christie, Agatha
The Adventure of the Arabian Knight. Estleman,
Loren D.
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892). Doyle,
Arthur Conan
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat. Christie, Agatha
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. Christie,
Agatha
The Adventure of the Clapham Cook. Christie,
Agatha
The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist. Estleman,
Loren D.
The Adventure of the Dauphins Doll. Queen, Ellery
The Adventure of the Double-Bogey Man. Fish,
Robert L.
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb. Christie,
Agatha
The Adventure of the German Student (1824). Irving,
Washington
The Adventure of the Greatest Gift. Estleman, Loren
D.
The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman. Christie,
Agatha
The Adventure of the Three Ghosts. Estleman, Loren
D.
The Adventure of the Western Star. Christie, Agatha
ADVENTURE STORIES
See also Detective & mystery stories; Science
fiction; Sea stories; Western stories
Bryant, William Cullen. Adventure in the East
Indies.
Fish, Robert L. The Adventure of the
Double-Bogey Man.
Egerton, Owen. The Adventures of Stimp.
Walser, Robert. Adventures on a Train.
Carroll, Lenore. Before the Adventures.
Rubin, Marina. Chapter II: Announcement: The
Green Fairy.
Haynes, Ted. Do No Harm.
Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Fift Novell.
Lansdale, Joe R. The Folding Man.
Estleman, Loren D. Sons of Moriarty: A Sherlock
Holmes Novella.
Lansdale, Joe R. The Stars Are Falling.

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The Adventures of Captain Blackheart Wentworth: A

Nautical Tale. Swirsky, Rachel
The Adventures of Stimp. Egerton, Owen
Adventures on a Train. Walser, Robert
ADVERTISING
Updike, John. Commercial.
ADVICE
Novak, B. J. The Girl Who Gave Great Advice.
Farrant, M. A. C. Part Three: Chapter 84: Her
Advice.
Adwok, Pantokrator. Eslami, Elizabeth
The Aerialist. Kaplan, Hester
AERODROMES
See Airports
Aesthetic Discipline. Cooke, Carolyn
AESTHETICS
Ulysse, Katia D. Part III: Yseult: The Price of
Beauty.
The Affair at the Victory Ball. Christie, Agatha
AFFINAL RELATIVES
Rash, Ron. A Sort of Miracle.
AFFINALS
See Affinal relatives
AFFINES
See Affinal relatives
AFFLUENCE
See Wealth
AFFLUENT PEOPLE
See Rich people
Afraid. Deaver, Jeffery
AFRICA FICTION
Roscoe, Patrick. Part Three: What the World
Takes Away: Peggy Lee in Africa.
AFRICA SOCIAL LIFE & CUSTOMS
FICTION
Lessing, Doris. The Antheap.
Lessing, Doris. The Black Madonna.
Lessing, Doris. The De Wets Come to Kloof
Grange.
Lessing, Doris. Eldorado.
Lessing, Doris. Flavours of Exile.
Lessing, Doris. Flight.
Lessing, Doris. Getting off the Altitude.
Lessing, Doris. A Home for the Highland Cattle.
Lessing, Doris. Hunger.
Lessing, Doris. Leopard George.
Lessing, Doris. A Letter from Home.
Lessing, Doris. Little Tembi.
Lessing, Doris. Lucy Grange.
Lessing, Doris. A Mild Attack of Locusts.
Lessing, Doris. The New Man.
Lessing, Doris. No Witchcraft for Sale.
Lessing, Doris. The Nuisance.
Lessing, Doris. The Old Chief Mshlanga.
Lessing, Doris. Old Johns Place.
Lessing, Doris. The Pig.
Lessing, Doris. Plants and Girls.
Lessing, Doris. A Road to the Big City.
Lessing, Doris. The Second Hut.
Lessing, Doris. Spies I Have Known.
Lessing, Doris. The Story of a Non-Marrying Man.
Lessing, Doris. The Story of Two Dogs.

Lessing, Doris. The Sun Between Their Feet.

Lessing, Doris. A Sunrise on the Veld.
Lessing, Doris. Traitors.
Lessing, Doris. The Trinket Box.
Lessing, Doris. Winter in July.
Lessing, Doris. The Words He Said.
Africa Always Needs Guns. Niemann, Michael
Africa Was Children Crying. ONeill, Ryan
AFRICAN AMERICAN DETECTIVES
FICTION
Lansdale, Joe R. The Bleeding Shadow.
AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRLS FICTION
Padmanabhan, Manjula. Stains.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MOTHERS
Purdy, James. Eventide.
AFRICAN AMERICANS CIVIL RIGHTS
HISTORY
Ellison, Harlan. Daniel White for the Greater
Good.
AFRICAN AMERICANS FICTION
Patrick, Denise Lewis. The Colored Waiting
Room.
Patrick, Denise Lewis. Colorstruck.
Patrick, Denise Lewis. Hanging Out His Shingle.
Patrick, Denise Lewis. A Matter of Souls.
Patrick, Denise Lewis. Night Searching.
Patrick, Denise Lewis. The Season to Be Jolly.
Patrick, Denise Lewis. The Time Pamela Ann Got
Kicked Out of Catholic School.
AFRICAN AMERICANS SOCIAL
CONDITIONS HISTORY
Ellison, Harlan. Daniel White for the Greater
Good.
After Action Report. Klay, Phil
After Drink You Can Turn Earth Upside Down.
Glass, Rodge
After Hours. OBrien, Flann
After Lunch. Zafris, Nancy
After the Cure. Ryan, Carrie
After the Dance. Pearson, Maggie
After the Finale. Varallo, Anthony
After the Plague. Boyle, T. C.
After the Thin Man. Hammett, Dashiell
After the War. Margoshes, Dave
AFTER-HOURS CLUBS
See Nightclubs
AFTER-IMAGES
Edwards, Malcolm. After-Images.
After-Images. Edwards, Malcolm
After. Hunter, Lindsay
The Afterlife. Updike, John
Aftermath. Goldstone, Deena
The Afternoon of a Faun. Jung Young-Moon
Afterword to Afraid. Deaver, Jeffery
Again and Again and Again. Swirsky, Rachel
AGATES
Monette, Sarah. Blue Lace Agate.
Agatha. OHara, John
AGE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT
See Aging
The Age of Consent. Valentine, Jenny

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AGED COUPLES
See Older couples
AGED WOMEN
See Older women
AGEING
See Aging
Aggie with the Hat On. Edwards, B. C.
AGGRAVATED THEFT
See Robbery
AGING
Margoshes, Dave. Eclipse.
Nolan, William F. Getting Along Just Fine.
Rasnic Tem, Steve. When We Moved On.
AGING PREVENTION
Vonnegut, Kurt and Sumner, Gregory D.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Ahmed, Saladin
Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy.
Rags & Bones
Ahoy. Redel, Victoria
Aiblins. Gray, Alasdair
AIDS PATIENTS FICTION
Purdy, James. Veras Story.
Aimee Younger. Berger, Darryl Joel
AIR
Lansdale, Joe R. Dead Air.
Golden, Christopher. The Hiss of Escaping Air.
Hayes, Terrance. Part I: True Grit: Still Air.
AIR FIELDS
See Airports
AIR PARKS
See Airports
AIR PORTS
See Airports
AIR TRAVEL
Taraghi, Goli. Unfinished Game.
Aird, Catherine
Gold, Frankincense and Murder.
Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
AIRDROMES
See Airports
AIRFIELDS
See Airports
AIRPARKS
See Airports
AIRPLANES TAKEOFF
Davis, Lydia. Part IV: Waiting for Takeoff.
AIRPORT FACILITIES
See Airports
AIRPORTS
Farrant, M. A. C. Part Three: Chapter 69: Last
Amphibian Flees Calgary Airport.
Airzilla. Heywood, Joseph
Ajandoks Betrothal. Szerb, Antal
Al Kasdir. Habra, Hedy
ALABAMA FICTION
Davis, Lydia. Part II: Her Geography: Alabama.
Alarcn, Daniel
The Provincials.
Best American Short Stories 2013

ALARM REACTION
Jung Young-Moon. Animal Songs of Boredom and
Fury, Part One: The Sound of the Alarm in the
Water.
ALARMS, BURGLAR
See Burglar alarms
ALASKA FICTION
McCracken, Harold. The Alaskan Grizzly.
The Alaskan Grizzly. McCracken, Harold
Alba. Nelson, Kent
The Album. Fraile, Medardo
Album. Rhodes, Dan
ALBUMS
Fraile, Medardo. The Album.
ALCHEMY
Lubar, David. The Art of Alchemy.
ALCOHOL ABUSE
See Alcoholism
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Barry, Kevin. Breakfast Wine.
ALCOHOLICS
OBrien, Flann. After Hours.
OBrien, Flann. Donabate.
Banks, Russell. The Green Door.
ALCOHOLICS FICTION
Gray, Alasdair. Billy Semple.
OBrien, Flann. The Tale of the Drunkard: Music!
ALCOHOLISM
Capote, Truman. One Christmas.
ALCOHOLISM PATIENTS
See Alcoholics
Aldington, Richard
Introduction to the Trenches.
World War One Short Stories
Aldiss, Brian W.
The Night That All Time Broke Out.
Dangerous Visions
ALE-HOUSES
See Bars (Drinking establishments)
Alexis, Jacques-Stephen
Part I: Hunted/Haunted: The Enchanted Second
Lieutenant, Bassins-Coquilleaux (1960).
Haiti Noir 2
Algie, Jim
Chapter 1: The Death Kiss of a King Cobra Show.
Phantom Lover & Other Thrilling Tales of
Thailand
Chapter 2: Flashpoints in Asia.
Phantom Lover & Other Thrilling Tales of
Thailand
Chapter 3: Wet Nightmares.
Phantom Lover & Other Thrilling Tales of
Thailand
Chapter 4: The Legendary Nobody.
Phantom Lover & Other Thrilling Tales of
Thailand
Chapter 5: Obituary for the Khaosan Road
Outlaws and Impostors.
Phantom Lover & Other Thrilling Tales of
Thailand