Christmas roses / Edna O'Brien -- September song / William Humphrey -- My man Bovanne / Toni Cade Bambara -- The courtship of Widow Sobcek / Joanna Higgins -- Bar bar bar / Irvin Faust -- Of love and friendship / Arturo Vivante -- Indian summer of a Forsyte / John Galsworthy -- The man with the dog / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- The king is threatened / Margareta Ekstrom -- The girl across the room / Alice Adams -- Mrs. Moonlight / Helen Norris -- Letter to the lady of the house / Richard Bausch -- Tell me a riddle / Tillie Olsen -- We are nighttime travelers / Ethan Canin.