From The competitor / Thomas Bontly -- Handsome Brown's day off / Erskine Caldwell -- The autobiography of a drummer / John Cheever -- From The mulching of America / Harry Crews -- The smile of a turtle / Rick DeMarinis -- Through a glass darkly / Peter De Vries -- Harry / William Saroyan -- Collectors / Raymond Carver -- Sales pitch / Philip K. Dick -- Jeopardy / Michael Dorris -- My brother's keeper / Seymour Epstein -- From Roast beef medium / Edna Ferber -- The unswept emptiness / M.F.K. Fisher -- From Independence day / Richard Ford -- From Glengarry Glen Ross / David Mamet --Can I just sit here for a while? / Ron Hansen -- From Ladies' man / Richard Price -- From Elmer Gantry / Sinclair Lewis -- From The rug merchant / Phillip Lopate -- 200,000 dozen pairs of socks / William Price Fox -- The story Mac told / Jack Matthews -- From Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- Likely houses / Lucia Nevai -- Good country people / Flannery O'Connor -- How can I tell you? / John O'Hara -- Blue island / J.F. Powers -- Think big / Christopher Zenowich -- From Rabbit is rich / John Updike -- The company / Thomas Wolfe -- Death a a traveling salesman / Eudora Welty.