Barn burning, by W. Faulkner Gold coast, by J. A. McPherson The short happy life of Francis Macomber, by E. Hemingway The eighty-yard run, by I. Shaw Haircut, by R. Lardner Rain, by W. Somerset Maugham The blue hotel, by S. Crane To build a fire, by J. London The ledge, by L. S. Hall The patented gate and the mean hamburger, by R. P. Warren The language of men, by N. Mailer The wall, by J. P. Sartre The portable phonograph, by W. Verga The world the children made, by R. Bradbury The cove, by G. Berriault Heartburn, by H. Calisher The open window, by "Saki" (H. H. Munro)--The catbird seat, by J. Thurber For discussion