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The collected stories of Diane Williams, Diane Williams ; introduction by Ben Marcus

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The collected stories of Diane Williams

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Diane Williams ; introduction by Ben Marcus

"The Collected Stories of Diane Williams brings together over three hundred new and previously published short fictions--distilled works of "unsettling brilliance" (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of the American short story"--, Provided by publisher

This is about the body, the mind, the soul, the world, time, and fate (1990) : Lady -- The nature of the miracle -- Orgasms -- Killer -- All American -- The uncanny -- Claudette's head -- The kind you know forever -- The hero -- Ten feet from it -- Dropping the masters -- There should be nothing remarkable -- Baby -- Cloud -- Forty thousand dollars -- Pornography -- Here's another ending -- My female honor is of a type -- Glass of fashion -- Passage of the soul -- Original belief -- The spoils -- Intercourse -- Screaming -- Hope -- The divine right -- Power -- What is it when God speaks? -- To die -- A contribution to the theory of sex -- Marriage and the family -- Oh, my God, the rapture! -- The future of the illusion -- Boys! -- Ultimate object -- Again -- Lifeguard -- The nub -- Mystery of the universe -- Egg -- What we were there for -- Science and sin or love and understandingSome sexual success stories plus other stories in which God might choose to appear (1992) : The limits of the world -- My highest mental achievement -- Clean -- The good man -- Pussy -- Turning -- The dog -- The man -- The circumcision -- All new -- The real Diane Williams has captured the whole of Freud -- The flesh -- Peniel -- Spanish -- A field that can never be exhausted -- They were naked again -- The meaning of life -- The big parade -- The hag was transformed by love -- Jewishness -- The mistake -- Clunk -- Characterize -- Icky -- Ore -- The care of myself -- Crush -- A progress in spirituality -- The band-aid and the piece of gum -- This one's about (_____) -- Torah -- An imperishable romance -- Nude -- Jeweling -- Naaa -- The fullness of life is from something -- Sex solves problems -- Seraphim -- No, cup -- My radiant girl -- Cannibal, the natural history -- Bloom -- Meat -- The strangest and most powerful -- The seduction -- Ha -- The revision -- The earth is full of her glory -- The time of harmony, or crudité -- Beyond principle -- Scratching the head -- Idea -- It becomes true -- Going wild -- Coronation -- Happy -- The case of the cold murderer -- Machinery -- PerfectThe stupefaction (1996) : An opening chat -- A shrewd and cunning authority -- The everlasting sippers -- The power of performance -- The blessing -- Eero -- The idealist -- A moment of panic -- The revenge -- O rock! -- The guider of the prick -- Excitability -- Speech -- For Diane -- Plural -- Gods of the earth at home -- Desperately trying to lie down -- I am a learned person -- Careful -- The fuck -- The goal -- My reaction to life -- The dirty necklace -- The helpmeet -- The masturbator -- Okeydoke -- The fuss -- Thank you -- The purpose -- The primary intuition -- The festival -- The builder -- The answer to the question -- Their privileges -- The suitor -- The strong petals of quiet -- The stupefaction (a novella)Romancer erector (2001) : Nancy weak -- Very, very red -- Upright pearl -- Ecstasy or passion -- Her hair is red -- Madder Lake -- They were now at the top -- D. Beech and J. Beech -- Actual people whose behavior -- I was able to observe -- The idea of counting -- The duller legend -- The source of authority -- There are so many smart people walking around -- It can take years to remain -- Ruling -- Spoon -- A cautionary tale -- It is possible to imagine a more perfect thing -- Pricker -- Dear ears, mouth, eyes, and hindquarters -- Fifty years of quality -- The description of the worlds -- Bill -- Red rose -- My coat -- Tony -- An inventory -- I freshly fleshly -- Great deed -- Tureen -- Wrong hell -- The underwear -- The penis had been plenty decent -- The brilliants -- Yellower -- Large organization -- Cake -- Arm -- Row of us surrounded by seven slightly smaller ones -- A woman's fate -- Romancer erector (a novella)It was like my trying to have a tender-hearted nature (2007) : On sexual strength (a novella) -- The glam bird -- What a great man learned about -- Reflection and emotion -- Sweet -- The ring stuck on -- I was very hungry! -- A dramatic classic leap -- A thousand groans -- I hope you will be more tip-top -- Well, well, well, well, well -- Everybody's syrup -- The easiest way of having -- The life of any cook -- Rice -- Stronger than a man, simpler than a woman -- These blenches gave my heart -- The lesser passage room -- The facts about telling character -- Flower -- Doodia -- Handy-dandy -- Aggressive glass and mirrors -- Time-consuming striking combinations -- Both my wife and I were very well satisfied -- She began -- Baby flourishes -- Opening the closing mouth of the woman -- The king emperor -- Please let me out again of the small plugged hole -- The Philadelphia story -- Eat the deep too! -- Cutting and dressing -- Dangeresque -- Jewish folktale -- To squeeze water -- Jessamine, Ewing, Erastus, and Keane -- Her leg -- Inspiring one -- The widow and the hamburger -- Satisfying, exciting, superb -- Affection -- Other rashVicky Swanky is a beauty (2012) : My defects -- If told correctly it will center on me -- Pedestal -- Death bed -- Glee -- My first real home -- On the job -- The use of fetishes -- Woman in rose dress -- Weight, hair length -- Cockeyed -- Highlights of the twilight -- The newly made supper -- Ponytail -- Chicken winchell -- The emporium -- Protection, prevention, gazing, gratified desire -- Vicky Swanky was a beauty -- Carnegie nail -- Stand -- Common body -- Human being -- Rude -- Mrs. Keable's brothers -- Arm under the soil -- Being stared at -- Expectant motherhood -- Comfort -- The strength -- This has to be the best -- A man, an animal -- Shelter -- Enormously pleased -- Hello! Hi! Hello! -- As the world turned out -- Lord of the faceFine, fine, fine, fine, fine (2016) : Beauty, love, and vanity itself -- A gray pottery head -- Gulls -- To revive a person is no slight thing -- Head of a naked girl -- Rhapsody breeze -- Lavatory -- The romantic life -- The great passion and its context -- Specialist -- The poet -- At a period of exceptional dullness -- Head of the big man -- Living deluxe -- Personal details -- How blown up -- Sigh -- There is always a hesitation before turning in a finished job -- The mermaid pose -- Greed -- The skol -- The thickening wish -- Lamb chops, cod -- Of the true and final good -- Girl with a pencil -- Perform small tasks -- Removal men -- A mere flask poured out -- Bang bang on the stair -- A little bottle to tears -- When I was old and ugly -- Palm against palmNew stories: The beauty and the bat -- Witchcraft today -- The forgotten story -- Don't talk to him for such a long time -- Oh, darling I'm in the garden -- Happy presence, timeless inspiration -- The sure cure -- The perverted message -- Grace God -- The fucking lake -- A pot over a very low heat -- The hours of coincidence -- The standard -- The important transport -- Day of awe -- The wilder people have wilder Gods