Featuring 19 of the finest works in the American short-story tradition, this compilation includes: "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herma

Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Best-selling author Walter Mosley has selected the year's top fiction from voices well-known and new. Here several authors bring their stories to vivid life for

The incomparable John Updike selects the 55 finest short stories from America's bestselling anthology, published since 1915.