DEAN BALDWIN, Professor of English, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, USAMICHAEL GREANEY, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Lancaster, UKCHARLES E. MAY, Professor Emeritus of Literature, California State University, Long Beach, USALINDEN PEACH, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Edge Hill University, UKANDY SAWYER, Librarian of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, University of Liverpool, UKMARTIN SCOFIELD, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UKPAOLA TRIMARCO, Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and Literary Stylistics, Open University, UKPETER WRIGHT, Reader in Speculative Fictions, Edge Hill University, UK

• Acknowledgements Series Preface Notes on the Contributors A Chronology of Significant Works Introduction; A.Cox Short Shorts: Exploring Relevance and Filling in Narratives; P.Trimarco Questioning Short Stories: Joyce, Barnes and Simpson; M.Greaney Raymond Carver and the Power of Style; M.Scofield Women Writers; L.Peach The Postcolonial Experience: The Southeast Asian Short Story in English; D.Baldwin The Science Fiction Short Story; A.Sawyer Story and Film; P.Wright Why Teaching the Short Story Today is a Thankless Task; C.E.May Postgraduate Research; A.Cox Appendix: Film Adaptations Further Reading Index