Robert Olen Butler ist ein renommierter US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der für seine bedeutenden Beiträge zur Literaturwelt anerkannt ist. Er hat zahlreiche prestigeträchtige Auszeichnungen erhalten, darunter den Pulitzer-Preis für Fiction im Jahr 1993 für seine Kurzgeschichtensammlung "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain" ("Ein guter Duft von einem seltsamen Berg"). Butlers Werk wird hoch geschätzt, und er hat auch den F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature ("F. Scott Fitzgerald-Preis für herausragende Leistungen in der amerikanischen Literatur") und den Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award der American Academy of Arts and Letters ("Richard und Hinda Rosenthal-Stiftungspreis der American Academy of Arts and Letters") erhalten.
Butler hat eine produktive Schriftstellerkarriere mit sechzehn Romanen und sechs Kurzgeschichtenbänden. Seine Werke wurden in 21 Sprachen übersetzt und in Publikationen wie The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, GQ, Zoetrope, The Paris Review, Granta, The Hudson Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares und The Sewanee Review veröffentlicht. Seine Geschichten wurden für mehrere große jährliche Anthologien und College-Literaturlehrbücher ausgewählt und er hat zwei National Magazine Awards in Fiction und zwei Pushcart Prizes erhalten. Er war auch Finalist für den PEN/Faulkner Award und hat sowohl ein Guggenheim-Stipendium für Prosa als auch ein National Endowment for the Arts-Stipendium erhalten.
Neben seiner schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit war Butler Francis Eppes Distinguished Professor und hielt die Michael Shaara Chair in Creative Writing an der Florida State University. Er hat auch als literarischer Botschafter für das US-Außenministerium gearbeitet und in Universitäten und auf Konferenzen in 17 Ländern Vorträge gehalten. Im Jahr 2001 machte er Geschichte, indem er seinen Schreibprozess in Echtzeit in einer Webcast-Serie offenlegte, die ihn beim Schreiben einer literarischen Kurzgeschichte von der ersten Inspiration bis zur endgültig polierten Form beobachtete. Diese bahnbrechende Serie, "Inside Creative Writing" ("Kreatives Schreiben im Inneren"), war auf YouTube beliebt.
Butler hat auch als Drehbuchautor gearbeitet und wurde von großen Studios wie New Regency, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Disney, Universal Pictures, Baldwin Entertainment Group und HBO eingestellt, um Spielfilmdrehbücher zu schreiben. Er hat die Hörbücher für vier seiner Werke aufgenommen, darunter "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain" ("Ein guter Duft von einem seltsamen Berg"), "Hell" ("Hölle"), "A Small Hotel" ("Ein kleines Hotel") und "Perfume River" ("Parfümfluss"). Butlers Leistungen in der Literaturwelt werden hoch geschätzt und er inspiriert nach wie vor angehende Schriftsteller mit seiner Arbeit und seinen Vorträgen.
Christopher Marlowe Cobb Books
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The Hot Country
2012
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The Star of Istanbul
2013
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The Empire of Night
2014
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Paris in the Dark
2018
Einzelromane
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The Alleys of Eden
1981
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Sun Dogs
1982
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Countrymen of Bones
1983
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On Distant Ground
1985
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Wabash
1987
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The Deuce
1989
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They Whisper
1994
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The Deep Green Sea
1998
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Mr. Spaceman
2000
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Fair Warning
2002
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Hell
2009
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A Small Hotel
2011
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Perfume River
2016
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Late City
2021
Kurzgeschichten/Novellen
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The Hemingway Valise
2018
Kurzgeschichtensammlungen
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
1992
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Tabloid Dreams
1996
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Had a Good Time
2004
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Severance
2006
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Intercourse
2008
Sachbücher
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From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction
2005
Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books
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Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (By: Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Garrison Keillor, Annie Dillard, Richard Rodríguez, Patricia Hampl, Peter Hawkins, Frederick Buechner, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)
1994
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Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
1994
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Listening for God, Vol. 2
1996
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Listening for God, Vol. 2 (By: Anne Tyler, John Updike, Tobias Wolff, Gail Godwin, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kathleen Norris, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Carol Bly, Andrew Dubus)
1996
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Listening for God, Vol. 3
2000
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Listening for God, Vol. 3 (By: Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, John Cheever, Louise Erdrich, Mary Gordon, Tess Gallagher, Reynolds Price, Oscar Hijuelos, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)
2000
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Listening For God, Vol. 4
2002
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Listening For God, Vol. 4 (With: Allegra Goodman, James Baldwin, Kent Haruf, Sue Miller, Doris Betts, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Michael Malone, Alice Elliot Dark)
2002
Bibliomysteries Books
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The Book of Virtue
2012
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The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
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Pronghorns of the Third Reich
2012
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Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)
2012
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The Book Thing
2012
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The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
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The Book Case
2012
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The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
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An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
10
An Acceptable Sacrifice
2012
11
Death Leaves a Bookmark
2012
12
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
13
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
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The Final Testament
2013
15
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
16
Rides a Stranger
2013
17
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
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The Long Sonata of the Dead
2013
19
The Book of Ghosts
2013
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The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
21
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
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The Compendium of Srem
2014
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What's in a Name?
2014
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What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
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Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
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Remaindered
2014
27
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
28
The Sequel
2014
29
The Gospel of Sheba
2014
30
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
31
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
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Book Club
2014
33
The Nature of My Inheritance
2014
34
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
35
It's in the Book
2014
36
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
37
The Scroll
2014
38
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
39
The Book of the Lion
2015
40
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
41
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
42
The Little Men
2015
43
Condor in the Stacks
2015
44
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
45
Mystery, Inc.
2015
46
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)
2015
47
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
48
Every Seven Years
2015
49
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
50
From the Queen
2015
51
The Travelling Companion
2016
52
The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
53
Citadel
2016
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Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
55
Reconciliation Day
2016
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Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
57
Dead Dames Don't Sing
2016
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Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
59
The Haze
2016
60
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
61
Hoodoo Harry
2017
62
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
63
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
64
The Pretty Little Box
2018
65
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
66
Seven Years
2018
67
The Hemingway Valise
2018
68
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
69
The Last Honest Horse Thief
2018
70
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
2018
71
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
72
The Girl Who Did Say No
2020
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The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
74
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
75
The Traitor
2022
76
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
77
The Dark Door
2022
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The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
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The Honeymoon Trap
2022
Bibliomysteries Series in Chronological Order
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The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)
2012
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The Book of Virtue
2012
3
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)
2014
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The Scroll
2014
5
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)
2012
6
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
2012
7
An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver)
2012
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An Acceptable Sacrifice
2012
9
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)
2012
10
Death Leaves a Bookmark
2012
11
Seven Years
2018
12
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)
2018
13
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)
2012
14
The Book Thing
2012
15
The Book of Ghosts
2013
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The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman)
2013
17
Book Club
2014
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Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)
2014
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The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)
2013
20
The Long Sonata of the Dead
2013
21
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)
2013
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The Final Testament
2013
23
Rides a Stranger
2013
24
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)
2013
25
What's in a Name?
2014
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What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook)
2014
27
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane)
2014
28
It's in the Book
2014
29
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)
2014
30
The Nature of My Inheritance
2014
31
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)
2014
32
Remaindered
2014
33
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)
2014
34
The Compendium of Srem
2014
35
The Gospel of Sheba
2014
36
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)
2014
37
The Sequel
2014
38
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)
2014
39
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)
2015
40
The Book of the Lion
2015
41
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)
2015
42
The Little Men
2015
43
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)
2015
44
Every Seven Years
2015
45
Citadel
2016
46
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)
2016
47
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)
2015
48
Condor in the Stacks
2015
49
Mystery, Inc.
2015
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Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)
2015
51
The Travelling Companion
2016
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The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin)
2016
53
The Haze
2016
54
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)
2016
55
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)
2016
56
Dead Dames Don't Sing
2016
57
Reconciliation Day
2016
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Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)
2016
59
Hoodoo Harry
2017
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Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)
2017
61
The Pretty Little Box
2018
62
The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd)
2018
63
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)
2018
64
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
2018
65
The Hemingway Valise
2018
66
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)
2018
67
The Last Honest Horse Thief
2018
68
The Book Case
2012
69
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)
2012
70
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)
2015
71
From the Queen
2015
72
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)
2020
73
The Girl Who Did Say No
2020
74
The Traitor
2022
75
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)
2022
76
The Dark Door
2022
77
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)
2022
78
The Honeymoon Trap
2022
79
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)
2022
Best Small Fictions Books
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The Best Small Fictions 2015
2015
New Stories From The South Books
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New Stories from the South
1988
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New Stories from the South ( By: Shannon Ravenel)
1988
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New Stories from the South 1992
1992
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New Stories from the South 1992 ( By: Shannon Ravenel)
1992
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New Stories from the South 1993
1993
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New Stories from the South 1993 ( By: Shannon Ravenel)
1993
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New Stories from the South 1994
1994
8
New Stories from the South 1994 ( By: Shannon Ravenel)
1994
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New Stories from the South 1995 ( By: Shannon Ravenel)
1995
10
New Stories from the South 1995
1995
11
New Stories from the South 1996
1996
12
New Stories from the South 1996 ( By: Shannon Ravenel)
1996
13
New Stories from the South 1997
1997
14
New Stories from the South 1998
1998
15
New Stories from the South 1998 ( By: Padgett Powell)
1998
16
New Stories from the South 1999
1999
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New Stories from the South 1999 ( By: Tony Earley)
1999
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New Stories from the South 2000 ( By: Ellen Douglas)
2000
19
New Stories from the South 2000
2000
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New Stories from the South 2001
2001
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New Stories from the South 2001 ( By: Lee Smith)
2001
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New Stories from the South 2002
2002
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New Stories from the South 2003 (By: Shannon Ravenel)
2003
24
New Stories from the South 2003
2003
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New Stories from the South 2004 (By: Allan Gurganus)
2004
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New Stories from the South, 2005 ( By: Jill McCorkle)
2005
27
New Stories from the South 2004
2004
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New Stories from the South, 2005
2005
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Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South ( By: Shannon Ravenel)
2005
30
Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South
2005
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New Stories from the South 2006 (By: Allan Gurganus, Kathy Pories)
2006
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New Stories from the South 2007 (By: Allan Gurganus)
2007
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New Stories from the South 2006
2006
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New Stories from the South 2007
2007
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New Stories from the South 2008 ( By: Z.Z. Packer)
2008
36
New Stories from the South 2009 ( By: Madison Smartt Bell)
2009
37
New Stories from the South 2008
2008
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New Stories from the South 2009
2009
39
New Stories from the South 2010 ( By: Amy Hempel)
2010
40
New Stories from the South 2010
2010
Robert Olen Butler Anthologies
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The Best American Short Stories 1991
1991
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Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
1994
3
The Best American Short Stories 1994
1994
4
Listening for God, Vol. 2
1996
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Tenth Annual Collection
1996
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Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection
1996
7
The Best American Erotica 1996
1996
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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
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The Good Parts
2000
10
Listening for God, Vol. 3
2000
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Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve.com
2000
12
Listening For God, Vol. 4
2002
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A Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers
2003
14
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles