Ray Bradbury : A Piece of Wood

Truman Capote : Mr. Jones

Roald Dahl : The Landlady

Graham Greene : I Spy

John Updike : Dear Alexandros

Iain Crichton Smith : The Telegram

Mary Webb : In Affection and Esteem

Somerset Maugham : The Luncheon

Bernard Malamud : The Letter

Richard Hughes : A Night at a Cottage

Liam O'Flaherty : Charity

Katherine Mansfield : The Fly

O. Henry : The Last Leaf