Statement / Robert Coover -- Parting shot / Walter Abish -- The music masters / Glenda Adams -- Rock bottom / Mimi Albert -- By way of an introduction to the novel, this or any / Russell Banks -- Tooth / Jonathan Baumbach -- Self-portrait / Burt Britton -- From Lutz / Jerry Bumbus -- From King Jude / Jerome Charyn -- The clemency appeals / The voice in the closet / Raymond Federman -- P______ : a case history / B.H. Friedman -- Bo and Be / Thomas Glynn -- Au milieu intérieur / Richard Grayson -- Ashes / Marianne Hauser -- Two seaside yarns / Steve Katz -- The misplaced trout / Bruce Kleinman -- Men / Elaine Kraf -- Shoes / Laura Kramer -- From Inlet / Clarence Major -- The ghosts of leaves on winter trees / Ursule Molinaro -- The broad back of the angel / Leon Rooke -- Whole / Steven Schrader -- From The meatrack / R.D. Skillings -- The hermetic whore / Peter Spielberg -- The endless short story: Dong Wang / Ronald Sukenick