The Best American short stories, 1985 :  selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines / 
by Gail Godwin with Shannon Ravenel ; with an introduction by Gail Godwin. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  1985. 
 - xix, 300 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Sara Cole: a type of love story / Russell Banks -- Dogs' lives /Michael Bishop -- Emperor of the air / Ethan Canin -- The leather man / E. L. Doctorow -- Roses / Margaret Edwards -- Walking, walking / Starkey Flythe -- The sudden trees / H. E. Francis -- You've come a long way, Mickey Mouse / Bev Jafek -- Clothing / John L'Heureux -- The piano tuner / Peter Meinke -- Fellow-creatures / Wright Morris -- Angela / Bharati Mukherjee -- City of boys / Beth Nugent -- Raven's wing / Joyce Carol Oates -- Instruments of seduction / Norman Rush -- Secrets / Deborah Seabrooke -- The gittel / Marjorie Sandor -- Lily / Jane Smiley -- The Johnstown polka / Sharon Sheehe Stark -- The skater / Joy Williams. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0395364507 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American fiction--20th century.<br/>Short stories, American.<br/>Canadian fiction--20th century.<br/>Short stories, Canadian.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS643  / .B47 1985