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The Collected Stories of Diane Williams brings together over three hundred new and previously published short fictions, distilled works of "unsettling brilliance" (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of the American short story.
On Diane Williams / by Ben Marcus -- This is about the body, the mind, the soul, the world, time, and fate (1990). Lady -- The nature of the miracle -- Orgasms -- Killer -- All American -- The uncanny -- Claudette's head -- The kind you know forever -- The hero -- Ten feet from it -- Dropping the masters -- There should be nothing remarkable -- Baby -- Cloud -- Forty thousand dollars -- Pornography -- Here's another ending -- My female honor is of a type -- Glass of fashion -- Passage of the soul -- Original belief -- The spoils -- Intercourse -- Screaming -- Hope -- The divine right -- Power -- What is it when God speaks? -- To die -- A contribution to the theory of sex -- Marriage and the family -- Oh, my God, the rapture! -- The future of the illusion -- Boys! -- Ultimate object -- Again -- Lifeguard -- The nub -- Mystery of the universe -- Egg -- What we were there for -- Science and sin or love and understanding.
Some sexual success stories plus other stories in which God might choose to appear (1992). The limits of the world -- My highest mental achievement -- Clean -- The good man -- Pussy -- Turning -- The dog -- The man -- The circumcision -- All new -- The real Diane Williams has captured the whole of Freud -- The flesh -- Peniel -- Spanish -- A field that can never be exhausted -- They were naked again -- The meaning of life -- The big parade -- The hag was transformed by love -- Jewishness -- The mistake -- Clunk -- Characterize -- Icky -- Ore -- The care of myself -- Crush -- A progress in spirituality -- The band-aid and the piece of gum -- This one's about (_____) -- Torah -- An imperishable romance -- Nude -- Jeweling -- Naaa -- The fullness of life is from something -- Sex solves problems -- Seraphim -- No, cup -- My radiant girl -- Cannibal, the natural history -- Bloom -- Meat -- The strangest and most powerful -- The seduction -- Ha -- The revision -- The earth is full of her glory -- The time of harmony, or crudité -- Beyond principle -- Scratching the head -- Idea -- It becomes true -- Going wild -- Coronation -- Happy -- The case of the cold murderer -- Machinery -- Perfect.
The stupefaction (1996). An opening chat -- A shrewd and cunning authority -- The everlasting sippers -- The power of performance -- The blessing -- Eero -- The idealist -- A moment of panic -- The revenge -- O rock! -- The guider of the prick -- Excitability -- Speech -- For Diane -- Plural -- Gods of the earth at home -- Desperately trying to lie down -- I am a learned person -- Careful -- The fuck -- The goal -- My reaction to life -- The dirty necklace -- The helpmeet -- The masturbator -- Okeydoke -- The fuss -- Thank you -- The purpose -- The primary intuition -- The festival -- The builder -- The answer to the question -- Their privileges -- The suitor -- The strong petals of quiet -- The stupefaction (a novella).
Romancer erector (2001). Nancy weak -- Very, very red -- Upright pearl -- Ecstasy or passion -- Her hair is red -- Madder Lake -- They were now at the top -- D. Beech and J. Beech -- Actual people whose behavior I was able to observe -- The idea of counting -- The duller legend -- The source of authority -- There are so many smart people walking around -- It can take years to remain -- Ruling -- Spoon -- A cautionary tale -- It is possible to imagine a more perfect thing -- Pricker -- Dear ears, mouth, eyes, and hindquarters -- Fifty years of quality -- The description of the worlds -- Bill -- Red rose -- My coat -- Tony -- An inventory -- I freshly fleshly -- Great deed -- Tureen -- Wrong hell -- The underwear -- The penis had been plenty decent -- The brilliants -- Yellower -- Large organization -- Cake -- Arm -- Row of us surrounded by seven slightly smaller ones -- A woman's fate -- Romancer erector (a novella).
It was like my trying to have a tender-hearted nature (2007). On sexual strength (a novella) -- The glam bird -- What a great man learned about reflection and emotion -- Sweet -- The ring stuck on -- I was very hungry! -- A dramatic classic leap -- A thousand groans -- I hope you will be more tip-top -- Well, well, well, well, well -- Everybody's syrup -- The easiest way of having -- The life of any cook -- Rice -- Stronger than a man, simpler than a woman -- These blenches gave my heart -- The lesser passage room -- The facts about telling character -- Flower -- Doodia -- Handy-dandy -- Aggressive glass and mirrors -- Time-consuming striking combinations -- Both my wife and I were very well satisfied -- She began -- Baby flourishes -- Opening the closing mouth of the woman -- The king emperor -- Please let me out again of the small plugged hole -- The Philadelphia story -- Eat the deep too! -- Cutting and dressing -- Dangeresque -- Jewish folktale -- To squeeze water -- Jessamine, Ewing, Erastus, and Keane -- Her leg -- Inspiring one -- The widow and the hamburger -- Satisfying, exciting, superb -- Affection -- Other rash.
Vicky Swanky is a beauty (2012). My defects -- If told correctly it will center on me -- Pedestal -- Death bed -- Glee -- My first real home -- On the job -- The use of fetishes -- Woman in rose dress -- Weight, hair length -- Cockeyed -- Highlights of the twilight -- The newly made supper -- Ponytail -- Chicken winchell -- The emporium -- Protection, prevention, gazing, gratified desire -- Vicky Swanky was a beauty -- Carnegie nail -- Stand -- Common body -- Human being -- Rude -- Mrs. Keable's brothers -- Arm under the soil -- Being stared at -- Expectant motherhood -- Comfort -- The strength -- This has to be the best -- A man, an animal -- Shelter -- Enormously pleased -- Hello! Hi! Hello! -- As the world turned out -- Lord of the face.
Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine (2016). Beauty, love, and vanity itself -- A gray pottery head -- Gulls -- To revive a person is no slight thing -- Head of a naked girl -- Rhapsody breeze -- Lavatory -- The romantic life -- The great passion and its context -- Specialist -- The poet -- At a period of exceptional dullness -- Head of the big man -- Living deluxe -- Personal details -- How blown up -- Sigh -- There is always a hesitation before turning in a finished job -- The mermaid pose -- Greed -- The skol -- The thickening wish -- Lamb chops, cod -- Of the true and final good -- Girl with a pencil -- Perform small tasks -- Removal men -- A mere flask poured out -- Bang bang on the stair -- A little bottle to tears -- When I was old and ugly -- Palm against palm.
New stories. The beauty and the bat -- Witchcraft today -- The forgotten story -- Don't talk to him for such a long time -- Oh, darling I'm in the garden -- Happy presence, timeless inspiration -- The sure cure -- The perverted message -- Grace God -- The fucking lake -- A pot over a very low heat -- The hours of coincidence -- The standard -- The important transport -- Day of awe -- The wilder people have wilder Gods.