ContentsJoe David Bellamy - IntroductionKurt Vonnegut, Jr. - Unready to WearRobert Coover - The ElevatorRudolph Wurlitzer - QuakeUrsule Molinaro - ChiaroscuroJoyce Carol Oates - By the RiverJohn Hawkes - The Universal FearsLeonard Michaels - ManikinThomas Pynchon - In Which Esther Gets a Nose JobJohn Gardner - Queen LouisaWilliam H. Gass - Order of InsectsBarton Midwood - One's ShipRobley Wilson, Jr. - Saying Good-Bye to the PresidentJohn Barth - Life-StoryDonald Barthelme - SentenceGilbert Sorrentino - The Moon in Its FlightRonald Sukenick - What's Your StoryIshmael Reed - The Loop Garoo KidJudith Rascoe - A Lot of CowboysJohn Batki - At the National FestivalJohn Updike - Under the Microscope