The gardens of Mont-Saint-Michel / William Maxwell --
Great Barrier Reef / Diane Johnson --
I'm worried about you / Ward Just --
Delirium eclipse / James Lasdun --
Wasted lives / Fay Weldon --
In Isfahan / William Trevor --
American Express / James Salter --
The fellow passenger / Elizabeth Jolley --
The sepia postcard / Steven Millhauser --
Portrait of a lady / Paul Theroux --
You have left your lotus pods on the bus / Paul Bowles --
Summer opportunity / Maria Thomas --
Hold me fast, don't let me pass / Alice Munro --
Which is more than I can say about some people / Lorrie Moore --
Virgin of tenderness / Kate Braverman --
Succor / Allen Barnett --
Verona: a young woman speaks / Harold Brodkey.