Let's hear it: stories by Texas women writers

Acknowledgments and Permissions

Introduction

Texas Women Writers and the Short Story

Part I. Civil War to Turn-of-the-Century

"An Afternoon's Nap, or: Five Hundred Years Ahead" (1865)

"A Thanksgiving Story" (1892)

"An Elephant's Track" (1897)

"The Last Hunt of Dorax" (1901)

Part II. 1920s-1950s

"The Drought" (1920)

"Luck" (1930)

"The Circus" (1935)

"Uncle Edgar and the Reluctant Saint" (1944)

"The Voyager" (1950)

Part III. 1960s-1980s

"Against the Moon" (1961)

"If You're Not Going to Stay Then Please Don't Bother to Come" (1981)

"Cowboy Movie" (1983)

"Once Again on All Souls'" (1985)

"Helens and Roses" (1988)

Part IV. 19902

"Just As I Am" (1990)

"The Ladies' Room" (1990)

"The McCoy Hotel" (1992)

"The Quilt" (1996)

"Let's Hear It for the Red Shoes" (1996)

"Sue Ellen Learns to Dance" (1997)

"The Halloween Alps Boys" (1998)

"Moving On" (1998)

Appendix A. Short Story Collections by Texas Women Writers

Appendix B. Major Collections of Texas Short Stories Containing Stories by Texas Women