Acknowledgments and Permissions
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)
"Uncle Edgar and the Reluctant Saint" (1944)
"Against the Moon" (1961)
"If You're Not Going to Stay Then Please Don't Bother to Come" (1981)
"Once Again on All Souls'" (1985)
"Helens and Roses" (1988)
"The Ladies' Room" (1990)
"Let's Hear It for the Red Shoes" (1996)
"Sue Ellen Learns to Dance" (1997)
"The Halloween Alps Boys" (1998)
Appendix A. Short Story Collections by Texas Women Writers
Appendix B. Major Collections of Texas Short Stories Containing Stories by Texas Women