Billy Budd, and other tales / by Melville, Herman 1819-1891

Table of Contents: “…The piazza -- Bartleby -- Benito Cereno -- The lightning-rod man -- The encantadas -- The bell-tower -- The town-ho's story…”

American short fiction : readings and criticism /

Table of Contents: “…Poe -- Drowne's wooden image / N. Hawthorne -- The lightning-rod man / H. Melville -- A true story / M. …”

Wild women : contemporary short stories by women celebrating women /

Table of Contents: “…Roquelaure (Anne Rice) -- Her thighs / Dorothy Allison -- Four bare legs in a bed / Helen Simpson -- From How to save your own life / Erica Jong -- It's bad luck to die / Elizabeth McCracken -- MindMovie / Christine Slater -- A day at the peep show / Veronica Vera -- Roses / Evelyn Lau -- Julia and the bazooka / Anna Kavan -- Silver water / Amy Bloom -- In my next life / Pam Houston -- Many mothers / Beverley Daurio -- Suicide / Mariarosa Sclauzero -- Autobiography / Carol Emshwiller -- The gift / Josephine Hart -- Lucrece / Janice Williamson -- Into the roots / Janice Galloway -- I do what I can and I am what I am / Fay Weldon -- Lightning Rod / Melanie Tem -- The unsatisfactory rape / Bev Jafek -- How I came west, and why I stayed / Alison Baker -- Our brother's Keeper / Lucia Berlin -- Indian rubies / Patti Smith -- Knower of birds / Rachel Pollack -- The wild cherries of lust / Andrea Dworkin -- Keep your guts / Karen Karbo -- Birds of the moon / Lisa Tuttle.…”