Perfect for Mother's Day: the Baby Be of Use series or The Secret Language of Sleep. - - - -

T W E N T Y - M I N U T E S T O R I E S . - - - - An Introduction to 20-Minute Stories By David Daley (12/8/03) Editor's Note on the 20-Minute Stories Contest - - - - Grand Prize Winner: "Untitled" By David Kennerly (5/25/04) Second-Place Winner: "Goodbye Ernie Flynn" By Wendy Molyneux (5/7/04) Third-Place Winner: "Kimball Drives Home" By Peter Ward Brown (5/17/04) Third-Place Winner: "Untitled" By Mickey Hess (4/21/04) - - - - "I Thought" By Pia Z. Ehrhardt (4/13/04) "Ficcione" By Grant Bailie (4/7/04) "Car" By Pia Z. Ehrhardt (3/30/04) "A Door" By Padraic Duffy (3/29/04) "What I Know of Your Country" By John Leary (3/22/04) Untitled By Victoria Lancelotta (12/11/03) Quadratic By Michael Martone (12/9/03) Seven Failures By Lunchtime By Charles Baxter (12/8/03)

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