A unique guide to short stories of all styles and genres - from classics to experimental fiction. Unlock the contents of thousands of short story collections that would otherwise be invisible to the library patron. High quality indexing down to the individual story level for each short story collection covered helps you to easily discover short stories about the topics that are of interest. This unique reference aid is a guide to important contemporary literature for students, literary researchers and other library users. It provides thorough, accurate indexing coverage of short stories written in or translated into English and published in collections. The author entry is the main entry, and includes the following information: The writer's name Story title Author or editor Title of the collection in which the story can be found. The Short Story Index also provide users with the full bibliographic information they need to locate any cited story, including the following: A single-alphabet listing of stories by author's name, title, and subject A list of collections indexed A directory of periodicals Directory of publishers and distributors The Short Story Index is published annually in a vinyl bound single volume.