The Complete Stories (1971), by Flannery O'Connor, contains all thirty-one of O'Connor's short stories and has been reprinted more than forty times. The book includes two of her bestknown stories: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and "Everything That Rises Must Converge."

Wise Blood (1952) is one of only two novels O'Connor wrote. It is a piercing satire of humanism in general and American society in particular. The book was made into a film starring and directed by John Huston.

Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (1982) includes all forty-one of Welty's published short stories. Like O'Connor, Welty was a twentiethcentury southern writer and was recognized primarily for her short fiction. Elements of humor and southern gothic style appear in both writers' work, yet their sensibilities were quite different.

Collected Stories of William Faulkner (1950) gathers forty-two stories—far from a complete collection...