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The Zebra Storyteller: Collected Stories

Spencer Holst

First published 1993
Publisher Station Hill Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Spencer Holst
Pages 300
Price $14.95
ISBN 0882681249

Author's note: "With the exception of a few pieces written in my youth, this book contains every story I've ever written, about a third of which appear in print here for the first time."

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Zebra Storyteller Spencer Holst Short Story
2 Mona Lisa Meets Buddha Spencer Holst Short Story
3 The Getaway Car Spencer Holst Short Story
4 The Largest Wave in the World Spencer Holst Short Story
6 A Balkan Entertainment: The Man Behind the Scene Spencer Holst Short Story
12 The Adventure of the Giant Rat of Sumatra Spencer Holst Short Story
17 The Frog Spencer Holst Short Story
21 Immortality, Circa 1954 Spencer Holst Short Story
24 The Language of Cats Spencer Holst Short Story
37 Pleasures of the Imagination: 64 Beginnings Spencer Holst Short Fiction
54 The Lovers Spencer Holst Short Story
58 Marriage of the Dingo Spencer Holst Short Story
59 Another Impostor Spencer Holst Short Story
61 Finders Keepers Spencer Holst Short Story
64 The Three Spencer Holst Short Story
65 Dream of the Bobbers Spencer Holst Short Story
67 On Demons Spencer Holst Short Story
89 Real Magic Spencer Holst Short Story
91 The Santa Claus Murderer Spencer Holst Short Story
95 The Blond Bat Spencer Holst Short Story
98 The Blazing Blue Footprint Spencer Holst Short Story
100 Doubletalk French Spencer Holst Short Story
107 The Prime Minister's Grandfather Spencer Holst Short Story
109 Fear of Firecrackers & 6 untitled paragraphs Spencer Holst Short Fiction
111 A Rare Yellow Emerald Spencer Holst Short Story
112 The White Mirror Spencer Holst Short Story
113 Chess Spencer Holst Short Story
114 The Monroe Street Monster Spencer Holst Short Story
118 The Green Gardenia Spencer Holst Short Story
122 The Purple Bird Spencer Holst Short Story
124 Paint Spencer Holst Short Story
125 The Cat Who Owned an Apartment Spencer Holst Short Story
127 Wishing Spencer Holst Short Story
130 A Chocolate Reptile & 3 untitled paragraphs Spencer Holst Short Fiction
133 10,000 Reflections Spencer Holst Short Story
135 The Weir of Hermiston Spencer Holst Short Story
138 The Scotch Story Spencer Holst Short Story
142 Miss Lady Spencer Holst Short Story
144 A Following Spencer Holst Short Story
145 Ghosts Spencer Holst Short Story
146 The One Come Spencer Holst Short Story
148 The Hunger of the Magicians Spencer Holst Short Story
151 Prose for Dancing Spencer Holst Short Fiction
156 The Mirror Story Spencer Holst Short Story
161 Fingernails Spencer Holst Short Story
162 True Confessions Story Spencer Holst Short Story
168 Frenzy of Barbarians & 7 untitled paragraphs Spencer Holst Short Fiction
173 On My Great-Grandfather Spencer Holst Essay
175 On the Truth Spencer Holst Essay
178 The Magician's Daughter Spencer Holst Short Story
179 The Giant Egyptian Spencer Holst Short Story
180 Treasure of the Treehouse Spencer Holst Short Story
182 Hans Christian Andersen Spencer Holst Short Story
187 Bullfinch & Goblin Spencer Holst Short Story
190 Tom-tom Spencer Holst Short Story
197 The Music Copyist Spencer Holst Short Story
203 Text of There Are Different Kinds of Writing: A Shorter Version Spencer Holst Short Fiction
208 The Typewriter Repairman Spencer Holst Short Story
213 The Hidden Ballroom at Versailles Spencer Holst Short Story
214 I am not used to memorials for my friends... Spencer Holst Essay
215 Orange Spencer Holst Short Story
219 On Hope Spencer Holst Short Story
226 Brilliant Silence Spencer Holst Short Story
227 Charlie Morrow's Bracelet Spencer Holst Short Story
237 The Institute for the Foul Ball: An Unfinished Baseball Epic Spencer Holst Short Fiction