Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (1989.). First edition - The 4th volume in this series, featuring fifteen of the best short stories published during the year either by Southern writers or about the US South. Preface by Ravenel. Includes stories by Madison Smartt Bell, Kelly Cherry, Larry Brown, David Huddle, Bobbie Ann Mason, Lewis Nordan, Paula Sharp, Rick Bass and more. Biographical notes. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-270.