Table of contents
1979 edition
The works included in the 1979 trade edition of the book are: *"My Uncle's Metaphysics" *"Demolition of Cathedral at Chart *"Annareddy Akshayareddy and her struggle" *"The Boring Leading the Bored" *"Cruel Shoes" *"The Bohemians" *"Serious Dogs" *"The Diarrhea Gardens of El Camino Real" *"Turds" *"The Undertakers" *"The Day the Dopes Came Over" *"The Smokers" *"She Had The Jugs" *"Sex Crazed Love Goddesses" *"Women Without Bones" *"The Children Called Him Big Nose" *"Wrong Number" *"Morse and the Naughty Magnets" *"Dynamite King" *"The Gift of the Magi Indian Giver" *"Poodles... Great Eating" *"Shuckin' the Jive" *"How To Fold Soup" *"The Vengeful Curtain Rod" *"Cows In Trouble" *"The Complete Works of Alfredo Francesi" *"Society In Aspen" *"The Day the Buffalo Danced" *"Things Not To Be" *"No Man's Land" *"Oh Mercy, The Prose-Poem Triptych!" *"Comedy Events You Can Do" *"Dr. Fitzkee's Lucky Astrology Diet" *"The Morning I Got Out of Bed" *"What to Say When the Ducks Show Up" *"The Year Winter Lasted Nine Minutes" *"The Almaden Summer" *"The Nervous Father" *"Dogs In My Nose" *"Awards" *"Rivers of the Dead" *"When Men Shop" *"The Last Thing On My Mind"Limited 1977 edition
# "Confessions" # "Smokers" # "Jugs" # "Women" # "Poodles" # "Alfredo" # "Cows" # "Self-review" # "Serious" # "S.M. Collection of Am. Art" # "Day" # "Sex Crazed" # "Wrong #" # "Morse" # "Gift" # "Fold Soup" # "Dr. Fitzkees" # "Morning" # "Year" # "Last Thing" # "Other Books" # "My Uncle's" # "The Day" # "Children"References
1977 short story collections American short story collections G. P. Putnam's Sons books Short story collections by Steve Martin English-language books {{1970s-story-collection-stub