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• 7 • Introduction (The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel) • essay by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 11 • Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! • (1981) • novelette by John Kessel
• 35 • Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance • (2009) • novelette by John Kessel
• 67 • Pride and Prometheus • (2008) • novelette by John Kessel
• 105 • The Motorman's Coat • (2009) • short story by John Kessel
• 117 • The Closet • (2010) • short story by John Kessel
• 121 • Some Like It Cold • [Moment Universes] • (1995) • short story by John Kessel
• 135 • The Miracle of Ivar Avenue • [Moment Universes] • (1996) • novelette by John Kessel
• 171 • Spirit Level • (2020) • novelette by John Kessel
• 199 • Stories for Men • (2002) • novella by John Kessel
• 281 • The Pure Product • (1986) • novelette by John Kessel
• 303 • Gulliver at Home • (1997) • novelette by John Kessel
• 317 • Buddha Nostril Bird • (1990) • novelette by John Kessel
• 339 • Invaders • (1990) • novelette by John Kessel
• 363 • The Lecturer • (1984) • short story by John Kessel
• 373 • Buffalo • (1991) • short story by John Kessel
• 393 • Clean • (2011) • novelette by John Kessel
• 415 • Another Orphan • (1982) • novelette by John Kessel
• 463 • Consolation • (2015) • short story by John Kessel
• 483 • The Baum Plan for Financial Independence • (2004) • short story by John Kessel
• 499 • The Dark Ride • (2021) • novella by John Kessel
• 563 • Story Notes (The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel) • essay by John Kessel