Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 15 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels.Titles featured in vol. 23 of Short Stories for Students include: Hot Ice by Stuart Dybek Marry the One Who Gets There First by Heidi Julavits In the Middle of the Fields by Mary Lavin Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson Brokeback Mountain by E. Annie Proulx