T. Coraghessan Boyle is regarded as one of America's greatest living short-story writers. This publication brings together the three collections: Descent of Man (1979)

• Descent of Man
• The Champ
• We Are Norsemen
• Heart of a Champion
• Bloodfall
• The Second Swimming
• Dada
• A Women's Restaurant
• The Extinction Tales
• Caye
• The Big Garage
• Green Hell
• Earth, Moon
• Quetzalcoatl Lite
• De Rerum Natura
• John Barleycorn Lives
• Drowning Greasy Lake (1985)
• Greasy Lake
• Caviar
• Ike and Nina
• Rupert Beersley and the Beggar Master of Sivani-Hoota
• On for the Long Haul
• The Hector Quesadilla Story
• Whales Weep
• The New Moon Party
• Not a Leg to Stand On
• Stones in My Passway, Hellhound on My Trail
• All Shook Up
• A Bird in Hand
• Two Ships
• Rara Avis
• The Overcoat II If the River was Whiskey(b> (1989)
• Sorry Fugu
• Modern Love
• Hard Sell
• Peace of Mind
• Sinking House
• The Human Fly
• The Hat
• Me Cago en la Leche (Robert Jordan in Nicaragua)
• The Little Chill
• King Bee
• Thawing Out
• The Devil and Irv Cherniske
• The Miracle at Ballinspittle
• Zapatos
• The Ape Lady in Retirement
• If the River Was Whiskey