Fever & Slow hand : a special 2-in-1 edition / edited by Michele Slung.

"Exclusive introduction for book club members"--P. [5] (first sequence).

"Venus"--Spine (of book and dust jacket), in publisher position.

Brief biographical notes on contributors on pp. [379]-383.

Single-volume republication of the two collections originally published in 1994 (Fever) and 1992 (Slow hand), with most of the preliminary matter of each reproduced. The latter begins on p. [181], with separate table of contents on p. [189]-190.

The break / Toby Vallance -- Marian's ears / Susan St. Aubin -- Queer / Elizabeth Clarke -- Wedding night / Francesca Ross -- An honest transaction / Marion Callen -- Lilith / Francine Falk -- Shoes / Lawanda Powell -- A slow freight / Phaedra Greenwood -- The night mare / Susan Dooley -- G.T.T. (Gone to Texas) / L.M. Lippman -- Climacteric / I. Buguise -- Where the cypress paints the sky / Laurel Gross -- Love in the wax museum / Nancy Holder -- Yarn / Jenny Diski -- A dish for the gods / Kay Kemp -- Last tango in Geneva / Jacqueline Ariail -- Polishing my skin / Nazneen Sheikh -- Valentine's Day in jail / Susan Musgrave -- In the prick of time / Susan Dooley -- Leaper / Jenny Diski -- Drought / Wendy Law-Yone -- Oh, brother / Bea Wilder -- Ninety-three million miles away / Barbara Gowdy -- The shame girl / Carolyn Banks -- The footpath of pink roses / Carol Lazare -- The wager / Sara Davidson -- The story of no / Lisa Tuttle -- Reasons not to go to Fort Lauderdale / Liz Clarke -- Blessed immortal self: How the jewels shone on your skin! / Susan Swan -- Blue feathers / Anne Rhyd -- The American woman in the Chinese hat / Carole Maso -- Windows / Idious Buguise -- The mango tree / Sabina Faye -- Eros in overtime / Kay Kemp -- Anecdote / Catherine S. -- Treats / Rebecca Battle -- Too tall for grace / Susan J. Leonardi.