----------trade paperback, a Near Fine unread copy, this contains, Preface; - JOURNALISTIC LIES - Driving around Houston; The Way of the Road; The Heavy; Book 'em Debbie; The Great West; Anybody Can Write a Sad Song --- FICTIONAL TRUTHS - An Ideal Son for the Jenkins Family; Three Cheers for Thomas J Rabb; Cairn; Daddy's Gone a-Hunting; The Philanderer; Good-Bye Cruel World; Whores; The Thing She Cannot Write About, the Reasons Why --- THE REAL STORY - Interview --- NOVEL BEGINNINGS - The Muddy Fork; The Mexican Tree Duck, ----- there was an earlier edition of Muddy Fork (1984) released by Lord John Press (25 pages only-no other titles contained therein), this is the first edition of this collection and was released simultaneously with the si gned limited hardcover edition, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo