< p>Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately four to eight short story writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are: < ul>< li>Elspeth Davie < li> William Gibson < li> Nikolai Gogol < li> Bessie Head < li> H.P. Lovecraft< /ul>