The Knife Thrower and Other Stories

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The Knife Thrower and Other Stories by Steven Millhauser, first published in 1998 by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York City. It is a collection of short stories, some of which were published by various journals, such as The Paris Review, Harper's Magazine, and The New Yorker. It continues in a similar vein to Millhauser's previous efforts that mix the extraordinary into everyday life.

Stories, with previous publishers, if available.

• "The Knife Thrower" (Harper's Magazine)
• "A Visit" (The New Yorker)
• "The Sisterhood of Night" (Harper's Magazine)
• "The Way Out" (Story)
• "Flying Carpets" (The Paris Review)
• "The New Automaton Theater" (Canto)
• "Clair de Lune"
• "The Dream of the Consortium" (Harper's Magazine)
• "Balloon Flight, 1870" (The Yale Review)
• "Paradise Park" (Grand Street)
• "Kaspar Hauser Speaks" (The Kenyon Review)
• "Beneath the Cellars of Our Town"