As relevant and engaging today as when they were written, Henry Kreisel's stories make readers hold their breath with anticipation until the final, finely crafted sentence. The Almost Meeting and other stories is the latest title in NeWest's Landmark Editions Series. This masterful collection of Kreisel's short fiction was written between 1954 and 1980 and originally published in 1981. These stories are intelligent, literary reflections on what it...