| Title | Publication | Collected in |
|---|
| "The Middle Drawer" | The New Yorker (July 10, 1948) | In the Absence of Angels |
| "Point of Departure" | Harper's Bazaar (September 1948) |
| "The Pool of Narcissus" | The New Yorker (September 25, 1948) |
| "A Box of Ginger" | The New Yorker (October 16, 1948) |
| "One of the Chosen" | Harper's Magazine (December 1948) |
| "The Watchers" | The New Yorker (March 26, 1949) |
| "The Woman Who Was Everybody" | Mademoiselle (February 1950) |
| "In Greenwich There Are Many Graveled Walks" | The New Yorker (August 12, 1950) |
| "Old Stock" | The New Yorker (September 30, 1950) |
| "Heartburn" | New American Mercury (January 1951) |
| "In the Absence of Angels" | The New Yorker (April 21, 1951) |
| "A Wreath for Miss Totten" | Mademoiselle (July 1951) |
| "Night Riders of Northville" | Harper's Magazine (September 1951) |
| "Letitia, Emeritus" | In the Absence of Angels (November 1951) |
| "The Sound of Waiting" |