Algren, Nelson, (1909-1981)
--The Last Carrousel, 1972. (Playboy, February, 1972.)
Baldwin, James, (1924-1987)
--The Manchild, 1965. (Playboy, January, 1966.)
Beaumont, Charles, (1929-1967)
--Black Country, 1954. (Playboy, September, 1954.)
Borges, Jorge Luis, (1899-1986)
--The Other, 1977. (Playboy, May, 1977.)
Boyle, T(om) Coraghessan, (1948- )
--Modern Love, 1988. (Playboy, March, 1988.)
Bradbury, Ray, (1920- )
--In a Season of Calm Weather, 1956. (Playboy, January, 1957.)
Cheever, John, (1912-1982)
--The Yellow Room, 1967. (Playboy, January, 1968.)
Collier, John, (1901-1980)
--Asking for It, 1975. (Playboy, January, 1975.)
Colwin, Laurie, (1944-1992)
--My Mistress, 1982. (Playboy, March, 1982.)
Coover, Robert,
--Lucky Pierre in the Doctor's Office, 1989. (Playboy, December, 1989.)
Dahl, Roald, (1916-1990)
--A Fine Son, 1959. (Playboy, December, 1959.)
Dubus, Andre,
--Anna, 1980. (Playboy, January, 1981.)
Friedman, Bruce Jay,
--The Killer in the TV Set, 1961. (Playboy, August, 1961.)
García Marquez, Gabriel, (1928- )
--The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, 1994. (Playboy, 1994.)
Gardner, John, (1933-1982)
--Julius Caesar and the Werewolf, 1984. (Playboy, September, 1984.)
Gold, Herbert,
--All Married Women Are Bad, Yes? 1955. (Playboy, November, 1955.)
Gordimer, Nadine, (1923- )
--The Conservationist, 1973. (Playboy, March, 1973.)
Heller, Joseph, (1923-1999)
--Yossarian Survives, 1987. (Playboy, December, 1987.)
Irving, John, (1942- )
--Brennbar's Rant, 1974. (Playboy, December, 1974.)
Jackson, Shirley, (1919-1965)
--A Great Voice Stilled, 1960. (Playboy, March, 1960.)
Johnson, Charles, (1948- )
--Kwoon, 1991. (Playboy, December, 1991.)
Jones, James, (1921-1977)
--Just Like a Girl, 1957. (Playboy, January, 1958.)
Kerouac, Jack, (1922-1969)
--Good Blonde, 1965. (Playboy, January, 1965.)
Le Guin, Ursula K., (1929- )
--Unlocking the Air, 1990. (Playboy, December, 1990.)
Mailer, Norman, (1923- )
--Trial of the Warlock, 1976. (Playboy, December, 1976.)
Malamud, Bernard, (1914-1986)
--Naked Nude, 1963. (Playboy, August, 1963.)
Matheson, Richard, (1926- )
--A Flourish of Strumpets, 1956. (Playboy, November, 1956.)
McGuane, Thomas, (1939- )
--Like a Leaf, 1982. (Playboy, January, 1983.)
McInerney, Jay, (1955- )
--How It Ended, 1993. (Playboy, November, 1993.)
Mukherjee, Bharati,
--The Middleman, 1986. (Playboy, April, 1986.)
Murakami, Haruki, (1949- )
--The Second Bakery Attack, 1992. (Playboy, January, 1992.)
Nabokov, Vladimir, (1899-1977)
--The Dashing Fellow, 1971. (Playboy, December, 1971.)
Oates, Joyce Carol, (1938- )
--Saul Bird Says: Relate! Communicate! Liberate! 1970. (Playboy, October, 1970.)
O'Faolain, Sean, (1900-1991)
--May I Have Some Marmalade, Please? 1994. (Playboy, 1994.)
Roth, Philip, (1933- )
--An Actor's Life for Me, 1963. (Playboy, January, 1964.)
Shacochis, Bob, (1951- )
--Easy in the Islands, 1985. (Playboy, February, 1985.)
Shaw, Irwin, (1913-1984)
--Where All Things Wise and Fair Descend, 1967. (Playboy, February, 1967.)
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, (1904-1991)
--A Party in Miami Beach, 1978. (Playboy, June, 1978.)
Theroux, Paul, (1941- )
--White Lies, 1979. (Playboy, May, 1979.)
Thurber, James, (1894-1961)
--Brother Endicott, 1962. (Playboy, December, 1962.)
Updike, John, (1932- )
--I Am Dying, Egypt, Dying, 1969. (Playboy, September, 1969.)