The story begins -- A wonderful time -- Keeping house -- Difficult adjustments -- The American Mercury adventure -- Plans, pressures, and expectations -- Unexpected interruptions -- Pieces of the puzzle -- One story ends and another begins -- Conclusion -- A list of Winifred Sanford's publications -- A list of stories and novels that Winifred Sanford wrote but never published -- Appendix A: Letters exchanged between Winifred Sanford and the editors of the American Mercury -- Appendix B: Lagniappe: two unpublished stories by Winifred Sanford -- Appendix C: two nonfiction articles for writers.