Tornado Alley is a collection of short stories and one poem by Beat Generation author, William S. Burroughs, written during the later years of his career and first published in 1989. The first edition of the book included illustrations by S. Clay Wilson.

Notable pieces in the collection include the crime melodrama "Where He Was Going", which Burroughs said was inspired by the writings of Ernest Hemingway (the story title is taken from a famous quotation from Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro), and the poem "Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986".

The collection is dedicated to 1930s gangster John Dillinger, "in hope that he is still alive."

Both "Where He Was Going" and "Thanksgiving Day" were performed by Burroughs on his 1990 spoken word/musical album, Dead City Radio, with "Thanksgiving Day" also being performed by Burroughs in a music video to promote the CD.

1989 books | William S. Burroughs short story collections