A Russian folk tale includes the refrain, “a wondrous wonder, a marvelous marvel,” and that’s the praise I would advance for Cary Holladay’s new novella, “A Fight in the Doctor’s Office” (Miami [Ohio] University Press, $15). Holladay, who teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Memphis, has produced one novel and three collections of short stories, but in “A Fight in the Doctor’s Office” we have a rare work of fiction that possess the impeccable tone and poise of a brief masterpiece.