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29 Short Stories You Need to Read

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"Drown" by Junot Díaz
"Drown" by Junot Díaz
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"The Man on the Stairs" by Miranda July
"The Man on the Stairs" by Miranda July
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"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
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"Rape Fantasies" by Margaret Atwood
"Rape Fantasies" by Margaret Atwood
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"Bettering Myself" by Ottessa Moshfegh
"Bettering Myself" by Ottessa Moshfegh
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"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
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"The Albertine Notes" by Rick Moody
"The Albertine Notes" by Rick Moody
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"The Displaced Person" by Flannery O'Connor
"The Displaced Person" by Flannery O'Connor
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"Safari" by Jennifer Egan
"Safari" by Jennifer Egan
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"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
"Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
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"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer
"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer
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"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges
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"Hollow" by Breece D'j Pancake
"Hollow" by Breece D'j Pancake
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"Real Estate" by Lorrie Moore
"Real Estate" by Lorrie Moore
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"The Lady of the Lake" by Bernard Malamud
"The Lady of the Lake" by Bernard Malamud
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"The Depressed Person" by David Foster Wallace
"The Depressed Person" by David Foster Wallace
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"Madison at Guignol" by Joyce Carol Oates
"Madison at Guignol" by Joyce Carol Oates
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"The Dead" by James Joyce
"The Dead" by James Joyce
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
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Jhumpa Lahiri
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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"Letter to a Young Lady in Paris," "House Taken Over," and "Continuity
"Letter to a Young Lady in Paris," "House Taken Over," and "Continuity
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"Tiny, Smiling Daddy" by Mary Gaitskill
"Tiny, Smiling Daddy" by Mary Gaitskill
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"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger
"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J.D. Salinger
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"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
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"Grand Stand-In" by Kevin Wilson
"Grand Stand-In" by Kevin Wilson
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"They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson
"They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"All at One Point" by Italo Calvino
"All at One Point" by Italo Calvino
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"Italy" by Antonio Elefano
"Italy" by Antonio Elefano
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