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A Journalist's 170 Favorite Short Stories - Page 3

This list is in order of my preferences, with Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" at number one. I tried to mix masterpieces by James Joyce and Raymond Carver with short stories like "Three-Ten to Yuma" and "An Alpine Divorce" that I found highly entertaining.
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Bullet in the Brain (Tobias Wolff)
Bullet in the Brain
81
Tobias Wolff
The Minority Report (Philip K. Dick)
The Minority Report
82
Philip K. Dick
The Queen of Spades (Alexander Pushkin)
The Queen of Spades
83
Alexander Pushkin
"The Red-Headed League" (Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Red-Headed League"
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Arthur Conan Doyle
The Homesick Buick (John D. MacDonald)
The Homesick Buick
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John D. MacDonald
At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners (Lauren Groff)
At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
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Lauren Groff
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
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A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist
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A White Heron (Sarah Orne Jewett)
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Killings (Andre Dubus)
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Communist
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Richard Ford
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"The Call of Cthulhu"
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Quitters, Inc. (Stephen King)
Quitters, Inc.
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Stephen King
The Paperhanger (William Gay)
The Paperhanger
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William Gay
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
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Daphne Du Maurier
Slowly, Slowly in the Wind (Patricia Highsmith)
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Signs and Symbols (Vladimir Nabokov)
Signs and Symbols
97
Vladimir Nabokov
The Enormous Radio (John Cheever)
The Enormous Radio
98
John Cheever
A Scandal in Bohemia (Arthur Conan Doyle)
A Scandal in Bohemia
99
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Dripping (David Morrell)
The Dripping
100
David Morrell
Haircut (Ring Lardner)
Haircut
101
Ring Lardner
The Lady With the Little Dog (Anton Chekhov)
The Lady With the Little Dog
102
Anton Chekhov
Brownies (ZZ Packer)
Brownies
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ZZ Packer
"The Dead" by James Joyce
"The Dead" by James Joyce
104
Refresh, Refresh (Benjamin Percy)
Refresh, Refresh
105
Benjamin Percy
Forever After (Jim Thompson)
Forever After
106
Jim Thompson
The Luck of Roaring Camp (Bret Harte)
The Luck of Roaring Camp
107
Bret Harte
The Basement Room (Filmed as the Fallen Idol -- Graham Greene)
The Basement Room
108
Filmed as the Fallen Idol -- Graham Greene
Murder-Two (Joyce Carol Oates)
Murder-Two
109
Joyce Carol Oates
"The Happy Man" (Jonathan Lethem)
"The Happy Man"
110
Jonathan Lethem
Gun Crazy (MacKinlay Kantor)
Gun Crazy
111
MacKinlay Kantor
Children of the Corn (King, Stephen)
Children of the Corn
112
King, Stephen
The Gold Bug (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Gold Bug
113
Edgar Allan Poe
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Garcia Marquez Gabriel)
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
114
Garcia Marquez Gabriel
In a Grove (Ryunosuke Akutagawa)
In a Grove
115
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
There Will Come Soft Rains (Ray Bradbury)
There Will Come Soft Rains
116
Ray Bradbury
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
117
Edgar Allan Poe
Miriam (Truman Capote)
Miriam
118
Truman Capote
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses (Irwin Shaw)
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses
119
Irwin Shaw
Friends (Grace Paley)
Friends
120
Grace Paley
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