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B's 100 Favorite Short Stories

Another book related list, this one being about my favorite stories. Not ranked, just alphabetical, but this is super objective. The list is pretty obviously filled with stories from story collections I love, but there are a couple just single ones I have read.
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All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
All Summer in a Day
1
Ray Bradbury
Amnesty (Octavia Butler)
Amnesty
2
Octavia Butler
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (Ted Chiang)
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom
3
Ted Chiang
Ava Wrestles the Alligator (Karen Russell)
Ava Wrestles the Alligator
4
Karen Russell
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
5
Carson McCullers
The Bear Came Over the Mountain (Alice Munro)
The Bear Came Over the Mountain
6
Alice Munro
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
7
Nnedi Okorafor
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
8
Octavia Butler
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
9
Angela Carter
Books and Roses (Helen Oyeyemi)
Books and Roses
10
Helen Oyeyemi
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
11
Annie Proulx
Brownies (ZZ Packer)
Brownies
12
ZZ Packer
Burning Girls (Veronica Schanoes)
Burning Girls
13
Veronica Schanoes
Caveman Diet (Julia Elliott)
Caveman Diet
14
Julia Elliott
Civilwarland in Bad Decline (George Saunders)
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
15
George Saunders
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
16
James Joyce
Debarking (Lorrie Moore)
Debarking
17
Lorrie Moore
Difficult at Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Difficult at Parties
18
Carmen Maria Machado
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Packer)
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
19
ZZ Packer
Drownings (Helen Oyeyemi)
Drownings
20
Helen Oyeyemi
Epicac (Kurt Vonnegut)
Epicac
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Escape From Spider Head (George Saunders)
Escape From Spider Head
22
George Saunders
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Wells Tower)
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
23
Wells Tower
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
24
Edgar Allan Poe
Formerly Feral (Julia Armfield)
Formerly Feral
25
Julia Armfield
Friend of My Youth (Alice Munro)
Friend of My Youth
26
Alice Munro
Friends (Grace Paley)
Friends
27
Grace Paley
Girl on Girl (Diane Cook)
Girl on Girl
28
Diane Cook
The Girl on the Plane (Mary Gaitskill)
The Girl on the Plane
29
Mary Gaitskill
The Gondoliers (Karen Russell)
The Gondoliers
30
Karen Russell
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
31
Flannery O'Connor
The Great Awake (Julia Armfield)
The Great Awake
32
Julia Armfield
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
33
Alice Munro
Haunting Olivia (Karen Russell)
Haunting Olivia
34
Karen Russell
Hell Is the Absence of God (Ted Chiang)
Hell Is the Absence of God
35
Ted Chiang
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers (Alyssa Wong)
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers
36
Alyssa Wong
The Husband Stitch (Carmen Maria Machado)
The Husband Stitch
37
Carmen Maria Machado
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
38
Jhumpa Lahiri
Is Your Blood as Red as This? (Helen Oyeyemi)
Is Your Blood as Red as This?
39
Helen Oyeyemi
The Isle of Youth (Laura Van Den Berg)
The Isle of Youth
40
Laura Van Den Berg
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