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Eclectic/Obscure Fictions for Writers

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Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
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The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
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Walker Percy
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories
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Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
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Jorge Luis Borges
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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Flannery O'Connor
Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)
Play It as It Lays
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Joan Didion
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
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James Baldwin
Lost in the Funhouse
Lost in the Funhouse
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Nausea
Nausea
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A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
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William Faulkner
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
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Flannery O'Connor
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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C.S.Lewis
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
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Djuna Barnes
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
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Denis Johnson
The Simulacra
The Simulacra
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Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
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Herman Melville
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
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Larry McMurtry
Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
Silence of the Lambs
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Thomas Harris
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
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Raymond Carver
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
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Doris Lessing
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
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J.M. Coetzee
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
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Stephen King
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
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Christina Stead
Time's Arrow
Time's Arrow
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Desperate Characters
Desperate Characters
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Speedboat
Speedboat
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Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark
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"The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence
"The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence
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House of the Sleeping Beauties
House of the Sleeping Beauties
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To Build a Fire by Jack London
To Build a Fire by Jack London
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"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway
"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway
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Appointment in Samarra (John O'Hara)
Appointment in Samarra
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John O'Hara
Where Are the Children
Where Are the Children
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The Long Valley (John Steinbeck)
The Long Valley
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John Steinbeck
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
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Katherine Dunn
Rock Star
Rock Star
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The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
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Point Omega
Point Omega
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Black Sunday (Novel)
Black Sunday (Novel)
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The Canterville Ghost (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost
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Oscar Wilde
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