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Favorite Short Stories

Most people read some short stories in school, but they are a great art form for any age. How many of my personal favorites have you read?
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
1
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
2
Edgar Allan Poe
The Conscience of the Court (Zora Neale Hurston)
The Conscience of the Court
3
Zora Neale Hurston
Death in the Woods (Sherwood Anderson)
Death in the Woods
4
Sherwood Anderson
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
5
Leo Tolstoy
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
6
Edgar Allan Poe
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
7
O. Henry
Good Country People (Flannery O'Connor)
Good Country People
8
Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
9
Flannery O'Connor
How Does Your Garden Grow (Agatha Christie)
How Does Your Garden Grow
10
Agatha Christie
The Interlopers (Saki)
The Interlopers
11
Saki
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (Katherine Ann Porter)
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
12
Katherine Ann Porter
A Jury of Her Peers (Susan Glaspell)
A Jury of Her Peers
13
Susan Glaspell
The Lady or the Tiger? (Frank R. Stockton)
The Lady or the Tiger?
14
Frank R. Stockton
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
15
Washington Irving
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
16
Shirley Jackson
The Minister's Black Veil (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Minister's Black Veil
17
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Monkey's Paw (W. W. Jacobs)
The Monkey's Paw
18
W. W. Jacobs
The Most Dangerous Game (Richard Connell)
The Most Dangerous Game
19
Richard Connell
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
20
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (Agatha Christie)
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
21
Agatha Christie
The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
The Necklace
22
Guy De Maupassant
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
23
Ambrose Bierce
An Odor of Verbena (From the Unvanquished) (Faulkner)
An Odor of Verbena (From the Unvanquished)
24
Faulkner
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Bret Harte)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
25
Bret Harte
The Ransom of Red Chief (O. Henry)
The Ransom of Red Chief
26
O. Henry
"The Red-Headed League" (Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Red-Headed League"
27
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
28
William Faulkner
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (James Thurber)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
29
James Thurber
The Split Cherry Tree (Jesse Stuart)
The Split Cherry Tree
30
Jesse Stuart
The Storm (McKnight Malmar)
The Storm
31
McKnight Malmar
The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin)
The Story of an Hour
32
Kate Chopin
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
33
Edgar Allan Poe
Thank You Maam (Langston Hughes)
Thank You Maam
34
Langston Hughes
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
35
Tim O'Brien
Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie)
Three Blind Mice
36
Agatha Christie
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
37
Witness for the Prosecution (Agatha Christie)
Witness for the Prosecution
38
Agatha Christie
A Worn Path (Eudora Welty)
A Worn Path
39
Eudora Welty
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
40
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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