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The 300 Best American Short Stories

Okay -- so this is my opinion. If you don't see your favorite, odds are I considered it a novella. What have I left out, where have I flubbed and, most importantly, which have you read?
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A&P (John Updike)
A&P
1
John Updike
Absolution (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Absolution
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald
After Twenty Years (O. Henry)
After Twenty Years
3
O. Henry
Alibi Ike (Ring Lardner)
Alibi Ike
4
Ring Lardner
All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
All Summer in a Day
5
Ray Bradbury
All the King's Horses (Kurt Vonnegut)
All the King's Horses
6
Kurt Vonnegut
All You Zombies (Robert Heinlein)
All You Zombies
7
Robert Heinlein
The Amish Farmer (Vance Bourjally)
The Amish Farmer
8
Vance Bourjally
The April Witch (Ray Bradbury)
The April Witch
9
Ray Bradbury
Are These Actual Miles? (Raymond Carver)
Are These Actual Miles?
10
Raymond Carver
Babylon Revisited (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Babylon Revisited
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Artificial Nigger (Flannery O'Connor)
The Artificial Nigger
12
Flannery O'Connor
The Babysitter (Robert Coover)
The Babysitter
13
Robert Coover
Barn Burning (William Faulkner)
Barn Burning
14
William Faulkner
Batard (Jack London)
Batard
15
Jack London
Bartleby the Scrivner (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivner
16
Herman Melville
The Battler (Ernest Hemingway)
The Battler
17
Ernest Hemingway
The Beast in the Jungle (Henry James)
The Beast in the Jungle
18
Henry James
The Beautiful Stranger (Shirley Jackson)
The Beautiful Stranger
19
Shirley Jackson
Berenice (Edgar Allan Poe)
Berenice
20
Edgar Allan Poe
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
21
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Big Bertha Stories (Bobbie Ann Mason)
Big Bertha Stories
22
Bobbie Ann Mason
Big Blonde (Dorothy Parker)
Big Blonde
23
Dorothy Parker
Big Two-Hearted River (Ernest Hemingway)
Big Two-Hearted River
24
Ernest Hemingway
The Birth-Mark (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Birth-Mark
25
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Blackberry Winter (Robert Penn Warren)
Blackberry Winter
26
Robert Penn Warren
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
27
Edgar Allan Poe
The Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane)
The Blue Hotel
28
Stephen Crane
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Stephen Crane)
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
29
Stephen Crane
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
30
Annie Proulx
Bullet in the Brain (Tobias Wolff)
Bullet in the Brain
31
Tobias Wolff
The Burning House (Ann Beattie)
The Burning House
32
Ann Beattie
By the Waters of Babylon (Stephen Vincent Benet)
By the Waters of Babylon
33
Stephen Vincent Benet
Call Me Joe (Poul Anderson)
Call Me Joe
34
Poul Anderson
The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
35
H. P. Lovecraft
Cannibalism in the Cars (Mark Twain)
Cannibalism in the Cars
36
Mark Twain
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
37
Edgar Allan Poe
Cat in the Rain (Ernest Hemingway)
Cat in the Rain
38
Ernest Hemingway
The Catbird Seat (James Thurber)
The Catbird Seat
39
James Thurber
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
40
Raymond Carver
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