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The 300 Best American Short Stories - Page 2

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The Cats of Ulthar (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Cats of Ulthar
41
H. P. Lovecraft
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
42
Mark Twain
Charles (Shirley Jackson)
Charles
43
Shirley Jackson
Chickamauga (Ambrose Bierce)
Chickamauga
44
Ambrose Bierce
The Chrysanthemums (John Steinbeck)
The Chrysanthemums
45
John Steinbeck
The Circus (Katherine Anne Porter)
The Circus
46
Katherine Anne Porter
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (Ernest Hemingway)
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
47
Ernest Hemingway
Communist (Richard Ford)
Communist
48
Richard Ford
A Conversation With My Father (Grace Paley)
A Conversation With My Father
49
Grace Paley
The Conversion of the Jews (Philip Roth)
The Conversion of the Jews
50
Philip Roth
The Cop and the Anthem (O. Henry)
The Cop and the Anthem
51
O. Henry
The Corn Maiden (Joyce Carol Oates)
The Corn Maiden
52
Joyce Carol Oates
The Country Husband (John Cheever)
The Country Husband
53
John Cheever
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
54
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Daemon Lover (Shirley Jackson)
The Daemon Lover
55
Shirley Jackson
Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed (Ray Bradbury)
Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
56
Ray Bradbury
The Dead (Joyce Carol Oates)
The Dead
57
Joyce Carol Oates
Death in the Woods (Sherwood Anderson)
Death in the Woods
58
Sherwood Anderson
Defender of the Faith (Philip Roth)
Defender of the Faith
59
Philip Roth
Desire and the Black Masseur (Tennessee Williams)
Desire and the Black Masseur
60
Tennessee Williams
Desiree's Baby (Kate Chopin)
Desiree's Baby
61
Kate Chopin
The Devil and Daniel Webster (Stephen Vincent Benet)
The Devil and Daniel Webster
62
Stephen Vincent Benet
The Devil and Tom Walker (Washington Irving)
The Devil and Tom Walker
63
Washington Irving
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
64
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Dilettante (Edith Wharton)
The Dilettante
65
Edith Wharton
The Displaced Person (Flannery O'Connor)
The Displaced Person
66
Flannery O'Connor
A Distant Episode (Paul Bowles)
A Distant Episode
67
Paul Bowles
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
68
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Down at the Dinghy (J. D. Salinger)
Down at the Dinghy
69
J. D. Salinger
The Dragon (Ray Bradbury)
The Dragon
70
Ray Bradbury
Dry September (William Faulkner)
Dry September
71
William Faulkner
Duel (Richard Matheson)
Duel
72
Richard Matheson
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror
73
H. P. Lovecraft
The Egg (Sherwood Anderson)
The Egg
74
Sherwood Anderson
Emergency (Denis Johnson)
Emergency
75
Denis Johnson
The End of Something (Ernest Hemingway)
The End of Something
76
Ernest Hemingway
The Enormous Radio (John Cheever)
The Enormous Radio
77
John Cheever
EPICAC (Kurt Vonnegut)
EPICAC
78
Kurt Vonnegut
Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
Everyday Use
79
Alice Walker
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
80
Flannery O'Connor
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