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The 300 Best American Short Stories - Page 3

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Extracts From Adam's Diary (Mark Twain)
Extracts From Adam's Diary
81
Mark Twain
Faithless (Joyce Carol Oates)
Faithless
82
Joyce Carol Oates
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
83
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fat Girl (Andres Dubus)
The Fat Girl
84
Andres Dubus
Fever (John Edgar Wideman)
Fever
85
John Edgar Wideman
Fiesta 1980 (Junot Diaz)
Fiesta 1980
86
Junot Diaz
The Five Boons of Life (Mark Twain)
The Five Boons of Life
87
Mark Twain
The Five-Forty-Eight (John Cheever)
The Five-Forty-Eight
88
John Cheever
Flight (John Steinbeck)
Flight
89
John Steinbeck
Flowering Judas (Katherine Anne Porter)
Flowering Judas
90
Katherine Anne Porter
The Fog Horn (Ray Bradbury)
The Fog Horn
91
Ray Bradbury
For Esme – With Love and Squalor (J. D. Salinger)
For Esme – With Love and Squalor
92
J. D. Salinger
Forever After (Jim Thompson)
Forever After
93
Jim Thompson
Four Summers (Joyce Carol Oates)
Four Summers
94
Joyce Carol Oates
1408 (Stephen King)
1408
95
Stephen King
The Gernsback Continuum (William Gibson)
The Gernsback Continuum
96
William Gibson
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
97
O. Henry
Girl (Jamaica Kincaid)
Girl
98
Jamaica Kincaid
The Gold Bug (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Gold Bug
99
Edgar Allan Poe
The Golden Honeymoon (Ring Lardner)
The Golden Honeymoon
100
Ring Lardner
Good Country People (Flannery O'Connor)
Good Country People
101
Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
102
Flannery O'Connor
The Grave (Katherine Anne Porter)
The Grave
103
Katherine Anne Porter
The Graveyard Shift (Richard Matheson)
The Graveyard Shift
104
Richard Matheson
Greenleaf (Flannery O'Connor)
Greenleaf
105
Flannery O'Connor
Greenwich Time (Ann Beattie)
Greenwich Time
106
Ann Beattie
Guts (Chuck Palahnuik)
Guts
107
Chuck Palahnuik
The Gutting of Couffingal (Dashiell Hammett)
The Gutting of Couffingal
108
Dashiell Hammett
Haircut (Ring Lardner)
Haircut
109
Ring Lardner
The Half-Skinned Steer (Annie Proulx)
The Half-Skinned Steer
110
Annie Proulx
Hands (Sherwood Anderson)
Hands
111
Sherwood Anderson
Harrison Bergeron (Kurt Vonnegut)
Harrison Bergeron
112
Kurt Vonnegut
Harvey's Dream (Stephen King)
Harvey's Dream
113
Stephen King
He (Katherine Anne Porter)
He
114
Katherine Anne Porter
Heat (Joyce Carol Oates)
Heat
115
Joyce Carol Oates
Here Come the Maples (John Updike)
Here Come the Maples
116
John Updike
Here We Are (Dorothy Parker)
Here We Are
117
Dorothy Parker
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
Hills Like White Elephants
118
Ernest Hemingway
Holiday (Katherine Anne Porter)
Holiday
119
Katherine Anne Porter
Hop-Frog (Edgar Allan Poe)
Hop-Frog
120
Edgar Allan Poe
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