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The 300 Best American Short Stories - Page 8

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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The Wedding (Joy Williams)
The Wedding
281
Joy Williams
Weekend (Ann Beattie)
Weekend
282
Ann Beattie
Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)
Welcome to the Monkey House
283
Kurt Vonnegut
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
284
Raymond Carver
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (Joyce Carol Oates)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
285
Joyce Carol Oates
Where I'm Calling From (Raymond Carver)
Where I'm Calling From
286
Raymond Carver
White Angel (Michael Cunningham)
White Angel
287
Michael Cunningham
A White Heron (Sarah Orne Jewett)
A White Heron
288
Sarah Orne Jewett
The White Quail (John Steinbeck)
The White Quail
289
John Steinbeck
The White Silence (Jack London)
The White Silence
290
Jack London
Why I Live at the P.O. (Eudora Welty)
Why I Live at the P.O.
291
Eudora Welty
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (Raymond Carver)
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
292
Raymond Carver
Wild Plums (Grace Stone Coates)
Wild Plums
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Grace Stone Coates
William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe)
William Wilson
294
Edgar Allan Poe
Winter Dreams (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Winter Dreams
295
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Worn Path (Eudora Welty)
A Worn Path
296
Eudora Welty
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
297
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Yellow Woman (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Yellow Woman
298
Leslie Marmon Silko
Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown
299
Nathaniel Hawthorne
You're Ugly, Too (Lorrie Moore)
You're Ugly, Too
300
Lorrie Moore
Your Lover Just Called (John Updike)
Your Lover Just Called
301
John Updike
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