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Well-Known Short Stories

A scattering of famous individual stories. One per author barring accident (the Gift of the Magi is the gift that gives twice). I haven't read them all myself.
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"The Cask of Amontillado" (Edgar Allan Poe)
"The Cask of Amontillado"
1
Edgar Allan Poe
"Silent Snow, Secret Snow" by Conrad Aiken
"Silent Snow, Secret Snow" by Conrad Aiken
2
"Sorry" Doesn't Sweeten Her Tea (Helen Oyeyemi)
"Sorry" Doesn't Sweeten Her Tea
3
Helen Oyeyemi
"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
4
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
5
A&P (John Updike)
A&P
6
John Updike
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
7
Ambrose Bierce
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side (James Tiptree, Jr.)
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side
8
James Tiptree, Jr.
Aye, and Gomorrah (Samuel R. Delany)
Aye, and Gomorrah
9
Samuel R. Delany
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
10
Herman Melville
'Big Boy Leaves Home' in Uncle Tom's Children (Richard Wright)
'Big Boy Leaves Home' in Uncle Tom's Children
11
Richard Wright
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
12
Daphne Du Maurier
Blackberry Winter (Robert Penn Warren)
Blackberry Winter
13
Robert Penn Warren
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
14
Angela Carter
Brownies (ZZ Packer)
Brownies
15
ZZ Packer
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
16
Charles Dickens
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
17
James Joyce
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
18
Thomas Mann
Defender of the Faith (Philip Roth)
Defender of the Faith
19
Philip Roth
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
20
The Drover's Wife (Henry Lawson)
The Drover's Wife
21
Henry Lawson
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror
22
H. P. Lovecraft
The Egg (Sherwood Anderson)
The Egg
23
Sherwood Anderson
The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami
24
Emergency (Denis Johnson)
Emergency
25
Denis Johnson
Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
Everyday Use
26
Alice Walker
The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases
27
Arthur Conan Doyle
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
28
Daniel Keyes
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black
29
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
30
Katherine Mansfield
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
31
O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
32
O. Henry
The Gilded Six-Bits (Zora Neale Hurston)
The Gilded Six-Bits
33
Zora Neale Hurston
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool
34
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Girl (Jamaica Kincaid)
Girl
35
Jamaica Kincaid
The Girl on the Plane (Mary Gaitskill)
The Girl on the Plane
36
Mary Gaitskill
Going to Meet the Man (James Baldwin)
Going to Meet the Man
37
James Baldwin
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
38
Flannery O'Connor
Greasy Lake & Other Stories
Greasy Lake & Other Stories
39
The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
The Happy Prince
40
Oscar Wilde
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