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The Art of the Story: Great Short Fiction

Our Maverick English Teacher reflects on the short story, and comes up with a list of 100 collections that clearly show what the form is capable of being. As always, the list is personal, idiosyncratic, and decidedly Un-canonical. Most of the volumes are single author collections; however, several seminal anthologies that helped define particular genres were necessarily included. Some of the books are classics, some are genre specific masterpieces, and some are singularly unclassifiable. All are worth a look; each has one or more gems that you might otherwise never experience.
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"The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen
"The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen
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20th Century Ghosts (Joe Hill)
20th Century Ghosts (Joe Hill)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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Alone With the Horrors (Ramsey Campbell)
Alone With the Horrors (Ramsey Campbell)
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American Supernatural Fiction (Joshi)
American Supernatural Fiction (Joshi)
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Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
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The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
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The Best of H.P. Lovecraft, by H.P. Lovecraft
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft, by H.P. Lovecraft
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The Best of Henry Kuttner (Henry Kuttner)
The Best of Henry Kuttner (Henry Kuttner)
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The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Best Supernatural Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Blood Kiss (Etchison)
The Blood Kiss (Etchison)
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Box Socials (Kinsella)
Box Socials (Kinsella)
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Collected Stories Stafford
Collected Stories Stafford
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The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (Nikolai Gogol)
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (Nikolai Gogol)
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Complete Novels of Dashiell Hammett (Dashiell Hammett)
Complete Novels of Dashiell Hammett (Dashiell Hammett)
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The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
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Complete Short Stories (Graham Greene)
Complete Short Stories (Graham Greene)
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
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Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
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The Complete Western Stories
The Complete Western Stories
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Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
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Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
Dark Benediction (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
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The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
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The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
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Dark Forces (Kirby McCauley)
Dark Forces (Kirby McCauley)
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Darkness (Ellen Datlow)
Darkness (Ellen Datlow)
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The Death Artist (Etchison)
The Death Artist (Etchison)
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Deathbird Stories (Harlan Ellison)
Deathbird Stories (Harlan Ellison)
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The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
The Doors of His Face (Zelazny)
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Driftglass (Samuel R. Delany)
Driftglass (Samuel R. Delany)
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Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners (Joyce)
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Duel (Richard Mathison)
Duel (Richard Mathison)
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Enough Rope (Lawrence Block)
Enough Rope (Lawrence Block)
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The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
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Everything That Rises Must Converge
Everything That Rises Must Converge
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Four for Tomorrow (Roger Zelazny)
Four for Tomorrow (Roger Zelazny)
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Four Past Midnight (Stephen King)
Four Past Midnight (Stephen King)
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Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
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From This Day Forward (Brunner)
From This Day Forward (Brunner)
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