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The 300 Best American Short Stories

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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A&P (John Updike)
A&P (John Updike)
2
Absolution (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Absolution (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
3
After Twenty Years (O. Henry)
After Twenty Years (O. Henry)
4
Alibi Ike (Ring Lardner)
Alibi Ike (Ring Lardner)
5
All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
6
All the King's Horses (Kurt Vonnegut)
All the King's Horses (Kurt Vonnegut)
7
All You Zombies (Robert Heinlein)
All You Zombies (Robert Heinlein)
8
The Amish Farmer (Vance Bourjally)
The Amish Farmer (Vance Bourjally)
9
The April Witch (Ray Bradbury)
The April Witch (Ray Bradbury)
10
Are These Actual Miles? (Raymond Carver)
Are These Actual Miles? (Raymond Carver)
11
Babylon Revisited (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Babylon Revisited (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
12
The Artificial Nigger (Flannery O'Connor)
The Artificial Nigger (Flannery O'Connor)
13
The Babysitter (Robert Coover)
The Babysitter (Robert Coover)
14
Barn Burning (William Faulkner)
Barn Burning (William Faulkner)
15
Batard (Jack London)
Batard (Jack London)
16
Bartleby the Scrivner (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivner (Herman Melville)
17
The Battler (Ernest Hemingway)
The Battler (Ernest Hemingway)
18
The Beast in the Jungle (Henry James)
The Beast in the Jungle (Henry James)
19
The Beautiful Stranger (Shirley Jackson)
The Beautiful Stranger (Shirley Jackson)
20
Berenice (Edgar Allan Poe)
Berenice (Edgar Allan Poe)
21
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
22
Big Bertha Stories (Bobbie Ann Mason)
Big Bertha Stories (Bobbie Ann Mason)
23
Big Blonde (Dorothy Parker)
Big Blonde (Dorothy Parker)
24
Big Two-Hearted River (Ernest Hemingway)
Big Two-Hearted River (Ernest Hemingway)
25
The Birth-Mark (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Birth-Mark (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
26
Blackberry Winter (Robert Penn Warren)
Blackberry Winter (Robert Penn Warren)
27
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
28
The Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane)
The Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane)
29
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Stephen Crane)
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Stephen Crane)
30
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
31
Bullet in the Brain (Tobias Wolff)
Bullet in the Brain (Tobias Wolff)
32
The Burning House (Ann Beattie)
The Burning House (Ann Beattie)
33
By the Waters of Babylon (Stephen Vincent Benet)
By the Waters of Babylon (Stephen Vincent Benet)
34
Call Me Joe (Poul Anderson)
Call Me Joe (Poul Anderson)
35
The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft)
36
Cannibalism in the Cars (Mark Twain)
Cannibalism in the Cars (Mark Twain)
37
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
38
Cat in the Rain (Ernest Hemingway)
Cat in the Rain (Ernest Hemingway)
39
The Catbird Seat (James Thurber)
The Catbird Seat (James Thurber)
40
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
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