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