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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
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"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)
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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.)
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Aye, and Gomorrah (Samuel R. Delany)
Aye, and Gomorrah (Samuel R. Delany)
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Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
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'Big Boy Leaves Home' in Uncle Tom's Children (Richard Wright)
'Big Boy Leaves Home' in Uncle Tom's Children (Richard Wright)
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The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
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Blackberry Winter (Robert Penn Warren)
Blackberry Winter (Robert Penn Warren)
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The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
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Brownies (ZZ Packer)
Brownies (ZZ Packer)
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A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
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The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead (James Joyce)
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Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
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Defender of the Faith (Philip Roth)
Defender of the Faith (Philip Roth)
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
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The Drover's Wife (Henry Lawson)
The Drover's Wife (Henry Lawson)
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The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
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The Egg (Sherwood Anderson)
The Egg (Sherwood Anderson)
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The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami
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Emergency (Denis Johnson)
Emergency (Denis Johnson)
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Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
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The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
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Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
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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)
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Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
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Girl (Jamaica Kincaid)
Girl (Jamaica Kincaid)
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The Girl on the Plane (Mary Gaitskill)
The Girl on the Plane (Mary Gaitskill)
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Going to Meet the Man (James Baldwin)
Going to Meet the Man (James Baldwin)
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
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Greasy Lake & Other Stories
Greasy Lake & Other Stories
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The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
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