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- Short Story:The Ape Lady in Retirement (T. Coraghessan Boyle)
- Short Story:The Ape Lady in Retirement (T.C. Boyle)
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- Short Story:The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine (Peter Straub)
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- Short Story:The Bears (Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum)
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- Short Story:The Bees (Dan Chaon)
- Short Story:The Behavior of the Hawkweeds (Andrea Barrett)
- Short Story:The Bell Ringer (John Burnside)
- Short Story:The Best Christmas Ever (James Patrick Kelly)
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- Short Story:The Big Cat (Louise Erdrich)
- Short Story:The Black Room (John Updike)
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- Short Story:The Blood Bay (Annie Proulx)
- Short Story:The Blood Drip (Brian Evenson)
- Short Story:The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever (Daniel H. Wilson)
- Short Story:The Blue Devils of Blue River Avenue (Poe Ballantine)
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- Short Story:The Bog Girl (Karen Russell)
- Short Story:The Bones of the Earth (Ursula K. Le Guin)
- Short Story:The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species (Ken Liu)
- Short Story:The Boy in Zaquitos (Bruce McAllister)
- Short Story:The Breeze (Joshua Ferris)
- Short Story:The Bride of Frankenstein (Mike Resnick)
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- Short Story:The Bridegroom, The Bridegroom (Ha Jin)
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- Short Story:The Brief History of the Dead (Kevin Brockmeier)
- Short Story:The Briefcase (Rebecca Makkai)
- Short Story:The Bris (Eileen Pollack)
- Short Story:The Broad Estates of Death (Paula Fox)
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- Short Story:The Burglar (Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum)
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- Short Story:The Call of Blood (Jess Row)
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- Short Story:The Cryptozoologist (Tony Earley)
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- Short Story:The Dancing Dwarf (Haruki Murakami)
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- Short Story:The Day It All Ended (Charlie Jane Anders)
- Short Story:The Daydreamer by Proxy (Dexter Palmer)
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- Short Story:The Days of the Flaming Motorcycles (Catherynne M. Valente)
- Short Story:The Deacon (Mary Gordon)
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- Short Story:The Devil in America (Kai Ashante Wilson)
- Short Story:The Devil to Pay (David Edgerley Gates)
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- Short Story:The Disappeared (Charles Baxter)
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- Short Story:The Disturbance (Ryan Ruff Smith)
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- Short Story:The Dog Said Bow-Wow (Michael Swanwick)
- Short Story:The Dog's Home (Alison Littlewood)
- Short Story:The Dog's Paw (Derek Künsken)
- Short Story:The Dollar in Italy (Joan Silber)
- Short Story:The Don's Cinnamon (Ben Stroud)
- Short Story:The Dressmaker's Child (William Trevor)
- Short Story:The Drowning (Edward J. Delaney)
- Short Story:The Duchess of Albany (Christine Schutt)
- Short Story:The Dungeon Master (Sam Lipsyte)
- Short Story:The Duniazat (Salman Rushdie)

