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Showing below up to 250 results in range #1 to #250.
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- Short Story:5135 Kensington: August, 1903 (Sally Benson)
- Short Story:5135 Kensington: August, 1903 (Sally Benson)
- Short Story:A Blue Blonde in the Sky over Pennsylvania (Dennis Lynds)
- Short Story:A Blue Blonde in the Sky over Pennsylvania (Dennis Lynds)
- Short Story:A City of Churches (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:A City of Churches (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:A Country Love Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Country Love Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Day on Ragged (Donald Hall)
- Short Story:A Day on Ragged (Donald Hall)
- Short Story:A Fresno Fable (William Saroyan)
- Short Story:A Fresno Fable (William Saroyan)
- Short Story:A Game of Catch (Richard Wilbur)
- Short Story:A Game of Catch (Richard Wilbur)
- Short Story:A Gift From the City (John Updike)
- Short Story:A Gift From the City (John Updike)
- Short Story:A Glance in the Mirror (Harvey Swados)
- Short Story:A Glance in the Mirror (Harvey Swados)
- Short Story:A Good Loser (Elizabeth Cullinan)
- Short Story:A Good Loser (Elizabeth Cullinan)
- Short Story:A Local Skirmish (Noel Houston)
- Short Story:A Local Skirmish (Noel Houston)
- Short Story:A Long Story Short (Shirley Hazzard)
- Short Story:A Long Story Short (Shirley Hazzard)
- Short Story:A Reasonable Facsimile (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Reasonable Facsimile (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Silver Dish (Saul Bellow)
- Short Story:A Silver Dish (Saul Bellow)
- Short Story:A Story In An Almost Classical Mode (Harold Brodkey)
- Short Story:A Story In An Almost Classical Mode (Harold Brodkey)
- Short Story:A Summer Day (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Summer Day (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Summer’s Long Dream (Nancy Hale)
- Short Story:A Summer’s Long Dream (Nancy Hale)
- Short Story:A Vision of the World (John Cheever)
- Short Story:A Vision of the World (John Cheever)
- Short Story:A Wife of Nashville (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:A Wife of Nashville (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:Act of Faith (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:Act of Faith (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:Adventure (Emily Hahn)
- Short Story:Adventure (Emily Hahn)
- Short Story:Afternoon In The Jungle (Albert Maltz)
- Short Story:Afternoon In The Jungle (Albert Maltz)
- Short Story:Amid A Place of Stone (Frank Butler)
- Short Story:Amid A Place of Stone (Frank Butler)
- Short Story:An Afternoon (Elizabeth Warner)
- Short Story:An Afternoon (Elizabeth Warner)
- Short Story:An Influx of Poets (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:An Influx of Poets (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:An interval like this (Robert Gorham Davis)
- Short Story:An interval like this (Robert Gorham Davis)
- Short Story:Andrew (Berry Morgan)
- Short Story:Andrew (Berry Morgan)
- Short Story:August (Mavis Gallant)
- Short Story:August (Mavis Gallant)
- Short Story:Basil From Her Garden (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Basil From Her Garden (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Beatrice Trueblood's Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Beatrice Trueblood's Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Beautiful Girl (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:Beautiful Girl (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:Beautiful Night For Orion (Richard Clay)
- Short Story:Beautiful Night For Orion (Richard Clay)
- Short Story:Bech Takes Pot Luck (John Updike)
- Short Story:Bech Takes Pot Luck (John Updike)
- Short Story:Black Secret (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
- Short Story:Black Secret (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
- Short Story:Boxes (Raymond Carver)
- Short Story:Boxes (Raymond Carver)
- Short Story:Brownstone (Renata Adler)
- Short Story:Brownstone (Renata Adler)
- Short Story:Bruns (Norman Rush)
- Short Story:Bruns (Norman Rush)
- Short Story:Bumblebees (Bobbie Ann Mason)
- Short Story:Bumblebees (Bobbie Ann Mason)
- Short Story:By the Yellow Lake (Peter Marsh)
- Short Story:By the Yellow Lake (Peter Marsh)
- Short Story:Celtic Twilight (Joanna Ostrow)
- Short Story:Celtic Twilight (Joanna Ostrow)
- Short Story:Certain Hard Places (Linda Arking)
- Short Story:Certain Hard Places (Linda Arking)
- Short Story:Change (Larry Woiwode)
- Short Story:Change (Larry Woiwode)
- Short Story:Children Are Bored on Sunday (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Children Are Bored on Sunday (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Children of Ruth (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Children of Ruth (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Coach (Mary Robinson)
- Short Story:Coach (Mary Robinson)
- Short Story:Come Dance With Me in Ireland (Shirley Jackson)
- Short Story:Come Dance With Me in Ireland (Shirley Jackson)
- Short Story:Crime Passionnel (Louis Bromfield)
- Short Story:Crime Passionnel (Louis Bromfield)
- Short Story:Death of a Favorite (J. F. Powers)
- Short Story:Death of a Favorite (J. F. Powers)
- Short Story:Defeat (Kay Boyle)
- Short Story:Defeat (Kay Boyle)
- Short Story:Defender of the Faith (Philip Roth)
- Short Story:Defender of the Faith (Philip Roth)
- Short Story:Don't Scrub Off These Names (John McNulty)
- Short Story:Don't Scrub Off These Names (John McNulty)
- Short Story:Down in the Reeds by the River (Victoria Lincoln)
- Short Story:Down in the Reeds by the River (Victoria Lincoln)
- Short Story:Errand (Raymond Carver)
- Short Story:Errand (Raymond Carver)
- Short Story:Evening and Morning Prayer (John Mayo Goss)
- Short Story:Evening and Morning Prayer (John Mayo Goss)
- Short Story:Exiles From the Creuse (Mary Mian)
- Short Story:Exiles From the Creuse (Mary Mian)
- Short Story:FAQ (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:FAQ (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Fat Girl (Brendan Gill)
- Short Story:Fat Girl (Brendan Gill)
- Short Story:Favor (Elizabeth Tallent)
- Short Story:Favor (Elizabeth Tallent)
- Short Story:First Dark (Elizabeth Spencer)
- Short Story:First Dark (Elizabeth Spencer)
- Short Story:First Marriage (St. Clair McKelway)
- Short Story:First Marriage (St. Clair McKelway)
- Short Story:Firstborn (Larry Woiwode)
- Short Story:Firstborn (Larry Woiwode)
- Short Story:Flight Through the Dark (Roger Angell)
- Short Story:Flight Through the Dark (Roger Angell)
- Short Story:Fogbound in Avalon (Elizabeth McGrath)
- Short Story:Fogbound in Avalon (Elizabeth McGrath)
- Short Story:For Esmé-With Love and Squalor (J.D. Salinger)
- Short Story:For Esmé-With Love and Squalor (J.D. Salinger)
- Short Story:Friends (Grace Paley)
- Short Story:Friends (Grace Paley)
- Short Story:Further Tales About Men and Women (William Maxwell)
- Short Story:Further Tales About Men and Women (William Maxwell)
- Short Story:Game (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Game (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Getaway (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:Getaway (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:Ghosts Like Them (Shirley Ann Taggart)
- Short Story:Ghosts Like Them (Shirley Ann Taggart)
- Short Story:Girl (Jamaica Kincaid)
- Short Story:Girl (Jamaica Kincaid)
- Short Story:Glimpse Into Another Country (Wright Morris)
- Short Story:Glimpse Into Another Country (Wright Morris)
- Short Story:Green Grass, Blue Sky, White House (Wright Morris)
- Short Story:Green Grass, Blue Sky, White House (Wright Morris)
- Short Story:Gunner's Passage (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:Gunner's Passage (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:Happiness (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:Happiness (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:Hard to Be Good (Bill Barich)
- Short Story:Hard to Be Good (Bill Barich)
- Short Story:Heads of Houses (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:Heads of Houses (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:Heart of Gold (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:Heart of Gold (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:Home (James Robison)
- Short Story:Home (James Robison)
- Short Story:Homework (Peter Cameron)
- Short Story:Homework (Peter Cameron)
- Short Story:Honeymoon (Arturo Vivante)
- Short Story:Honeymoon (Arturo Vivante)
- Short Story:Houdini (Jerome Weidman)
- Short Story:Houdini (Jerome Weidman)
- Short Story:How You Play the Game (Paul Tyner)
- Short Story:How You Play the Game (Paul Tyner)
- Short Story:I Get By (Mary Robison)
- Short Story:I Get By (Mary Robison)
- Short Story:I See You Never (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:I See You Never (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:Ice (Elizabeth Tallent)
- Short Story:Ice (Elizabeth Tallent)
- Short Story:Immortality (Robert Henderson)
- Short Story:Immortality (Robert Henderson)
- Short Story:In a Cold Hotel (Ben Maddow)
- Short Story:In a Cold Hotel (Ben Maddow)
- Short Story:In A Foreign City (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:In A Foreign City (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:In An Early Winter (Roger Angell)
- Short Story:In An Early Winter (Roger Angell)
- Short Story:In Greenwich There Are Many Gravelled Walks (Hortense Calisher)
- Short Story:In Greenwich There Are Many Gravelled Walks (Hortense Calisher)
- Short Story:In The French Style (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:In The French Style (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:In the Middle of the Fields (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:In the Middle of the Fields (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:In the Miro District (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:In the Miro District (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:In the White Night (Ann Beattie)
- Short Story:In the White Night (Ann Beattie)
- Short Story:In the Words of (Julie Hayden)
- Short Story:In the Words of (Julie Hayden)
- Short Story:In the Zoo (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:In the Zoo (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Inland, Western Sea (Nathan Asch)
- Short Story:Inland, Western Sea (Nathan Asch)
- Short Story:Into the Wind (Robert Henderson)
- Short Story:Into the Wind (Robert Henderson)
- Short Story:It Never Happened (Emily Hahn)
- Short Story:It Never Happened (Emily Hahn)
- Short Story:It's Cold Out There (Perdita Buchan)
- Short Story:It's Cold Out There (Perdita Buchan)
- Short Story:Janus (Ann Beattie)
- Short Story:Janus (Ann Beattie)
- Short Story:Joe, The Vanishing American (Harvey Swados)
- Short Story:Joe, The Vanishing American (Harvey Swados)
- Short Story:Joshua (Shirley Ann Grau)
- Short Story:Joshua (Shirley Ann Grau)
- Short Story:Just Before the War with the Eskimos (J.D. Salinger)
- Short Story:Just Before the War with the Eskimos (J.D. Salinger)
- Short Story:Kid MacArthur (Stephanie Vaughn)
- Short Story:Kid MacArthur (Stephanie Vaughn)
- Short Story:Kingdom Come (Mavis Gallant)
- Short Story:Kingdom Come (Mavis Gallant)
- Short Story:Labor Day Dinner (Alice Munro)
- Short Story:Labor Day Dinner (Alice Munro)
- Short Story:Lady of Spain (Robert Taylor, Jr.)
- Short Story:Lady of Spain (Robert Taylor, Jr.)
- Short Story:Leaf Season (John Updike)
- Short Story:Leaf Season (John Updike)
- Short Story:Leaving the Church (Mark Helprin)
- Short Story:Leaving the Church (Mark Helprin)
- Short Story:Lena (Mavis Gallant)
- Short Story:Lena (Mavis Gallant)
- Short Story:Look at a Teacup (Patricia Hampl)
- Short Story:Look at a Teacup (Patricia Hampl)
- Short Story:Love and Like (Herbert Gold)
- Short Story:Love and Like (Herbert Gold)
- Short Story:Man and Woman (Erskine Caldwell)
- Short Story:Man and Woman (Erskine Caldwell)
- Short Story:Marching Through Boston (John Updike)
- Short Story:Marching Through Boston (John Updike)
- Short Story:Margins (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Margins (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Miracle Play (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Miracle Play (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Miss Leonora When Last Seen (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:Miss Leonora When Last Seen (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:More Like a Coffin (Hazel Hawthorne)
- Short Story:More Like a Coffin (Hazel Hawthorne)
- Short Story:My Blithe, Sad Bird (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:My Blithe, Sad Bird (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:My Brother Osong's Career in Politics (Carlos Bulosan)
- Short Story:My Brother Osong's Career in Politics (Carlos Bulosan)
- Short Story:My Brother's Second Funeral (Edward Newhouse)
- Short Story:My Brother's Second Funeral (Edward Newhouse)
- Short Story:Not Another Word (Richard Thurman)
- Short Story:Not Another Word (Richard Thurman)
- Short Story:Nothing Ever Breaks Except the Heart (Kay Boyle)
- Short Story:Nothing Ever Breaks Except the Heart (Kay Boyle)
- Short Story:On The Lake (Ellen Douglas)
- Short Story:On The Lake (Ellen Douglas)


