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Mademoiselle (29) ·
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Yale Review (15) ·
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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 Birthday Present (Anne Sayre)
- Short Story:A Birthday Present (Anne Sayre)
- Short Story:A Can of Paint (A. E. van Vogt)
- Short Story:A Can of Paint (A. E. van Vogt)
- Short Story:A Change of Air (Ivan Gold)
- Short Story:A Change of Air (Ivan Gold)
- Short Story:A Christmas Carillon (Hortense Calisher)
- Short Story:A Christmas Carillon (Hortense Calisher)
- Short Story:A Circle In The Fire (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:A Circle In The Fire (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:A Country Love Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Country Love Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Courtship (William Faulkner)
- Short Story:A Courtship (William Faulkner)
- Short Story:A Curtain of Green (Eudora Welty)
- Short Story:A Curtain of Green (Eudora Welty)
- Short Story:A Day In The Life of the Boss (Hugh Geeslin, Jr.)
- Short Story:A Day In The Life of the Boss (Hugh Geeslin, Jr.)
- Short Story:A Death in the Family (Wingate Froscher)
- Short Story:A Death in the Family (Wingate Froscher)
- Short Story:A Delayed Hearing (Howard Nemerov)
- Short Story:A Delayed Hearing (Howard Nemerov)
- Short Story:A Distant Episode (Paul Bowles)
- Short Story:A Distant Episode (Paul Bowles)
- Short Story:A Fugitive From the Mind (Peggy Bennett)
- Short Story:A Fugitive From the Mind (Peggy Bennett)
- 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 Girl I Knew (J.D. Salinger)
- Short Story:A Girl I Knew (J.D. Salinger)
- Short Story:A Great Reckoning In a Little Room (Geoffrey Bush)
- Short Story:A Great Reckoning In a Little Room (Geoffrey Bush)
- Short Story:A Gun for Dinosaur (L. Sprague de Camp)
- Short Story:A Gun for Dinosaur (L. Sprague de Camp)
- Short Story:A Heart of Furious Fancies (Winona McClintic)
- Short Story:A Heart of Furious Fancies (Winona McClintic)
- Short Story:A Letter to Mr. Priest (Margaret Cousins)
- Short Story:A Letter to Mr. Priest (Margaret Cousins)
- Short Story:A Loaf of Bread (Robert Gibbons)
- Short Story:A Loaf of Bread (Robert Gibbons)
- Short Story:A Local Skirmish (Noel Houston)
- Short Story:A Local Skirmish (Noel Houston)
- Short Story:A Logic Named Joe (Murray Leinster)
- Short Story:A Logic Named Joe (Murray Leinster)
- Short Story:A Loint of Paw (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:A Loint of Paw (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:A Master Time (James Still)
- Short Story:A Master Time (James Still)
- Short Story:A Matter of Price (Robert O. Bowen)
- Short Story:A Matter of Price (Robert O. Bowen)
- Short Story:A Mother's Tale (James Agee)
- Short Story:A Mother's Tale (James Agee)
- Short Story:A Mountain Summer (James Ballard)
- Short Story:A Mountain Summer (James Ballard)
- Short Story:A Name for the City (William Faulkner)
- Short Story:A Name for the City (William Faulkner)
- Short Story:A Nun No More (John Fante)
- Short Story:A Nun No More (John Fante)
- Short Story:A Pail of Air (Fritz Leiber)
- Short Story:A Pail of Air (Fritz Leiber)
- Short Story:A Partnership With Death (Vardis Fisher)
- Short Story:A Partnership With Death (Vardis Fisher)
- Short Story:A Piece of Bread (Frances Gray Patton)
- Short Story:A Piece of Bread (Frances Gray Patton)
- Short Story:A Reasonable Facsimile (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Reasonable Facsimile (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Ride On The Short Dog (James Still)
- Short Story:A Ride On The Short Dog (James Still)
- Short Story:A Secret Society (Howard Nemerov)
- Short Story:A Secret Society (Howard Nemerov)
- Short Story:A Sense of Danger (Mary Deasy)
- Short Story:A Sense of Danger (Mary Deasy)
- Short Story:A Sermon By Doctor Pep (Saul Bellow)
- Short Story:A Sermon By Doctor Pep (Saul Bellow)
- Short Story:A Ship to Tarshish (William Zukerman)
- Short Story:A Ship to Tarshish (William Zukerman)
- Short Story:A Sound in the Night (Ruth Herschberger)
- Short Story:A Sound in the Night (Ruth Herschberger)
- Short Story:A Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:A Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:A Spot in History (James B. Hall)
- Short Story:A Spot in History (James B. Hall)
- Short Story:A Stop on the Way to Texas (Ward Dorrance)
- Short Story:A Stop on the Way to Texas (Ward Dorrance)
- 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 Tenderfoot in Space (Robert A. Heinlein)
- Short Story:A Tenderfoot in Space (Robert A. Heinlein)
- Short Story:A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud (Carson McCullers)
- Short Story:A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud (Carson McCullers)
- Short Story:A View of the Woods (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:A View of the Woods (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:A War Marriage (Donna Rowell)
- Short Story:A War Marriage (Donna Rowell)
- Short Story:A Week of Roses (Donald Wesley)
- Short Story:A Week of Roses (Donald Wesley)
- Short Story:A Wife of Nashville (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:A Wife of Nashville (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:A Wreath For Miss Totten (Hortense Calisher)
- Short Story:A Wreath For Miss Totten (Hortense Calisher)
- Short Story:Act of Faith (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:Act of Faith (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:Afternoon In The Jungle (Albert Maltz)
- Short Story:Afternoon In The Jungle (Albert Maltz)
- Short Story:Alabama Sketches (Ruby Pickens Tartt)
- Short Story:Alabama Sketches (Ruby Pickens Tartt)
- Short Story:All Around the Town (Stephen Vincent Benét)
- Short Story:All Around the Town (Stephen Vincent Benét)
- Short Story:All Prisoners Here (Irving Pfeffer)
- Short Story:All Prisoners Here (Irving Pfeffer)
- Short Story:All Souls' (Gladys Schmitt)
- Short Story:All Souls' (Gladys Schmitt)
- Short Story:All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:Allamagoosa (Eric Frank Russell)
- Short Story:Allamagoosa (Eric Frank Russell)
- Short Story:Almos' a Man (Richard Wright)
- Short Story:Almos' a Man (Richard Wright)
- Short Story:Always Good For A Belly Laugh (Emilie Glen)
- Short Story:Always Good For A Belly Laugh (Emilie Glen)
- 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 Argument in 1934 (Delmore Schwartz)
- Short Story:An Argument in 1934 (Delmore Schwartz)
- Short Story:An Arm Upraised (Alan MacDonald)
- Short Story:An Arm Upraised (Alan MacDonald)
- Short Story:An interval like this (Robert Gorham Davis)
- Short Story:An interval like this (Robert Gorham Davis)
- Short Story:An Island lor My Friends (Madelon Shapiro)
- Short Story:An Island lor My Friends (Madelon Shapiro)
- Short Story:Anschluss (Kay Boyle)
- Short Story:Anschluss (Kay Boyle)
- Short Story:Apple Seed and Apple Thorn (Elizabeth Enright)
- Short Story:Apple Seed and Apple Thorn (Elizabeth Enright)
- Short Story:Arcturus (Evan S. Connell Jr.)
- Short Story:Arcturus (Evan S. Connell Jr.)
- Short Story:Arena (Fredric Brown)
- Short Story:Arena (Fredric Brown)
- Short Story:Around the Dear Ruin (Gina Berriault)
- Short Story:Around the Dear Ruin (Gina Berriault)
- Short Story:As I Was Going Up the Stair (Alfred Chester)
- Short Story:As I Was Going Up the Stair (Alfred Chester)
- Short Story:Asphodel (Eudora Welty)
- Short Story:Asphodel (Eudora Welty)
- Short Story:At Mrs. Farrelly's (Joseph Carroll)
- Short Story:At Mrs. Farrelly's (Joseph Carroll)
- Short Story:At Sallygap (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:At Sallygap (Mary Lavin)
- Short Story:Athens, Greece, 1942 (Vahan Krikorian Gregory)
- Short Story:Athens, Greece, 1942 (Vahan Krikorian Gregory)
- Short Story:Azathoth (H. P. Lovecraft)
- Short Story:Azathoth (H. P. Lovecraft)
- Short Story:Bachelor of Arts (Nancy G. Chaikin)
- Short Story:Bachelor of Arts (Nancy G. Chaikin)
- Short Story:Bad Boy from Brooklyn (Michael Seide)
- Short Story:Bad Boy from Brooklyn (Michael Seide)
- Short Story:Basket Carry (Jerome Weidman)
- Short Story:Basket Carry (Jerome Weidman)
- Short Story:Be Heavy (Richard Hagopian)
- Short Story:Be Heavy (Richard Hagopian)
- Short Story:Beachhead in Bohemia (Willard Marsh)
- Short Story:Beachhead in Bohemia (Willard Marsh)
- Short Story:Beasts of the Wild (Nelson Algren)
- Short Story:Beasts of the Wild (Nelson Algren)
- Short Story:Beatrice Trueblood's Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Beatrice Trueblood's Story (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Beautiful Night For Orion (Richard Clay)
- Short Story:Beautiful Night For Orion (Richard Clay)
- Short Story:Beautifully and Bravely (Harry Sylvester)
- Short Story:Beautifully and Bravely (Harry Sylvester)
- Short Story:Beginning of Wisdom (Rachel Field)
- Short Story:Beginning of Wisdom (Rachel Field)
- Short Story:Ben (Pati Hill)
- Short Story:Ben (Pati Hill)
- Short Story:Berkshire Comedy (Allan Seager)
- Short Story:Berkshire Comedy (Allan Seager)
- Short Story:Beyond the Glass Mountain (Wallace Stegner)
- Short Story:Beyond the Glass Mountain (Wallace Stegner)
- Short Story:Biceps (Nelson Algren)
- Short Story:Biceps (Nelson Algren)
- Short Story:Big Jules (Morley Callaghan)
- Short Story:Big Jules (Morley Callaghan)
- Short Story:Big, Black, Good Man (Richard Wright)
- Short Story:Big, Black, Good Man (Richard Wright)
- Short Story:Bird Man (David Stuart)
- Short Story:Bird Man (David Stuart)
- Short Story:Bird Song (John Mayo Goss)
- Short Story:Bird Song (John Mayo Goss)
- Short Story:Black Destroyer (A. E. van Vogt)
- Short Story:Black Destroyer (A. E. van Vogt)
- Short Story:Black Secret (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
- Short Story:Black Secret (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
- Short Story:Black Tobias and the Empire (Heinz Werner)
- Short Story:Black Tobias and the Empire (Heinz Werner)
- Short Story:Black Troubadour (David L. Cohn)
- Short Story:Black Troubadour (David L. Cohn)
- Short Story:Blank! (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:Blank! (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:Boundary Line (Warren Beck)
- Short Story:Boundary Line (Warren Beck)
- Short Story:Brahmin Beachhead (Nancy Hale)
- Short Story:Brahmin Beachhead (Nancy Hale)
- Short Story:Bread and Games (John D. Weaver)
- Short Story:Bread and Games (John D. Weaver)
- Short Story:Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
- Short Story:Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
- Short Story:Bright And Morning (Glidden Parker)
- Short Story:Bright And Morning (Glidden Parker)
- Short Story:Brother Quintillan and Dick The Chemist (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Brother Quintillan and Dick The Chemist (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Burial in the Dessert (Edward Fenton)
- Short Story:Burial in the Dessert (Edward Fenton)
- Short Story:Bury Your Own Dead (Bessie Breuer)
- Short Story:Bury Your Own Dead (Bessie Breuer)
- Short Story:Buy Jupiter (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:Buy Jupiter (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:By His Bootstraps (Robert A. Heinlein)
- Short Story:By His Bootstraps (Robert A. Heinlein)
- Short Story:Call a Solemn Assembly (Ruth Portugal)
- Short Story:Call a Solemn Assembly (Ruth Portugal)
- Short Story:Call Me Joe (Poul Anderson)
- Short Story:Call Me Joe (Poul Anderson)
- Short Story:Captive Market (Philip K. Dick)
- Short Story:Captive Market (Philip K. Dick)
- Short Story:Caput Mortuum (Edita Morris)
- Short Story:Caput Mortuum (Edita Morris)
- Short Story:Carmencita (Waverley Root)
- Short Story:Carmencita (Waverley Root)
- Short Story:Cass Mastern's Wedding Ring (Robert Penn Warren)
- Short Story:Cass Mastern's Wedding Ring (Robert Penn Warren)
- Short Story:Castle of Snow (Joseph Heller)
- Short Story:Castle of Snow (Joseph Heller)
- Short Story:Change of Plan (Ken Purdy)
- Short Story:Change of Plan (Ken Purdy)
- Short Story:Chanson Du Konallis (Lorraine Hansberry)
- Short Story:Chanson Du Konallis (Lorraine Hansberry)
- Short Story:Char On Raven's Bench (Frank Holwerda)
- Short Story:Char On Raven's Bench (Frank Holwerda)
- 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)


