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Showing below up to 250 results in range #1 to #250.
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- Short Story:A Birthday Present (Anne Sayre)
- Short Story:A Birthday Present (Anne Sayre)
- 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 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 Delayed Hearing (Howard Nemerov)
- Short Story:A Delayed Hearing (Howard Nemerov)
- 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 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 Loint of Paw (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:A Loint of Paw (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:A Matter of Price (Robert O. Bowen)
- Short Story:A Matter of Price (Robert O. Bowen)
- Short Story:A Reasonable Facsimile (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Reasonable Facsimile (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:A Secret Society (Howard Nemerov)
- Short Story:A Secret Society (Howard Nemerov)
- 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’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 View of the Woods (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:A View of the Woods (Flannery O' Connor)
- 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:Amid A Place of Stone (Frank Butler)
- Short Story:Amid A Place of Stone (Frank Butler)
- Short Story:Arcturus (Evan S. Connell Jr.)
- Short Story:Arcturus (Evan S. Connell Jr.)
- 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:Bachelor of Arts (Nancy G. Chaikin)
- Short Story:Bachelor of Arts (Nancy G. Chaikin)
- 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:Ben (Pati Hill)
- Short Story:Ben (Pati Hill)
- 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:Blank! (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:Blank! (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
- Short Story:Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
- Short Story:Brother Quintillan and Dick The Chemist (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Brother Quintillan and Dick The Chemist (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Buy Jupiter (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:Buy Jupiter (Isaac Asimov)
- 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: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:Creole Love Song (Nathaniel LaMar)
- Short Story:Creole Love Song (Nathaniel LaMar)
- Short Story:Dead Center (Judith Merril)
- Short Story:Dead Center (Judith Merril)
- Short Story:Escape to the City (Gordon Woodward)
- Short Story:Escape to the City (Gordon Woodward)
- Short Story:Farewell, Sweet Love (Priscilla Heath)
- Short Story:Farewell, Sweet Love (Priscilla Heath)
- Short Story:Four Annas (Christine Weston)
- Short Story:Four Annas (Christine Weston)
- Short Story:Free The Canaries From Their Cages (Arthur Granit)
- Short Story:Free The Canaries From Their Cages (Arthur Granit)
- Short Story:Gertrude and Sidney (Randall Jarrell)
- Short Story:Gertrude and Sidney (Randall Jarrell)
- Short Story:Getaway (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:Getaway (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:Going To Naples (Eudora Welty)
- Short Story:Going To Naples (Eudora Welty)
- Short Story:Greenleaf (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:Greenleaf (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:Herman's Day (Harvey Swados)
- Short Story:Herman's Day (Harvey Swados)
- Short Story:Home From Camp (Bob Van Scoyk)
- Short Story:Home From Camp (Bob Van Scoyk)
- Short Story:House of Many Rooms (Robin White)
- Short Story:House of Many Rooms (Robin White)
- Short Story:How Levon Dai Was Surrendered To The Edemuses (Marjorie Anaïs Housepian)
- Short Story:How Levon Dai Was Surrendered To The Edemuses (Marjorie Anaïs Housepian)
- Short Story:Hunter’s Home (Shirley Ann Grau)
- Short Story:Hunter’s Home (Shirley Ann Grau)
- Short Story:I Got a Friend (Mark Van Doren)
- Short Story:I Got a Friend (Mark Van Doren)
- Short Story:I Stand Here Ironing (Tillie Olsen)
- Short Story:I Stand Here Ironing (Tillie Olsen)
- Short Story:In A Foreign City (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:In A Foreign City (Robert M. Coates)
- Short Story:In A Tropical Minor Key (Frank Holwerda)
- Short Story:In A Tropical Minor Key (Frank Holwerda)
- Short Story:In An Early Winter (Roger Angell)
- Short Story:In An Early Winter (Roger Angell)
- Short Story:In The French Style (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:In The French Style (Irwin Shaw)
- Short Story:In the Zoo (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:In the Zoo (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:Is He Dead (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Is He Dead (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Jawaharlal and the Three Cadavers (John Barry)
- Short Story:Jawaharlal and the Three Cadavers (John Barry)
- 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:La Bataille Des Fleurs (Anthony Ostroff)
- Short Story:La Bataille Des Fleurs (Anthony Ostroff)
- Short Story:Legend of Two Swimmers (Robie Macauley)
- Short Story:Legend of Two Swimmers (Robie Macauley)
- Short Story:Little Joe (William Eastlake)
- Short Story:Little Joe (William Eastlake)
- Short Story:Love and Like (Herbert Gold)
- Short Story:Love and Like (Herbert Gold)
- Short Story:Lula Borrow (Thomas Mabry)
- Short Story:Lula Borrow (Thomas Mabry)
- Short Story:Maiden In A Tower (Wallace Stegner)
- Short Story:Maiden In A Tower (Wallace Stegner)
- Short Story:Man’s Courage (Wyatt Blassingame)
- Short Story:Man’s Courage (Wyatt Blassingame)
- Short Story:Miracle Play (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Miracle Play (George P. Elliot)
- Short Story:Mr. Pruitt (Ralph Robin)
- Short Story:Mr. Pruitt (Ralph Robin)
- Short Story:Mrs. Mean (William H. Gass)
- Short Story:Mrs. Mean (William H. Gass)
- Short Story:My Blithe, Sad Bird (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:My Blithe, Sad Bird (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:My Brother Down There (Steve Frazee)
- Short Story:My Brother Down There (Steve Frazee)
- Short Story:My Sister's Marriage (Cynthia Marshall Rich)
- Short Story:My Sister's Marriage (Cynthia Marshall Rich)
- Short Story:No Way Down (Almet Jenks)
- Short Story:No Way Down (Almet Jenks)
- Short Story:Not Another Word (Richard Thurman)
- Short Story:Not Another Word (Richard Thurman)
- Short Story:One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts (Shirley Jackson)
- Short Story:One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts (Shirley Jackson)
- Short Story:Portrait of My Son As A Young Man (Elizabeth H. Middleton)
- Short Story:Portrait of My Son As A Young Man (Elizabeth H. Middleton)
- Short Story:Reginald Pomfret Skelton (Samuel Yellen)
- Short Story:Reginald Pomfret Skelton (Samuel Yellen)
- Short Story:Run, Run Away, Brother (John Campbell Smith)
- Short Story:Run, Run Away, Brother (John Campbell Smith)
- Short Story:Saturday Is A Poor Man’s Port (Henrietta Weigel)
- Short Story:Saturday Is A Poor Man’s Port (Henrietta Weigel)
- Short Story:Somewhere Out of Nowhere (Jean McCord)
- Short Story:Somewhere Out of Nowhere (Jean McCord)
- Short Story:Sonny’s Blues (James Baldwin)
- Short Story:Sonny’s Blues (James Baldwin)
- Short Story:Sunday Afternoon (Alice Munro)
- Short Story:Sunday Afternoon (Alice Munro)
- Short Story:The Ambassador (Edward Newhouse)
- Short Story:The Ambassador (Edward Newhouse)
- Short Story:The Artificial N------- (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:The Artificial N------- (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:The Banquet Of Crow (Dorothy Parker)
- Short Story:The Banquet Of Crow (Dorothy Parker)
- Short Story:The Bella Lingua (John Cheever)
- Short Story:The Bella Lingua (John Cheever)
- Short Story:The Blue Serge Suit (John Langdon)
- Short Story:The Blue Serge Suit (John Langdon)
- Short Story:The Buck in Trotevale’s (Thomas Williams)
- Short Story:The Buck in Trotevale’s (Thomas Williams)
- Short Story:The Chevigny Man (Robie Macauley)
- Short Story:The Chevigny Man (Robie Macauley)
- Short Story:The Contest For Aaron Gold (Philip Roth)
- Short Story:The Contest For Aaron Gold (Philip Roth)
- Short Story:The Conversion of the Jews (Philip Roth)
- Short Story:The Conversion of the Jews (Philip Roth)
- Short Story:The Country Husband (John Cheever)
- Short Story:The Country Husband (John Cheever)
- Short Story:The Dark Roots of the Rose (Walter Clemons)
- Short Story:The Dark Roots of the Rose (Walter Clemons)
- Short Story:The Day It Rained Forever (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:The Day It Rained Forever (Ray Bradbury)
- Short Story:The Day of the Equinox (Daniel Curley)
- Short Story:The Day of the Equinox (Daniel Curley)
- Short Story:The Decline And Fall of Augie Sheean (Joe Coogan)
- Short Story:The Decline And Fall of Augie Sheean (Joe Coogan)
- Short Story:The Devil on a Hot Afternoon (Ward Dorrance)
- Short Story:The Devil on a Hot Afternoon (Ward Dorrance)
- Short Story:The Eclipse (Elizabeth Enright)
- Short Story:The Eclipse (Elizabeth Enright)
- Short Story:The Excursionists (Nancy Cardozo)
- Short Story:The Excursionists (Nancy Cardozo)
- Short Story:The Farlow Express (Anthony Robinson)
- Short Story:The Farlow Express (Anthony Robinson)
- Short Story:The Firebird (Legarde S. Doughty)
- Short Story:The Firebird (Legarde S. Doughty)
- Short Story:The First Flower (Augusta Wallace Lyons)
- Short Story:The First Flower (Augusta Wallace Lyons)
- Short Story:The Fisherman From Chihuahua (Evan S. Connell Jr.)
- Short Story:The Fisherman From Chihuahua (Evan S. Connell Jr.)
- Short Story:The Five-Forty-Eight (John Cheever)
- Short Story:The Five-Forty-Eight (John Cheever)
- Short Story:The Frozen Fields (Paul Bowles)
- Short Story:The Frozen Fields (Paul Bowles)
- Short Story:The Game (Frances Gray Patton)
- Short Story:The Game (Frances Gray Patton)
- Short Story:The Guest (L'Hôte) (Albert Camus)
- Short Story:The Guest (L'Hôte) (Albert Camus)
- Short Story:The Guy in Ward 4 (Leo Rosten)
- Short Story:The Guy in Ward 4 (Leo Rosten)
- Short Story:The Hobo (Harris Downey)
- Short Story:The Hobo (Harris Downey)
- Short Story:The House On The Esplanade (Anne Herbert)
- Short Story:The House On The Esplanade (Anne Herbert)
- Short Story:The Hundredth Centennial (Mac Hyman)
- Short Story:The Hundredth Centennial (Mac Hyman)
- Short Story:The Impossible He (Rosanne Smith Robinson)
- Short Story:The Impossible He (Rosanne Smith Robinson)
- Short Story:The Indomitable Blue (Ira Wolfert)
- Short Story:The Indomitable Blue (Ira Wolfert)
- Short Story:The Iowan’s Curse (Charles G. Finney)
- Short Story:The Iowan’s Curse (Charles G. Finney)
- Short Story:The Last Mohican (Bernard Malamud)
- Short Story:The Last Mohican (Bernard Malamud)
- Short Story:The Latter End (George Loveridge)
- Short Story:The Latter End (George Loveridge)
- Short Story:The Life You Save May Be Your Own (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:The Life You Save May Be Your Own (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:The Machine (John Shepley)
- Short Story:The Machine (John Shepley)


