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Showing below up to 250 results in range #1 to #250.
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- Short Story:"Ollie, oh..." (Carolyn Chute)
- Short Story:"Ollie, oh..." (Carolyn Chute)
- Short Story:1940: Fall (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:1940: Fall (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut)
- Short Story:2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut)
- Short Story:2430 A.D. (Isaac Asimov)
- Short Story:2430 A.D. (Isaac Asimov)
- 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 Cabin on the Coast (Gene Wolfe)
- Short Story:A Cabin on the Coast (Gene Wolfe)
- Short Story:A Change of Season (James Bond)
- Short Story:A Change of Season (James Bond)
- Short Story:A Chronicle of Love (H.E. Francis)
- Short Story:A Chronicle of Love (H.E. Francis)
- Short Story:A Chronicle of Love copy (H.E. Francis)
- Short Story:A Chronicle of Love copy (H.E. Francis)
- Short Story:A City of Churches (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:A City of Churches (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:A Country Killing (Annie Proulx)
- Short Story:A Country Killing (Annie Proulx)
- Short Story:A Day on Ragged (Donald Hall)
- Short Story:A Day on Ragged (Donald Hall)
- Short Story:A Death on the East Side (Herbert Gold)
- Short Story:A Death on the East Side (Herbert Gold)
- Short Story:A Family Affair (John L' Heureux)
- Short Story:A Family Affair (John L' Heureux)
- Short Story:A Family Man (Donald Hutter)
- Short Story:A Family Man (Donald Hutter)
- Short Story:A Father's Story (Andre Dubus)
- Short Story:A Father's Story (Andre Dubus)
- Short Story:A Few Things Wrong with Me (Lydia Davis)
- Short Story:A Few Things Wrong with Me (Lydia Davis)
- Short Story:A Fresno Fable (William Saroyan)
- Short Story:A Fresno Fable (William Saroyan)
- Short Story:A Girl for Walter (Theodore Jacobs)
- Short Story:A Girl for Walter (Theodore Jacobs)
- Short Story:A Glass of Blessings (Glendon Swarthout)
- Short Story:A Glass of Blessings (Glendon Swarthout)
- Short Story:A Good Loser (Elizabeth Cullinan)
- Short Story:A Good Loser (Elizabeth Cullinan)
- Short Story:A Kind of Simple Happy Grace (Richard Bausch)
- Short Story:A Kind of Simple Happy Grace (Richard Bausch)
- Short Story:A Lingering Death (Silvia Tennenbaum)
- Short Story:A Lingering Death (Silvia Tennenbaum)
- Short Story:A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (Philip K. Dick)
- Short Story:A Little Something for Us Tempunauts (Philip K. Dick)
- Short Story:A Long Day's Dying (William Eastlake)
- Short Story:A Long Day's Dying (William Eastlake)
- Short Story:A Long Story Short (Shirley Hazzard)
- Short Story:A Long Story Short (Shirley Hazzard)
- Short Story:A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
- Short Story:A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
- Short Story:A Mercenary (Cynthia Ozick)
- Short Story:A Mercenary (Cynthia Ozick)
- Short Story:A Mussel Named Ecclesiastes (George Dickerson)
- Short Story:A Mussel Named Ecclesiastes (George Dickerson)
- Short Story:A Nous La Liberté (David Shaber)
- Short Story:A Nous La Liberté (David Shaber)
- Short Story:A Party in Miami Beach (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
- Short Story:A Party in Miami Beach (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
- Short Story:A Passion For History (Stephen Minot)
- Short Story:A Passion For History (Stephen Minot)
- Short Story:A Postal Creed (Ben Brooks)
- Short Story:A Postal Creed (Ben Brooks)
- Short Story:A Private Landscape (Melissa Pritchard)
- Short Story:A Private Landscape (Melissa Pritchard)
- Short Story:A Questionnaire for Rudolph Gordon (Jack Matthews)
- Short Story:A Questionnaire for Rudolph Gordon (Jack Matthews)
- Short Story:A Run of Bad Luck (Annie Proulx)
- Short Story:A Run of Bad Luck (Annie Proulx)
- Short Story:A Sacrifice (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
- Short Story:A Sacrifice (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
- Short Story:A Sandstone Farmhouse (John Updike)
- Short Story:A Sandstone Farmhouse (John Updike)
- Short Story:A Short Walk Into Afternoon (Kaatje Hurlbut)
- Short Story:A Short Walk Into Afternoon (Kaatje Hurlbut)
- Short Story:A Silver Dish (Saul Bellow)
- Short Story:A Silver Dish (Saul Bellow)
- Short Story:A Simple Case (Cecil Dawkins)
- Short Story:A Simple Case (Cecil Dawkins)
- Short Story:A Story for Teddy (Harvey Swados)
- Short Story:A Story for Teddy (Harvey Swados)
- 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 Story of Love, Etc. (Daniel Curley)
- Short Story:A Story of Love, Etc. (Daniel Curley)
- Short Story:A Summer in Puerto Rico (Eleanor Clark)
- Short Story:A Summer in Puerto Rico (Eleanor Clark)
- Short Story:A Tale of Inheritance (William Goyen)
- Short Story:A Tale of Inheritance (William Goyen)
- Short Story:A Toy for Juliette (Robert Bloch)
- Short Story:A Toy for Juliette (Robert Bloch)
- Short Story:A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Un Señor Muy Viejo) (Gabriel García Marquez)
- Short Story:A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Un Señor Muy Viejo) (Gabriel García Marquez)
- Short Story:A Vision of the World (John Cheever)
- Short Story:A Vision of the World (John Cheever)
- Short Story:Accomplished Desires (Joyce Carol Oates)
- Short Story:Accomplished Desires (Joyce Carol Oates)
- Short Story:Acme Rooms and Sweet Majorie Russell (Hugh Allyn Hunt)
- Short Story:Acme Rooms and Sweet Majorie Russell (Hugh Allyn Hunt)
- Short Story:Across the Wide Missouri (John Edgar Wideman)
- Short Story:Across the Wide Missouri (John Edgar Wideman)
- Short Story:Air Raid (John Varley)
- Short Story:Air Raid (John Varley)
- Short Story:Alaska (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:Alaska (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:All My Relations (Christopher McIlroy)
- Short Story:All My Relations (Christopher McIlroy)
- Short Story:American, Abroad (Joyce Carol Oates)
- Short Story:American, Abroad (Joyce Carol Oates)
- Short Story:An American Student in Paris (James T. Farrell)
- Short Story:An American Student in Paris (James T. Farrell)
- Short Story:An Exile in the East (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:An Exile in the East (Flannery O' Connor)
- Short Story:An Influx of Poets (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:An Influx of Poets (Jean Stafford)
- Short Story:An Old Man and His Hat (George H. Freitag)
- Short Story:An Old Man and His Hat (George H. Freitag)
- Short Story:And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side (James Tiptree Jr.)
- Short Story:And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side (James Tiptree Jr.)
- Short Story:Andrew (Berry Morgan)
- Short Story:Andrew (Berry Morgan)
- Short Story:Angela (Bharati Mukherjee)
- Short Story:Angela (Bharati Mukherjee)
- Short Story:Another Short Day in La Luz (Harriet Doerr)
- Short Story:Another Short Day in La Luz (Harriet Doerr)
- Short Story:Another Story (Jack Matthews)
- Short Story:Another Story (Jack Matthews)
- Short Story:Antaeus (Borden Deal)
- Short Story:Antaeus (Borden Deal)
- Short Story:Anthropology: What is Lost in Rotation (William S. Wilson)
- Short Story:Anthropology: What is Lost in Rotation (William S. Wilson)
- Short Story:At Peace (Ann Copeland)
- Short Story:At Peace (Ann Copeland)
- Short Story:At The Anarchists' Convention (John Sayles)
- Short Story:At The Anarchists' Convention (John Sayles)
- Short Story:At the Drugstore (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:At the Drugstore (Peter Taylor)
- Short Story:Aunt Mary (John Hermann)
- Short Story:Aunt Mary (John Hermann)
- Short Story:Aunt Moon's Young Man (Linda Hogan)
- Short Story:Aunt Moon's Young Man (Linda Hogan)
- Short Story:Auto-da-Fé (Roger Zelazny)
- Short Story:Auto-da-Fé (Roger Zelazny)
- Short Story:Autumn Full of Apples (Dan Wakefield)
- Short Story:Autumn Full of Apples (Dan Wakefield)
- Short Story:Avid (John Casey)
- Short Story:Avid (John Casey)
- Short Story:Baby, You Were Great (Kate Wilhelm)
- Short Story:Baby, You Were Great (Kate Wilhelm)
- Short Story:Bad Company (Tess Gallagher)
- Short Story:Bad Company (Tess Gallagher)
- Short Story:Bakti's Hand (Blair Fuller)
- Short Story:Bakti's Hand (Blair Fuller)
- Short Story:Bambi Meets the Furies (Frederick Busch)
- Short Story:Bambi Meets the Furies (Frederick Busch)
- Short Story:Banana Boats (Mary Ann Taylor-Hall)
- Short Story:Banana Boats (Mary Ann Taylor-Hall)
- Short Story:Barbed Wire (Robert Canzoneri)
- Short Story:Barbed Wire (Robert Canzoneri)
- Short Story:Basil From Her Garden (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Basil From Her Garden (Donald Barthelme)
- Short Story:Beachworld (Stephen King)
- Short Story:Beachworld (Stephen King)
- Short Story:Beautiful Girl (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:Beautiful Girl (Alice Adams)
- Short Story:Beautiful, Helpless Animals (Nancy Chaikin)
- Short Story:Beautiful, Helpless Animals (Nancy Chaikin)
- Short Story:Because I Was Flesh (Edward Dahlberg)
- Short Story:Because I Was Flesh (Edward Dahlberg)
- Short Story:Bech Takes Pot Luck (John Updike)
- Short Story:Bech Takes Pot Luck (John Updike)
- Short Story:Bedrock (Annie Proulx)
- Short Story:Bedrock (Annie Proulx)
- Short Story:Beebee (Diane Vreuls)
- Short Story:Beebee (Diane Vreuls)
- Short Story:Beggarman, Rich Man, or Thief (Katinka Loeser)
- Short Story:Beggarman, Rich Man, or Thief (Katinka Loeser)
- Short Story:Beginnings (Jerry Bumpus)
- Short Story:Beginnings (Jerry Bumpus)
- Short Story:Benjamen Burning (Joyce Madelon Winslow)
- Short Story:Benjamen Burning (Joyce Madelon Winslow)
- Short Story:Berceuse (Alfred Chester)
- Short Story:Berceuse (Alfred Chester)
- Short Story:Best Quality Glass Company, New York (Sharon Sheehe Stark)
- Short Story:Best Quality Glass Company, New York (Sharon Sheehe Stark)
- Short Story:Big Boy (Jesse Hill Ford)
- Short Story:Big Boy (Jesse Hill Ford)
- Short Story:Birds, Clouds, Frogs (R. C. Phelan)
- Short Story:Birds, Clouds, Frogs (R. C. Phelan)
- Short Story:Birthday Party (Shirley Jackson)
- Short Story:Birthday Party (Shirley Jackson)
- Short Story:Black Snowflakes (Paul Horgan)
- Short Story:Black Snowflakes (Paul Horgan)
- Short Story:Bleat Blodgette (John Phillips)
- Short Story:Bleat Blodgette (John Phillips)
- Short Story:Blood Letting (John Bart Gerald)
- Short Story:Blood Letting (John Bart Gerald)
- Short Story:Bloodflowers (W.D. Valgardson)
- Short Story:Bloodflowers (W.D. Valgardson)
- Short Story:Blue Spruce (David Long)
- Short Story:Blue Spruce (David Long)
- Short Story:Bologoye (Mikhail Iossel)
- Short Story:Bologoye (Mikhail Iossel)
- Short Story:Boxes (Raymond Carver)
- Short Story:Boxes (Raymond Carver)
- Short Story:Boys and Girls (Alice Munro)
- Short Story:Boys and Girls (Alice Munro)
- Short Story:Break It Down (Lydia Davis)
- Short Story:Break It Down (Lydia Davis)
- Short Story:Breed (John Sayles)
- Short Story:Breed (John Sayles)
- Short Story:Broad Day (Reynolds Price)
- Short Story:Broad Day (Reynolds Price)
- Short Story:Bromeliads (Joy Williams)
- Short Story:Bromeliads (Joy Williams)
- 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:Burns (Ward Just)
- Short Story:Burns (Ward Just)
- Short Story:But Who Can Replace a Man? (Brian Aldiss)
- Short Story:But Who Can Replace a Man? (Brian Aldiss)
- Short Story:By The River (Joyce Carol Oates)
- Short Story:By The River (Joyce Carol Oates)
- Short Story:By the Yellow Lake (Peter Marsh)
- Short Story:By the Yellow Lake (Peter Marsh)
- Short Story:Caddies' Day (Jeanne Schinto)
- Short Story:Caddies' Day (Jeanne Schinto)
- Short Story:Cadence (Andre Dubus)
- Short Story:Cadence (Andre Dubus)
- Short Story:Calloway's Climb (Peter L. Sandberg)
- Short Story:Calloway's Climb (Peter L. Sandberg)
- Short Story:Cambridge is Sinking (John J. Clayton)
- Short Story:Cambridge is Sinking (John J. Clayton)
- Short Story:Cambridge Is Sinking! (John J. Clayton)
- Short Story:Cambridge Is Sinking! (John J. Clayton)
- Short Story:Car-Crash While Hitchhiking (Denis Johnson)
- Short Story:Car-Crash While Hitchhiking (Denis Johnson)
- Short Story:Carrion Spring (Wallace Stegner)
- Short Story:Carrion Spring (Wallace Stegner)
- Short Story:Cats and Students, Bubbles and Abysses (Rick Bass)
- Short Story:Cats and Students, Bubbles and Abysses (Rick Bass)
- Short Story:Celtic Twilight (Joanna Ostrow)
- Short Story:Celtic Twilight (Joanna Ostrow)


