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A collection of classic and contemporary stories by American authors, ranging from O. Henry to Kate Chopin. Each story has a brief introduction and a link to a study guide for further exploration.

Enjoy a collection of 160 short stories from various authors, including classics by Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anton Chekhov. Browse the list by author name or story title and find your favorite short stories.

Has been adapted as a film, a ballet, a play, a musical, and most importantly, a Joyce Carol Oates short story. W. W. Jacobs, “The Monkey’s Paw” (1902) So iconic—be careful what you wish for, is the gist—that you probably didn’t even know it started out as a short story. My favorite version is, of course, the Laurie Anderson song.

The book is a centennial anniversary of The Best American Short Stories series which began in 1915. The series is considered one of the "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction" [2] and has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature, curated by well-known guest editors.

Top Short Stories. Some of the most famous and widely read classic short stories of all time are Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery (1948), Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), and ...

“Rip Van Winkle” is the granddaddy of the American short story. 2. “The Fall of the House of Usher,” by Edgar Allen Poe, 1839. 3. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, 1843. Great examples of the American romance (not the love-story kind of romance, but the supernatural, spooky-story kind).

Best short story collections by American writers. flag All Votes Add Books To This List. 1: The Complete Stories by. Flannery O'Connor ... The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by. Ernest Hemingway. 4.29 avg rating — 37,352 ratings. score: 97, and 1 person voted

A collection of short fiction by master storytellers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, arranged alphabetically by author. Includes Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, and many others.

The Best American Short Stories anthology has played a crucial role in recognizing minority literature and highlighting emerging authors, enriching the American literary landscape over the decades. Contemporary American short stories frequently explore complex themes such as human relationships, conflict, and mortality, reflecting the nuances ...

It is almost cast in stone that any list of great short story writers must mention Carver, Cheever, and O’Connor together, as the greats of American short story writing. ... TV shows, and movies over the last century, no list of great short stories can ignore this American gothic classic. 23. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ...

An anthology edited by Heidi Pitlor and prolific authors such as Min Jin Lee, Jane Smiley, Anthony Doerr, Raymond Carver, Amy Tan, Junot Diaz, T.C. Boyle, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and more, the BASS collects the year's best short stories by contemporary American writers. Listing 2397 stories.

Stories published by online journals and magazines should be sent to thebestamericanshortstories@gmail.com. Stories must be received by December 31st of the year that they were published to be considered for The Best American Short Stories. Unfortunately, we are unable to reply to individual submissions from authors, but will consider work that ...

wormed its way into the general cultural consciousness—a list of the best short stories in the English language would look quite different than the one below. ... here are some of the most iconic short stories for American readers in the English language—and a few more that deserve to be more iconic than they are. 1/8. Washington Irving ...

The Best American Short Stories is a yearly anthology that's part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Since 1915, the BASS has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, [1] including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature. Along with the O. Henry Awards, Best American Short Stories is one of the two "best-known annual ...

This celebration of America's literary legacy, a companion volume to Dover's 100 Great Short Stories, offers students and other readers a superb selection of short fiction by master storytellers. Contributors include Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, O. Henry, Willa Cather, Washington Irving, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and many others. The stories are arranged ...

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A curated collection of American Literature. Hundreds of short stories and audio editions from classic heavy weights like Twain, Hawthorne, Poe and Porter, to contemporary stars like Miranda July, Denis Johnson, Tobias Wolf and more.

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Great American Short Stories [34 stories] by The Editors of The Reader's Digest, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Jack London, Susan Glaspell, Jesse Stuart, John O'Hara, O. Henry, Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, John Steinbeck, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Wright, William Faulkner, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Eudora Welty, Ray Bradbury, Damon ...