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- 30 Stories to Remember ed. Thomas B. Costain & John Beecroft (Doubleday, 1962, 884pp, hc)
- 1 • The Split Second • Daphne du Maurier • nv The Apple Tree, London: Gollancz, 1952
- 38 • The Theft of the Mona Lisa • Karl Decker • ar, 1932
- 52 • The Soldiers’ Peaches • Stuart Cloete • ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 16 ’39
- 62 • A Night to Remember • Walter Lord • ex, 1955
- 118 • Aerial Football: The New Game • George Bernard Shaw • ss The Neolith Nov ’07
- 125 • Courtship of My Cousin Doone • Walter D. Edmonds • na The Saturday Evening Post Oct 7 ’33 (+1)
- 175 • Hotel Room • Cornell Woolrich • ex, 1958
- 204 • Two Soldiers • William Faulkner • ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 ’42
- 216 • How We Kept Mother’s Day • Stephen Leacock • vi, 1930
- 219 • The Witness for the Prosecution [“Traitor’s Hands”] • Agatha Christie • nv Flynn’s Jan 31 ’25
- 235 • The Incredible Journey • Sheila Burnford • na, 1960
- 291 • The Catbird Seat • James Thurber • ss New Yorker Nov 14 ’42
- 298 • Act One • Moss Hart • ex, 1959
- 410 • The Devil and Daniel Webster • Stephen Vincent Benét • ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 ’36
- 422 • Gigi • Colette; trans. by Roger Senhouse • ss, 1952
- 457 • The Little Minister • Sir James M. Barrie • ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Feb ’24
- 478 • The Alien Corn • W. Somerset Maugham • nv Cosmopolitan Aug ’31
- 507 • A Profile in Courage [from Profiles in Courage] • John F. Kennedy • ar, 1955
- 521 • The Company of the Marjolaine • John Buchan • ss Atlantic Monthly Feb ’09
- 539 • First Day Finish • Jessamyn West • ss Atlantic Monthly Aug ’44
- 547 • The Adventure of the Priory School [Sherlock Holmes] • Arthur Conan Doyle • nv The Strand Feb ’04
- 569 • A Christmas Memory • Truman Capote • ss, 1956
- 578 • Death and Professor Raikes • Alice Duer Miller • na, 1929
- 642 • Leiningen Versus the Ants • Carl Stephenson • nv Esquire Dec ’38
- 658 • Mrs. ’Arris Goers to Paris • Paul Gallico • na, 1957
- 722 • “They” • Rudyard Kipling • nv Scribner’s Aug ’04
- 738 • Son of a Tinker • Maurice Walsh • ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 28 ’40
- 754 • History Lesson • Arthur C. Clarke • ss Startling Stories May ’49
- 761 • The Truth About the Flood [from The Bible as Histiry] • Werner Keller • ar, 1956
- 766 • A Candle for St. Jude • Rumer Godden • n., 1948
- Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers ed. John Coyne (Curbstone Press 1-880-68457-8, Apr ’99, $17.95, 317pp, tp); Contents from Amazon.com.
- The Oxford Book of Modern Women’s Stories ed. Patricia Craig (Oxford University Press 0-192-14232-1, Nov ’94, $30.00, 522pp, hc); Contents from Amazon.com.
- • Paul’s Case • Willa Cather • nv McClure’s May ’05
- • Afterward • Edith Wharton • nv The Century Jan ’10
- • Hear the Nightingale Sing • Caroline Gordon • ss
- • Je Ne Parle Pas Francias • Katherine Mansfield • ss
- • Miss de Mannering of Asham • F. M. Mayor • ss The Room Opposite, London: Longmans, Green, 1935
- • That Tree • Katherine Anne Porter • ss
- • Look at All Those Roses • Elizabeth Bowen • ss
- • In a Winter Landscape • Olivia Manning • ss
- • A Legacy • Virginia Woolf • ss The Haunted House and Other Stories, Harcourt, 1944
- • First Love • Eudora Welty • ss
- • Is There Life Beyond the Gravy? • Stevie Smith • ss At Close of Eve, ed. Jeremy Scott, London: Jarrolds, 1947
- • Yonder Peasant, Who is He? • Mary McCarthy • ss
- • Which New Era Would That Be? • Nadine Gordimer • ss
- • The Day Mr. Prescott Died • Sylvia Plath • ss
- • The Day Stalin Died • Doris Lessing • ss
- • The Blush • Elizabeth Taylor • ss, 1958
- • An Interest in Life • Grace Paley • ss, 1959
- • UNO 1945 • Christina Stead • ss
- • The Rehabilitation of Gineva Leake • Hortense Calisher • ss
- • The Tea Time of Stouthearted Ladies • Jean Stafford • ss The Kenyon Review Win ’64
- • The House of the Famous Poet • Muriel Spark • ss New Yorker Apr 2 ’66
- • Good Country People • Flannery O’Connor • ss Harper’s Bazaar Jun ’55
- • Healthy Landscape with Dormouse • Sylvia Townsend Warner • ss
- • Irish Revel • Edna O’Brien • ss
- • The Butterfly and the Traffic Light • Cynthia Ozick • ss
- • Scenes of Passion and Despair • Joyce Carol Oates • ss
- • Something to Tell the Girls • Jane Gardam • ss
- • A Star and Two Girls • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala • ss The Cornhill Magazine Sum ’71
- • Overture and Beginners Please • Jean Rhys • ss
- • Hair Jewellery • Margaret Atwood • ss
- • Puss-in-Boots • Angela Carter • ss The Straw and the Gold, ed. Emma Tennant, Pierrot Books, 1979
- • The Terrors of Basket Weaving • Patricia Highsmith • ss
- • The Play Reading • Elizabeth Jolley • ss
- • In the Great War • Fay Weldon • ss
- • Victory Over Japan • Ellen Gilchrist • ss
- • On the Day that E.M. Forster Died • A. S. Byatt • ss Sugar and Other Stories, Scribner’s, 1987
- • A Wife’s Story • Bharati Mukherjee • ss
- • A Pair of Tickets • Amy Tan • ss
- • Meneseteung • Alice Munro • nv New Yorker, 1988
- • The Prophecy • Anjana Appachana • ss
- The Penguin Book of British Comic Writing ed. Patricia Craig (BCA 0-670-83658-3, 1992 [Aug ’94], no price, 460pp, tp); Reprint (Penguin ???) anthology of humorous writing. [PSP]
- Scratching the Surface: An Anthology of Diverse Fiction ed. Christina Crooks (Wordbeams 1-58785-077-X, Sep 2000, el)
- American Gothic: An Anthology, 1787-1916 ed. Charles Crow (Blackwell Pub. 0-631-20651-5, Aug ’99, $83.95, 416pp, hc); Contents from Amazon.com.
- • Introduction • Charles Crow • in
- • An Account of a Beautiful Young Lady • Abraham Panther • ss
- • Somnambulism • Charles Brockden Brown • ss
- • Rip Van Winkle • Washington Irving • nv The Sketch Book, 1819
- • Idiosyncrasies • John Neal • ss
- • from The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall • George Lippard • ex
- • The Skeleton in Armor • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • ss
- • from The Prairie • James Fenimore Cooper • ex
- • A Struggle for Life • Henry Clay Lewis • ss
- • Hop-Frog • Edgar Allan Poe • ss The Flag of Our Union Mar 17, 1849
- • The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunado] • Edgar Allan Poe • ss Godey’s Lady’s Book Nov, 1846
- • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • Edgar Allan Poe • ss American Whig Review Dec, 1845
- • The Fall of the House of Usher • Edgar Allan Poe • ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Sep, 1839
- • The Raven • Edgar Allan Poe • pm New York Evening Mirror Jan 29, 1845
- • The City in the Sea [revised from “The Doomed City”, 1831] • Edgar Allan Poe • pm, 1845
- • Ulalume • Edgar Allan Poe • pm American Whig Review Dec, 1847
- • Annabel Lee • Edgar Allan Poe • pm Tribune Oct 9, 1849
- • Dream-Land • Edgar Allan Poe • pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Jun, 1844
- • Alice Doane’s Appeal • Nathaniel Hawthorne • ss
- • Young Goodman Brown • Nathaniel Hawthorne • ss New England Magazine Apr, 1835
- • The Bell-Tower • Herman Melville • ss Putnam’s Monthly Aug, 1855
- • The Wildermings • Alice Cary • ss
- • Behind a Mask; or, A Woman’s Power • Louisa May Alcott • nv
- • The Amber Gods • Harriet Prescott Spofford • na Atlantic Monthly Jan-Feb, 1860
- • Through lane it lay — through bramble • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • ‘Tis so appalling — it exhilarates • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • ‘Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • The Soul Has Bandaged Moments • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • Did you ever stand in a Cavern’s Mouth • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • One need not be a Chamber — to be haunted • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • What mystery pervades a well! • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • In Winter in my Room • Emily Dickinson • pm
- • from Life on the Mississippi • Samuel L. Clemens • ex
- • The Foreigner • Sarah Orne Jewett • nv Atlantic Monthly Aug ’00
- • Old Woman Magoun • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman • ss Harper’s Oct ’05
- • Luella Miller • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman • ss Everybody’s Magazine Dec ’02
- • The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] • Henry James • n. Colliers Jan 27-Apr 16, 1898
- • Désirée’s Baby • Kate Chopin • ss, 1893
- • Po’ Sandy • Charles W. Chesnutt • ss Atlantic Monthly May, 1888
- • The Sheriff’s Children • Charles W. Chesnutt • ss New York Independent Nov 7, 1889
- • Jean-ah Poquelin • George Washington Cable • ss Scribner’s May, 1875
- • The Monster • Stephen Crane • na Harper’s Aug, 1898
- • The Death of Halpin Frayser • Ambrose Bierce • ss The Wave Dec 19, 1891
- • Lauth • Frank Norris • ss
- • The Giant Wistaria • Charlotte Perkins Gilman • ss New England Magazine Jun, 1891
- • from The Sport of the Gods • Paul Laurence Dunbar • ex
- • Luke Havergal • Edwin Arlington Robinson • pm
- • Lisette and Eileen • Edwin Arlington Robinson • pm
- • The Dark House • Edwin Arlington Robinson • pm
- • The Mill • Edwin Arlington Robinson • pm
- • Souvenir • Edwin Arlington Robinson • pm
- • Why He Was There • Edwin Arlington Robinson • pm
- • The Ghostly Kiss • Lafcadio Hearn • vi New Orleans Item Jul 24, 1880
- • The Eyes • Edith Wharton • ss Scribner’s Jun ’10
- • Samuel • Jack London • ss The Bookman May ’13
- • Bibliography • Misc. Material • bi
- • Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines • Misc. Material • ix
- Boys’ Life Adventure Stories ed. Irving Crump (Nelson, 1950, hc)
- American Short Stories (6th edition) ed. Eugene Current-Garcia & Bert Hitchcock (Addison-Wesley Pub Co. 0-673-46901-8, Aug ’66, $44.00, tp); Each section concludes with Suggestions for Discussion and Writing. Contents from Amazon.com.
- • Section I: Romanticism and Realism: The First Century, 1789-1890
- • The Story of the Captain’s Wife, and an Aged Woman • Ruri Colla • ss
- • Peter Rugg, the Missing Man • William Austin • nv New England Galaxy Sep 10, 1824
- • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow • Washington Irving • nv The Sketch Book, 1819
- • The Horse-Swap • Augustus Baldwin Longstreet • ss
- • Young Goodman Brown • Nathaniel Hawthorne • ss New England Magazine Apr, 1835
- • The Black Cat • Edgar Allan Poe • ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843
- • The Big Bear of Arkansas • Thomas Bangs Thorpe • ss
- • Bartleby the Scrivener • Herman Melville • nv Putnam’s Monthly, 1853
- • The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County • Samuel Langhorne Clemens • ss, 1867
- • The Outcasts of Poker Flat • Bret Harte • ss Overland Monthly Jan, 1869
- • “Europe” • Henry James • ss
- • A White Heron • Sarah Orne Jewett • ss, 1886
- • The Passing of Grandison • Charles W. Chesnutt • ss
- • Section II: Maturation and Seasoning, 1890-1920
- • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • Ambrose Bierce • ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 13, 1890
- • The Storm • Kate Chopin • ss, 1898
- • A New England Nun • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman • ss, 1891
- • The Caballero’s Way • William Sydney Porter • ss Everybody’s Magazine Jul ’07
- • The Other Two • Edith Wharton • ss Colliers Feb 13 ’04
- • The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky • Stephen Crane • nv Scribner’s Jun, 1897
- • Paul’s Case • Willa Cather • nv McClure’s May ’05
- • To Build a Fire • Jack London • ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 ’02
- • Death in the Woods • Sherwood Anderson • ss The American Mercury Sep ’26
- • A Jury of Her Peers • Susan Glaspell • nv Every Week Mar 5 ’17
- • Section III: Renewal and Expansion, 1920-1940
- • Silent Snow, Secret Snow • Conrad Aiken • ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Oct ’32
- • The Grave • Katherine Anne Porter • ss
- • The Gilded Six-Bits • Zora Neale Hurston • ss
- • A Memorial to the Slain • William March • ss
- • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty • James Thurber • ss New Yorker Mar 18 ’39
- • Blood-Burning Moon • Jean Toomer • ss Prairie Mar-Apr ’23
- • Babylon Revisited • F. Scott Fitzgerald • nv The Saturday Evening Post Feb 21 ’31
- • Barn Burning • William Faulkner • ss Harper’s Jun ’39
- • In Another Country • Ernest Hemingway • ss Scribner’s Apr ’27
- • The Chrysanthemums • John Steinbeck • ss Harper’s Oct ’37
- • Thank You, Ma’m • Langston Hughes • ss, 1958
- • Section IV: Established Modes and New Explorations, 1940-1975
- • Big, Black, Good Man • Richard Wright • ss Esquire, 1957
- • Petrified Man • Eudora Welty • ss The Southern Review, 1939
- • A Man in the House • Cyrus Colter • ss
- • The Swimmer • John Cheever • ss New Yorker Jul 18 ’64
- • The Jewbird • Bernard Malamud • ss The Reporter Apr 11 ’63
- • Samuel • Grace Paley • ss
- • Children on Their Birthdays • Truman Capote • ss
- • Good Country People • Flannery O’Connor • ss Harper’s Bazaar Jun ’55
- • The School • Donald Barthelme • ss New Yorker, 1974
- • A & P • John Updike • ss
- • The Sky Is Gray • Ernest J. Gaines • ss
- • Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? • Joyce Carol Oates • ss Epoch Fll ’66
- • A Girl’s Story • Toni Cade Bambara • ss
- • Section V: Contemporary Flowering, 1975-
- • What He Was Like • William Maxwell • ss New Yorker Dec 7 ’92
- • Mazes • Ursula K. Le Guin • ss Epoch, ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975
- • Boxes • Raymond Carver • ss New Yorker Feb 24 ’86
- • The Wrath-bearing Tree • Lynne Sharon Schwartz • ss
- • Shiloh • Bobbie Ann Mason • ss New Yorker Oct 20 ’80
- • Strong Horse Tea • Alice Walker • ss
- • Hunters in the Snow • Tobias Wolff • ss TriQuarterly #48 ’80
- • Fairy Tale • Robert Olen Butler • ss
- • The Things They Carried • Tim O’Brien • ss Esquire Aug ’86
- • Gryphon • Charles Baxter • ss Epoch, 1985
- • Cheers • Jayne Anne Phillips • ss
- • Fleur • Louise Erdrich • ss Esquire Aug ’86
- • Mericans • Sandra Cisneros • ss
- • In the American Society • Gish Jen • ss
- • Index • Misc. Material • ix
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