American Short Fiction One
Discover the best American short fiction books with American Short Fiction One. Explore a curated list of captivating stories from top authors in the USA.
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The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
by Mark Twain
For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark …
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The Complete Stories of Edgar Allen Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s gift for the macabre–his genius in finding the strangeness lurking at the heart of things–was so extraordinary that he exerted a major …
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Complete Shorter Fiction of Herman Melville
by Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1819-91) brought as much genius to the smaller-scale literary forms as he did to the full-blown novel: his poems and the short stories …
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The Complete Tales Of Washington Irving
by Washington Irving
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975.
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Great Short Works of Stephen Crane
by Stephen Crane
The collected short work of an American master, including The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. Stephen Crane died at …
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
by Ambrose Bierce
Treasury of ninety-three short works includes horror stories, realistic narratives of war, and tall tales of the old West
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The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories …
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The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
by Katherine Anne Porter
Porter's reputation as one of americanca's most distinguished writers rests chiefly on her superb short stories. This volume includes the collections Flowering Judas; Pale Horse, …
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
by Eudora Welty
Stories as good in themselves and as influential on the aspirations of others as any since Hemingway's. These stories are honest, and vastly entertaining.
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Collected Stories
by Carson McCullers
This collection of nineteen stories includes "Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland," "The Haunted Boy," "The Member of the Wedding," "The Ballad of the …
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The Awakening and Selected Stories
by Kate Chopin
Introduction by Kaye Gibbons Edited and with notes by Nina Baym Commentary by Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and from The …
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The Collected Stories
by Grace Paley
At long last, here are all of Grace Paley's classic stories collected in one volume. From her first book, The Little Disturbances of Man, published …
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
by Amy Hempel
With her trademark compassion and wit, Hempel takes readers into the marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation in an uneasy America.
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The Stories of John Cheever
by John Cheever
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s …
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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
by Truman Capote
A landmark collection that brings together Truman Capote’s life’s work in the form he called his “great love,” The Complete Stories confirms Capote’s status as …
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Collected Stories of William Faulkner
by William Faulkner
“I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most …
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The Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
'His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on the butterfly's wings' - ERNEST HEMINGWAY Encompassing the very best …
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Collected Stories
by Saul Bellow
Provides a collection of short stories by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Collected Stories
by Tennessee Williams
This definitive collection establishes Williams as a major American fiction writer of the twentieth century.
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Clouds and Eclipses
by Gore Vidal
Celebrated for more than fifty years as a world-renowned novelist, essayist, and political figure and commentator, Gore Vidal is less known for the exquisitely crafted …
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Collected Stories of Raymond Chandler
by Raymond Chandler
The only complete edition of stories by the undisputed master of detective literature, collected here for the first time in one volume, including some stories …
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Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner
by Wallace Stegner
These 31 stories span a literary career of more than 50 years and serve as a true testament to "one of America's most distinguished men …
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The Collected Stories
by Reynolds Price
An anthology by one of America's most distinguished writers features fifty short stories, including selections from two prior collections--The Names and Faces of Heroes and …
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Complete Stories
by Dorothy Parker
As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy Parker’s talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring …
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The Complete Stories
by Zora Neale Hurston
A collection of short stories, most of which appeared in literary magazines during the author's lifetime, along with previously unpublished works, spans the career of …
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The Best Short Stories of O. Henry
by O. Henry
"Modern library of the world's best books"--Colophon.
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Collected Stories
by David Leavitt
A definitive anthology of short fiction by the critically acclaimed author of The Lost Language of Cranes offers a complete collection of his stories, including …
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Complete Works of Isaac Babel
by Isaac Babel
"A celebration of literary genius framed by 20th-century tragedy."--Richard Bernstein, New York Times Finally in paperback, this "monumental collection; gathers all of Babel's deft and …
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The Beast God Forgot to Invent
by Jim Harrison
A collection of novellas explores the line between civilization and the "wild men."