The 10 Greatest American Short Story Writers

Discover the 10 greatest American short story writers of all time. Explore legendary authors like Poe, Hemingway, and O. Henry, and their iconic works that shaped literature.

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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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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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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 Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway

The complete, authoritative collection of Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, including classic stories like "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and "The Short Happy …
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Where I'm Calling From

by Raymond Carver

The final story collection from “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) features classic stories from Cathedral, What We …
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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 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

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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