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  2. The River (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "The River" is a Southern gothic short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor that was first published in 1953 about a very young boy who is taken by his babysitter to a preacher at a Christian healing where he is baptized in a river, and, the next day, runs away from home to the site of his baptism and baptizes himself, and then is ...

  3. The Best American Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. The Best American Short Stories 2023 - Wikipedia

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    The Best American Short Stories 2023 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor and National Book Award finalist, Min Jin Lee. [1] [2] [3]

  5. The Tunnel (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "The Tunnel" is a 1952 short story by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. [1] It belongs to the most important works of Dürrenmatt and is a classic among the surrealistic short stories. With the beginning of the story, Dürrenmatt parodies Thomas Mann. The first sentence is very long and nested.

  6. The Best American Short Stories 2021 - Wikipedia

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    American Short Fiction (Vol. 23, No.71) Christa Romanosky "In This Sort of World, the Asshole Wins" The Cincinnati Review (Vol. 17, No.2) George Saunders "Love Letter" The New Yorker (April 6, 2020) Shanteka Sigers "A Way with Bea" The Paris Review (No. 234) Stephanie Soileau "Haguillory" Zoetrope: All-Story (Vol.24, No. 2) Madhuri Vijay "You ...

  7. The Best American Short Stories 2020 - Wikipedia

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    Story (no. 5, 2019) Mary Gaitskill "This is Pleasure" The New Yorker (July 8, 2019) Meng Jin "In the Event" The Threepenny Review (Issue 159, Fall 2019) Andrea Lee "The Children" The New Yorker (June 10 & 17, 2019) Sarah Thankam Mathews "Rubberdust" Kenyon Review Online (Jan-Feb 2019) Elizabeth McCracken "It's Not You" Zoetrope: All-Story {Vol ...

  8. The Best American Short Stories 2019 - Wikipedia

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    [3] She said that the authors exploit the short form to the fullest, and Fine called their characters "outstanding" in the way they bring each story to life. [3] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "[a] fine celebration of the many guises a short story can take while still doing its essential work". It called Adjei-Brenyah's story "The Era ...

  9. To Build a Fire - Wikipedia

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    "To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. There are two versions of this story. The first one was published in 1902, and the other was published in 1908. The story written in 1908 has become an often anthologized classic, while the 1902 story is less well known.