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  2. Short story - Wikipedia

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    The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. [1]

  3. A Good Man Is Hard to Find (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. 1953. " A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a Southern gothic short story first published in 1953 by author Flannery O'Connor who, in her own words, described it as "the story of a family of six which, on its way driving to Florida [from Georgia ], is slaughtered by an escaped convict who calls himself the Misfit". [2]

  4. The Monkey's Paw - Wikipedia

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    The Lady of the Barge. Bill's Paper Chase. " The Monkey's Paw " is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in 1902, and was reprinted in his third collection of short stories, The Lady of the Barge, later that year. [1] In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw ...

  5. The Best American Short Stories 2021 - Wikipedia

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    The Best American Short Stories 2020. Followed by. The Best American Short Stories 2022. The Best American Short Stories 2021 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor and two-time National Book Award winner, Jesmyn Ward. [1]

  6. Category:Short stories by Leo Tolstoy - Wikipedia

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    The Poor People. The Porcelain Doll (by Tolstoy) The Port (short story) Posthumous Notes of the Hermit Fëdor Kuzmich. The Prisoner of the Caucasus (story) Promoting a Devil.

  7. The Tell-Tale Heart - Wikipedia

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    January 1843. " The Tell-Tale Heart " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as ...

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