The Best American Short Stories

A wonderful collection of short stories" by some of the all-time great American writers.1. "The Diamond Lens" by Fitz James O’Brien2. "Titbottom’s Spectacles" by George William Curtis3. "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe4. "The Eyes of the Panther" by Ambrose Bierce5. "The Lightning Rod Man" by Hermann Melville6. "Seeds" by Sherwood Anderson7. "Who Was She?" by Bayard Taylor8. "The Man who stole a Meeting House" by John Townsend Trowbridge9. "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog" by O. Henry10. "The Tell-tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe11. "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton12. "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm" by Mark Twain13. "William Wilson" by Edgar Allan Poe14. "The New Englander" by Sherwood Anderson15. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin16. "The Stolen White Elephant" by Mark Twain17. "The Unknown Quantity" by O. Henry18. "My Favorite Murder" by Ambrose Bierce19. "One Thousand Dollars" by O. Henry20. "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe21. "The Belated Russian Passport" by Mark Twain22. "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry23. "American Sir!" by Mary Raymond Freeman Andrews24. "Curried Cow" by Ambrose Bierce25. "An Egyptian Cigarette" by Kate Chopin