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	Classic Short Stories Edited and Followed by Critical Analysis
	“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Bierce, Ambrose. A man considers his choices as he waits on a bridge to be hanged.
	“The Most Dangerous Game.” Connell, Richard. A hunter marooned on an island meets a fellow hunter who pursues unusual game.
	“The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.” Crane, Stephen. The sheriff of a small town goes to the city to marry without consulting his neighbors.
	“Young Goodman Brown.” Hawthorne, Nathaniel. An early American’s faith is tested and he is never the same afterwards.
	“The Minister’s Black Veil.” Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The dilemma and fate of everyman who believes in humanity’s corrupt nature.
	“The Gift of the Magi.” Henry, O. A husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions to buy Christmas presents.
	“The Ransom of Red Chief.” Henry, O. Two men kidnap a boy for ransom but get more than they bargained for.
	“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Irving, Washington. A poor schoolteacher tries to marry above his station in life without success.
	“Rip Van Winkle.” Irving, Washington. A man escapes his nag of a wife, and twenty years later, faces a changed world.
	“Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Irving, Washington. A man escapes his nag of a wife for twenty years and faces a changed world. A poor schoolteacher tries to marry above his station in life without success. Washington Irving’s most well-known stories. Choice of paperback or ebook.
	“The Devil and Tom Walker.” Irving, Washington. The selling of one’s soul in early America.
	“Araby.” Joyce, James. A youth enters the world eager to sacrifice for love but faces the first of many disappointments.
	“The Enemy of All the World.” London, Jack. A society that has shirked its responsibility for its citizens’ well-being produces a master criminal and suffers the consequences.
	“Boule De Suif (Ball of Fat, Butterball).” Maupassant, Guy de. A prostitute is the most genuine and patriotic of a group escaping the invading Germans. Maupassant’s best short story. Choice of paperback or ebook.
	“The Devil.” Maupassant, Guy de. A farmer gets a bargain when he hires a neighbor to care for his dying mother.
	“The Necklace.” Maupassant, Guy de. A woman who yearns to join the upper class loses a valuable necklace and seals her fate.
	“The Best of Edgar Allan Poe.” Poe, Edgar Allan. Eleven Of Poe’s Best-Known Stories.
	“The Cask of Amontillado.” Poe, Edgar Allan. A man who feels insulted gets revenge. Considered the perfect short story.
	“The Purloined Letter.” Poe, Edgar Allan. The brilliant Inspector Dupin deduces the location of a stolen letter in one of the very first detective stories. A model for the Sherlock Holmes stories.
	“The Tell-Tale Heart.” Poe, Edgar Allan. The beating of a dead man’s heart condemns his killer.
	“The Black Cat.” Poe, Edgar Allan. A journey into a murderer’s subconscious.
	“The Masque of the Red Death.” Poe, Edgar Allan. A prince attempts to escape the Red Death.
	“The Pit and the Pendulum.” Poe, Edgar Allan. A man is imprisoned in a nightmarish chamber of horrors.
	“The Fall of the House of Usher.” Poe, Edgar Allan. A visitor to a gloomy mansion witnesses the ruin of a childhood friend.The ultimate gothic short story.
	“The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Poe, Edgar Allan. A classic short story which outlines the essential elements of the detective genre.
	“The Gold-Bug.” Poe, Edgar Allan. Poe’s most famous story in his lifetime; it popularized cryptography and introduced the detective genre to America.
	“The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether.” Poe, Edgar Allan. Poe’s expert blending of the dark with the comic.
	“The Angel of the Odd.” Poe, Edgar Allan. A parody of extravagant hoaxes and of gullible readers.
	“The Open Window.” Saki (H. H. Munro). A mischievous young lady with a vivid imagination plays a prank on a visitor with a delicate mental condition.
	“The Interlopers.” Saki (H. H. Munro). Two feuding neighbors become friends but with a twist.
	“The Story-Teller.” Saki (H. H. Munro). An annoyed bachelor mesmerizes children with a story about a proper girl’s horrible end.
	“The Unrest Cure.” Saki (H. H. Munro). A man has the perfect cure for fools who whine too much.
	“Tobermory.” Saki (H. H. Munro). What happens when a cat learns to speak human.
	“The Lady, or the Tiger?” Stockton, Frank. A princess must decide on a fate for the lover who betrayed her.
	“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” Twain, Mark. A betting man has a remarkable jumping frog.

Publications

North Dakota Quarterly

American Journal of Contemporary Hellenic Issues

Thimble Literary Journal

Quiddity Literary Journal

The American Aesthetic Journal

The Innisfree Poetry Journal

The Wisconsin Review

Tipton Poetry Journal #25

Tipton Poetry Journal #26

George Stratigakis as Editor

The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Boule De Suif

Best of Edgar Allan Poe

The Most Dangerous Game

The Open Window

The Gift of the Magi

The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

The Devil

The Necklace

Minister’s Black Veil

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Rip Van Winkle

The Interlopers

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Ransom of Red Chief

Young Goodman Brown

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Masque of the Red Death

The Cask of Amontillado

The Fall of the House of Usher

“This 45 That You’ll Hear”