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• Collected Stories (New York: A. and C. Boni, 1925), by Fitz James O'Brien, ed. by Edward J. O'Brien (page images at HathiTrust)
• After a Shadow, and Other Stories, by T. S. Arthur (Gutenberg text)
• The Amber Gods, and Other Stories (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863), by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Anglomaniacs, by Mrs. Burton Harrison (HTML at Emory)
• The Blindman's World, and Other Stories (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1898), by Edward Bellamy, contrib. by William Dean Howells (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Cinderella, and Other Stories, by Richard Harding Davis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Cranston House: A Novel (Boston: O. Clapp, 1859), by Hannah Anderson Ropes
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images and uncorrected OCR at Indiana
• Deephaven (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., c1905), by Sarah Orne Jewett (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
• Deephaven, and Selected Stories and Sketches, by Sarah Orne Jewett (Gutenberg text)
• Dukesborough Tales, by Richard Malcolm Johnston (HTML and page images at Virginia)
• The Exiles, and Other Stories, by Richard Harding Davis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• A Fearful Responsibility, and Other Stories (Boston: J. Osgood and Co., 1881), by William Dean Howells (Gutenberg text)
• Fern Leaves from Fanny's Port-Folio (second series; 1854), by Fanny Fern, illust. by Frederick M. Coffin
  • illustrated HTML at merrycoz.org
  • page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA
• Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio (first series; 1853), by Fanny Fern, illust. by Frederick M. Coffin (illustrated HTML at merrycoz.org)
• The Forsaken Inn, by Anna Katharine Green (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Golden Fleece, by Julian Hawthorne
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
• The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories, by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (Gutenberg text)
• In Ole Virginia, or, Marse Chan and Other Stories, by Thomas Nelson Page (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• In the Clouds (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1887), by Mary Noailles Murfree (multiple formats at archive.org)
• In the Tennessee Mountains, by Mary Noailles Murfree (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Jolly Corner, by Henry James (Gutenberg text)
• The King in Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers (Gutenberg text and audio)
• The King of Folly Island, and Other People, by Sarah Orne Jewett (HTML at Coe College)
• Knitters in the Sun (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1887), by Octave Thanet (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras; and Other Stories (Boston: D. Lothrop and Co., c1886), contrib. by Joaquin Miller, Marion Harland, Mary Catherine Lee, H. F. Marsh, Kate Gannett Wells, George H. Hebard, A. M. Griffin, James Otis, John Preston True, George J. Varney, and Mary B. Claflin (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• A Man of Honor (New York: O. Judd Co., c1873), by George Cary Eggleston (multiple formats at Indiana)
• Men, Women, and Boats, by Stephen Crane, ed. by Vincent Starrett (Gutenberg text)
• Men, Women, and Ghosts (Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co., 1869), by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA
• The Mysterious Stranger (based on the 1916 Paine compilation, which includes material not by Twain; and a few other short pieces), by Mark Twain, ed. by Albert Bigelow Paine (Gutenberg text)
• The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance (as edited and altered by Paine; New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1916), by Mark Twain, ed. by Albert Bigelow Paine, illust. by N. C. Wyeth (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Oldtown Fireside Stories (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1872), by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• On Picket Duty, and Other Tales, by Louisa May Alcott (Gutenberg text)
• The Open Boat, and Other Stories (London: W. Heinemann, 1898), by Stephen Crane (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Over the Plum-Pudding (New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1901), by John Kendrick Bangs (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Paste Jewels, by John Kendrick Bangs (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• People of Our Neighborhood, by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (HTML at wilkinsfreeman.info)
• The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien: Collected and Edited, With a Sketch of the Author (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1881), by Fitz James O'Brien, ed. by William Winter
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Rebecca Mary, by Annie Hamilton Donnell (Gutenberg text)
• Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1880), by Constance Fenimore Woolson (HTML and page images at ecu.edu)
• The Rudder Grangers Abroad, and Other Stories, by Frank R. Stockton (Gutenberg text)
• Saxe Holm's Stories (first series, 1873), by Helen Hunt Jackson (Gutenberg text)
• Saxe Holm's Stories (New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co., 1874), by Helen Hunt Jackson (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
• The Sparrowgrass Papers; or, Living in the Country (New York: Derby and Jackson, 1856), by Frederic S. Cozzens
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • HTML at Northwestern
• Stories of the Foot-Hills (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1895), by Margaret Collier Graham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Tales and Sketches (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835), by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (HTML and page images at Virginia)
• Tattle-Tales of Cupid (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1898), by Paul Leicester Ford (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Three Laws and the Golden Rule (New York: McClure's magazine and Metropolitan magazine, ca. 1900), by Morgan Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Two Runaways, and Other Stories (New York, The Century Co., 1900), by Harry Stillwell Edwards, illust. by E. W. Kemble (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Under the Skylights, by Henry Blake Fuller (Gutenberg text)
• Van Bibber and Others, by Richard Harding Davis (Gutenberg text)
• Whilomville Stories (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1900), by Stephen Crane, illust. by Peter Newell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Whom the Gods Destroyed (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902), by Josephine Daskam Bacon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Wigwam and the Cabin (New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845), by William Gilmore Simms
  • volume 1: HTML at Virginia
  • volume 2: HTML at Virginia
• Wounds in the Rain: War Stories (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1900), by Stephen Crane
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Chrysolyte: or, The Journey to Light (San Francisco: Brunt and Co., 1891), by Emma Pow Bauder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Editorial Wild Oats, by Mark Twain (Gutenberg text)
• Elinor Wyllys (with commentary), by Susan Fenimore Cooper, ed. by James Fenimore Cooper
  • volume 1: Gutenberg text
  • volume 2: Gutenberg text
• Elinor Wyllys: or, The Young Folk of Longbridge: A Tale (Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1846; with commentary), by Susan Fenimore Cooper
  • volume 1: HTML at James Fenimore Cooper Society
  • volume 2: HTML at James Fenimore Cooper Society
• Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others, by John Kendrick Bangs (Gutenberg text)
• Silas Kirkendown's Sons (Boston: C. M. Clark Pub. Co., 1908), by Margret Holmes Bates, illust. by R. Stebbins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spun-Yarn Sea Stories (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1898), by Morgan Robertson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• In Simpkinsville: Character Tales, by Ruth McEnery Stuart (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life in the Iron-Mills, by Rebecca Harding Davis (Gutenberg text)
• Mr. Perkins' Daughter (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1881), by Clara Lanza (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nibsy's Christmas, by Jacob A. Riis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• A Night in Acadie, by Kate Chopin (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• An Outland Journey (Boston: Copeland and Day, 1896), by Walter Leon Sawyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wise and Otherwise (Boston: D. Lothrop and Co., c1873), by Isabella Macdonald Alden (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Bayou Folk, by Kate Chopin (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Cat and the Cherub, and Other Stories (New York: The Century Co., 1901), by Chester Bailey Fernald (page images at HathiTrust)
• An index finger, by Tulis Abrojal (Gutenberg ebook)
• The house of five gables, by Mary Johnson Holmes (Gutenberg ebook)
• Riches have wings; or, A tale for the rich and poor, by T. S. Arthur (Gutenberg ebook)
• Quaker idyls, by Sarah M. H. Gardner (Gutenberg ebook)
• Love's bitterest cup, by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (Gutenberg ebook)
• His fortunate Grace, by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Missionary Sheriff: Being incidents in the life of a plain man who tried to do his duty, by Octave Thanet, illust. by Clifford Carleton and A. B. Frost (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann, by Joel Chandler Harris, illust. by A. B. Frost (Gutenberg ebook)
• From the Land of the Snow-Pearls: Tales from Puget Sound, by Ella Higginson (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Silent Singer, by Clara Morris (Gutenberg ebook)
• Across the Chasm, by Julia Magruder (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Night in Acadie, by Kate Chopin, illust. by Frank Hazenplug and Eric Pape (Gutenberg ebook)
• One thousand dollars a day. Studies in practical economics, by Adeline Knapp (Gutenberg ebook)
• Proud Lady, by Neith Boyce (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tiger Lily, and Other Stories, by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Cinder Buggy: A Fable in Iron and Steel, by Garet Garrett (Gutenberg ebook)
• Whom the Gods Destroyed, by Josephine Daskam Bacon (Gutenberg ebook)
• Josiah's Alarm, and Abel Perry's Funeral, by Marietta Holley (Gutenberg ebook)
• When You Were a Boy, by Edwin L. Sabin, illust. by Frederic Dorr Steele (Gutenberg ebook)
• Holden with the Cords, by W. M. L. Jay (Gutenberg ebook)
• Balaam and His Master, and Other Sketches and Stories, by Joel Chandler Harris (Gutenberg ebook)
• Little Stories of Married Life, by Mary Stewart Cutting (Gutenberg ebook)
• Marsena, and Other Stories of the Wartime, by Harold Frederic (Gutenberg ebook)
• My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light to Guide Women to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, But Which May Be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, without Injury to Themselves or the Book, by Marietta Holley, illust. by J. C. Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
• In the Sixties, by Harold Frederic (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Scripture Club of Valley Rest; or, Sketches of Everybody's Neighbours, by John Habberton (Gutenberg ebook)
• More "Short Sixes", by H. C. Bunner, illust. by Charles Jay Taylor (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Wisdom of Fools, by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (Gutenberg ebook)
• Nimensä pilannut kaupunki (in Finnish), by Mark Twain, trans. by Väinö Hämeen-Anttila (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories, by Henry Harland (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Turning of Griggsby: Being a Story of Keeping up with Dan'l Webster, by Irving Bacheller, illust. by Reginald Bathurst Birch (Gutenberg ebook)
• Crusoe in New York, and other tales, by Edward Everett Hale (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Country Idyl, and Other Stories, by Sarah Knowles Bolton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Patty's Perversities, by Arlo Bates (Gutenberg ebook)
• "Short Sixes": Stories to be Read While the Candle Burns, by H. C. Bunner, illust. by S. B. Griffin, Frederick Burr Opper, and Charles Jay Taylor (Gutenberg ebook)
• Basil Everman, by Elsie Singmaster (Gutenberg ebook)
• Selina: Her Hopeful Efforts and Her Livelier Failures, by George Madden Martin, illust. by H. D. Williams (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Copperhead, by Harold Frederic (Gutenberg ebook)
• Juggernaut: A Veiled Record, by George Cary Eggleston and Dolores Marbourg (Gutenberg ebook)
• Quodlibet: containing some annals thereof ..., by John Pendleton Kennedy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Horace Chase, by Constance Fenimore Woolson (Gutenberg ebook)
• For the Major: A Novelette, by Constance Fenimore Woolson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners, by Eliza Leslie (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Man of Honor, by George Cary Eggleston (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Puddleford Papers; Or, Humors of the West, by Henry Hiram Riley (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Cup of Trembling, and Other Stories, by Mary Hallock Foote (Gutenberg ebook)
• Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches, by Constance Fenimore Woolson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Ten Christmas stories, by Edward Everett Hale, illust. by Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Old Friends and New, by Sarah Orne Jewett (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Guest at the Ludlow, and Other Stories, by Bill Nye (Gutenberg ebook)
• Strangers and Wayfarers, by Sarah Orne Jewett (Gutenberg ebook)
• Stories of the Foot-hills, by Margaret Collier Graham (Gutenberg ebook)
• The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Gutenberg ebook)
• If, Yes and Perhaps: Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact, by Edward Everett Hale (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Christmas Accident and Other Stories, by Annie Eliot Trumbull (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Queen's Twin and Other Stories, by Sarah Orne Jewett (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Idyl of the East Side: 1891, by Thomas A. Janvier, illust. by W. T. Smedley (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Romance of Tompkins Square: 1891, by Thomas A. Janvier, illust. by W. T. Smedley (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Uncle of an Angel: 1891, by Thomas A. Janvier, illust. by W. T. Smedley (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Temporary Dead-Lock: 1891, by Thomas A. Janvier (Gutenberg ebook)
• For The Honor Of France: 1891, by Thomas A. Janvier (Gutenberg ebook)
• Our Pirate Hoard: 1891, by Thomas A. Janvier (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Border Ruffian: 1891, by Thomas A. Janvier (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• Père Antoine's Date-Palm, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• Quite So, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Rivermouth Romance, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• Miss Mehetabel's Son, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Struggle For Life, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Cold Snap: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Deserted: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• With The Eyes Shut: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lost: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Love Story Reversed: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Old Folks' Party: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• At Pinney's Ranch: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Positive Romance: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Potts's Painless Cure: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Two Days' Solitary Imprisonment: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Summer Evening's Dream: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• To Whom This May Come: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Hooking Watermelons: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Echo Of Antietam: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Blindman's World: 1898, by Edward Bellamy (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Love Affairs of an Old Maid, by Lilian Bell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches, by H. C. Bunner, illust. by B. West Clinedinst, Kenneth Frazier, A. B. Frost, and Irving Ramsay Wiles (Gutenberg ebook)
• Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches, by Ruth McEnery Stuart (Gutenberg ebook)
• Grey Roses, by Henry Harland (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others, by Francis Hopkinson Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
• Contes d'Amérique (in French), by Louis Mullem (Gutenberg ebook)

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