“Cannibalism in the Cars,” Mark Twain
“The Purple Dress,” O. Henry
“Stephen Crane’s Own Story,” Stephen Crane
“Absolution,” F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Out of Season,” Ernest Hemingway
“A Lady from Redhorse,” Ambrose Bierce
“Let Slavery Die,” Henry Highland Garnet
“The Main Death,” Dashiell Hammett
Nancy Hale, “The Bubble”
Bernard Malamud, “The Silver Crown”
John Muir, “A Wind-Storm in the Forest”
Willa Cather, “The Bookkeeper’s Wife”
Kate Chopin, “A Visit to Avoyelles”
Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law in All Its Phases”
O. Henry, “Tommy’s Burglar”
Pamela Sargent, “If Ever I Should Leave You”