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Children of War: an anthology to support the children of Ukraine
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Astrid V.J. (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 102 ratings
score: 900,
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9 people voted
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Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories
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3.79 avg rating — 104 ratings
score: 400,
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4 people voted
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The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
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Daniel Halpern (Editor)
3.84 avg rating — 420 ratings
score: 292,
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3 people voted
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century
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John Updike (Editor, Contributor)
4.11 avg rating — 2,391 ratings
score: 289,
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3 people voted
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Classics of Modern Fiction
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Irving Howe (Editor)
3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
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Joyce Carol Oates (Editor)
4.15 avg rating — 850 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
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Tobias Wolff (Editor)
4.10 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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My Father's Tears: And Other Stories
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3.71 avg rating — 1,544 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Burning Maiden
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Greg Kishbaugh (Series Editor)
3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Vintage Detective Stories
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David Stuart Davies (Editor)
3.84 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 100,
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Ragnarok Fall/Winter 2012 - a Valhalla Press e-lit journal
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Anniken Davenport (Editor)
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Watersgreen House Anthology of Gay Literature: From Antiquity Through the First World War
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Keith Hale (Editor)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 100,
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Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
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4.05 avg rating — 372 ratings
score: 100,
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Aging: An Apprenticeship
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Nan Narboe (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 55 ratings
score: 100,
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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Short Stories Since 1970
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Lex Williford (Editor)
4.10 avg rating — 1,220 ratings
score: 99,
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Just As I Thought
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4.03 avg rating — 220 ratings
score: 99,
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Ode to Boy: An Anthology of Same-Sex Attraction in Literature, Volume One: From Antiquity Through the Eighteenth Century
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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 99,
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Great Short Stories of the Masters
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Charles Neider (Editor)
3.88 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty
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3.84 avg rating — 188 ratings
score: 98,
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Ode to Boy: Vol. 2: An Anthology of Same-Sex Attraction in Literature from the 19th Century Through the First World War
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 98,
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Moloch
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Luke Hartwell (Editor, Introduction)
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories
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3.94 avg rating — 927 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction
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Joyce Carol Oates (Editor)
4.09 avg rating — 359 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories from America and Beyond
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Robert Shapard (Editor)
3.83 avg rating — 591 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories 1945-1985
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Daniel Halpern (Editor)
4.07 avg rating — 236 ratings
score: 92,
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