A Variety of Short Stories
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A Variety of Short Stories

1968
fictionembedded narrativemountaineeringwhirlpoolsvortexRatiocinationAmerican Short storiesReadersSocial life and customs

[Descent into the Maelstrom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273476W), by E.A. Poe. -- Journalism in Tennessee, by M. Twain. -- The lady, or the tiger? His wife's deceased sister. by F.R. Stockton. -- I can't breathe. Old folks' Christmas. by R. Lardner. -- The freshest boy, by F.S. Fitzgerald. -- Cocks must crow. The shell. by M.K. Rawlings. -- The far and the near. One of the girls in our party. By T. Wolfe. -- The stone boy, by G. Berriault. -- The trawler, by J.B. Connolly. -- The undefeated, by E. Hemingway.

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