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The Best Short Stories of 1933

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George MilburnErskine CaldwellWilbur Daniel SteeleAlvah BessieKatherine Anne PorterGrace FlandrauJohn Peale BishopMartha FoleyWhit BurnettEdward J. O'BrienCantwell, RobertCharles Caldwell DobieEmmett GowenAlbert Truman BoydF. Scott FitzgeraldJose Garcia VillaPlaceholder PlaceholderJames T. FarrellWalter D. EdmondsLloyd R. MorrisMorley CallaghanEugene JoffeLouise LambertsonGrant LeenhoutsIra V. MorrisNaomi ShumwayAlbert HalperNancy Hale1 editions

The Stories Chosen for This Year's Anthology: ---------------------------------------- ---------- <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title<br></th> <th>Author<br></th> <th>(Originally<br>Published In)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fame Takes the J Car</td> <td>George Albee</td> <td>(Story Dec 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>A Little Walk</td> <td>Alvah C. Bessie</td> <td>(Story May/Jun 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Toadstools Are Poison</td> <td>John Peale Bishop</td> <td>(North American Review Jun 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Elmer</td> <td>Albert Truman Boyd</td> <td>(Harper’s Aug 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serenade</td> <td>Whit Burnett</td> <td>(Story Oct 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The First Autumn</td> <td>Erskine Caldwell</td> <td>(Pagany Jul-Sep 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>A Sick Call</td> <td>Morley Callaghan</td> <td>(Atlantic Monthly Sep 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Land of Plenty</td> <td>Robert Cantwell</td> <td>(The New Republic Oct 12 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Honey Pot</td> <td>Charles Caldwell Dobie</td> <td>(Harper’s Jun 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Black Wolf</td> <td>Walter D. Edmonds</td> <td>(The Saturday Evening Post Jun 18 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Helen, I Love You!</td> <td>James T. Farrell</td> <td>(The American Mercury Jul 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Crazy Sunday</td> <td>F. Scott Fitzgerald</td> <td>(The American Mercury Oct 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>What Was Truly Mine</td> <td>Grace Flandrau</td> <td>(Scribner’s Aug 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Martyr</td> <td>Martha Foley</td> <td>(Story Aug 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fisherman’s Luck</td> <td>Emmett Gowen</td> <td>(The New English Weekly Sep 22 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Simple Aveu</td> <td>Nancy Hale</td> <td>(Scribner’s May 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Going to Market</td> <td>Albert Halper</td> <td>(Harper’s Oct 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In the Park</td> <td>Eugene Joffe</td> <td>(The New Republic Oct 5 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sleet Storm</td> <td>Louise Lambertson</td> <td>(The Country Gentleman Jan 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Facts in the Case</td> <td>Grant Leenhouts</td> <td>(The American Mercury May 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Apostate</td> <td>George Milburn</td> <td>(The New Yorker Jun 4 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Sampler</td> <td>Ira V. Morris</td> <td>(Story Dec 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Footnote to a Life</td> <td>Lloyd Morris</td> <td>(Harper’s May 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Cracked Looking-Glass</td> <td>Katherine Anne Porter</td> <td>(Scribner’s May 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Episode at the Pawpaws</td> <td>Louis Reed</td> <td>(Atlantic Monthly May 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ike and Us Moons</td> <td>Naomi Shumway</td> <td>(Story Oct 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>How Beautiful with Shoes</td> <td>Wilbur Daniel Steele</td> <td>(Harper’s Aug 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Joybell</td> <td>Dorothy Thomas</td> <td>(The American Mercury Nov 1932)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Fence</td> <td>José Garcia Villa</td> <td>(Prairie Schooner Sum 1932)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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