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An Index of PreacherFriendly Short Stories

Dorothy Allison, River of Names,
in The Vintage Book of
Contemporary American Short
Stories, ed. by Tobia Wolff (New
York: Vintage, 1994), 3-12.
Sherwood Anderson, I Want to
Know Why, in The Norton
Anthology of Short Fiction, ed. by
R. V. Cassill and Richard Bausch, 6th
ed. (New York: Norton and Co.,
2000), 1-7.
James Baldwin, Exodus, in God:
Stories, ed. by C. Michael Curtis
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998), 17.
James Baldwin, Sonnys Blues, in
Youve Got to Read This, ed. by Ron
Hansen and Jim Shepard (New York:
HarperCollins, 1994), 32-56.
Look up The Complete Stories of J.
G. Ballard
Toni Cade Bambara, The Lesson,
in
Donald Barthelme, A City of
Churches, in The Best American
Short Stories of the Century, ed. by
John Updike (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1999), 503-506.
Richard Bausch, Design, in God:
Stories, ed. by C. Michael Curtis
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998), 821.
Gina Berriault, The Stone Boy, in
Carol Bly, After the Baptism, in
Listening for God: Contemporary
Literature and the Life of Faith, vol.
2 ed. by Paula J. Carson and Peter

S. Hawkins (Minneapolis: Augsburg

Fortress, 1996), 87-104.
Carol Bly, Talk of Heroes, in The
Vintage Book of Contemporary
American Short Stories, ed. by
Tobias Wolff (New York: Vintage,
1994), 48-68.
Amy Bloom, Silver Water, in The
Norton Anthology of Short Fiction,
ed. by R. V. Cassill and Richard
Bausch, 6th ed. (New York: Norton
and Co., 2000), 121-27.
Heinrich Bll, Candles for the
Madonna, in The Substance of
Things Hoped For: Short Fiction by
Modern Catholic Authors, ed. by
John B. Breslin, S.J. (Garden City,
NY: Doubleday and Co., 1987), 197207.
T. Coraghessan Boyle, The Devil
and Irv Cherniske, in The Best
American Catholic Short Stories,
ed. by Daniel McVeigh and Patricia
Schnapp (Lanham, MD: Rowman
and Littlefield Publishing, 2007),
239-51.
Brockmeier (sp?), A Year of
Silence, in Best American Short
Stories 2008
Mary Ward Brown, A New Life, in
God: Stories, ed. by C. Michael
Curtis (Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1998), 22-34.
Robert Olen Butler, Mr. Green, in
A Celestial Omnibus, ed. by J. P.
Maney and Tom Hazuka (Boston:
Beacon, 1997), 40-48.
Morley Callaghan, Absolution, in
The Substance of Things Hoped
For: Short Fiction by Modern
Catholic Authors, ed. by John B.

Breslin, S.J. (Garden City, NY:

Doubleday and Co., 1987), 293-97.

Curtis (Boston: Houghton Mifflin,

1998), 35-54.

Raymond Carver, Cathedral, in

Youve Got to Read This, ed. by Ron
Hansen and Jim Shepard (New York:
HarperCollins, 1994), 138-49.

William Faulkner, The Bear, in

Raymond Carver, A Small, Good

Thing, in Cathedral: Stories, by
Raymond Carver (New York:
Vintage, 1984),

Tim Gautreaux, Deputy Sids Gift,

in Same Place, Same Things (New
York: Picador, 1996), 195-208.

Raymond Carver, Where Im

Calling From, in The Best
American Short Stories of the
Century, ed. by John Updike
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999),
581-94.
John Cheever, The Lowboy, in
The Stories of John Cheever (New
York: Vintage, 2000), 404-412.
John Cheever, The Sutton Place
Story, in The Stories of John
Cheever (New York: Vintage, 2000),
65-78.
John Cheever, The Swimmer, in
The Stories of John Cheever (New
York: Vintage, 2000), 603-612.
Alice Elliott Dark, In the
Gloaming, in The Best American
Short Stories of the Century, ed. by
John Updike (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1999), 688-704.
Donald Davis, The Crack of
Dawn, in
Isak Dinesen, Babettes Feast, in
Babettes Feast and Other
Anecdotes of Destiny (New York:
Vintage, 1988), 3-48.
Andre Dubus, A Fathers Story, in
God: Stories, ed. by C. Michael

Mavis Gallant,
Living

in The Cost of

Tim Gautreaux, People on the

Empty Road, in Same Place, Same
Things (New York: Picador, 1996),
87-108.
Tim Gautreaux, Returnings, in
Same Place, Same Things (New
York: Picador, 1996), 183-94.
Tim Gautreaux, Waiting for the
Evening News, in Same Place,
Same Things (New York: Picador,
1996), 19-36.
Tim Gautreaux, Good for the
Soul, in Welding with Children
(New York: Picador, 1999), 39-59.
Tim Gautreaux, The Piano Tuner,
in Welding with Children (New York:
Picador, 1999), 79-102.
Tim Gautreaux, Welding with
Children, in Welding with Children
(New York: Picador, 1999), 1-19.
Alexander Godin, My Dead Brother
Comes to America, in The Best
American Short Stories of the
Century, ed. by John Updike
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999),
153-58.
Gail Godwin, An Intermediate
Stop, in
Listening for God: Contemporary
Literature and the Life of Faith, vol.
2 ed. by Paula J. Carson and Peter

S. Hawkins (Minneapolis: Augsburg

Fortress, 1996), 105-119.

Richard Ford (London: Granta

Books, 2007), 285-302.

Graham Greene, The Second

Death, in Christian Short Stories:
An Anthology, ed. by Mark Booth
(New York: Crossroad, 1984), 16872.

Marjorie Kemper, Gods

Goodness, in Faith: Stories, ed. by
C. Michael Curtis (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2003), 51-66.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The

Ministers Black Veil, in 50 Great
Stories, ed. by Milton Crane (New
York: Bantam Dell, 1952), 486-500.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Young
Goodman Brown, in Faith: Stories,
ed. by C. Michael Curtis (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2003), 38-50.
Mark Helprin, The Pacific, in The
Pacific and Other Stories, by Mark
Helprin (New York: Penguin, 1982),
353-66.

Jamaica Kincaid, Girl, in Youve

Got to Read This, ed. by Ron
Hansen and Jim Shepard (New York:
HarperCollins, 1994), 346-47.
Stephen King, The Man in the
Black Suit, in A Celestial Omnibus,
ed. by J. P. Maney and Tom Hazuka
(Boston: Beacon, 1997), 251-71.
Jeff Kunkel, Doing Sixty, in
Christian Century, October 21,
1998,

Mark Helprin, Vandeveres House,

in The Pacific and Other Stories, by
Mark Helprin (New York: Penguin,
1982), 103-114.

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who

Walk Away from Omelas, in The
Norton Anthology of Short Fiction,
ed. by R. V. Cassill and Richard
Bausch, 6th ed. (New York: Norton
and Co., 2000), 996-1000.

O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi, in

Great American Short Stories, ed.
by Corinne Demas (New York:
Barnes and Noble, 2004), 331-36.

John LHeureux, The Expert on

God, in A Celestial Omnibus, ed.
by J. P. Maney and Tom Hazuka
(Boston: Beacon, 1997), 57-60.

William Hoffman, The Question of

Rain, in God: Stories, ed. by C.
Michael Curtis (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1998), 95-107.
Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, in
The Art of the Short Story, ed. by
Dana Gioia and R. S. Gwynn (New
York: Pearson, 2006), 390-96.
Edward Jones, Adam Robinson, in
The New Yorker
Thom Jones, The Pugilist at Rest,
in The New Granta Book of the
American Short Story, ed. by

Bernard MacLaverty, The

Beginnings of a Sin, in The
Substance of Things Hoped For:
Short Fiction by Modern Catholic
Authors, ed. by John B. Breslin, S.J.
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday and
Co., 1987), 3-12.
Bernard Malamud, Angel Levine,
in The Norton Anthology of Short
Fiction, ed. by R. V. Cassill and
Richard Bausch, 6th ed. (New York:
Norton and Co., 2000), 1056-64.

Katherine Mansfield, The Garden

Party, in 50 Great Short Stories,
ed. by Milton Crane (New York:
Bantam Dell, 1952), 1-16.

The Vintage Book of Contemporary

American Short Stories, ed. by
Tobias Wolff (New York: Vintage,
1994), 347-65.

Gabriel Garca Mrquez, A Very

Old Man with Enormous Wings, in
The Art of the Short Story, ed. by
Dana Gioia and R. S. Gwynn (New
York: Pearson, 2006), 289-93.

Tim OBrien, The Things They

Carried, in The Best American
Short Stories of the Century, ed. by
John Updike (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1999), 616-32.

Guy de Maupassant, The Diamond

Necklace, in Great Short Works of
Guy de Maupassant (New York:
Barnes and Noble, 1993), 233-43.

Flannery OConnor, The Displaced

Person, in The Complete Stories,
by Flannery OConnor (New York:
Noonday Press, 1946),

Franois Mauriac, A Christmas

Tale, in The Substance of Things
Hoped For: Short Fiction by Modern
Catholic Authors, ed. by John B.
Breslin, S.J. (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday and Co., 1987), 20-29.

Flannery OConnor, Good Country

People, in The Complete Stories,
by Flannery OConnor (New York:
Noonday Press, 1946), 271-291.

William Maxwell, What He Was

Like, in All the Days and Nights:
The Collected Stories (London:
Harvill, 1965), 309-312.

Daniyal Mueenuddin, "Nawabdin

Electrician," in In Other Rooms, Other
Wonders. (
Bharati Mukherjee, The
Management of Grief, in The New
Granta Book of the American Short
Story, ed. by Richard Ford (London:
Granta Books, 2007), 201-216.
Alice Munro, The Bear Came Over
the Mountain, in Hateship,
Friendship, Courtship, Loveship,
Marriage: Stories (New York:
Vintage, 2001), 275Madeleine Mysko, Sisters of the
Prodigal, in Christian Century, June
1-8, 1994, 576-78.
Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You
Going, Where Have You Been? in

Flannery OConnor, A Good Man Is

Hard to Find, in The Complete
Stories, by Flannery OConnor (New
York: Noonday Press, 1946), 117133.
[For an audio reading by OConnor,
look at
http://themorningoil.blogspot.com/
2008/09/flannery.html
Flannery OConnor, The River, in
The Complete Stories, by Flannery
OConnor (New York: Noonday
Press, 1946), 157-74.
Flannery OConnor, Revelation, in
The Complete Stories, by Flannery
OConnor (New York: Noonday
Press, 1946), 488-509.
Flannery OConnor, A Temple of
the Holy Ghost, in The Complete
Stories, by Flannery OConnor (New
York: Noonday Press, 1946), 23648.
Peggy Payne, The Pure in Heart,
in God: Stories, ed. by C. Michael

Curtis (Boston: Houghton Mifflin,

1998), 222-235.
J. F. Powers, The Warm Sand, in
The Substance of Things Hoped
For: Short Fiction by Modern
Catholic Authors, ed. by John B.
Breslin, S.J. (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday and Co., 1987), 208-18.
V. S. Pritchett, The Saint, in 50
Great Short Stories, ed. by Milton
Crane (New York: Bantam Dell,
1952), 33-46.
Ron Rash, Burning Bright, in
Burning Bright (New York:
HarperCollins, 2010), 107-23.
Philip Roth, The Conversion of the
Jews, in A Celestial Omnibus, ed.
by J. P. Maney and Tom Hazuka
(Boston: Beacon, 1997), 61-74.
Paul Ruffin, When Momma Came
Home for Christmas and Talmidge
Quoted Frost, in Jesus in the Mist:
Stories (Columbia, SC: University of
South Carolina Press, 2007), 3-13.
Paul Ruffin, Time of the Panther,
in Jesus in the Mist: Stories
(Columbia, SC: University of South
Carolina Press, 2007), 115-31.
Richard Russo, The Whores
Child, in The Best American
Catholic Short Stories, ed. by
Daniel McVeigh and Patricia
Schnapp (Lanham, MD: Rowman
and Littlefield Publishing, 2007),
277-90.

Stories of the Century, ed. by John

Updike (Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1999), 159-168.
Ignazio Silone, Polikushka, in The
Substance of Things Hoped For:
Short Fiction by Modern Catholic
Authors, ed. by John B. Breslin, S.J.
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday and
Co., 1987), 126-34.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Gimpel the
Fool, in A Celestial Omnibus, ed.
by J. P. Maney and Tom Hazuka
(Boston: Beacon, 1997), 304-16.
Lee Smith, The Happy Memories
Club, in
Lee Smith, Intensive Care, in
The Norton Anthology of Short
Fiction, ed. by R. V. Cassill and
Richard Bausch, 6th ed. (New York:
Norton and Co., 2000), 1427-1445.
Tatyana Tolstaya, See the Other
Side, in New Yorker, March 12,
2007 (translated by Jamey
Gambrell), pages?
Leo Tolstoy,
Anne Tyler, People Who Dont
Know the Answers, in Listening for
God: Contemporary Literature and
the Life of Faith, vol. 2, ed. by
Paula J. Carlson and Peter S.
Hawkins (Minneapolis: Augsburg
Fortress, 1996), 21-44.
Brady Udall, Resurrection of Otis,
in

J. D. Salinger, De Daumier-Smiths
Blue Period, in Nine Stories, by J.
D. Salinger (Boston: Little, Brown,
1948), 198-252.

John Updike, Pigeon Feathers, in

A Celestial Omnibus, ed. by J. P.
Maney and Tom Hazuka (Boston:
Beacon, 1997), 75-95.

William Saroyan, Resurrection of a

Life, in The Best American Short

John Updike, Short Easter, in The

Afterlife and Other Stories, by John

Updike (New York: Fawcett

Columbine, 1994), 92-102.
Alice Walker, Everyday Use, in In
Love and Trouble (Orlando:
Harcourt, 1973), 47-59.
Alice Walker, The Flowers, in In
Love and Trouble (Orlando:
Harcourt, 1973), 119-20.
Alice Walker, The Welcome Table,
in In Love and Trouble (Orlando:
Harcourt, 1973), 81-87.
Walter Wangerin,
E. B. White, The Door, in 50
Great Short Stories, ed. by Milton
Crane (New York: Bantam Dell,
1952), 348-53.
E. B. White, The Second Tree from
the Corner, in The Best American
Short Stories of the Century, ed. by
John Updike (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1999), 281-85.
Lynna Williams, Personal
Testimony, in Texas Bound: 19
Texas Stories, ed. by Kay Cattarulla
(Dallas: Southern Methodist
University Press, 1994), 191-204.
Tobias Wolff, Bullet in the Brain,
in Our Story Begins: New and
Selected Stories (New York: Alfred
A. Knopf, 2008), 263-70.
Tobias Wolff, In the Garden of the
North American Martyrs, in Our
Story Begins: New and Selected
Stories (New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
2008), 3-14.
Tobias Wolff, The Rich Brother, in
Our Story Begins: New and
Selected Stories (New York: Alfred
A. Knopf, 2008), 73-90.

Tobias Wolff, A White Bible, in Our

Story Begins: New and Selected
Stories (New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
2008), 287-300.
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