12025-03-08T10:27:09-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12604Collection of Short Stories by Black Writersplain2025-03-09T08:32:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1This is a collection of short fiction by African American writers. We'll start with stories that appeared in The New Negro and Fire, and then expand to include short fiction published in periodicals throughout the period covered by our project roughly (1850-1930).
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12025-03-07T11:17:04-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1African American Fiction: A Digital Anthology (Home)Amardeep Singh11A collection of works of fiction by African American writers, 1850-1929plain2025-03-08T11:20:29-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
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12025-03-08T10:20:14-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Eric Walrond, "The Palm Porch" (1925) (short fiction)1Short story by Eric Walrond. Appeared in "The New Negro" (1925)plain2025-03-08T10:20:14-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:13:33-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1John Matheus, "Fog" (1925) (short fiction)1Short story by John Matheus. Appeared in "The New Negro" (1925)plain2025-03-08T10:13:33-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:17:30-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Richard Bruce Nugent, "Sahdji" (1925) (short fiction)1Short story by Richard Bruce Nugent. Appeared in "The New Negro" (1925)plain2025-03-08T10:17:30-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:23:16-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Richard Bruce Nugent, "Smoke, Lilies and jade" (1926) (short fiction)1Short story by Richard Bruce Nugent. Published in "Fire!!" (1926)plain2025-03-08T10:23:16-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:10:40-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Rudolph Fisher, "City of Refuge" (1925) (short fiction)1Short story by Rudolph Fisher. Appeared in "The New Negro" (1925)plain2025-03-08T10:10:40-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:12:22-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Rudolph Fisher, "Vestiges: Harlem Sketches" (Short Fiction) (1925)1Short story by Rudolph Fisher. Appeared in "The New Negro" (1925)plain2025-03-08T10:12:22-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:22:11-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Wallace Thurman, "Cordelia the Crude" (1926) (short fiction)1Short story by Wallace Thurman. Published in "Fire!!" (1926)plain2025-03-08T10:22:11-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-07T12:00:39-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Zora Neale Hurston, "John Redding Goes to Sea" (1921)1Zora Neale Hurston's first published short storyplain2025-03-07T12:00:39-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:16:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Zora Neale Hurston, "Spunk" (1925) (short fiction)1Short story by Zora Neale Hurston. Appeared in "The New Negro" (1925)plain2025-03-08T10:16:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T10:24:36-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Zora Neale Hurston, "Sweat" (1926) (short fiction)1Short story by Zora Neale Hurston. Published in "Fire!!" (1926)plain2025-03-08T10:24:36-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-08T12:20:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Eric Walrond, "The Voodoo's Revenge" (1925) (short fiction)1Short story by Eric Walrond. Published in "Opportunity" June 1925plain2025-03-08T12:20:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:09:39-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Arthur Huff Fauset, "Jumby" (1927) (short fiction)2Short story by Arthur Huff Fauset. Appeared in "Ebony and Topaz" (1927)plain2025-03-09T08:12:37-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:28:34-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Avey" (1923) (short fiction)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Published in "Cane"plain2025-03-09T08:28:34-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:22:29-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Becky" (1922) (short fiction)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Appeared in "The Liberator." Also appeared in "Cane"plain2025-03-09T08:22:29-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:27:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Blood-Burning Moon" (1923)1Short story by Jean Toomer. First published in "Prairie," 1923. Also published in "Cane"plain2025-03-09T08:27:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:31:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Bona and Paul" (1923) (short fiction)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Publisehd in "Cane"plain2025-03-09T08:31:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:30:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Box Seat" (1923)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Published in "Cane" 1923plain2025-03-09T08:30:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-07T12:07:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Cane" (1923)1Full Text of Jean Toomer's "Cane," first published in New York in 1923plain2025-03-07T12:07:05-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:23:42-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Carma" (1922) (short fiction)1Short Story by Jean Toomer. Published in "The Liberator." Also published in "Cane"plain2025-03-09T08:23:42-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:26:12-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Esther" (1923)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Published in "Modern Review." Also published in "Cane"plain2025-03-09T08:26:12-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:25:06-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Fern" (1922) (short fiction)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Published in The Little Review, 1922. Also published in Cane (1923)plain2025-03-09T08:25:06-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:18:17-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Kabnis" (1923) (short fiction)1Short Story by Jean Toomer (1923). Published in "Cane"plain2025-03-09T08:18:17-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:20:46-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Karintha" (1923) (short fiction)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Published in "Broom" and "Cane")plain2025-03-09T08:20:46-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12025-03-09T08:29:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jean Toomer, "Theater" (1923)1Short story by Jean Toomer. Published in "Cane" (1923)plain2025-03-09T08:29:31-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1