Classics

The American Short Story - A selective chronology.
Bartleby.com: The Short Story - Etext of Brander Matthews's collection of 23 short stories from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the twentieth century.
Bibliomania: Short Stories - Includes etexts of more than 500 stories.
Gaslight - Online discussion group for mystery, adventure, and macabre short stories written between 1800 and 1919.
Short Story Classics - Full e-texts in html format. Authors include Irving, Poe, Balzac, and Twain.
Twenty Great American Short Stories - Full text of classics by Hawthorne, Melville, Bierce, Irving, Poe, Twain, Alcott, London, Cather, and Crane.