The American Short Story A selective chronology. http://titan.iwu.edu/~jplath/sschron.html#romantic

Twenty Great American Short Stories Full text of classics by Hawthorne, Melville, Bierce, Irving, Poe, Twain, Alcott, London, Cather, and Crane. http://www.americanliterature.com/SS/SSINDX.HTML

Short Story Classics Full e-texts in html format. Authors include Irving, Poe, Balzac, and Twain. http://www.geocities.com/short_stories_page

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. http://www.bartleby.com/195/

Bibliomania: Short Stories Includes etexts of more than 500 stories. http://www.bibliomania.com/0/5/frameset.html

Bold Type: O. Henry Awards Awards for American short fiction. http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/ohenry/0900/