As the Century draws to a close it shows no sign of its literary talents diminishing. Authors stride into stories with a confidence and knowledge that now speak of a gilded age. We are challenged on many levels but always, always the story delivers a literary triumph.1 - The Top Ten - The 1890's2 - B24 by Arthur Conan Doyle3 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce4 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman5 - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane6 - Désirée's Baby by Kate Chopin7 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman8 - The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker9 - The Inconsiderate Waiter by J M Barrie10 - Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov11 - The Repairer of Reputations by Robert W Chambers