Each bi-annual volume presents vital information on approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Titles featured in vol. 8 of Short Stories for Students include:
"Blackberry Winter" by Robert Penn Warren
"Flowering Judas" by Katherine Anne Porter
"Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield
"Grand Inquisitor" by Fedor Dostoevski
"How I Contemplated the World" by Joyce Carol Oates