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Short Stories
A Suggested List
Bennett, Alan
The Laying on of Hands
A collection of three stories dealing with human behavior and motivations
includes "Father! Father! Burning Bright," "Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet," and
the title story, a satirical account of a memorial service for a
special masseur.
Best American Short Stories
Presents a collection of stories selected from magazines in the United States
and Canada
The Complete Best Stories of Ambrose Bierce
Treasury of ninety-three short works includes horror stories, realistic
narratives of war, and tall tales of the old West
Byatt,A.S.
The Matisee Stories
In a trio of short stories--each inspired by a particular Matisse painting--the
ordinary events of everyday life are stripped away to reveal the extraordinary
pain, desire, joy, and creativity of human existence.
Byatt,A.S.
Little Black Book of Stories
Blending elements of folk tales with the darker elements of everyday life, a
collection of short fiction includes the story of two middle-aged women
confronting their childhood fears and the tale of a man who encounters the ghost
of his living wife.
The Camelot Chronicles
Edited by Mike Ashley
Stories of heroism and virtue from the age of the Knights of the Round Table.
The Literary Lover: Great Contemporary Stories
Edited by Larry Dark
Twenty stories by contemporary masters including Rachel Ingalls, Charles
Bukowski, Joyce Carol Oates, William Kotzwinkle, Grace Paley, John Updike, and
Doris Lessing.
Grau, Shirley Ann Nine Women: Short Stories
Tells the stories of women facing turning points in their lives, from divorce to
survival of a plane crash.
Jewett, Sarah Orne
Country of the Pointed Firs
A wandering writer, who boards at an herbalist's house in Maine, finds herself
becoming more and more involved in the lives of the villagers.
Mattison,Allice
Men Giving Money, Women Yelling: Intersecting Stories
A collection of short stories that revolves around New Haven, Connecticut, finds
ordinary people coping with life as they run into and out of one another's
lives.
Munro, Alice
Open Secrets: Stories
A collection of short stories in which women take the center stage includes the
tale of a heart patient who experiences a revelation about an old love and that
of a young woman struggling with a long-hidden secret.
Munro, Alice
Friend of My Youth: Stories
Most of the ten stories in the author's sixth short story collection are set in
quintessential "Alice Munro country"--small-town southwestern Ontario. Shifting
between past and present, each story documents lives in intimate detail and with
great immediacy, as Munro's female protagonists struggle to understand both
themselves and others.
Munro, Alice
Runaway: Stories
A collection of short fiction captures the lives of women of all ages and
circumstances, as they deal with the limits and lies of passion, unfulfilled
dreams, motherhood, betrayal, and the bonds of love.
Murray, John
A Few Short Stories on Tropical Butterflies
Eight short works feature characters who experience moments of profound
understanding about themselves, including an elderly surgeon's use of his
grandfather's butterfly collection to make sense of the past.
New Stories From the South
Edited by Shannon Ravanel
A collection of outstanding short stories by masterful voices in Southern
literature features a broad spectrum of works by both established authors and
new writers.
Oates, Joyce Carol
The Assignation: Stories
Forty-four short, compact stories by a contemporary master of the genre build
from simple setting to enormous emotional intensity.
Oates, Joyce Carol
Faithless: Tales of Transgression
A collection of twenty-four short stories probes the deep disturbing heart of
America in such works as "Faithless," "Ugly Girl," "Lover," and "Gunlove."
Pilcher, Rosamunde
Flowers in the Rain
A collection of heartwarming stories set in cozy England.
Prize Story Collections: The O. Henry Awards
Edited by William Abrahams
A collection of notable stories ranging widely in subject and style.
Annotations taken from NoveList
Short stories may also be accessed online at the following
websites:
Classic Short Stories
http://www.classicshorts.com
Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com
Click on “short stories”
American Literary Classics
http://www.americanliterature.com
Click to enter
Scroll down and click on Twenty Great American Short Stories
Scroll down to view list of titles
Click on title of choice
Hyperfiction
http://www.eastoftheweb.com
Click on Short Stories
This websites offers genre choices, annotations, # of pages in each title, and
age ratings of each title.
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