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Randy M.'s Favorite Story Collections

I've seen that May is short story month, so I thought I'd offer a list of single-author short story collections, with a sprinkling of anthologies, that have entertained and/or enlightened me. Most of these I've finished; some I'm still dipping into, enjoying without quite finishing. The list includes s.f., fantasy, horror, mystery, some more mainstream fiction and some less easily defined fiction.
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The Collected Stories of Conrad Aiken (Conrad Aiken)
The Collected Stories of Conrad Aiken
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Conrad Aiken
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
2
Sherwood Anderson
The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzxche (Peter S. Beagle)
The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzxche
3
Peter S. Beagle
Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson (E. F. Benson)
Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson
4
E. F. Benson
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce)
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce
5
Ambrose Bierce
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood (Algernon Blackwood)
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
6
Algernon Blackwood
The Early Fears (Robert Bloch)
The Early Fears
7
Robert Bloch
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
8
Jorge Luis Borges
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
9
Jorge Luis Borges
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
10
Elizabeth Bowen
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
11
Ray Bradbury
The October Country
The October Country
12
The Stories of Ray Bradbury (Ray Bradbury)
The Stories of Ray Bradbury
13
Ray Bradbury
Wormwood (Poppy Z. Brite)
Wormwood
14
Poppy Z. Brite
Nightmares and Geezenstacks (Fredric Brown)
Nightmares and Geezenstacks
15
Fredric Brown
Bloodchild and Other Stories (Octavia E. Butler)
Bloodchild and Other Stories
16
Octavia E. Butler
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
17
Angela Carter
Collected Stories (Raymond Chandler)
Collected Stories
18
Raymond Chandler
Trouble Is My Business
Trouble Is My Business
19
Stories of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life
20
Ted Chiang
More Shapes Than One (Fred Chappell)
More Shapes Than One
21
Fred Chappell
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown
22
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
23
Sandra Cisneros
The Ladies of Grace Adieu (Susanna Clarke)
The Ladies of Grace Adieu
24
Susanna Clarke
Fancies and Goodnights (John Collier)
Fancies and Goodnights
25
John Collier
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
26
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
27
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ghost Summer: Stories (Tannarive Due)
Ghost Summer: Stories
28
Tannarive Due
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
29
Harlan Ellison
Hollywood Nocturnes (Ellroy)
Hollywood Nocturnes
30
Ellroy
The Collected Stories of William Faulkner (William Faulkner)
The Collected Stories of William Faulkner
31
William Faulkner
The Big Knockover (Dashiell Hammett)
The Big Knockover
32
Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op
The Continental Op
33
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
34
Neil Gaiman
I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down (William Gay)
I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down
35
William Gay
In the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss
In the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss
36
Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural (Davis Grubb)
Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural
37
Davis Grubb
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
38
Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
39
Ernest Hemingway
The Two Sams (Glen Hirshberg)
The Two Sams
40
Glen Hirshberg
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