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Richard Luck's 25 Favourite Short Stories/Novellas

Rather like my selection of favourite novels, this list consists of stories I love rather than consider of great academic/literary worth. Where there's an intersection, it's purely coincidental.
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Auggie Wren's Christmas Story (Paul Auster)
Auggie Wren's Christmas Story
1
Paul Auster
The Boarded Window (Ambrose Bierce)
The Boarded Window
2
Ambrose Bierce
Dagon (HP Lovecraft)
Dagon
3
HP Lovecraft
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
4
James Joyce
Death and the Compass (Jorge Luis Borges)
Death and the Compass
5
Jorge Luis Borges
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
6
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
7
Daphne Du Maurier
The Entrance (Gerald Durrell)
The Entrance
8
Gerald Durrell
Handcarved Coffins (Truman Capote)
Handcarved Coffins
9
Truman Capote
"The Horla" (Guy De Maupassant)
"The Horla"
10
Guy De Maupassant
Idiots First (Bernard Malamud)
Idiots First
11
Bernard Malamud
LA Justice (Edward Bunker)
LA Justice
12
Edward Bunker
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
13
Washington Irving
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
14
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
15
Shirley Jackson
The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)
The Man Who Would Be King
16
Rudyard Kipling
The Mezzotint (M.R. James)
The Mezzotint
17
M.R. James
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (Filmed as the Shawshank Redemption)
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
18
Filmed as the Shawshank Redemption
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (James Thurber)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
19
James Thurber
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber (Ernest Hemingway)
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
20
Ernest Hemingway
The Snatching of Bookie Bob (Damon Runyon)
The Snatching of Bookie Bob
21
Damon Runyon
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
22
Robert Louis Stevenson
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories (Philip K. Dick)
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale and Other Classic Stories
23
Philip K. Dick
Who Goes There (John W. Campbell)
Who Goes There
24
John W. Campbell
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
25
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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