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The Art of the Story: Great Short Fiction - Page 2

Our Maverick English Teacher reflects on the short story, and comes up with a list of 100 collections that clearly show what the form is capable of being. As always, the list is personal, idiosyncratic, and decidedly Un-canonical. Most of the volumes are single author collections; however, several seminal anthologies that helped define particular genres were necessarily included. Some of the books are classics, some are genre specific masterpieces, and some are singularly unclassifiable. All are worth a look; each has one or more gems that you might otherwise never experience.
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Ghost and Horror Stories (Ambrose Bierce)
Ghost and Horror Stories
41
Ambrose Bierce
Ghost Stories (M R James)
Ghost Stories
42
M R James
The Great God Pan & Other Stories (Arthur Machen)
The Great God Pan & Other Stories
43
Arthur Machen
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tiptree)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
44
Tiptree
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
45
Charles Beaumont
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (Jean Shepherd)
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
46
Jean Shepherd
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
47
Ernest Hemingway
The Last Defender of Camelot (Zelazny)
The Last Defender of Camelot
48
Zelazny
Last Summer at Mars Hill (Elizabeth Hand)
Last Summer at Mars Hill
49
Elizabeth Hand
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
50
Shirley Jackson
The Man Outside (Wolfgang Borchert)
The Man Outside
51
Wolfgang Borchert
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
52
Ray Bradbury
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
53
Ernest Hemingway
Motel Chronicles
Motel Chronicles
54
New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories From America and Beyond (Robert Shapard)
New Sudden Fiction: Short-Short Stories From America and Beyond
55
Robert Shapard
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (Edith Wharton)
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
56
Edith Wharton
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
57
Stephen King
Nightmare at 20000 Feet
Nightmare at 20000 Feet
58
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Stephen King)
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
59
Stephen King
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Lafferty)
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
60
Lafferty
No Future in It (John Brunner)
No Future in It
61
John Brunner
Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho (Samuel Beckett)
Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho
62
Samuel Beckett
None So Blind (Joe Haldeman)
None So Blind
63
Joe Haldeman
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
64
Ray Bradbury
A Parisian Affair and Other Short Stories by Guy De Maupassant
A Parisian Affair and Other Short Stories by Guy De Maupassant
65
The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
The Past Through Tomorrow
66
Heinlein
The Power of Darkness (E. Nesbit)
The Power of Darkness
67
E. Nesbit
Prayers to Broken Stones (Dan Simmons)
Prayers to Broken Stones
68
Dan Simmons
Rear Window (Cornell Woolrich)
Rear Window
69
Cornell Woolrich
Red Dreams (Dennis Etchison)
Red Dreams
70
Dennis Etchison
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
71
Arthur Conan Doyle
Saki: Short Stories (H H Munro)
Saki: Short Stories
72
H H Munro
Selected Tales and Sketches (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Selected Tales and Sketches
73
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Short Stories (Sturgeon)
Short Stories
74
Sturgeon
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
75
Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield
76
Katherine Mansfield
The Short Stories of Sheridan Lefanu (Sheridan Lefanu)
The Short Stories of Sheridan Lefanu
77
Sheridan Lefanu
The Simple Art of Murder (Raymond Chandler)
The Simple Art of Murder
78
Raymond Chandler
The Sketch-Book (Washington Irving)
The Sketch-Book
79
Washington Irving
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
80
Neil Gaiman
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