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The Ultimate Short Stories Collection - Page 5

Short stories can showcase an author's talents and enthrall readers, even in a story as short as 5-10 pages. Their narratives can move at speed, whilst also conveying the full range of emotions and writing techniques. This list showcases stories from a wide range of genres, but I've found that the best short stories tend to be science-fiction or horror stories, genres that, ironically, I don't seem to read much in terms of novels. The list also includes what I consider to be the best collections of short stories, and many specific short stories themselves which I consider to be the best to have ever been written. I hope you enjoy the list and some of these stories.
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Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories
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Alice Munro
Selected Stories (Katherine Mansfield)
Selected Stories
162
Katherine Mansfield
Selected Stories (O. Henry)
Selected Stories
163
O. Henry
Selected Stories (D.H. Lawrence)
Selected Stories
164
D.H. Lawrence
Selected Stories (E.M. Forster)
Selected Stories
165
E.M. Forster
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick (Philip K. Dick)
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick
166
Philip K. Dick
Seven Gothic Tales (Isak Dinesen)
Seven Gothic Tales
167
Isak Dinesen
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford (Philip K. Dick)
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
168
Philip K. Dick
The Short Stories of Saki (Saki)
The Short Stories of Saki
169
Saki
Signs and Symbols (Vladimir Nabokov)
Signs and Symbols
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Vladimir Nabokov
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
171
Ernest Hemingway
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues
172
James Baldwin
Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Stories
173
Anton Chekhov
Stories of Five Decades (Hermanne Hesse)
Stories of Five Decades
174
Hermanne Hesse
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
175
John Cheever
Stories of Three Decades
Stories of Three Decades
176
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
177
Vladimir Nabokov
Story of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Story of Your Life
178
Ted Chiang
The Swimmer (John Cheever)
The Swimmer
179
John Cheever
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
180
Jonathan Swift
Tales From Firozsha Baag (Rohinton Mistry)
Tales From Firozsha Baag
181
Rohinton Mistry
Tales of the Jazz Age (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tales of the Jazz Age
182
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tales of the Peculiar (Ransom Riggs)
Tales of the Peculiar
183
Ransom Riggs
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
184
Edgar Allan Poe
There Will Come Soft Rains (Ray Bradbury)
There Will Come Soft Rains
185
Ray Bradbury
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Tadeusz Borowski)
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
186
Tadeusz Borowski
The Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Thousand and One Nights
187
Anonymous
Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
Three-Ten to Yuma
188
Elmore Leonard
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories
189
J.R.R. Tolkien
Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)
Too Much Happiness
190
Alice Munro
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (Agatha Christie)
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
191
Agatha Christie
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
192
Henry James
Twice-Told Tales (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Twice-Told Tales
193
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Twist in the Tale (Jeffrey Archer)
A Twist in the Tale
194
Jeffrey Archer
The Virgin and the Gipsy & Other Stories (D.H. Lawrence)
The Virgin and the Gipsy & Other Stories
195
D.H. Lawrence
A Vision of the World (John Cheever)
A Vision of the World
196
John Cheever
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson (Ed. Xavier Aldana Reyes)
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson
197
Ed. Xavier Aldana Reyes
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (Joyce Carol Oates)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
198
Joyce Carol Oates
Winter's Tales (Isak Dinesen)
Winter's Tales
199
Isak Dinesen
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
200
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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