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** Dr. Asimov edited the 1978 collection of ''100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories''. Yes, that's two "shorts" (not a single story is over five pages), most are two and a half. Sadly, it's been out of print for a long time, but can still be found in used book distributors and stores.

A common type of ProseFiction and a good way for new authors to start out. Short stories are any stories that run up to 7,500 words in length, though some definitions place them as long as 20,000. Due to the discrepancy, short stories can overlap with the {{Novella}} and the {{Novelette}} but are usually categorized separately. Some people feel a story is only "short" if it can be read in one sitting, but "one sitting" is a very subjective definition due to differences in attention span - even among heavy readers.

** Dr Asimov edited the 1978 collection of ''100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories''. Yes, that's two "shorts" - not a single story is over five pages - most are two and a half. Sadly it's been out of print for a long time, but can still be found in used book distributors and stores.
** ''Literature/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld'': A ScienceFiction story which was also republished as a 32 page children's book.

* ''Secret Weapon'', the twelfth book in the ''Literature/AlexRider'' series, was a collection of short stories featuring the character. Several of them had previously been published in newspapers (but were revised to make them a bit more substantial), and a couple of them were totally new.

* Most of the Literature/SherlockHolmes oeuvre consists of short stories.

* "Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra" is a short story by Creator/NeilGaiman featured in the collection ''Literature/TriggerWarning''.

* The twelfth book in the ''Literature/AlexRider'' series, ''Secret Weapon'', was a collection of short stories featuring the character. Several of them had previously been published in newspapers (but were revised to make them a bit more substantial), and a couple of them were totally new.

** ''Literature/BehindTheSandratHoax''
** ''Literature/TheTroublemaker''
* "Literature/{{Amina}}" is a 1906 horror story written by Creator/EdwardLucasWhite.
* "Literature/ArcanaMagiZero" is a WebOriginal ShortStory trilogy written by [[Creator/HMBrown H-M Brown]].
* "Literature/TheNightWire", a classic horror story by Creator/HFArnold, who only wrote short stories. His other two stories are [[MissingEpisode impossible to find]].
* Creator/JeffreyArcher
** "Literature/TheCarParkAttendant"

** "Literature/AuthorAuthor1964"

** "Literature/Liar1941"

* Creator/CliveBarker's "Literature/BooksOfBlood"
* Creator/AlfredBester's "Literature/AdamAndNoEve"
* Creator/JamesBlish's "Literature/ThereShallBeNoDarkness" was adapted into a movie, Amucis's ''Film/TheBeastMustDie''.

* Creator/LeighBrackett's "Literature/MartianQuest" and "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth"

* "Literature/BrokebackMountain" by Creator/AnnieProulx, which forms the basis of ''Film/BrokebackMountain''.

* "Literature/TheClone" by Creator/TheodoreLThomas, which he later [[AdaptationExpansion expanded]] into a full-length novel with co-author Creator/KateWilhelm.
* ''Literature/TheCodelessCode'' is a series of short stories.
* Creator/WardonAllanCurtis’s ''Literature/TheMonsterOfLakeLametrie''.
* "{{Literature/Coulrophobia}}"
* "Literature/CruelSisters" by Creator/PatriciaCWrede
* "Literature/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton" was originally a short story by Creator/FScottFitzgerald.
* "{{Literature/Daedalus}}", by Creator/ThomasBulfinch.

* "Literature/TheDandelionGirl" by Robert F. Young
* Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/SomeCuriousEffectsOfTimeTravel"
* Creator/LesterDelRey's "Literature/TheWingsOfNight"
* ''Literature/TheDemigodDiaries'', possess several stories much like its predecessor.
* ''Literature/TheDemigodFiles'', possess several stories.
* "Literature/DespoilersOfTheGoldenEmpire" by Randall Garrett
* "Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster" by Stephen Vincent Benét.
* ''Literature/DownInTheDark''
* "Literature/TheDungeonmaster" by Sam Lipsyte
* "Literature/TheEgg" by Creator/AndyWeir

* P.N. Elrod
** "Literature/{{The Name of the Game|Elrod}}"
* "Literature/TheExtinctionParade" by Creator/MaxBrooks, which was later adapted into a comic book.
* "Literature/TheFableOfTheDragonTyrant" by Creator/NickBostrom
* "Literature/FarCentaurus" by Creator/AEVanVogt
* Creator/WilliamFaulkner's "Literature/ARoseForEmily"
* "Literature/FlowersForAlgernon" by Creator/DanielKeyes, later expanded into a novel of the same name.
* "Literature/TheFly" by Creator/GeorgeLangelaan
* "Literature/FlyingWithSanta"
* Creator/GillianFlynn
** ''Literature/TheGrownup''
* Creator/HBFyfe's "Literature/LockedOut"
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin:
** "Literature/AprilInParis"
* "{{Literature/Games}}", by Creator/KatherineMacLean.
* ''Literature/GJBu'' is a strange case; it is marketed as a LightNovel but is more accurately a collection of short stories, all exactly 4 pages long.
* "Literature/GrandpaGray" by Creator/CassHollander.
* Creator/DWHall's "Literature/WerewolvesOfWar"
* Creator/ThomasHardy's "Literature/TheSonsVeto"
* "Literature/TheHareAndThePineapple" by Creator/DanielPinkwater
* Creator/WillardHawkins's "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere"

* "Literature/TheHappyPrince" by Creator/OscarWilde
* "Literature/HarrisonBergeron" by Creator/KurtVonnegut
* "Literature/{{He}}" by Creator/AlanDeanFoster
* ''Literature/HerBodyAndOtherParties'', a collection of short stories by Creator/CarmenMariaMachado.
* Creator/RobertEHoward made his career on short fiction, with every ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story save ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'' being a short story. He also wrote "Literature/TheShadowOfTheVulture".

** "{{Literature/Strain}}"

* "Literature/ILikeMonkeys", a comedic '90s story originating from e-mails and blogs, eventually becoming a copypasta.
* "Literature/InsteadOfThreeWishes", a collection of short stories by Creator/MeganWhalenTurner

* "Literature/TheLottery"

* "Literature/JoeyAMechanicalBoy"
* Creator/RaymondFJones's "Literature/TestOfTheGods"
** Creator/JosephEKelleam's "Literature/TheEaglesGather"
* Creator/StephenKing has several collections of short stories in his bibliography, and many films have been based on these stories. The early stories were usually published in men's magazines, and King has pointed out that the income often took care of necessities the family couldn't afford otherwise. Many fans express a preference for King's shorter work over his novels.

* And his short story collections:
** ''Literature/DifferentSeasons''
** ''Literature/EverythingsEventual''
** ''Literature/FourPastMidnight''
** ''Literature/FullDarkNoStars''
** ''Literature/IfItBleeds''
** ''Literature/JustAfterSunset''
** ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes''
** ''Literature/NightShift''
** ''Literature/SkeletonCrew''
* ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'' by Creator/RobertWChambers is a short story collection.

* ''Franchise/LeagueOfLegends'': The writers for the series publish a lot of short stories that focus on the game's various [[{{Mascot}} Champions]]. [[Recap/LeagueOfLegends You can track some of them in the recap page]].
* "Literature/LifeInTheIronMills" by Rebecca Harding Davis

** "Literature/TheOutsider1926"

* "Literature/LustCaution" was originally a short story by Creator/EileenChang
* Creator/KellyLink's "Literature/MagicForBeginners"
* Creator/WinstonKMarks's "Literature/ManicPerverse"
* "Literature/TheManWhoEvolved" by Creator/EdmondHamilton

* "Literature/AModelLife" by Kim Antieu
* "Literature/TheMonkeysPaw" by W. W. Jacobs
* "Literature/TheMonsterOfLakeLametrie" by Wardon Allan Curtis
* "Literature/TheMonsterOfPartridgeCreek" by Georges Dupuy
* "Literature/TheMoonAsksAQuestion" by Creator/EJadeLomax
* "Literature/TheMostDangerousGame" by Creator/RichardConnell
* "Literature/MrWidemouth" by [=PerfectCircle35=]
* "Literature/DerMuenchnerImHimmel" by Ludwig Thoma
* Nobel prize winner Creator/AliceMunro works exclusively in the short story format.

* "Literature/AnOccurrenceAtOwlCreekBridge" by Creator/AmbroseBierce.
* "Literature/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas" by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin.
* "Literature/ThePaperMenagerie" by Creator/KenLiu
* Creator/LewisPadgett's "{{Literature/Project}}"
* ''Literature/PareidoliaAndTheGildedScar'' is a collection of short stories connected by a common theme of expressing different mental health states though surrealism (8 so far with the goal being to have one for each letter of the alphabet).
* Creator/DorothyParker's "Literature/BigBlonde"
* "Literature/PayingTheFerryman" by Joanna Berry
* Creator/{{Personalias}}'s "Literature/TwitterStoryEarth5AR" and "Literature/WhoSays"
* Creator/AMPhillips's "Literature/AChapterFromTheBeginning"
* Creator/PeterPhillips's "[[Literature/COMrMakepeace c/o Mr. Makepeace]]"
* Creator/VicPhillips's "{{Literature/Emergency}}"
* Creator/VicPhillips and Creator/ScottRoberts's "Literature/FishStory"

* "Literature/Prey1969" by Creator/RichardMatheson
* "Literature/{{Proof}}" by Creator/HalClement
* "[[Literature/PsychosisMattDymerski Psychosis]]" by Matt Dymerski
* Creator/AlexanderPushkin's "Literature/TheQueenOfSpades"
* Creator/RossRocklynne's "{{Literature/Quietus}}" and "Literature/UnguhMadeAFire"
* "Literature/TheRedTower", by Creator/ThomasLigotti
* "Literature/RomanceWithADoubleBass" by Creator/AntonChekhov
* Creator/FAntonReeds's "Literature/ForeverIsNotSoLong"

* ''Literature/SecretSanta2004'' by Steve Hockensmith.
* "Literature/{{Shabti}}"
* Most of the Literature/SherlockHolmes oeuvre consists of short stories.

* "Literature/SleepNoMore" by Creator/JamesHSchmitz

* "Literature/TheSmilingMan" by L.S. Riley

* ''Literature/TheStoriesOfJohnCheever'' is a collection of these by (who else?) Creator/JohnCheever.
* Creator/KevinStrange's "Literature/HoleyMatrimony"
* Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/TwoPercentInspiration"
* "Literature/TalmaGordon"
* "Literature/TheTamariskHunter"
* "Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra" is a short story by Creator/NeilGaiman featured in the collection ''Literature/TriggerWarning''.
* ''Literature/TheThirteenProblems'', a short story collection by Creator/AgathaChristie featuring Literature/MissMarple
* "Literature/TheThoughtMonster" by Creator/AmeliaReynoldsLong, which was adapted into the classic sci-fi/horror film ''Film/FiendWithoutAFace''.
* "Literature/ToBuildAFire" by Creator/JackLondon
* Most of the ''Franchise/TransformersTimelines'' fiction consists of short stories, and issues of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' had short stories published in them occasionally.
* "Literature/ATropicalHorror" by Creator/WilliamHopeHodgson
* Creator/HarlVincent's "Literature/HighFrequencyWar"
* Creator/AEVanVogt's "Literature/NotTheFirst"

* Creator/RobyWentz's "Literature/ANoseForNews"

* "Literature/WhereAreYouGoingWhereHaveYouBeen" by Creator/JoyceCarolOates.
* "Literature/TheWhitePeople" by Creator/AthurMachen.

* "Literature/WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale"
* "Literature/WhenTheStormCame"
* "Literature/WhenThisWorldIsAllOnFire" by William Sanders.
* "Literature/{{Window}}" by Bob Leman.
* "Literature/{{Worrywart}}" by Creator/CliffordSimak.
* Creator/DonaldAWollheim's "Literature/TheEmbassy", as by [[PenName Martin Pearson]]
* ''Literature/YouKnowYouWantThis'' is the debut short story collection by Kristen Roupenian
* ''Literature/VergeStories'' by Creator/LidiaYuknavitch is a collection of short fiction.

* ''Literature/{{Sandkings}}'' by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin.

* ''Literature/WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale''

** “Literature/OurLadyOfTheSauropods”

* Creator/EdmondHamilton's "Literature/TheManWhoEvolved"

* "Literature/AModelLife" by Kim Antieu.
* "Literature/TheMonkeysPaw" by W. W. Jacobs.

* Creator/MaxBrooks's "Literature/TheExtinctionParade", which was later adapted into a comic book.
* Creator/RobertWChambers's ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'' is a short story collection.
* Creator/HalClement's "{{Literature/Proof}}"

* Creator/RichardMatheson
** "Literature/Prey1969"

* Creator/AnnieProulx's "Literature/BrokebackMountain" forms the basis of ''Film/BrokebackMountain''.