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| 2 | %% Short Stories should be listed with double quotes, not italics. |
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| 5 | ->"''As a story grows shorter and shorter, all the fancy embroidery that length makes possible must go. In the short story, there can be no subplots; there is no time for philosophy; what description and character delineation there is must be accomplished with concision.''" |
| 6 | -->-- '''Creator/IsaacAsimov''' in the introduction to ''100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories'' |
| 7 | |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Short stories are usually published in magazines and, more rarely, collections. There is a large PulpMagazine industry that is much easier to break into than the book industry, which makes it a good place for a new writer to build up a resume. And a good place to stage OldShame. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | A lot of FanFic takes the form of Short Story. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Compare: {{Novel}}, {{Novella}}, and {{Novelette}}. An {{Anthology}} is a collection of short stories by different authors. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ''[[Podcast/{{Pseudopod}} Pseudopod.org]]'' makes a job of publishing audio version of short stories. |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | !!Examples: |
| 19 | [[index]] |
| 20 | !!!By Author: |
| 21 | * Creator/ChristopherAnvil |
| 22 | ** "Literature/BehindTheSandratHoax" |
| 23 | ** "Literature/TheTroublemaker" |
| 24 | * Creator/IsaacAsimov |
| 25 | ** 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. |
| 26 | ** "Literature/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld": A ScienceFiction story which was also republished as a 32-page children's book. |
| 27 | ** "[[Literature/AuthorAuthor1964 Author! Author!]]" (1964) |
| 28 | ** "Literature/DoesABeeCare" |
| 29 | ** "Literature/HomoSol" |
| 30 | ** "Literature/ImInMarsportWithoutHilda" |
| 31 | ** ''Literature/IRobot'' is a {{Novel}} {{Anthology}} consisting of short stories and {{Novelette}}s set within a FramingDevice. |
| 32 | ** "[[Literature/Liar1941 Liar!]]" (1941) |
| 33 | ** "Literature/LightVerse"" |
| 34 | ** "Literature/TheMessage" |
| 35 | ** "{{Literature/Reason}}" |
| 36 | ** "{{Literature/Robbie}}" |
| 37 | ** "Literature/TimePussy", as by [[PenName George E. Dale]] |
| 38 | ** "{{Literature/Trends}}" |
| 39 | * Creator/CliveBarker |
| 40 | ** "Literature/TheAgeOfDesire" |
| 41 | ** "Literature/{{Dread}}" |
| 42 | ** "Literature/TheForbidden" |
| 43 | ** "Literature/TheLastIllusion" |
| 44 | ** "Literature/TheMadonna" |
| 45 | ** "Literature/TheMidnightMeatTrain" |
| 46 | ** "Literature/RawheadRex" |
| 47 | ** "Literature/TheYatteringAndJack" |
| 48 | * Creator/RobertBloch |
| 49 | ** "Literature/{{Enoch}}" |
| 50 | * Creator/JorgeLuisBorges |
| 51 | ** "Literature/TlonUqbarOrbisTertius" |
| 52 | ** "Literature/TheHouseOfAsterion" |
| 53 | ** "Literature/TheLibraryOfBabel" |
| 54 | * Creator/LeighBrackett |
| 55 | ** "Literature/MartianQuest" |
| 56 | ** "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth" |
| 57 | * Creator/RayBradbury |
| 58 | ** "Literature/AllSummerInADay" |
| 59 | ** "Literature/IcarusMontgolfierWright" |
| 60 | ** "Literature/ASoundOfThunder" |
| 61 | ** "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains" |
| 62 | ** "Literature/TheVeldt" |
| 63 | * Creator/JosephPayneBrennan |
| 64 | ** "Literature/TheCorpseOfCharlieRull" |
| 65 | ** "Literature/{{Slime|1953}}" |
| 66 | * Creator/JimButcher |
| 67 | ** ''Literature/SideJobs'', a collection containing eleven short stories. |
| 68 | ** ''Literature/BriefCases'', a collection containing twelve short stories. |
| 69 | * Creator/RamseyCampbell |
| 70 | ** "Literature/TheChimney" |
| 71 | ** "Literature/MidnightHobo" |
| 72 | ** "Literature/MackintoshWilly" |
| 73 | ** "Literature/ColdPrint" |
| 74 | * Creator/EGCastle |
| 75 | ** "Literature/AllHands" |
| 76 | ** "Literature/AnArmyOfTheDead" |
| 77 | ** "Literature/TheCrystal" |
| 78 | ** "Literature/DeathOfAPopIdol" |
| 79 | ** "Literature/DecisionOfFate" |
| 80 | ** "Literature/DevinAndTheTeacher" |
| 81 | ** "Literature/DragonInDistress" |
| 82 | ** "Literature/AnEncounterAndAnOffer" |
| 83 | ** "Literature/AFantasyAttraction" |
| 84 | ** "Literature/MarkDelewenAndTheSpacePirates" |
| 85 | ** "Literature/ThePriestTheScientistAndTheMeteor" |
| 86 | ** "Literature/TheManWhoCarriedTrouble" |
| 87 | ** "Literature/TheManWhoControlledMetal" |
| 88 | ** "Literature/TheOneWhoStartedFires" |
| 89 | ** "Literature/TheWomanWhoMadeMachinesGoHaywire" |
| 90 | ** "Literature/SewingCircle" |
| 91 | ** "Literature/TheStoryOfTheFireSwan" |
| 92 | ** "Literature/UltimateHero" |
| 93 | ** "Literature/TheWorstShotsInTheWest" |
| 94 | * Creator/PDjeliClark |
| 95 | ** "Literature/ADeadDjinnInCairo" |
| 96 | ** "Literature/TheAngelOfKhanElKhalili" |
| 97 | * Creator/RoaldDahl |
| 98 | ** "Literature/LambToTheSlaughter" |
| 99 | ** "Literature/TheLandlady" |
| 100 | ** "Literature/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar" |
| 101 | * Creator/HarlanEllison |
| 102 | ** "Literature/FinalTrophy" |
| 103 | ** "Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream" |
| 104 | ** "Literature/PsychoAtMidPoint" |
| 105 | ** "Literature/RepentHarlequinSaidTheTicktockman" |
| 106 | ** "Literature/TheSituationOnSapellaSix" |
| 107 | ** "Literature/TheUntouchableAdolescents", [[PenName under the name]] Ellis Hart. |
| 108 | * Creator/NeilGaiman |
| 109 | ** "Literature/BitterGrounds" |
| 110 | ** "Literature/TheCaseOfDeathAndHoney" |
| 111 | ** "Literature/{{Chivalry}}" |
| 112 | ** "Literature/{{Down to a Sunless Sea|2013}}" |
| 113 | ** "Literature/FeminineEndings" |
| 114 | ** "Literature/TheGoldfishPoolAndOtherStories" |
| 115 | ** "Literature/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties" |
| 116 | ** "Literature/TheManWhoForgotRayBradbury" |
| 117 | ** "Literature/MurderMysteries" |
| 118 | ** "Literature/NothingOClock" |
| 119 | ** "Literature/OctoberInTheChair" |
| 120 | ** "Literature/TheProblemOfSusan" |
| 121 | ** "Literature/TheSleeperAndTheSpindle" |
| 122 | ** "Literature/AStudyInEmerald" |
| 123 | ** "Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra" |
| 124 | ** "Literature/TheTruthIsACaveInTheBlackMountains" |
| 125 | ** "Literature/WeCanGetThemForYouWholesale" |
| 126 | ** "Literature/TheWeddingPresent" |
| 127 | * Creator/NathanielHawthorne |
| 128 | ** "Literature/TheBirthmark" |
| 129 | ** "Literature/{{Feathertop}}" |
| 130 | ** "Literature/TheGreatCarbuncle" |
| 131 | ** "Literature/TheMaypoleOfMerryMount" |
| 132 | ** "Literature/RappaccinisDaughter" |
| 133 | ** "Literature/TheWhiteOldMaid" |
| 134 | * Creator/RobertEHoward made his career on short fiction. |
| 135 | ** Every ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story save ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'' is a short story. |
| 136 | ** He also wrote "Literature/TheShadowOfTheVulture". |
| 137 | * Creator/LRonHubbard |
| 138 | ** "Literature/TheSlaver" |
| 139 | ** "Literature/{{Strain}}" |
| 140 | * Creator/TanyaHuff has penned a huge number of short stories, with "Literature/AWomansWork" having a page here. |
| 141 | * Creator/WashingtonIrving |
| 142 | ** "Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow" |
| 143 | ** "Literature/RipVanWinkle" |
| 144 | ** "Literature/{{The Spectre Bridegroom|1819}}" |
| 145 | * Creator/MalcolmJameson |
| 146 | ** "[[Literature/IfYoureSmart If You're Smart—]]", as by [[PenName Colin Keith]] |
| 147 | ** "Literature/PigTrap" |
| 148 | ** "Literature/SlackersParadise" |
| 149 | * 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. |
| 150 | ** "Literature/FourteenOhEight" |
| 151 | ** "Literature/TheFifthStep" |
| 152 | ** "Literature/JerusalemsLot" |
| 153 | ** "Literature/TheLangoliers" |
| 154 | ** "Literature/TheMangler" |
| 155 | ** "Literature/TheMist" |
| 156 | ** "Literature/TheMonkey" |
| 157 | ** "Literature/SometimesTheyComeBack" |
| 158 | ** "Literature/{{Trucks}}" |
| 159 | ** And his short story collections: |
| 160 | *** ''Literature/DifferentSeasons'' |
| 161 | *** ''Literature/EverythingsEventual'' |
| 162 | *** ''Literature/FourPastMidnight'' |
| 163 | *** ''Literature/FullDarkNoStars'' |
| 164 | *** ''Literature/IfItBleeds'' |
| 165 | *** ''Literature/JustAfterSunset'' |
| 166 | *** ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes'' |
| 167 | *** ''Literature/NightShift'' |
| 168 | *** ''Literature/SkeletonCrew'' |
| 169 | * Creator/RudyardKipling wrote a large number of short stories, including: |
| 170 | ** "[[Literature/PointNoughtNoughtSeven .007]]" |
| 171 | ** The ''Literature/JustSoStories'' |
| 172 | * Creator/NormanLKnight |
| 173 | ** "Literature/BombardmentInReverse" |
| 174 | ** "Literature/ShortCircuitedProbability" |
| 175 | * Creator/MyerKrulfeld |
| 176 | ** "{{Literature/Mission}}" |
| 177 | ** "{{Literature/Mudman}}" |
| 178 | * Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin |
| 179 | ** "Literature/AprilInParis" |
| 180 | ** "Literature/TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas" |
| 181 | * Most of what Creator/HPLovecraft wrote was in the form of a short story. These include: |
| 182 | ** "Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu" |
| 183 | ** "Literature/TheCatsOfUlthar" |
| 184 | ** "Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace" |
| 185 | ** "Literature/CoolAir" |
| 186 | ** "Literature/{{Dagon}}" |
| 187 | ** "Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse" |
| 188 | ** "Literature/TheDunwichHorror" |
| 189 | ** "Literature/TheFestival" |
| 190 | ** "Literature/FromBeyond" |
| 191 | ** "Literature/TheHorrorAtRedHook" |
| 192 | ** "Literature/InTheVault" |
| 193 | ** "Literature/InTheWallsOfEryx" |
| 194 | ** "Literature/TheLurkingFear" |
| 195 | ** "Literature/TheMusicOfErichZann" |
| 196 | ** "Literature/OldBugs" |
| 197 | ** "Literature/{{The Outsider|1926}}" (1926) |
| 198 | ** "Literature/PickmansModel" |
| 199 | ** "Literature/TheRatsInTheWalls" |
| 200 | ** "Literature/SweetErmengarde" |
| 201 | ** "Literature/TheTemple" |
| 202 | ** "Literature/TheTerribleOldMan" |
| 203 | ** "Literature/TheThingOnTheDoorstep" |
| 204 | * Creator/ALeeMartinez |
| 205 | ** "Literature/BigfootDreams" |
| 206 | ** "Literature/CindyAndCragg" |
| 207 | ** "Literature/DeathDustAndOtherInconveniences" |
| 208 | ** "Literature/GreybackInBlue" |
| 209 | ** "Literature/ImogensEpicDay" |
| 210 | ** "Literature/MyDinnerWithAres" |
| 211 | ** "Literature/PenelopeAndTheWillfulBlade" |
| 212 | ** "Literature/PizzaMadness" |
| 213 | ** "Literature/WizardBait" |
| 214 | ** "Literature/WorkEthic" |
| 215 | * Creator/PSchuylerMiller |
| 216 | ** "Literature/BirdWalk" |
| 217 | ** "Literature/InTheGoodOldSummertime" |
| 218 | * Nobel prize winner Creator/AliceMunro works exclusively in the short story format. |
| 219 | * Creator/HarukiMurakami |
| 220 | ** ''Literature/AfterTheQuake'' (collection) |
| 221 | ** "Literature/BarnBurning" |
| 222 | * Creator/KimNewman |
| 223 | ** "Literature/AngelDownSussex" |
| 224 | ** ''Literature/BackInTheUSSA'', a collection co-authored with Creator/EugeneByrne |
| 225 | ** "Literature/ClublandHeroes" |
| 226 | ** "Literature/TheEndOfThePierShow" |
| 227 | ** ''Literature/SevenStars'', a novella consisting of eight linked short stories |
| 228 | ** ''Literature/SilverNails'', a collection set in the ''Franchise/{{Warhammer}}'' universe |
| 229 | ** "Literature/{{Swellhead}}" |
| 230 | ** "Literature/TomorrowTown" |
| 231 | * Creator/EdgarAllanPoe |
| 232 | ** "Literature/{{Berenice}}" |
| 233 | ** "Literature/TheBlackCat" |
| 234 | ** "Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado" |
| 235 | ** "Literature/ADescentIntoTheMaelstrom" |
| 236 | ** "Literature/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher" |
| 237 | ** "Literature/HopFrog" |
| 238 | ** "Literature/{{Ligeia}}" |
| 239 | ** "Literature/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath" |
| 240 | ** "Literature/{{Morella}}" |
| 241 | ** "Literature/ThePitAndThePendulum" |
| 242 | ** "Literature/TheTellTaleHeart" |
| 243 | ** "Literature/WilliamWilson" |
| 244 | ** The Literature/CAugusteDupin stories |
| 245 | * Creator/RossRocklynne |
| 246 | ** "{{Literature/Quietus}}" |
| 247 | ** "Literature/UnguhMadeAFire" |
| 248 | * Creator/EricFrankRussell |
| 249 | ** "{{Literature/Exposure}}" |
| 250 | ** "Literature/JayScore" |
| 251 | * Creator/RobertSilverberg |
| 252 | ** "[[Literature/CatchEmAllAlive Catch 'em All Alive!]]" |
| 253 | ** "Literature/GalacticThrillKids" |
| 254 | ** "Literature/TheHappySleepers", [[PenName under the name]] Calvin M. Knox |
| 255 | ** "Literature/TheInsidiousInvaders" [[PenName under the name]] Eric Rodman |
| 256 | ** "{{Literature/Misfit}}" |
| 257 | ** "Literature/TheMonstersCameByNight" [[PenName under the name]] Charles D. Hammer |
| 258 | ** "Literature/TheSeedOfEarth" |
| 259 | ** "Literature/WorldOfAThousandColors" |
| 260 | ** "Literature/OurLadyOfTheSauropods" |
| 261 | * Creator/HenrySlesar's works: |
| 262 | ** "Literature/DesireWoman" |
| 263 | ** "Literature/TheDope", [[PenName under the name]] O. H. Leslie |
| 264 | ** "Literature/MrLoneliness" |
| 265 | * Creator/EvelynESmith |
| 266 | ** "Literature/TheWeegil" |
| 267 | ** "[[Literature/WomansTouch Woman's Touch]]" |
| 268 | * Creator/RichardRSmith |
| 269 | ** "Literature/GetRichQuick" |
| 270 | ** "Literature/TheOldTimer" |
| 271 | ** "Literature/TheWellFedBirds" |
| 272 | * Creator/HarryWalton |
| 273 | ** "Literature/TheScrambler" |
| 274 | ** "Literature/{{Subcruiser}}" |
| 275 | * Creator/RobertWestall wrote a great deal of short fiction; notably "Literature/BreakOfDark" and the [[BestOfAnthology best of anthologies]] ''Demons and Shadows'' and ''Shades of Darkness''. |
| 276 | * Creator/OscarWilde |
| 277 | ** "Literature/TheCantervilleGhost" |
| 278 | ** "Literature/TheHappyPrince" |
| 279 | ** "Literature/TheSelfishGiant" |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | !!!By Title: |
| 282 | * "Literature/AdamAndNoEve" by Creator/AlfredBester |
| 283 | * "Literature/{{Amina}}" is a 1906 horror story written by Creator/EdwardLucasWhite. |
| 284 | * "Literature/{{Angel|DerinEdala}}" by Creator/DerinEdala |
| 285 | * "Literature/ArcanaMagiZero" is a WebOriginal short story trilogy written by [[Creator/HMBrown H-M Brown]]. |
| 286 | * "Literature/BigBlonde" by Creator/DorothyParker |
| 287 | * ''Literature/BooksOfBlood'', a short story collection by Creator/CliveBarker. |
| 288 | * "Literature/BrokebackMountain" by Creator/AnnieProulx, which forms the basis of ''Film/BrokebackMountain''. |
| 289 | * "Literature/TheCarParkAttendant" by Creator/JeffreyArcher |
| 290 | * "Literature/AChapterFromTheBeginning" by Creator/AMPhillips |
| 291 | * "Literature/TheClone" by Creator/TheodoreLThomas, which he later [[AdaptationExpansion expanded]] into a full-length novel with co-author Creator/KateWilhelm. |
| 292 | * ''Literature/TheCodelessCode'' is a series of short stories. |
| 293 | * "[[Literature/COMrMakepeace c/o Mr. Makepeace]]" by Creator/PeterPhillips |
| 294 | * "Literature/{{Coulrophobia}}" |
| 295 | * "Literature/CruelSisters" by Creator/PatriciaCWrede |
| 296 | * "Literature/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton" was originally a short story by Creator/FScottFitzgerald. |
| 297 | * "Literature/{{Daedalus}}", by Creator/ThomasBulfinch. |
| 298 | * "Literature/TheDandelionGirl" by Robert F. Young |
| 299 | * ''Literature/TheDemigodDiaries'' collects several short stories, much like its predecessor just below. |
| 300 | * ''Literature/TheDemigodFiles'' collects several short stories. |
| 301 | * "Literature/DespoilersOfTheGoldenEmpire" by Randall Garrett |
| 302 | * "Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster" by Stephen Vincent Benét. |
| 303 | * "Literature/TheDoorCreepypasta" by Dispater. |
| 304 | * "Literature/TheDoorKanvi" by Kanvi. |
| 305 | * "Literature/DoorsCreepypasta" by aCJohnson |
| 306 | * "Literature/DownInTheDark" |
| 307 | * ''Literature/TheDreamEatersAndOtherStories'', a collection of nine short stories, plus the titular {{novella}}. |
| 308 | * "Literature/TheDungeonmaster" by Sam Lipsyte |
| 309 | * "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere" by Creator/WillardHawkins |
| 310 | * "Literature/TheEaglesGather" by Creator/JosephEKelleam |
| 311 | * "Literature/TheEgg" by Creator/AndyWeir |
| 312 | * "Literature/TheEmbassy" by Creator/DonaldAWollheim (under the PenName Martin Pearson) |
| 313 | * "Literature/{{Emergency}}" by Creator/VicPhillips |
| 314 | * "Literature/TheExtinctionParade" by Creator/MaxBrooks, which was later adapted into a comic book. |
| 315 | * "Literature/TheFableOfTheDragonTyrant" by Creator/NickBostrom |
| 316 | * "Literature/FarCentaurus" by Creator/AEVanVogt |
| 317 | * "Literature/FishStory" by Creator/VicPhillips and Creator/ScottRoberts |
| 318 | * "Literature/FlowersForAlgernon" by Creator/DanielKeyes, later expanded into a novel of the same name. |
| 319 | * "Literature/TheFly" by Creator/GeorgeLangelaan |
| 320 | * "Literature/FlyingWithSanta" |
| 321 | * "Literature/ForeverIsNotSoLong" by Creator/FAntonReeds |
| 322 | * "{{Literature/Games}}", by Creator/KatherineMacLean. |
| 323 | * ''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. |
| 324 | * "Literature/GrandpaGray" by Creator/CassHollander. |
| 325 | * "Literature/TheGrownup" by Creator/GillianFlynn |
| 326 | * "Literature/TheHareAndThePineapple" by Creator/DanielPinkwater |
| 327 | * "Literature/HarrisonBergeron" by Creator/KurtVonnegut |
| 328 | * "Literature/{{He}}" by Creator/AlanDeanFoster |
| 329 | * ''Literature/HerBodyAndOtherParties'', a collection of short stories by Creator/CarmenMariaMachado. |
| 330 | * "Literature/HighFrequencyWar" by Creator/HarlVincent |
| 331 | * "Literature/HoleyMatrimony" by Creator/KevinStrange |
| 332 | * "Literature/ILikeMonkeys", a comedic '90s story originating from e-mails and blogs, eventually becoming a copypasta. |
| 333 | * "Literature/InsteadOfThreeWishes", a collection of short stories by Creator/MeganWhalenTurner. |
| 334 | * "Literature/AnInvitationFromThanatos" |
| 335 | * "Literature/JoeyAMechanicalBoy" |
| 336 | * ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'' by Creator/RobertWChambers is a short story collection. |
| 337 | * The ''Literature/LaFuerzaSeries''. |
| 338 | * ''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]]. |
| 339 | * "Literature/LifeInTheIronMills" by Rebecca Harding Davis |
| 340 | * "Literature/LockedOut" by Creator/HBFyfe |
| 341 | * "Literature/TheLottery" |
| 342 | * "Literature/LustCaution" was originally a short story by Creator/EileenChang |
| 343 | * "Literature/MagicForBeginners" by Creator/KellyLink |
| 344 | * "Literature/ManicPerverse" by Creator/WinstonKMarks |
| 345 | * "Literature/TheManWhoEvolved" by Creator/EdmondHamilton |
| 346 | * "Literature/MereanaMordegardGlesgorv" |
| 347 | * "Literature/AModelLife" by Kim Antieu |
| 348 | * "Literature/TheMonkeysPaw" by W. W. Jacobs |
| 349 | * "Literature/TheMonsterOfLakeLametrie" by Wardon Allan Curtis |
| 350 | * "Literature/TheMonsterOfPartridgeCreek" by Georges Dupuy |
| 351 | * "Literature/TheMoonAsksAQuestion" by Creator/EJadeLomax |
| 352 | * "Literature/TheMostDangerousGame" by Creator/RichardConnell |
| 353 | * "Literature/MrWidemouth" by [=PerfectCircle35=] |
| 354 | * "Literature/DerMuenchnerImHimmel" by Ludwig Thoma |
| 355 | * "Literature/{{The Name of the Game|Elrod}}" by P.N. Elrod |
| 356 | * ''Literature/NaughtyNineTalesOfChristmasCrime'' is a collection of short stories by Steve Hockensmith |
| 357 | * "Literature/TheNightWire", a classic horror story by Creator/HFArnold, who only wrote short stories. His other two stories are [[MissingEpisode impossible to find]]. |
| 358 | * "Literature/ANoseForNews" by Creator/RobyWentz |
| 359 | * "Literature/NotTheFirst" by Creator/AEVanVogt |
| 360 | * "Literature/AnOccurrenceAtOwlCreekBridge" by Creator/AmbroseBierce. |
| 361 | * ''ARG/OngsHat'' by Peter Lamborn Wilson |
| 362 | * "Literature/ThePaperMenagerie" by Creator/KenLiu |
| 363 | * ''Literature/ParanoiaRetardant'' by Creator/AzaSmith |
| 364 | * ''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). |
| 365 | * "Literature/PayingTheFerryman" by Joanna Berry |
| 366 | * "Literature/{{Prey|1969}}" (1969) by Creator/RichardMatheson |
| 367 | * "Literature/{{Project}}" by Creator/LewisPadgett |
| 368 | * "Literature/{{Proof}}" by Creator/HalClement |
| 369 | * "[[Literature/PsychosisMattDymerski Psychosis]]" by Matt Dymerski |
| 370 | * "Literature/TheQueenOfSpades" by Creator/AlexanderPushkin |
| 371 | * "Literature/TheRedTower", by Creator/ThomasLigotti |
| 372 | * "Literature/RomanceWithADoubleBass" by Creator/AntonChekhov |
| 373 | * "Literature/ARoseForEmily" by Creator/WilliamFaulkner |
| 374 | * "Literature/{{Sandkings}}" by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. |
| 375 | * "Literature/{{Secret Santa|2004}}" (2004) by Steve Hockensmith. |
| 376 | * ''Secret Weapon'', the twelfth book in the ''Literature/AlexRider'' series, is 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. |
| 377 | * "Literature/{{Shabti}}" |
| 378 | * ''Literature/SelinaSedilia'' |
| 379 | * Most of the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' oeuvre consists of short stories. |
| 380 | * "Literature/SleepNoMore" by Creator/JamesHSchmitz |
| 381 | * "Literature/TheSmilingMan" by L.S. Riley |
| 382 | * "Literature/SomeCuriousEffectsOfTimeTravel" by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp |
| 383 | * "Literature/TheSonsVeto" by Creator/ThomasHardy |
| 384 | * "Literature/SoulsInAVacuum" |
| 385 | * ''Literature/TheStateOfTheArt'' is a collection of short stories by Creator/IainBanks. |
| 386 | * ''Literature/{{Stitches}}'', a collection of short stories by Hirokatsu Kihara, with illustrations by Creator/JunjiIto |
| 387 | * ''Literature/TheStoriesOfJohnCheever'' is a collection of short stories by (who else?) Creator/JohnCheever. |
| 388 | * "Literature/TheSwordOfGood" |
| 389 | * "Literature/TalmaGordon" |
| 390 | * "Literature/TheTamariskHunter" |
| 391 | * "Literature/TestOfTheGods" by Creator/RaymondFJones |
| 392 | * "Literature/ThereShallBeNoDarkness" by Creator/JamesBlish was adapted into a movie, Amucis's ''Film/TheBeastMustDie''. |
| 393 | * ''Literature/TheThirteenProblems'', a short story collection by Creator/AgathaChristie featuring Literature/MissMarple |
| 394 | * "Literature/TheThoughtMonster" by Creator/AmeliaReynoldsLong, which was adapted into the classic sci-fi/horror film ''Film/FiendWithoutAFace''. |
| 395 | * "Literature/ToBuildAFire" by Creator/JackLondon |
| 396 | * 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. |
| 397 | * "Literature/ATropicalHorror" by Creator/WilliamHopeHodgson |
| 398 | * "Literature/TwoPercentInspiration" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon |
| 399 | * ''Literature/VergeStories'' by Creator/LidiaYuknavitch is a collection of short fiction. |
| 400 | * "Literature/WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale" |
| 401 | * "Literature/WerewolvesOfWar" by Creator/DWHall |
| 402 | * "Literature/WhenTheStormCame" |
| 403 | * "Literature/WhenThisWorldIsAllOnFire" by William Sanders. |
| 404 | * "Literature/WhereAreYouGoingWhereHaveYouBeen" by Creator/JoyceCarolOates. |
| 405 | * "Literature/TheWhitePeople" by Creator/AthurMachen. |
| 406 | * "Literature/{{Window}}" by Bob Leman. |
| 407 | * "Literature/TheWingsOfNight" by Creator/LesterDelRey |
| 408 | * "Literature/{{Worrywart}}" by Creator/CliffordSimak. |
| 409 | * ''Literature/YouKnowYouWantThis'' is the debut short story collection by Kristen Roupenian |
| 410 | * "Literature/YoungZaphodPlaysItSafe" by Creator/DouglasAdams |
| 411 | |
| 412 | !!!Other: |
| 413 | * Quite a few short stories vie for "shortest story ever": |
| 414 | ** Creator/MargaretAtwood: |
| 415 | --->"Longed for him. Got him. Shit." |
| 416 | ** [[Literature/HemingwaysSixWordStory Hemingway's bet-winning short story]], though it's undetermined if Hemingway actually wrote this story. |
| 417 | --->"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." |
| 418 | ** "Science Fiction for Telepaths" by E. Michael Blake: |
| 419 | --->"Aw, you know what I mean." |
| 420 | ** "Sign at the End of the Universe" by Duane Ackerson: |
| 421 | --->"˙dn puǝ sıɥʇ" |
| 422 | ** Spanish Literature has Augusto Monterroso with his short story "El dinosaurio:" [[note]]"The dinosaur"[[/note]] |
| 423 | --->"Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí."[[note]]''"When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there."''[[/note]] |
| 424 | ** "Cosmic Report Card: Earth" by Forrest J. Ackerman: |
| 425 | --->"F" |
| 426 | [[/index]] |
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