Short story

Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.

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To Build a Fire

To Build a Fire

Short story by Jack London

Primo Levi

Primo Levi

Italian chemist

The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain

The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain

Novel by Lloyd Alexander

Shen of the Sea

Shen of the Sea

Book by Arthur Bowie Chrisman

The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

Short story by Edgar Allan Poe

Momtazuddin Ahmed

Momtazuddin Ahmed

Bangladeshi playwright

A Retrieved Reformation

A Retrieved Reformation

Short story by O. Henry

Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín

Chancellor of the University of Liverpool

The House of Asterion

The House of Asterion

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Borges and I

Borges and I

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Shakespeare's Memory

Shakespeare's Memory

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Three Versions of Judas

Three Versions of Judas

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

The Lottery in Babylon

The Lottery in Babylon

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Jeffty Is Five

Jeffty Is Five

Short story by Harlan Ellison

The Gospel According to Mark

The Gospel According to Mark

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

The Writing of the God

The Writing of the God

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Mieko Kawakami

Mieko Kawakami

Author

This is How You Lose Her

This is How You Lose Her

Book by Junot Díaz

Shino Sakuragi

Shino Sakuragi

Japanese writer

Kirstin Valdez Quade

Kirstin Valdez Quade

American writer

Aimee Bender

Aimee Bender

American novelist

The Atmospheric Railway

The Atmospheric Railway

Book by Shena Mackay

Tenth of December: Stories

Tenth of December: Stories

Book by George Saunders

Wilderness Tips

Wilderness Tips

Book by Margaret Atwood

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

Book by Annie Proulx

La fièvre

La fièvre

Book by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories

Book by Ernest Hemingway

Dear Life

Dear Life

Book by Alice Munro

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

Book by Dylan Thomas

Over the Sliprails

Over the Sliprails

Novel by Henry Lawson

Too Much Happiness

Too Much Happiness

Book by Alice Munro

Angels and Visitations

Angels and Visitations

Book by Neil Gaiman

History of the Necronomicon

History of the Necronomicon

Book by H. P. Lovecraft

The Museum of Dr. Moses

The Museum of Dr. Moses

Book by Joyce Carol Oates

Berenice

Berenice

Princess

Hop-Frog

Hop-Frog

Short story by Edgar Allan Poe

After Twenty Years

After Twenty Years

Short story by O. Henry

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

The Approach to AlMu'tasim

The Approach to AlMu'tasim

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Theme of the Traitor and the Hero

Theme of the Traitor and the Hero

Short story by Jorge Luis Borges

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Irish novelist

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh

Scottish novelist

Lan Samantha Chang

Lan Samantha Chang

American writer

Kathy Page

Kathy Page

British author

Anne Enright

Anne Enright

Irish writer

K. R. Meera

K. R. Meera

Indian author

L.P. Hartley

L.P. Hartley

British novelist

Ali Ashraf Darvishian

Ali Ashraf Darvishian

Iranian writer

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