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The Ultimate Short Stories Collection - Page 2

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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Collected Stories (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Collected Stories
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
42
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
43
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (Eudora Welty)
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty
44
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant (Guy De Maupassant)
The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Guy De Maupassant
45
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 1: Beyond Lies the Wub (Philip K. Dick)
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 1: Beyond Lies the Wub
Philip K. Dick
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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety (Philip K. Dick)
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety
Philip K. Dick
47
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 3: The Father-Thing (Philip K. Dick)
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 3: The Father-Thing
Philip K. Dick
48
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 4: The Days of Perky Pat (Philip K. Dick)
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 4: The Days of Perky Pat
Philip K. Dick
49
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 5: The Little Black Box (Philip K. Dick)
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 5: The Little Black Box
Philip K. Dick
50
The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig (Stefan Zweig)
The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig
51
The Collected Tales (Nikolai Gogol)
The Collected Tales
Nikolai Gogol
52
The Collected Works of Nathanael West (Nathanael West)
The Collected Works of Nathanael West
Nathanael West
53
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
54
Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde)
Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
55
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
56
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
57
The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust (Marcel Proust)
The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
58
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
Mark Twain
59
The Complete Short Stories of Muriel Spark (Muriel Spark)
The Complete Short Stories of Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
60
The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
61
The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde)
The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
62
The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving (Washington Irving)
The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving
Washington Irving
63
The Complete Stories (Clarice Lispector)
The Complete Stories
Clarice Lispector
64
The Complete Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories
Flannery O'Connor
65
The Complete Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories
Franz Kafka
66
The Complete Stories (Truman Capote)
The Complete Stories
Truman Capote
67
The Complete Stories (J.G. Ballard)
The Complete Stories
J.G. Ballard
68
The Complete Stories (Zora Neale Hurston)
The Complete Stories
Zora Neale Hurston
69
The Complete Stories (Thomas Hardy)
The Complete Stories
Thomas Hardy
70
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
71
Dark Tales (Shirley Jackson)
Dark Tales
Shirley Jackson
72
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
James Joyce
73
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
Alice Munro
74
Death in Venice & Seven Other Stories (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice & Seven Other Stories
Thomas Mann
75
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
Stephen King
76
Early Irish Myths and Sagas (Jeffrey Gantz)
Early Irish Myths and Sagas
Jeffrey Gantz
77
The Enormous Radio (John Cheever)
The Enormous Radio
John Cheever
78
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Flannery O'Connor
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The Eyes Have It (Philip K. Dick)
The Eyes Have It
Philip K. Dick
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The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
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