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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
Alice Munro
162
Selected Stories (Katherine Mansfield)
Selected Stories
Katherine Mansfield
163
Selected Stories (O. Henry)
Selected Stories
O. Henry
164
Selected Stories (D.H. Lawrence)
Selected Stories
D.H. Lawrence
165
Selected Stories (E.M. Forster)
Selected Stories
E.M. Forster
166
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick (Philip K. Dick)
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick
Philip K. Dick
167
Seven Gothic Tales (Isak Dinesen)
Seven Gothic Tales
Isak Dinesen
168
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford (Philip K. Dick)
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
Philip K. Dick
169
The Short Stories of Saki (Saki)
The Short Stories of Saki
Saki
170
Signs and Symbols (Vladimir Nabokov)
Signs and Symbols
Vladimir Nabokov
171
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway
172
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues
James Baldwin
173
Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Stories
Anton Chekhov
174
Stories of Five Decades (Hermanne Hesse)
Stories of Five Decades
Hermanne Hesse
175
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
John Cheever
176
Stories of Three Decades
Stories of Three Decades
177
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
178
Story of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Story of Your Life
Ted Chiang
179
The Swimmer (John Cheever)
The Swimmer
John Cheever
180
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
Jonathan Swift
181
Tales From Firozsha Baag (Rohinton Mistry)
Tales From Firozsha Baag
Rohinton Mistry
182
Tales of the Jazz Age (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tales of the Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
183
Tales of the Peculiar (Ransom Riggs)
Tales of the Peculiar
Ransom Riggs
184
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
185
There Will Come Soft Rains (Ray Bradbury)
There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury
186
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Tadeusz Borowski)
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Tadeusz Borowski
187
The Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous
188
Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
Three-Ten to Yuma
Elmore Leonard
189
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Tolkien on Fairy-Stories
J.R.R. Tolkien
190
Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)
Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro
191
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor (Agatha Christie)
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
Agatha Christie
192
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
193
Twice-Told Tales (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Twice-Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
194
A Twist in the Tale (Jeffrey Archer)
A Twist in the Tale
Jeffrey Archer
195
The Virgin and the Gipsy & Other Stories (D.H. Lawrence)
The Virgin and the Gipsy & Other Stories
D.H. Lawrence
196
A Vision of the World (John Cheever)
A Vision of the World
John Cheever
197
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson (Ed. Xavier Aldana Reyes)
The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson
Ed. Xavier Aldana Reyes
198
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (Joyce Carol Oates)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Joyce Carol Oates
199
Winter's Tales (Isak Dinesen)
Winter's Tales
Isak Dinesen
200
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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