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CarlyTown>The Library>Short Stories Can't Miss Short Story AuthorsThese authors can always be relied upon to provide compelling short stories. For those times when you need your literary fix in small bits. For more great short stories, see also Shirley Jackson.Women and Ghosts - Alison Lurie Vivid, spooky tales, each featuring a woman and a ghost. You didn’t see that coming? Here’s Your Hat, What's Your Hurry - Elizabeth McCracken Witty short stories by a woman with a knack for a turn of phrase. Self-Help - Lorrie Moore Excellent collection of short stories, heartbreaking and hilarious by turns. Like Life - Lorrie Moore See above. Out of the Girls Room and Into the Night - Thisbe Nissen Great short stories, each told with a distinct and different voice. Heat and Other Stories - Joyce Carol Oates Chilling. Disquieting. Not easy going but well worth it. The Collected Stories - Grace Paley Abrasively funny with unsympathetic characters but still somehow touching. The Portable Dorothy Parker - Dorothy Parker From reviews to poems to short stories, an excellent and witty collection. May I recommend starting with “The Waltz”? My Date With Satan - Stacey Richter Fabulous, inventive, winning short stories, with varied, unusual narrators and characters. Loved the story of a woman who tries to get a grant to become a crazy cat lady, the story of the guy who hooks up with a Swedish goth band to play heavy metal, and the story of an aged teen idol. Updated 3/30/07 Comments, questions, or suggestions? Email carly[at]carlytown.com. |
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