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Old 03-08-2023, 02:55 PM   #1
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Short Story Reccomendations
I'm trying to read more shorts this year (I have a goal of one a week). To that end, I thought it would be fun to see what everyone's favorite short stories are. Bonus Karma if you can post a link to the story itself (be it text or recording).

I'll start with some of my old favorites:

The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell
Where is the Voice Coming From by Eudora Welty

Although the start of my list are more "literary" classics (and PLEASE do not descend the thread into a fight over that!), I'm interested in all periods and genres!
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Old 03-08-2023, 04:39 PM   #2
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Old 03-08-2023, 05:40 PM   #3
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Here's a few that I really enjoy:
Except for The Road Not Taken and Meat, these are all available from the LeVar Burton Reads podcast if you prefer audio versions. He gets some excellent stories.
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An Indian author whose work I enjoy published an anthology of shorts that seems apt for International Women's Day
https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Stories.../dp/9386702584
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Exhalation by Ted Chiang, this publication 2014, story written 2008. I am a fan of almost anything by Ted Chiang.

Wooden Feathers by Ursula Vernon (also published under the name T. Kingfisher in a story collection called Jackalope Wives & Other Stories). Again, I am a fan of almost anything by Kingfisher/Vernon, links to more shorts here.
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Exhalation by Ted Chiang, this publication 2014, story written 2008. I am a fan of almost anything by Ted Chiang.
Thank you for this, added to my wishlist!
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So will there be feedback as you read the stories recommended?
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Here's a few that I really enjoy:
I've read all of these and ADORED "Pockets!" I've ever gone wrong with Al-Mohtar and This is How You Lose the Time War is one of my favorite short novels.

I'm hit or miss on both Liu and Jemisin, though I feel like I should like them both more than I do. AnaMaria Curtis is always a wild ride and I love her for it.
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Old 03-09-2023, 08:52 AM   #10
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So will there be feedback as you read the stories recommended?
I don't know that I'll read all of them, but I will certainly comment on the ones I have or will based on the recommendation!
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Sredni Vashtar by Saki.
A wonderful recommendation!
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Here's another anthology I enjoyed from a desi writer
https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Withou.../dp/1910858102
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I should caveat - i was looking for individual stories, not any collections I'd need to purchase.
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Sredni Vashtar by Saki. (Anything by Saki really!)
Oh, yes! My favourite is Tobermory.

A couple others:

Sarah Gailey: Stet - a story about morals and algorithms, told in editor notes to an article about self-driving cars

Jim C. Hines: Goblin Lullaby (Audio version here) - a darkly funny story about, um, nobility and fate and dirty diapers
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