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I think 'Interior Space' by John Irving stands out as a favourite for me. It's from the collection 'Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.' Also, many of Cory Doctorow's stuff. I like his short story collections better than his novels. 'I, Row Boat' was excellent, as was 'Craphound.' And of course, Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. There is a veritable trove on Project Gutenberg---some of the early 'Best American Stories' volumes, and a whole series by region (Best Russian Stories, Best German stories etc.)
I had some disappointing early e-magazine experiences with my sister's Fictionwise bookshelf---to many articles, not enough fiction. I splurged during a Fictionwise sale on two-year subs to Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock. Magazine subs don't often go on sale there! Anyway, I just finished both January issues, and I am very pleased. The Hitchcock was not straight mystery and had a few sort of alternative stories in it. The Ellery Queen was a little more procedural-based. The quality of the stories was excellent, and there was no filler except two short book review articles in each. It was wall to wall fiction, all the way through. The issues also come as multiformat titles for easy loading on any device. I am very pleased with my new subscriptions.
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