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Old 03-09-2023, 03:19 PM   #16
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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.
I listened to the Chiang while doing some rote work and realized I had read it before. I read Wooden Feathers at lunch and found it delightful.
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Old 03-09-2023, 07:25 PM   #17
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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (originally a short story, made into a novel later)

The Weapon Shop by A. E. van Vogt (originally a short story, made into a novel later)

Alien Earth by Edmond Hamilton
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PlasticPaperTree: The Loss - struggling with loss

captainkodak1: She misses him - A short story about Alzheimer. Diese Kurzgeschichte wurde inspiriert von dem Lied "She misses him" von Tim Rushlow


Technomad: Career, a Hunger Games story - The thoughts and viewpoint of a Career Tribute in the Hunger Games, a few games before Katniss' entry. Is a Career Tribute a monster---or someone who, in the end, had no more choice about what lay ahead than Katniss did?
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Old 03-11-2023, 08:23 AM   #21
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Two titles immediately come to mind, because I love them:

1) Goodbye, My Brother - John Cheever
2) The Beast in the Jungle - Henry James

The James' title is more a novella than a short story.
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Old 03-13-2023, 08:36 AM   #22
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The Last Question, by Isaac Asimov.



Thank you for this, added to my wishlist!
Listened to this during my "prep for the day" time this morning. Thanks for the rec!
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Old 04-16-2023, 02:27 PM   #23
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Well, maybe too much a classic, but....

The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe
https://poemuseum.org/the-tell-tale-heart/

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For cat lovers, Jeffery Farnol's Cat Luck: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20191032/html.php

He's in life+70 but this book doesn't appear to be in the library. The story linked above can be read online: just open the html version.
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Old 04-16-2023, 08:40 PM   #25
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I love short stories, two of my favorite are:

Pet Milk by Stuart Dybek

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Cathedral by Raymond Carver
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Old 04-18-2023, 07:50 PM   #26
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Pet Milk by Stuart Dybek

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Cathedral by Raymond Carver
Cathedral is excellent!
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Really enjoy the short stories of Denis Johnson.

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson from the collection of the same name
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I picked up a collection of Robert Sheckley shorts on the strength of one of them (the titular Citizen in Space) having received a Hugo nomination back in the 50s. Many of the stories show their age a bit in one way or another, but the one I liked best, even more than the Hugo nominee, was Ask a Foolish Question, available for free via Project Gutenberg.
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I picked up a collection of Robert Sheckley shorts on the strength of one of them (the titular Citizen in Space) having received a Hugo nomination back in the 50s. Many of the stories show their age a bit in one way or another, but the one I liked best, even more than the Hugo nominee, was Ask a Foolish Question, available for free via Project Gutenberg.
I opened this to read it and realized I had read it before, long ago. Thanks for jogging the memory!
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Old 07-12-2023, 11:43 AM   #30
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I expect you have already tried Alice Munro's short stories, but just in case you haven't, I thought I'd mention them.
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