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Favorite short stories: [View all] murielm99 Dec 2012 OP
Anything by M.R. James (1862-1936) aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #1
ANYTHING by O. Henry! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #2
Was going to post the Magi, CalPeg! elleng Dec 2012 #6
GMTA! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #7
Yes! Iwillnevergiveup Dec 2012 #39
That is a wonderful, very inspiring story...I loved it! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #41
The Ransom of Red Chief! csziggy Dec 2012 #17
That story is so hilarious! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #18
My little sister could have played the kid, no problem csziggy Dec 2012 #20
Plus One!!!! Scuba Dec 2012 #28
Or Guy de Maupassant... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #27
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Ptah Dec 2012 #3
i've been eyeing that on my bookshelf fizzgig Dec 2012 #44
I have many favorites Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2012 #4
Annabelle’s Alphabet frogmarch Dec 2012 #5
Welcome to the Monkey House msu2ba Dec 2012 #8
Anything by Harlan Ellison. Aristus Dec 2012 #9
One of yours... pipi_k Dec 2012 #10
"The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," by Ursula K LeGuin Glorfindel Dec 2012 #11
Ian McDonald: "The Days of Solomon Gursky" petronius Dec 2012 #12
I thought of "The Lottery" before I opened the thread! :) Pool Hall Ace Dec 2012 #13
One of my very favorites is Vonnegut's "Long Walk To Forever." Brickbat Dec 2012 #14
This thread's posters might be able to identify one for me, not a "deep" one UTUSN Dec 2012 #15
Zenna Henderson's stories about The People csziggy Dec 2012 #16
I have two. Chan790 Dec 2012 #19
The Chaste Clarissa by John Cheever. n/t RiffRandell Dec 2012 #21
The House of Asterion by Borges Zorro Dec 2012 #22
Thanks, everyone! murielm99 Dec 2012 #23
From Clive Barker's "Books of Blood Vol 1", something SO outside the box (SPOILER ALERTS) MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #24
I don't think I would enjoy this one. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #32
Divided by Infinity by Robert Charles Wilson pokerfan Dec 2012 #40
Frost and Fire by Ray Bradbury Enrique Dec 2012 #25
For A Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny hobbit709 Dec 2012 #26
All the Assholes in the World and Mine -- Bukowski Orrex Dec 2012 #29
The Russians pscot Dec 2012 #30
"The Destructors" by Graham Greene. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #31
What, no Poe? pink-o Dec 2012 #33
Vonnegut. LWolf Dec 2012 #34
'Burning Chrome' by William Gibson Rob H. Dec 2012 #35
"The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever. Brigid Dec 2012 #36
"Why I Live at the P.O." by Eudora Welty ok_cpu Dec 2012 #37
Yes! I love Eudora Welty! murielm99 Dec 2012 #38
'Jesus' Son' by Denis Johnson. 'Black Tickets' by Jayne Anne Phillips. nomorenomore08 Dec 2012 #42
Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find". nolabear Dec 2012 #43
I can't believe I forgot O'Connor! nomorenomore08 Dec 2012 #46
"Lost Legacy" by Robert Heinlein DFW Dec 2012 #45
Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne sarge43 Dec 2012 #47
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