Wednesday, January 08, 2014

35 Perfect Examples of the Art of the Short Story

35 Perfect Examples of the Art of the Short Story

6 comments:

Graham Powell said...

No "Simple Art Of Murder" or "Deathbird Stores" = fail.

mybillcrider said...

No The Nighttime is the Right Time, either.

Jerry House said...

And no Avram Davidson, Joe Lansdale, Ed Gorman, Theodore Sturgeon, and so many others...

Deb said...

The title is misleading: these are short story collections not individual short stories. I'd been looking forward to someone's opinion of 35 perfect short stories. Also, don't provide the name of a short story collection without providing the title of what you consider the best story in each collection.

/Harrumph!

Dan_Luft said...

Andre Dubus!! Needs some Andre Dubus

Bud said...

Well, Chekov & O'Connor are deservedly there, but it's not much of a list without Eudora Welty, Frederic Brown or R. A. Lafferty! Also, ditto to Jerry House.