short stories

Here are some short stories that I've read and enjoyed. When applicable, I have a link to read them online. Maybe one day I'll self-host, so linking is less tedious...? We'll see.

If you have any short stories to recommend, I would love to know.

last updated 19 October 2024.

favorites

• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
• Why Don't You Dance? (PDF) by Raymond Carver
• A Rose for Emily (PDF) by William Faulkner
• The Cask of Amontillado (PDF) by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Box Social (PDF) by James Reaney
• Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway

more

• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• The Lady or The Tiger by Frank Stockton
• The Last Question (PDF) by Isaac Asimov
• Magnificence by Estrella Alfon
• The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
• The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
• The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• Zita by Arturo Rotor

on my "to read" list

• All Summer in a Day
• Bartleby, The Scrivener
• The Birthmark
• Bulk Food by Peter Watts
• The Carnival
• Cat and the Coffee Drinkers
• The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County
• The City
• Desiree's Baby
• Father, Son, Holy Rabbit
• Flowers for Algernon
• For Esme, With Love and Squalor
• A Good Man is Hard to Find
• Half a Sheet of Foolscap
• Harrison Bergeron
• I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
• In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom
• Lamb to the Slaughter
• The Lamp at Noon
• The Landlady
• The Laughing Man
• The Leader
• Leningen vs the Ants
• Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier
• The Minister's Black Veil
• The Monkey's Paw
• The Most Dangerous Game
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• An Ordinary Day with Peanuts
• The Open Boat
• The Pedestrian
• People Like That Are The Only People Here
• A Perfect Day for Bananafish
• Rappaccini's Daughter
• The Red Pony
• The Rocking Horse Winner
• Roger Malvin's Burial
• The Semplica Girl Diaries
• Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
• A Sound of Thunder
• The Star
• The Tale (Joseph Conrad)
• Thank You Ma'am
• There Will Come Soft Rains
• They're Made Out of Meat
• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
• To Build A Fire
• The Tower by Marghanita Laski
• The Two Bottles of Relish
• The Veldt
• Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
• Wickedness by Ron Hansen
• The Yellow Wallpaper
• Young Goodman Brown