“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.” (Neil Gaiman, author)
While we have a number of good short story collections in the library , there are also a great number of classic ones which are available for free online. I have collected seventeen of these below. The stories are famous short stories by writers who have become famous as masters of the art of the short story. Examine the style carefully, these different stories will teach you a lot about writing your own short stories. Click the link below to take you to the short story...
P.S. The great thing about reading short stories is that you can get the chance to try a famous writer to see if you like them before committing to a whole novel by them.
The Fall of the House of Usher; Edgar Allen Poe
Symbols and Signs; Vladimir Nabokov
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz; F. Scott Fitzgerald
(You have to scroll down to find the story on this page or type Ctrl and the letter f 7 and the diamond as big as the ritz to take you there)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Washington Irving
Gooseberries; Anton Chekhov
The Looking Glass; Anton Chekhov
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas; Ursula Le Guin
The Eyes Have It; Philip K. Dick
Lamb to the Slaughter; Roald Dahl
To Build A Fire; Jack London
Sea Oak; George Saunders
The Dying Fall; J.G. Ballard
The Veldt; Ray Bradbury
The Bear Came Over the Mountain; Alice Munro
A Telephone Call; Dorothy Parker
The Willows; Algernon Blackwood
The Gift of the Magi; O. Henry
If you are interested in reading more stories click the links below to help you find more short stories and more short story authors.
The New Yorker Short Story Archive
More famous short story writers
25 Scary Short Stories
Best Russian Short Stories
Short stories by Neil Gaiman
More short stories by Philip K. Dick
10 Short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Short stories by H.P. Lovecraft
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