The Man Who Loved Flowers
“infobox Book “ name Night Shift image image caption Signet Edition author Stephen King country United States language English language genre(s) Short story publisher Signet release date 1978 media type Paperback pages 326 isbn 0451170113 The Man Who Loved Flowers is a short story by Stephen King, published first in 1977 in Gallery and then as […]
Lamb to the Slaughter
“infobox Book “ name Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories image image caption Penguin 60s Edition author Roald Dahl country United Kingdom language English language genre(s) Short story publisher Penguin release date 1953 media type Hardback pages 87 isbn 0146000552 Despite arguably being best known for his children’s works, Roald Dahl also wrote fiction […]
The Yellow Wallpaper
“infobox Book “ name The Yellow Wallpaper image image caption 1901 Edition author Charlotte Perkins Gilman country America language English language genre(s) Short Story publisher – release date 1892 media type Hardback and Paperback pages 65 isbn 9387598993 Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic 1892 short story The Yellow Wallpaper has not only become an icon of […]
The Things They Carried
“infobox Book “ name The Things They Carried image image caption 1998 Broadway Books Edition author Tim O’Brien country America language English language genre(s) Short Story publisher Broadway Books release date 1990 media type Paperback pages 246 isbn 0767902890 The Things They Carried is a collection of shorts stories by Tim O’Brien, centered around the […]
The Story of an Hour
“infobox Book “ name The Story of an Hour image image caption TaleBlazers edition author Kate Chopin country America language English language genre(s) Short story publisher TaleBlazers release date 1894 media type Paperback pages 32 isbn 078915479X Kate Chopin’s classic short piece The Story of an Hour is an important feminist work highlighting the freedom […]
The Lottery
“infobox Book “ name The Lottery image image caption Tale Blazers Edition author Shirley Jackson country America language English language genre(s) Short Story publisher Tale Blazers release date 1948 media type Paperback pages 30 isbn 1563127873 Character Summaries Tessie Hutchinson Tessie is a young woman who is the unfortunate winner of the lottery. The lottery […]
Sweat
“Book” Title Sweat Link http://www.enotes.com/sweat Author Hurston, Zora Neale From Wikipedia: Sweat is a short story consisting of only 4743 words. (about 15 pages) by the American writer Zora Neale Hurston, first published in 1926. The story revolves around a washerwoman and her unemployed, insecure husband. Robert E. Hemenway, the Chancellor of University of Kansas and the author of a […]
Errand
“Book” Title Errand Link http://www.enotes.com/errand Author Carver, Raymond Excerpt from Errand by Raymond Carver. The New Yorker, June 1, 1987 P. 30 In March of 1897 Chekhov was dining at an elegant restaurant in Moscow when blood began gushing from his mouth. He returned to his hotel, and later, after another hemorrhage, allowed himself to […]
A River Sutra
“infobox Book “ name A River Sutra image image caption First US Edition author Gita Mehta country India language English genre(s) Short Story publisher Doubleday (US), Heinemann (UK) release date 1993 media type Hardback and Paperback pages 304 isbn 0679752471 A River Sutra is a collection of short stories first published by Indian author Gita […]
A Day in the Dark
“infobox Book “ name A Day in the Dark author Elizabeth Bowen country United Kingdom language English language genre(s) Short Story release date 1965 media type Paperback A Day in the Dark is a short story written by Elizabeth Bowen. It was published as part of an anthology of her short stories in 1965 Character […]
Casting Shadows
”’Casting Shadows (Anthology) (2009) ”’ © Joleen Kuyper Jo Robertson, E. J. Tett (2009) Casting Shadows is an anthology of short stories and poems based on a theme of darkness. It was published in 2009 by the three authors who collaborated on it. While they had never met, the trio had known each other online […]
The Tell-Tale Heart
“infobox Book “ name The Tell-Tale Heart image image caption Modern cover author Edgar Allen Poe country America language English language genre(s) Gothic literature publisher NA release date 1843 media type Hardback and Paperback pages 9 isbn 0871917726 The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story which was written and published in 1843 by the mid-nineteenth […]
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. It was inspired by three Tucson, Arizona murders committed by Charles Schmid, which were profiled in Life magazine in an article written by Don Moser on March 4, 1966. Oates said that she dedicated the story […]
Young Goodman Brown
“infobox Book “ name Young Goodman Brown and Other Stories image image caption Dover Thrift Editions cover author Nathaniel Hawthorne country America language English language genre(s) Short Stories publisher Dover Thrift Editions release date 1835 media type Paperback pages 111 isbn 0486270602 Young Goodman Brown is a short story by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The […]
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a 1993 collection of interconnected short stories by Sherman Alexie. The characters and stories in the book, particularly “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” provided the basis of Alexie’s screenplay for the film Smoke Signals. The collection was originally released in 1993; it […]
A Good Man is Hard to Find
“infobox Book “ name A Good Man is Hard to Find image image caption Harcourt Brace Modern Classics Edition author Flannery O’Connor country America language English language genre(s) Short story publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich release date 1955 media type Hardback and Paperback pages 252 isbn 0151365040 A Good Man Is Hard To Find is a […]
A Rose for Emily
“infobox Book “ name A Rose For Emily image image caption Tale Blazers Edition author William Faulkner country America language English genre(s) Southern Gothic publisher TaleBlazers release date 1930 media type Short Story pages 36 isbn 1563127881 ‘A Rose for Emily’ is a short story written by William Faulkner and first published in 1930. The […]
The Most Dangerous Game
“infobox Book “ name The Most Dangerous Game image image caption Filiquarian Edition author Richard Connell country America language English language genre(s) Short story publisher Filiquarian Publishing release date 1924 media type Paperback pages 48 isbn 1599869691 The Most Dangerous Game or The Hounds of Zaroff (1924) is a short story by Richard Connell. Widely […]
The Cask of Amontillado
“infobox Book “ name The Cask of Amontillado image image caption BookSurge Classics cover author Edgar Allen Poe country America language English genre Gothic publisher BookSurge Classics release date 1846 media type Short Story, Paperback pages 20 isbn 1594561869 “The Cask of Amontillado” (sometimes spelled “The Casque of Amontillado”) is a short story written by Edgar Allan […]