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.

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