Help me remember the name of this short story about a draft dodger in Vietnam. [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 8 answers

Help me identify these four short horror stories, based on descriptions of their plots and endings. SPOILERS AHEAD! [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 3 answers

Help me identify this short story! It is a story told from the perspective of an infant as he is free-falling through the garbage chute of a multi-level housing complex after being discarded by his teenage mother. The story is divided into nine parts, with each part signifying the baby's arrival at each floor until he finally reaches the trash compactor at the ground level. [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2008 - 4 answers

What is the name of this short story that I am thinking of? [more inside]
posted on Jan 6, 2008 - 6 answers

Short Story Filter: I'm trying to track down a wonderful short story I read maybe 15 years ago. It focuses on a couple struggling with a dysfunctional marital and/or sexual relationship. The story is set somewhere in a snowy/icy climate, and the central conceit of the story is that the husband needs to free their car which is stuck in the snow. As the story unfolds, the author describes the back-and-forth rocking of the car as he slams it from "drive" into "reverse" and back again, and it becomes clear that the movement of the car is a powerful sexual metaphor. Finally the car rolls free and the dramatic release seems to provide hope for the relationship. Does this sound familiar to anybody? I thought the title of the story was "Unstuck," but Googling has led me nowhere.
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 5 answers

I've written some fiction. Now I want to see if it's any good. [more inside]
posted on Oct 14, 2007 - 7 answers

[ObscureSciFiFilter] Help me identify these science fiction stories please? [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2007 - 15 answers

ShortStoryFilter: Looking for a short story where Americans go on vacation and get killed. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2007 - 3 answers

Trying to remember a sci-fi short story - I used to read Nebula Award collections when I was a kid and this one was in one years collection, but I am pretty sure it did not win. I've been trying to figure out what it was for years now. I'll tell you what I remember from it inside here... [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2007 - 12 answers

Can you name short stories, preferably from the classics, about a birthday? [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2006 - 5 answers