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What are the world's most acclaimed short stories? [more inside]
posted by Bleusman
on Sep 20, 2009 -
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Having recently discovered Anais Nin's Delta of Venus and Little Birds, I'm looking for classy, somewhat highbrow, non-amateur, published erotic literature along the same lines. [more inside]
posted by Lush
on Aug 7, 2009 -
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recommend short story collections that would be good short film fodder [more inside]
posted by timsneezed
on Jun 17, 2009 -
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Looking for short story collection suggestions. [more inside]
posted by imabanana
on May 18, 2009 -
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I'd like recommendations for short stories that are strange, humorous, or have a surprising twist. [more inside]
posted by Rinku
on Mar 8, 2009 -
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John Updike's death reminded me that I have a book of his short stories. Which ones should I read first? [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco
on Jan 30, 2009 -
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I'm looking for a short mystery stories book I read in a library. One of the stories is where a character comes up a flight of stairs and thinks he sees something (a murder?) in someone's apartment, but it's actually some kind of mirrored reflection of a mirrored reflection of someone through a window across the street. The book/collection was published before 1996 and if I remember correctly, was all short story mysteries of 5 to 20 pages.
posted by cashman
on Nov 25, 2008 -
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Short Story Filter. I remember a short story that I read in a sci-fi story anthology back in the mid 90's that I haven't been able to find since.
There are a group of three boys, one of them substantially younger, who play out in a big field. One of the older boys tells the younger boy, as a joke, that if you look through the hole in the middle of a stone, you can see into another world of some kind. Mysterious circumstances then occur. [more inside]
posted by lockle
on Oct 23, 2008 -
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What sci-fi market might be a good match for my shorts? And, in what fashion should I attempt to sell them? [more inside]
posted by Netzapper
on Aug 12, 2008 -
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What are your favorite short stories or short story collections, anthologies etc. [more inside]
posted by Salvatorparadise
on May 28, 2008 -
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What's the process by which published fiction gets adapted into comic book form? [more inside]
posted by overglow
on May 25, 2008 -
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It's time for another round of "Name That Book!" Looking for the title of a compilation of horror stories from the 1980s or 1990s. [more inside]
posted by bijou
on Dec 1, 2007 -
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What is your favorite book or DVD series about Mexico? Particularly historical fiction or contemporary fiction. Preferably in English, but if you have a great recommendation in Spanish, I'd take that too! My grandmother thanks you! [more inside]
posted by barnone
on Nov 27, 2007 -
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I'm trying to recall a science fiction time travel short story set in a Paris cafe. The story begins when one man overhears another speaking in "antique Latin." I know that's not much to go on, but I'm hoping those few facts might ring a bell for some sci-fi loving askmetafilter genius!
posted by garyduke
on Jul 24, 2007 -
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Do you recognize this short story, possibly written by David Mamet? A Japanese couple scrimps and saves so they can incrementally improve their lives, and they go to a shopping mall/set of stores for fun, where they purchase candies/cookies that look like 1000 or 10000 or 1000000 yen. (More inside.) [more inside]
posted by Slap Factory
on Jun 20, 2007 -
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Help me remember the name and author of this short story.
The pathetic male main character is abused and humiliated by an abusive female character (his wife, I think). The culmination involves some sort of grotesque and humiliating performance by the main character at a party, arranged by the wife. [more inside]
posted by bubukaba
on Apr 9, 2007 -
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What is the name of this novel/short story? A father is speaking to his daughter (Melanie maybe?) on the phone, and she tells him either that she's pregnant or marrying a much older man, who I think was her professor. I distinctly remember the professor being older than the father by quite a bit; I think the professor gets on the phone and calls the father "sir." The father is horrified, and to make matters worse, he and his wife are getting a divorce, which he doesn't want to tell his daughter about.
posted by tatiana wishbone
on Oct 30, 2006 -
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Dorothy Parker has beguiled and confounded me! And she's dead. What a gal. I'm looking for help figuring out a puzzling casual remark from one of her short stories. [more inside]
posted by Skot
on May 25, 2006 -
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I need recommendations for short stories suitable for discussion at a work-sponsored short story club. [more inside]
posted by ferociouskitty
on May 19, 2006 -
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Can you name short stories, preferably from the classics, about a birthday? [more inside]
posted by dov
on Apr 13, 2006 -
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a short story by a continental european writer that directly addresses or suggests conflicts within human nature-- the desire to perform "good" acts vs. our tendency (the temptation) to commit "evil" ones? [more inside]
posted by ronv
on Mar 8, 2006 -
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Best Sci-Fi short story anthology? [more inside]
posted by skwm
on Dec 11, 2005 -
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Fuzzy Memories Please help me identify a book I read as a child. [more inside]
posted by orange swan
on Mar 22, 2005 -
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I love Raymond Carver's short stories because they're complete and perfect without much happening in them, in terms of action and plot development. What I'd like to find is some novels that are similarly "plotless"? Do they exist? [more inside]
posted by bunglin jones
on Mar 8, 2005 -
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I have free time during the day, and I love to pass it with a good story. Since I can't often make it to the library, I'm looking for stories on the web. I'm familiar with literature.org and classicauthors.net. Are there any other sites MeFiers can recommend?
posted by Miss Bitchy Pants
on Feb 15, 2005 -
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Can someone please explain to me either what A Perfect Day for Bananafish is about, or why people like it? I really don't get it.
posted by Sibrax
on Jan 17, 2005 -
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Another partially remembered childhood story question. Does anyone recall a short story with a female narrator that revolves around her using a silver pencil to write and thereby deal with a debilitating illness? I seem to also recall something about "blue roses", but I'm not sure if that's in the story or just mixed in with it in my memories. Thanks.
posted by tommasz
on Jan 13, 2005 -
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Looking for good, free online writers' forums to try and promote a magazine project I'm working on. Where on the web do poets and short story writers tend to congregate, and how can I reach that audience (preferably without spending any money)?
posted by BackwardsCity
on Jan 11, 2005 -
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Another book finding thing--this one's a short story I read at maybe age seven or eight. God is a kindergarten student and his universe project isn't very good and his teacher tells his parents he's very slow. [mi] [more inside]
posted by u.n. owen
on Dec 14, 2004 -
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I, too, am vaguely remembering a short story. It was a young adult sci fi dealie, where, in a grim future, orphan teenagers are used in a Pavlovian experiment. Most of the novella takes place in a seemingly endless tangle of stairs...
posted by Specklet
on Dec 13, 2004 -
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I'm looking for an informal online writing community. I've got a lot of ideas for short stories, but without peer reviews, I just don't have any drive to finish stuff. Plus, you know, having other writers tell me what sucks is helpful, too. Subject matter varies quite a bit.
posted by billybunny
on Dec 13, 2003 -
16 answers