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More Ballard!

I have recently discovered J.G. Ballard, and can't get enough of his short stories. [more inside]
posted by altopower on Apr 12, 2013 - 19 answers

 

Stories about academics discovering the supernatural/weird

Can you recommend books, movies, or short stories that involve academics in supernatural peril? [more inside]
posted by zoetrope on Apr 11, 2013 - 34 answers

Unsure of the procedure to obtain copyright permissions in this scenario

Okay, so I've composed a bunch of music to go with selections from a book of short stories, and things are coming together and I've started to perform & record them. They're mostly 1-2 minutes and the idea is that I'd record myself reading them along with the music; think of something along he lines of Ken Nordine's work. Anyways, it's just something I've been doing for fun, creativity for the sake of creativity and all that. But as it's finally coming together, I have an urge, naturally, to share it with people, at which point legal considerations arise. [more inside]
posted by mingo_clambake on Mar 13, 2013 - 1 answer

How to transition from commenting on blogs to "real" writing

In the last 9 years, I've written a Russian novel's worth of blog comments. Can you help me channel this energy into personal writing projects? NOTE : I am NOT interested in blogging. [more inside]
posted by Afroblanco on Feb 12, 2013 - 10 answers

Short stories sought

Recommend me up some short stories. Inside, I'll tell you what I likes and what I don't likes. [more inside]
posted by !Jim on Nov 15, 2012 - 39 answers

Everything is Amazing and The Bestest

What are other modern fiction titles with superlatives? I'm thinking of "Everything is Illuminated" and "Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever". [more inside]
posted by whimsicalnymph on Oct 31, 2012 - 24 answers

Help identifying a short story

Help identifying a short story I originally read in an Isaac Asimov "Science Fiction" magazine. [more inside]
posted by dotgirl on Sep 16, 2012 - 2 answers

Something old, something new

Do you have any short story recommendations? Difficulty level: In the public domain. [more inside]
posted by tooloudinhere on Aug 20, 2012 - 26 answers

The meaning of life through short stories.

What short stories have further defined your conceptual understanding of "the meaning of life?" [more inside]
posted by lobbyist on Jun 3, 2012 - 31 answers

Help me find the best strange science fiction novels.

Help me find more speculative/science fiction novels like Geoff Ryman's The Child Garden and Michael Swanwick's Stations of the Tide! [more inside]
posted by overglow on Apr 20, 2012 - 10 answers

Young Adult Linked Short Story Collections

I'm looking for linked short story collections. [more inside]
posted by joyeuxamelie on Mar 23, 2012 - 23 answers

Ethical test-cases in literary form?

Recommend good short stories for starting moral or ethical debates! [more inside]
posted by Bardolph on Jan 26, 2012 - 29 answers

Out of copyright post-apocalyptic stories

Dear Metafilter: can you suggest any short stories that fit a general theme of post-apocalyptic stories, but which are out of copyright/public domain? [more inside]
posted by reynir on Jan 22, 2012 - 6 answers

Time for some new reading material.

Hit me with some great, freely-available, science fiction short stories. [more inside]
posted by Scientist on Nov 4, 2011 - 31 answers

Don't think Mrs. Dalloway is going to work here

Nice, comforting stores to read out loud to an elderly individual? [more inside]
posted by leedly on Nov 1, 2011 - 28 answers

Creepy stories I half remember?

Short story collection(s) identification; space succubi, store brand cheetos, and grape soda. [more inside]
posted by nomisxid on Oct 7, 2011 - 2 answers

No, "she likes sexy times" is not a simile...siiiiiiiiigh...

What are some interesting, unique, different and effective ways to teach figurative language to high schoolers? [more inside]
posted by guster4lovers on Oct 3, 2011 - 12 answers

Most influential short stories and novels in terms of style since 1950?

Which novels and short stories, from any genre, since WWII, have been the most influential on prose style in "literary fiction"?
posted by shivohum on Aug 26, 2011 - 19 answers

Help me find happiness! Literally!

I'm looking for fiction that is short(ish) and has happiness as a theme. By happiness, I mean any of the following: factors influencing happiness, someone gaining/losing happiness, pondering the meaning of happiness, money causing/preventing happiness, thinking something will make you happier and it does or doesn't, etc. Snowflake details inside. [more inside]
posted by guster4lovers on Aug 19, 2011 - 18 answers

Help us find this specific smutty story

My partner was telling me about a fascinating bit of erotica he read sometime within the past 15 or so years about a society where it was acceptable to have sex in the open, but eating was something shameful you did in private. He can't remember who wrote it or where he read it, though; can you help us find it?
posted by rhiannonstone on Jun 28, 2011 - 24 answers

short story masters

Who are the current masters of the short story form? [more inside]
posted by AceRock on Jun 17, 2011 - 37 answers

help find book of short stories

Help find me a Book of Short Stories that you could use as introductions for various talks/discussions/presentations... [more inside]
posted by fozzie33 on May 26, 2011 - 6 answers

Good Short Fiction Set in Kentucky?

I like short fiction with a strong sense of place. I particularly like reading said fiction while visiting its setting. I'm going to be in Kentucky soon. What might I want to read while I'm there?
posted by .kobayashi. on May 15, 2011 - 12 answers

Bookfilter: authors like Calvino, Keret, Murakami

Bookfilter: I'm looking for authors (and especially short story collections) in the vein of Italo Calvino, Etgar Keret, and Haruki Murakami - playful, slightly absurd, and a little bit surreal.
posted by devilsbrigade on Apr 3, 2011 - 32 answers

Read-Aloud Ready

I am looking for recommendations for a relevant short story to read to children on Take Your Child to Work day. Our activity theme is "mapping your future." [more inside]
posted by WeekendJen on Mar 1, 2011 - 2 answers

Looking for a vaguely remembered book...

Looking for a vaguely remembered book, published (we believe) in the last 10 years. [more inside]
posted by jrb223 on Nov 3, 2010 - 4 answers

Help me identify this book/short story/novella from my past.

ShortStoryFilter: I'm looking for the name of a short story that (probably) appeared in a pulp horror collection from a good number of years back... Arid country, twin princes, Prince A locks B at bottom of a well, B escapes, pulls identifying tooth from (now king) A's mouth, locks A at bottom of well. [more inside]
posted by RolandOfEld on Oct 20, 2010 - 4 answers

In search of intertwined short stories

ISO collections of intertwined short stories. [more inside]
posted by ClaudiaCenter on Aug 30, 2010 - 27 answers

What was the best short story you read in the last 10 years?

What is the single best short story you've read in the last ten years? Preferrably published in the last ten years, bonus points if the writer is doing something innovative or exciting. [more inside]
posted by surenoproblem on Aug 28, 2010 - 58 answers

Where can I find great new crime or mystery short fiction?

I want to read new crime fiction and/or mystery short stories. Where should I look? [more inside]
posted by dersins on Aug 18, 2010 - 6 answers

Short fiction magazines

What are the best sources of new short stories? [more inside]
posted by enn on Aug 7, 2010 - 11 answers

Funny mystery short stories!

Can you recommend a good anthology of funny mystery stories? [more inside]
posted by storybored on Apr 29, 2010 - 13 answers

Examples of how to write a dream

What books or stories contain your favorite descriptions of dreams? [more inside]
posted by Rinku on Feb 17, 2010 - 15 answers

Midnight (Paper-Based) Snacks

Help me find short literature fit for my pre-bedtime read. [more inside]
posted by sallybrown on Feb 17, 2010 - 33 answers

Looking for writing similar to Wendy Cope and Dorothy Parker

Please recommend some witty poetry and/or prose in the same vein as Dorothy Parker and Wendy Cope!
posted by whats-in-a-name on Dec 20, 2009 - 2 answers

Beyond Poe: canonical short stories

What are the world's most acclaimed short stories? [more inside]
posted by Bleusman on Sep 20, 2009 - 66 answers

Classy, non-amateur erotic literature?

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 - 16 answers

recommend short story collections that would be good short film fodder

recommend short story collections that would be good short film fodder [more inside]
posted by timsneezed on Jun 17, 2009 - 18 answers

Suggestions for good and quick reading

Looking for short story collection suggestions. [more inside]
posted by imabanana on May 18, 2009 - 23 answers

Odd tales

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 - 57 answers

"No longer alive to obstruct the process."

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 - 9 answers

Mystery book mystery

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 - 8 answers

Short story involving children seeing an alternate world in the holes of stones

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 - 2 answers

I have a boatload of arichokes. Who eats those?

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 - 23 answers

short story recommendations?

What are your favorite short stories or short story collections, anthologies etc. [more inside]
posted by Salvatorparadise on May 28, 2008 - 54 answers

This story should totally be a comic!

What's the process by which published fiction gets adapted into comic book form? [more inside]
posted by overglow on May 25, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me name that anthology of horror stories!

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 - 7 answers

Fiction book(s) on Mexico or Mexican History to read with my grandma

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 - 8 answers

Sci-fi short story with Latin speaking protagonists

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 - 3 answers

MametFilter: 10000 Yen?

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 - 5 answers

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