Hello folks,
When it comes to reading, I've mostly stuck to full-length novels. And I've really enjoyed them. But now I want to focus a little bit more of my time on SHORT STORIES. I have read the Lottery by Shirley Jackson, the Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty, and the Bet by Anton Chekhov. Those were great. But I want to read more. Are there any that people here would recommend? Right now I'm reading the Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, and it's been so much fun. Any recommendations would be welcome.
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03-16-2021, 06:20 PM #1Astonishing Member
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SHORT STORIES that CBR recommends?
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03-16-2021, 06:26 PM #2Ultimate Member
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So good...:
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Thanks for the recommendation! I didn't know Neil Gaiman wrote short stories!
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So good...:
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03-16-2021, 07:30 PM #4Ultimate Member
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He has this collection... Originally Posted by Albert1981
...which has “Snow, Glass, Apples” in it.
Lots of good stories in there.
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Ah, sounds very magical in nature. Looks like fun! Thank you. Originally Posted by Riv86672
He has this collection...
...which has “Snow, Glass, Apples” in it.
Lots of good stories in there.
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If you liked Chekhov, I would highly recommend Richard Pevear and Larissa Volkohnosky's translation of his short stories. They also have an excellent translation of Tolstoy with The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Short Stories.
Study in Emerald is fantastic. It's Neil Gaiman's Sherlock Holmes encountering Lovecraft mythos. Originally Posted by Riv86672
He has this collection...
...which has “Snow, Glass, Apples” in it.
Lots of good stories in there.Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
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03-16-2021, 08:27 PM #7Astonishing Member
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I can't believe Gaiman married the two together. How unconventional and unique. Thank you so much for the recommendation there. Sadly, my experience with Chekhov is limited to the Bet. I know he was a wonderful playwright though. Your suggestions appear very interesting! Originally Posted by Mister Mets
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I'm a huge, huge fan of short stories. Because of plays, I find reading books quite a burden. But short stories work for me:
- the Circus in Winter by Kathy Day. A collection of interlocking short stories set around historically real photos about a circus in the late 19th century. Each one unique and enthralling.
- after the quake by Murakami. 8 short stories intertwined with the overall theme of the Kobe earthquake, where the fantastic and magical gets that little more real with each story.
- anything by M.R. James. The grandfather of ghost-stories. All chillingly wonderful."We are Shakespeare. We are Michelangelo. We are Tchaikovsky. We are Turing. We are Mercury. We are Wilde. We are Lincoln, Lorca, Leonardo da Vinci. We are Alexander the Great. We are Fredrick the Great. We are Rustin. We are Addams. We are Marsha! Marsha Marsha Marsha! We so generous, we DeGeneres. We are Ziggy Stardust hooked to the silver screen. Controversially we are Malcolm X. We are Plato. We are Aristotle. We are RuPaul, god dammit! And yes, we are Woolf."
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