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    I'm looking for some really short stories to read. What are some of the best you've read in 2025?

    by SitTotoSit

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    1. ClimateTraditional40 on

      What Genre?
      Misc: James Herriot Cat Stories (And Dog stories)

      SF: Years Best SF (35 of them) Ed by Gardner Dozois

      Greg Egans collections

      Birthday of the World, Ursula le Guin

      Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

      Mystery: Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

      Marple: Twelve New Mysteries:

      Golden Age Detective Stories: Edited by Otto Penzler,

      Martin Edwards’ collections: including:

      Capital Crimes: London Mysteries

      Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries

      Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries

      Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries

      The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) anthologies: The CWA publishes a new themed anthology each year, such as Vintage Crime (2020) or Deadly Pleasures (2013).

      The Burglar in Short Order by Lawrence Block:

      You Like It Darker by Stephen King:

      Nocturnes by John Connolly:

      Fantasy: The big book of classic fantasy .the big book of modern fantasy; by Jeff and ann vandermeer

      The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin

      The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, edited by Tom Shippey

      The Treasury of the Fantastic, edited by Sandner and Weisman

      Tales before Tolkien and Tales before Narnia, edited by Douglas A. Anderson

      Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder, edited by David G. Hartwell

      The Book of Fantasy, edited by Jorge Luis Borges

      The Complete Fairy Tales of George MacDonald

      Tales from the Perilous Realm by Tolkien (includes a couple of novellas, but short stories Smith of Wooton Major and Leaf by Niggle are good.)

      The Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks edition of Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany

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