Always been a fan of short stories and recently went through Proulx’s Close Range: Wyoming Stories 1. Anyone got any favorites to share? – Gold star in the corner to suggestions with poetic writing. by Ermahgerd1 Related: Non fiction that reads like a novel, or historical fiction about the early days of the space race and Apollo missions. Are there any good free e-books/audiobooks, relatively new/recent I.e. aren’t very old classics? (Trying to get into reading) Books with studious characters that have routines or rituals? Monster character (morally bad/grey or actual physical monster, idc) questioning or fighting their humanity Books like The Winternight Trilogy
mglj42 on February 25, 2024 8:25 pm Fictions by Borges is in a league of its own for the sheer inventiveness. Anything by Borges in fact. I also like Collected Stories by Bellow for the quality of the writing. Maupassant is also worth a read.
ilikethedaffodils on February 25, 2024 9:01 pm Bear Down Bear North by Melinda Moustakis is absolutely beautiful
tomrichards8464 on February 25, 2024 9:34 pm Graham Greene’s *Complete Short Stories*. Personal favourites include *The Basement Room* and *When Greek Meets Greek*.
MomRa on February 25, 2024 10:30 pm *Welcome to the Monkey House* – Kurt Vonnegut *Night Shift* – Stephen King *Books of Blood* – Clive Barker *The Illustrated Man* – Ray Bradbury
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Fictions by Borges is in a league of its own for the sheer inventiveness. Anything by Borges in fact.
I also like Collected Stories by Bellow for the quality of the writing. Maupassant is also worth a read.
A. Proulx, Heart Songs
John Cheever and i second Bellow, Proulx and Maupassant.
The stories of Breece D’J Pancake
Bear Down Bear North by Melinda Moustakis is absolutely beautiful
Graham Greene’s *Complete Short Stories*. Personal favourites include *The Basement Room* and *When Greek Meets Greek*.
*Welcome to the Monkey House* – Kurt Vonnegut
*Night Shift* – Stephen King
*Books of Blood* – Clive Barker
*The Illustrated Man* – Ray Bradbury
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield