Hot Topic: Short Stories
“A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick – a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart” – Neil Gaiman
The short story grew from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century, and has become a crafted form in its own right. The length of a short story may vary considerably, and may be found published in collections by a single author or several different authors.
The following is a selection from the library collection:
100 Years of the Best American Short
Stories. Lorrie Moore, editor
Forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015 from writers that
include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike and Alice Munro, that exemplify their era
and stand the test of time.
Trigger Warning: Short Stories
and Disturbances. Neil Gaiman
Stories which include a Doctor Who story written for the fiftieth
anniversary of the TV series.
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories,
1994 – 2014. Alice Munro
From the recipient of the Novel Prize in Literature, 2013.
Legoland: Short Stories. Gerard
Woodward
Stories about apparently everyday situations which then take a sudden
twist into an unsettling place where life’s normal rules do not apply. Black humour at its best.
The Best Short Stories of
Katherine Mansfield.
Katherine Mansfield ranks among the twentieth century’s greatest short
story writers.
The Name on the Door is Not Mine:
Stories New and Selected. C K Stead
This volume includes a number of stories which have not been previously
published, and some older stories which have been revised and rewritten.
The Complete Short Stories of
Ernest Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway
Featuring classics such as Snows
of Kilimanjaro, The end of something,
The sea change.
Paris for One and Other Stories.
Jojo Moyes
A collection of short stories in which strong, relatable women, in the
midst of their everyday lives, find that sometimes the ordinary moments are
what make one’s life extraordinary.
A Blink of the Screen: Collected
Shorter Fiction. Terry Pratchett
Humorous stories from Terry Pratchett, as well as A S Byatt and Josh
Kirby
SEE ALSO:
Difficult Women. Roxane Gay
I See Reality: Twelve Stories That Don’t Hold Back. Grace Kendall, compiler
The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories. Penelope Lively
Refugee Tales. David Herd, editor
Tail of the Taniwha: a collection of short stories. Courtney Sina Meredith