As someone who reads and writes way too many short stories, I was somewhat disappointed when I noticed I hadn't done a sequel list to the one I wrote back in 2016, entitled "25 Great Short Stories." And although it's a post that has mostly gone unnoticed, it's one I very much enjoyed putting together. So, without further ado, here's my next installment in this series. Below you'll find 25 fantastic short stories, presented alphabetically. Most of these you can find online for free. I can't recommend each one enough. Enjoy!
- "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry
- "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" by Stephen King
- "Alma" by Junot Diaz
- "Aloft" by Joe Hill
- "Answer" by Fredric Brown
- "Araby" by James Joyce
- "Charles" by Shirley Jackson
- "The Dead Hand Loves You" by Margaret Atwood
- "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
- "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor- "The Grownup" by Gillian Flynn
- "Hands" by Sherwood Anderson
- "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
- "Hook" by Danielle McLaughlin
- "The Huntress" by Sofia Samatar
- "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield
- "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
- "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean
- "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
- "Sticks" by George Saunders
- "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe
- "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
- "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" by John Chu
- "Years" by Matthew Roberson
- "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
...and I can't help but use this platform as a plug every now and then, so: feel free to also read my published short story collection Strawberry Hill. My 15 tales are a far cry from the brilliance of the ones presented above, but I think it's a fun little read. I'd be honored if you checked it out! Thanks!
