Can you please name the best short stories you read in English language?

Question

Please give the writers' and publishers' details

Answer 1

cat in the hat

Answer 2

Murder Mysteries and Shoggoth's Old Peculiar by Neil Gaiman from his short story anthology Smoke and Mirrors
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial (June 19, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN: 0060934700.

Cathedral by Raymond Carver from this anthology Cathedral
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reissue edition (June 18, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN: 0679723692

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut from his anthology Welcome to the Monkey House
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: The Dial Press (September 8, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN: 0385333501

Cat In the Rain by Ernest Hemingway which is in many different anthologies.

The Yattering and Jack by Clive Barker from Books of Blood 1-3
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Berkley Trade; Berkley trade pbk. ed edition (October 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN: 0425165582

Answer 3

The Rape Fantasies, by Margaret Atwood
The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson
The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin
Hills like White Elephants, by Ernest Hemingway
Borders, by Thomas King
The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
A Worn Path, by Eudora Welty
Mademoiselle, by Guy de Maupassant

I could continue listing forever, I am a big fan of short stories. I suggest you just pick up an anthology of short stories. I have one titled "The Art of Short Fiction", edited by Gary Geddes. I also read many short stories from a school textbook published by Longman titled "An Introduction to Literature".

Answer 4

It's not really a short story. It is the book that first fueled my love for reading. The Butterfly Revolution by William Buttler. Random House Books, 224 pages

Answer 5

I love O. Henry's short stories. You can get the publishing details on Amazon.com.

Answer 6

O'Henry's Short stories

Edgar Allan Poe's Short stories

Answer 7

There are about 50 short stories about Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, i think there good.

"The tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe

Answer 8

Ur question reminds me of my school and college days when we were assigned by the teachers to write short stories on different topics. Sometimes it could be written successfully and sometimes we had to seek the help of seniors, elders and teachers. These days Internet is rich source of information. Internet was not available at my time. So it was a very time consuming job to look for the relevant source for writing story. I suggest u to visit the following links. Here u will not only find short stories on different topics but u will also find tips of how to write good story and be a good story writer too if u wish to be. U shall be able to meet ur requirement if u surf these links thoroughly and consciously.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story
http://www.shortstorygroup.com/
http://titan.iwu.edu/~jplath/sschron.html
http://www.geocities.com/short_stories_page/
http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/3/83.03.09.x.html
http://www.storybytes.com/
http://www.shortstorygroup.com/storytips.htm
http://www.fdg.aranea.de/faecher/ZK_Arb_Englisch/seite7.htm
http://www.shortshortshort.com/
http://www.memoware.com/?screen=search_results&DirectSearch=Y&p=category^!Short~!
http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/short/r/reynoldsalastair.html
Please visit the above links. I hope, it helps u.

Answer 9

Try "The Interlopers" by Saki, and "The Sphinx" by Edgar Allen Poe. Both very short but well written.
Have fun!

Answer 10

I am pretty sure I have the title correct, the book was terrific, No one suspected the cat. It is by Anne McCaffrey. It is a short story and quite amusing.

Answer 11

I personally think O.Henry was the master of short stories in the English language, and any of his tales should entertain & enlighten you if you have not already read them.