i need a short story author for my english class? what do u recomend? a good funny interesting author nothing boring
2007-02-25 17:21:28 · 9 answers · asked by sugar sugar . 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Kurt Vonnegut is the master. He has two books of collected short stories, _Welcome to the Monkey House_ and _Bagombo Snuff Box_.
2007-02-25 17:56:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlike novels, short stories need a quick set up and a weird twist at the end. The stranger the premis, the better the story often is. Jorge Luis Borges is the King. For classics try Edgar Allen Poe; H. P. Lovecraft is the master of horror; the prolific Issac Asimov is famous for science fiction (although Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, and Robert A. Heinlein are also well respected). Stephen King is usually enjoyable, but rarely consequential.
2007-02-25 20:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by Sophron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, all of these people just picked the four top authors I would have chosen. David Foster Wallace is a bit dense sometimes. Vonnegut or Gaiman are both more accessible (and funny), but O. Henry would probably be pretty well received by your teacher. I like Ray Bradbury a lot as well.
2007-02-25 18:40:18 · answer #3 · answered by strayfallingstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the following collections:
Ernest Hemingway: The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Raymond Carver: Where I'm Calling From
2007-02-25 19:10:51 · answer #4 · answered by Ray 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer examine a ton of short memories, yet i like those by utilising Edgar Allen Poe. various those i've got examine are dark and mysterious, and that i will in no way tell what's going to take place. The tell-tale heart is my popular of his so some distance. My popular short tale, by utilising any author, is by utilising The Waters of Babylon by utilising Stephen Vincent Benet. in the beginning up i did no longer comprehend it in any respect. It gave the impression of a few twisted fable. although this is easily approximately positioned up-apocalyptic manhattan, after an atomic bomb destroyed very practically absolutely everyone. the human beings who're left have self assurance pre-apocalyptic human beings to be gods, and manhattan is the forbidden city of the gods. this is form of complicated to describe, however the easily tale became into plenty extra suited than my description.
2016-10-02 00:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by alt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O. Henry. He was locked up in the Pen so he had lots of time to write. Heard some great stories from his fellow inmates and spun them into some very fine tales. Try "The Ransome of Red Chief"
2007-02-25 17:30:28 · answer #6 · answered by WESS LB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Foster Wallace will blow your mind. Check out Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2007-02-25 17:43:23 · answer #7 · answered by kerrsux 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Neil Gaiman.
2007-02-25 17:27:07 · answer #8 · answered by Kat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hhhmmmm. H. Murakami's short stories are interesting...
2007-02-25 23:17:58 · answer #9 · answered by sugarpucker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋