Short Stories
List of short stories I have read and at least somewhat enjoy. In particular, I like to collect short stories assigned as high school reading, especially if they are disturbing.I have tried to link pdfs for these stories, but in the case that I didn't, or they break, most of them are floating around online if you search for them. (Except Millhauser)
If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the guestbook!
Scared / upset me as a kid (or would have):- Fever Dream, Ray Bradbury
- All summer in a day, Ray Bradbury
- The Lottery, Shirley Jackson
Could be disturbing but not to me specifically:- Supertoys last all summer long (trilogy), Brian Aldiss
- The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell
- There will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury
- The Veldt, Ray Bradbury
- Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
- The Last Question, Isaac Asimov
- He-y come on ou-t, Shinichi Hoshi
- The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula LeGuin
My favorites! (Not scary):- Paradise Park, Steven Millhauser
- Magic Carpets, Steven Millhauser
- The Dream of the Consortium, Steven Millhauser
^ These can all be found in "The Knife Thrower and Other Stories" Collection
Other:- The New Automaton Theater, Steven Millhauser
- By the Waters of Babylon, Stephen Vincent Benét
- Killswitch, Catherynne M Valente