Short stories please?

joseph brand · 29-08-2009, 03:09

I know I'm not being very specific, but due to boredom in work, I might try to read a few short stories instead of numbing my brain in front of stewpid websites and intertubes.

Any recommendations of fictional short stories on web?? There must be some great ones out there?

Thanks,

Kev.

Mardy Bum · 29-08-2009, 10:39

Anything by Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Zura Hurston, Tim O' Brien,

eclectichoney · 30-08-2009, 14:35

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Originally Posted by Mardy Bum

Anything by Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Zura Hurston, Tim O' Brien,

Search the guardian website for anything by A.L. Kennedy.

catmates · 30-08-2009, 19:23

Richard Brautigan is pretty tops you can read a few of his (really really) short stories here http://www.brautigan.net/stories.html and here's a longer one of his http://brautigan.cybernetic-meadows....ge+of+the+Lawn

Morzadec · 01-09-2009, 20:10

Well if you're really bored you could check out a short story I wrote and posted on the Creative Writing forum on boards.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055631772

Check out the forum for other short stories as people are posting them up regularly and some of them are very good.

buck65 · 02-09-2009, 12:44

Chekhov - plenty of his stuff online.
Maupassant - likewise. Carver is great but I don't know if there is much of him online, Amy Hempel -Harvest is a great story available online below.
http://www.pifmagazine.com/SID/413/

ally2 · 04-09-2009, 17:00

I second Chekhov - the Lady with the Little Dog is a great collection.

The Granta book of American short stories is a good buy as well with writers like Joyce Carol Oates and classics from flannery o'connor and richard yates, etc.
It's a big book though - not that easy to take to a cafe or slip in your bag!

two wheels good · 11-09-2009, 21:03

I can't say I read a lot of short stories but some that stick in my mind are:

"Bliss" by Peter Carey. From his early years before all that Booker winning.
Some are a bit fantastical - in a good way!

"The Dead" by J Joyce. Just for the final paragraphs
(The film is good too; Anjelica Houston with the marvellous Donal McCann)

David

buck65 · 14-09-2009, 07:47

Also John Cheever's collected stories is brilliant.

Sammy Jennings · 14-09-2009, 08:00

http://www.eskimo.com/~jessamyn/barth/

Decent selection of stories by Donald Barthelme, an American writer with a wicked and playful sense of humor. There isn't enough space here to commend him, so I'll just recommend you seek him out as soon as you can.

not bakunin · 16-09-2009, 13:06

John McGahern, D.H Lawrence, Roald Dahl, Hemingway

buck65 · 16-09-2009, 14:05

Creatures of the earth by Mc Gahern is a great collection. What about Kafka?

**BossArky** · 16-09-2009, 14:26

I would recommend Somerset Maugham for short stories.

You can get some of his stuff here on google books.

Enjoy.

zesman · 17-09-2009, 12:20

I recently finished a short story collection by Clare Wigfall "The Loudest Sound and Nothing" I can't really recommend this highly enough slightly.

buck65 · 17-09-2009, 13:58

Actually Claire Keegan's "Walk the blue fields" is one of the best collections I have read- an up and coming Irish writer.

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Mardy Bum Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: UCD Posts: 394 Adverts \| Friends	Anything by Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Zura Hurston, Tim O' Brien, Last edited by Mardy Bum; 29-08-2009 at 15:07.

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two wheels good Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 34 Adverts \| Friends	short stories I can't say I read a lot of short stories but some that stick in my mind are: "Bliss" by Peter Carey. From his early years before all that Booker winning. Some are a bit fantastical - in a good way! "The Dead" by J Joyce. Just for the final paragraphs (The film is good too; Anjelica Houston with the marvellous Donal McCann) David

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Sammy Jennings Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 44 Adverts \| Friends	http://www.eskimo.com/~jessamyn/barth/ Decent selection of stories by Donald Barthelme, an American writer with a wicked and playful sense of humor. There isn't enough space here to commend him, so I'll just recommend you seek him out as soon as you can. __________________ I knew when to get my ass out of a bank if it didn't feel right. And I always looked like a customer, too. None of this going in with a shotgun and a ski mask.

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30-08-2009, 19:23	#4
catmates Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6 Adverts \| Friends	Richard Brautigan is pretty tops you can read a few of his (really really) short stories here http://www.brautigan.net/stories.html and here's a longer one of his http://brautigan.cybernetic-meadows....ge+of+the+Lawn

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Morzadec Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 963 Adverts \| Friends	Well if you're really bored you could check out a short story I wrote and posted on the Creative Writing forum on boards. http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055631772 Check out the forum for other short stories as people are posting them up regularly and some of them are very good.

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buck65 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,067 Adverts \| Friends	Chekhov - plenty of his stuff online. Maupassant - likewise. Carver is great but I don't know if there is much of him online, Amy Hempel -Harvest is a great story available online below. http://www.pifmagazine.com/SID/413/

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ally2 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: clontarf Posts: 50 Adverts \| Friends	I second Chekhov - the Lady with the Little Dog is a great collection. The Granta book of American short stories is a good buy as well with writers like Joyce Carol Oates and classics from flannery o'connor and richard yates, etc. It's a big book though - not that easy to take to a cafe or slip in your bag!

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buck65 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,067 Adverts \| Friends	Also John Cheever's collected stories is brilliant.

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not bakunin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Basilica of Goo Posts: 175 Adverts \| Friends	John McGahern, D.H Lawrence, Roald Dahl, Hemingway

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buck65 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,067 Adverts \| Friends	Creatures of the earth by Mc Gahern is a great collection. What about Kafka?

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BossArky Moderator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Melbourne Posts: 5,691 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Fitness, History & Heritage, Literature, Swimming	I would recommend Somerset Maugham for short stories. You can get some of his stuff here on google books. Enjoy.

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zesman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 88 Adverts \| Friends	I recently finished a short story collection by Clare Wigfall "The Loudest Sound and Nothing" I can't really recommend this highly enough slightly.

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buck65 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,067 Adverts \| Friends	Actually Claire Keegan's "Walk the blue fields" is one of the best collections I have read- an up and coming Irish writer.