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Short Stories
Short Story 1. A short piece of prose fiction, having few characters and aiming at unity of effect.
Short stories are similar to works of fiction when dealing with the elements presented, however, short stories tend to differ from novels in that they are shorter in length. Elements found in short stories are; plot, character, theme, point of view, symbol, irony, emotion, humor, fantasy etc. Each story should be judged by how fully it achieves its central purpose. For example, in “The Swimmer,” the main idea is to discuss the dangers of alcohol and warn the reader about the end result of alcoholism and the pain it causes.
Here is a list of short stories you will probably read:
Work Prue
There Are a Lot of Ways to Die
Rape Fantasies
Once Upon a Time
Everyday Use
The Guest
The Storm
The Drunkard
Spotted Horses
The Bridle
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
A Wedge of Shade
Great Falls
The Lottery
Eveline
The Track
Wish
Bartleby the Scrivener
The Cast of Amontillado
The Jilting of Granny Weaterall
Pioneers
Private Property
A Worn Path
Say Yes
Author Alice Munro
Neil Bissoondath
Margret Atwood
Nadine Gordimer
Alice Walker
Albert Camus
McKnight Malmar
Frank O'Connor
William Faulkner
Raymond Carver
Stephen Crane
Louise Erdrich
Richard Ford
Shirley Jackson
James Joyce
Walter McDonald
Bobbie Ann Mason
Herman Melville
Edgar Allen Poe
Katherine Anne Porter
Jean Rhys
Leslie Marmon Silko
Eudora Welty
Tobias Wolff