10 must-read fantasy books like The Jaunt by Stephen King

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The Jaunt

By: Stephen King

4.18

Format: 25 pages, None

"The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine i…

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1. Zero Hour

By: Ray Bradbury

3.79

Format: None pages,

Mink and the neighborhood kids are hard at work outside all day, playing a game called Invasion. Or… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. The Egg

By: Andy Weir

3.41

Format: None pages, ebook

A short story about the universe. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. They're Made Out of Meat

By: Terry Bisson

3.70

Format: None pages, ebook

Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1991. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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4. Guts

By: Chuck Palahniuk

4.00

Format: None pages,

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  • american
  • short stories
  • dark
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. The Breathing Method

By: Stephen King , John Escott

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. Other People

By: Neil Gaiman

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

Free online fiction. "Time is fluid here," said the demon. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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7. The Nine Billion Names of God

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

This collection of science fiction short stories includes: * The Nine Billion Names of God * I Reme… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

By: Harlan Ellison , Rick Berry

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rebel inhabits a world where conformity and punctuality are top priorities and the Ticktockman ca… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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9. The Last Answer

By: Isaac Asimov

3.82

Format: None pages,

A short follow-up to 'The Last Question' by Asimov. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

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11. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery book and Stephen King's The Jaunt

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

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12. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison

5.00

Format: 398 pages, ebook

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi short story by Harlan Ellison. It… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

13. The Veldt

By: Ray Bradbury , Gary Kelley

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants. read more

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14. We Can Get Them For You Wholesale

By: Neil Gaiman

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

Original Fiction, Short Story Peter Pinter had never heard of Aristippus of the Cyrenaics, a lesser… read more

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15. The Last Question

By: Isaac Asimov , Bob E. Flick , None

3.78

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when human… read more

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16. The Screwfly Solution

By: James Tiptree Jr. , None

3.50

Format: None pages,

The Screwfly Solution" is a 1977 science fiction short story by Raccoona Sheldon, a pen name for ps… read more

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17. There Will Come Soft Rains

By: Ray Bradbury

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

First published in Collier's, May 6, 1950. The story concerns a household in Allendale, California,… read more

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18. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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19. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

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20. All Summer in a Day

By: Ray Bradbury

4.00

Format: 4 pages, ebook

Margot is a nine-year-old girl whose family moved from Earth to Venus when she was four. She rememb… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I think the sun is a flower. That blooms for just one hour."

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

"It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days..."

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

"Sabía que creían recordar un calor, un ardor en las mejillas, en el cuerpo, en los brazos y las piernas, en las manos temblorosas. Pero luego despertaban siempre al tamborileo trepidante, al intermin…"

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

"It was as if, in the midst of a film concerning an avalanche, a tornado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, something had, first, gone wrong with the sound apparatus, thus muffling and finally cutting…"

-Ray Bradbury, All Summer in a Day

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21. The Jaunt

By: Stephen King

4.18

Format: 25 pages, None

"The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine i… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Jaunt book and Stephen King's The Jaunt

  • american
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • dark
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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3.41

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