The Wife's Story
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.85
Format: None pages, None
first published in The Compass Rose, 1982
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1. The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act
By: Ray Bradbury
3.77
Format: 22 pages, Paperback
A short story by Ray Bradbury, the prequel to "Fahrenheit 451". First published in The Reporter, Au… read more
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"Business or profession?' 'I guess you'd call me a writer.' No profession,' said the police car, as if talking to itself. The light held him fixed, like a museum specimen, needle thrust through chest."-Ray Bradbury, The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act
2. The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin
4.07
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more
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"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
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4. 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
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"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
5. Jeg æder mig selv som lyng
By: Olga Ravn
4.48
Format: 356 pages,
En lyrisk og temperamentsfuld samling om gron uld og om at losrive sig fra rollen som ung pige uden… read more
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6. Harrison Bergeron
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3.93
Format: None pages, ebook
It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is… read more
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7. Troll Bridge (Discworld #16.5)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.90
Format: 77 pages,
Part of a short story tribute anthology to Tolkien, found in After the King: Stories In Honor of J.… read more
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- fantasy
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8. The Interlopers (Tale Blazers)
By: Saki
3.63
Format: 6 pages, Paperback
Two men, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, are both in a forested area on the Carpathian Mounta… read more
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9. Young Goodman Brown
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Hawthorne's classic tale of a young Puritan's meeting with the Devil. read more
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10. The Most Dangerous Game
By: Richard Connell
3.94
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Most Dangerous Game features a big-game hunter from New York who becomes shipwrecked on an isol… read more
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"But you can’t mean—"-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
"Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have."-Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game
11. Girl
By: Jamaica Kincaid
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
Girlwas originally published in the June 26, 1978 issue of The New Yorkerand subsequently included … read more
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12. The Sniper
By: Liam O'Flaherty
4.33
Format: 300 pages,
A trained sniper doing his job during the Irish Civil War faces a shocking turn of events, after ki… read more
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13. 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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14. Tower of Babylon
By: Ted Chiang
4.15
Format: 447 pages,
A Vintage Shorts "Short Story Month" Selection Together with a crew of other miners and cart-puller… read more
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15. The Star
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.44
Format: 212 pages, ebook
The Staris a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. It appeared in the sci… read more
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16. The Landlady
By: Roald Dahl
4.00
Format: 279 pages,
The Landlady is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the ta… read more
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17. Djævlebogen (Scandinavian Star, #2)
By: Asta Olivia Nordenhof
3.82
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Djævlebogen er en erotisk gyser og en roman om kærlighed i kapitalismens tid. Djævlebogen er den læ… read more
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18. 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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"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
19. 25 Ağustos 1983 ve Diğer Öyküler
By: Jorge Luis Borges
3.98
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
"Yüz otuz yaşına, ötesinde yaşamın artık bir yüke dönüştüğü yaşa kadar seni hayatta tutmalarını dil… read more
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20. The Wife's Story
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.85
Format: None pages, None
first published in The Compass Rose, 1982 read more
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21. What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?
By: Etgar Keret
3.71
Format: 5 pages, Hardcover
A Hebrew filmmaker goes door to door, filming residents' responses to one question: "If you found a… read more
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