27 Top short stories books like Standing Water by Caitlín R. Kiernan

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Standing Water

By: Caitlín R. Kiernan

3.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An impossible puddle holds unfathomable secrets. "Standing Water" by Caitlín R. Kiernan is o…

If you liked the short stories plot in Standing Water by Caitlín R. Kiernan , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. The Dogs I Have Kissed

By: Trista Mateer

3.52

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

Known for her eponymous blog and her confessional style of writing, this is Trista Mateer's second … read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's The Dogs I Have Kissed book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • short stories
"I am always two parts tequila, one part longing."

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

"I’d suck salt off your fingers
 like a fucking animal.
"

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

"Girl like a garden you never volunteered to tend. Dirt all tracked into your front hall."

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

"I wanted to taste the salt on your skin, to press my mouth against the violent curve of you."

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

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2. Ponies

By: Kij Johnson

4.02

Format: None pages,

If you want to be friends with TheOtherGirls, you're going to have to give something up; this is th… read more

Similar categories in Kij Johnson's Ponies book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • short stories
  • horror

3. Greener Pastures

By: Michael Wehunt , Michael Bukowski

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

*Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Single-Author Collection* *Shortlisted for the Crawford Award* *Ru… read more

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4. We Can Never Leave This Place

By: Eric LaRocca

3.52

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

"When you're given a gift, something else gets taken away." A precocious young girl with an unus… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's We Can Never Leave This Place book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • short stories
  • horror
"We can never leave this place," my mother told her. "It would hurt too much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"We can never leaves this places," my mother told her. "It would hurt to much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"How could you do this to me?' the creature asked. And the blind man said, 'I wanted to be the only one to hurry you."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"I watched as blood swirled down my naked body in dark ribbons—tiny threads that had forever come undone from me and were sent to freedom."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

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5. Let Her Be

By: Lisa Unger

3.73

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

A writer’s misguided suspicions ruined his life once before. This time he plans to prove he’s right… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's Let Her Be book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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6. Her Second Death (Bree Taggert #0.5)

By: Melinda Leigh

4.09

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

In this short-story prequel to the Bree Taggert series by #1 Amazon Charts and #1 Wall Street Journ… read more

Similar categories in Melinda Leigh's Her Second Death (Bree Taggert #0.5) book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • short stories
  • audiobook
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7. The Specialist's Hat

By: Kelly Link

3.52

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Winner of the 1999 World Fantasy Award for best short story. Something is creeping up the stair… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Link's The Specialist's Hat book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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8. The Girls from the Horror Movie

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.38

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

Twin sisters want to forget the horror movie they starred in when they were children. But the movie… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Girls from the Horror Movie book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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9. Some Breakable Things

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.35

Format: None pages, None

As though to make up for his absence in life, your father’s ghost follows you everywhere. He is hun… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's Some Breakable Things book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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10. Mama Tulu

By: Jessica Guess

3.76

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A young Jamaican girl’s wish is granted by the town Obeah, but the cost is unimaginably high. "M… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Guess's Mama Tulu book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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11. The Quiet Boy

By: Nick Antosca

4.17

Format: 32 pages, None

But there was no Goldilocks in his story. There were only the Wolfs, who lived together in a cave a… read more

Similar categories in Nick Antosca's The Quiet Boy book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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12. Black Bark

By: Brian Evenson

3.24

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A story-within-a-story vexes two cowboys on the run, looking for a cabin that may not exist. Tim… read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's Black Bark book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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13. Origin Story

By: T. Kingfisher

3.66

Format: None pages, Audiobook

"Origin Story" by T. Kingfisher is one of 27 short horror stories in Nightfire's audio anthology. … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Origin Story book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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14. Daddy

By: Victor LaValle

3.58

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A father vows to protect his son from the unknown intruder on the roof... read more

Similar categories in Victor LaValle's Daddy book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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15. The Changeling

By: Sarah Langan

3.53

Format: None pages, Audiobook

She can no longer remember her name. She only remembers the faces of the children she stole. "Th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Langan's The Changeling book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • horror

16. Emergency Landing

By: Seanan McGuire

4.08

Format: None pages, None

None read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Emergency Landing book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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17. The Sound of Footsteps

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An abandoned record store, a Ouija board, and an unexpected reunion. "The Sound of Footsteps" by… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Sound of Footsteps book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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18. When the Zombies Win

By: Karina Sumner-Smith

3.22

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

To the victor, the spoils. Time: 8 minutes read more

Similar categories in Karina Sumner-Smith's When the Zombies Win book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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19. And When She Was Bad

By: Nadia Bulkin

3.08

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

The lone, and utterly lonely, survivor of a massacre by a winged creature takes an unusual sort of … read more

Similar categories in Nadia Bulkin's And When She Was Bad book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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20. The Krakatoan

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

3.09

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Beneath the Earth's crust, beneath what our eyes can see, mothers and other monsters reveal a horri… read more

Similar categories in Maria Dahvana Headley's The Krakatoan book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of The Doll's House: A Short Story by Lisa Unger

21. The Doll's House: A Short Story

By: Lisa Unger

3.96

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

A widowed mother, ready to give love another chance, moves into her fiancé’s old family home with h… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's The Doll's House: A Short Story book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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22. Tooth, Tongue, and Claw

By: Damien Angelica Walters

3.27

Format: None pages, Audiobook

"Once upon a time there was a monster." This is how they tell you the story of Beauty and the Beast… read more

Similar categories in Damien Angelica Walters's Tooth, Tongue, and Claw book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • horror
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23. Things Boys Do

By: Pemi Aguda

3.32

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Children can be cruel -- evil, even. Three Nigerian men discover this the hard way. "Things Boys… read more

Similar categories in Pemi Aguda's Things Boys Do book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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24. The Vault of the Sky, the Face of the Deep

By: Robert Levy

3.16

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

In the aftermath of catastrophe, an elderly woman tells her final story. Time: 19 minutes read more

Similar categories in Robert Levy's The Vault of the Sky, the Face of the Deep book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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25. Spawning Season

By: Nicholas Kaufmann

3.76

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

"Net the fish and trap the prawn. Blow the sea horn when it's time to spawn. Sire your sons witho… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Kaufmann's Spawning Season book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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26. The Days of Flaming Motorcycles

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.91

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

Death changes a person, of course. But some habits will never be broken. "The Days of Flaming Mo… read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's The Days of Flaming Motorcycles book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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27. Blood Daughter

By: Matthew Lyons

3.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A father at the end of his rope finds a disturbing way to keep custody of his child. "Blood Dau… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Lyons's Blood Daughter book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • horror
Cover of Standing Water by Caitlín R. Kiernan

28. Standing Water

By: Caitlín R. Kiernan

3.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An impossible puddle holds unfathomable secrets. "Standing Water" by Caitlín R. Kiernan is o… read more

Similar categories in Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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29. Bone

By: Tade Thompson

3.31

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Revenge is a dish best served with clean, sharp knives. "Bone" by Tade Thompson is one of 27 s… read more

Similar categories in Tade Thompson's Bone book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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30. The Fireplace

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

3.69

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

The thought of tossing our baby in the fireplace first popped into my head a month or so ago. Ru… read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's The Fireplace book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror
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31. Pigeons

By: Nibedita Sen

2.66

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Kat practices on pigeons so she can raise bigger things from the dead. But that comes with bigger c… read more

Similar categories in Nibedita Sen's Pigeons book and Caitlín R. Kiernan's Standing Water

  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • horror

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Lisa Unger

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4.09

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3.52

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