Favorite short stories online

Sundae · 02-18-2009, 08:18 AM

My favourite non-lit story, which I could only find in rull in an audio version. Party Food by Mort Castle.

The classic genre short story in my opinion, in that it leaves you wanting more, far more about the world it is set in. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.

I don't really like this short story, but it sticks in my head and I have to reread it periodically. Actually I find most of Mansfield's stories equally painful, the hopelessness and unhappiness of her characters, their unfulfilled desires, trammeled lives and unspoken dreams. This one is that at its apogee in my opinion. Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield.

I'm not a great short story fan to be honest. Many non-genre short stories just seem to wander about and not achieve much. Children get better short stories with a beginning, a middle and an end - and a happening in between. But even as a child, if I picked a library book up, interested and excited by it, and realised it was a short story book I'd invariably put it back down again.

Oh, I do like Ray Bradbury's though. And Roald Dahl's.

Shawnee123 · 02-18-2009, 08:27 AM

Thanks Sundae...I will read these later.

I think what I like about short stories is that they often leave you wanting more. Like any great art, it isn't all given to you. There often is no common beginning, middle, denouement, end...it leaves you to think and wonder about the possibilities. They are a small slice of a life, feasible or not, that speak to a different level in me.

02-18-2009, 08:18 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My favourite non-lit story, which I could only find in rull in an audio version. Party Food by Mort Castle. The classic genre short story in my opinion, in that it leaves you wanting more, far more about the world it is set in. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. I don't really *like* this short story, but it sticks in my head and I have to reread it periodically. Actually I find most of Mansfield's stories equally painful, the hopelessness and unhappiness of her characters, their unfulfilled desires, trammeled lives and unspoken dreams. This one is that at its apogee in my opinion. Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield. I'm not a great short story fan to be honest. Many non-genre short stories just seem to wander about and not achieve much. Children get better short stories with a beginning, a middle and an end - and a happening in between. But even as a child, if I picked a library book up, interested and excited by it, and realised it was a short story book I'd invariably put it back down again. Oh, I do like Ray Bradbury's though. And Roald Dahl's. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

02-18-2009, 08:27 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Thanks Sundae...I will read these later. I think what I like about short stories is that they often leave you wanting more. Like any great art, it isn't all given to you. There often is no common beginning, middle, denouement, end...it leaves you to think and wonder about the possibilities. They are a small slice of a life, feasible or not, that speak to a different level in me. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 02-18-2009 at 08:37 AM.

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