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Short Stories

Heather Wingfield
Central Library Adult Services

I lead a  busy life. I often don’t have the time to sit down and read several chapters of a novel, and it might be weeks before I pick up the book again.  For me short stories are great, because I can read one story, and don’t have to worry about remembering which character did what the next time I have a few minutes to read.   I also love using short story anthologies to find new authors without committing to a whole novel.

The books on this list are all over the place, from 1940’s  “women’s fiction” to  modern fairy tales, science fiction and surrealism.

Birds of America
by Moore, Lorrie.

Length: 291 p. ;

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Publisher: Picador, New York : 1999.
by Moore, Lorrie.

Length: 291 p. ;

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Publisher: Picador, New York : 1999.
Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
by Gibbons, Stella

Length: xvii, 298 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011.
by Gibbons, Stella

Length: xvii, 298 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011.
Fragile things : short fictions and wonders
by Gaiman, Neil.

Length: xxxi, 360 p. ;

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Publisher: William Morrow, New York : 2006.
by Gaiman, Neil.

Length: xxxi, 360 p. ;

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Publisher: William Morrow, New York : 2006.
Good bones : and simple murders
by Atwood, Margaret

Length: viii, 164 p. ;

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Publisher: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, New York : 1994.
by Atwood, Margaret

Length: viii, 164 p. ;

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Publisher: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, New York : 1994.
Little black book of stories
by Byatt, A. S.

Length: 240 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf : New York : 2004.
by Byatt, A. S.

Length: 240 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf : New York : 2004.
Magic for beginners
by Link, Kelly.

Length: 272 p. :

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Publisher: Small Beer Press : Northhampton, MA : c2005.
by Link, Kelly.

Length: 272 p. :

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Publisher: Small Beer Press : Northhampton, MA : c2005.
My mother she killed me, my father he ate me : forty new fairy tales

Length: xxxi, 543 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2010.

Length: xxxi, 543 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2010.
St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves
by Russell, Karen

Length: 246 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf, New York : 2006.
by Russell, Karen

Length: 246 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf, New York : 2006.
The birthday of the world and other stories
by Le Guin, Ursula K.

Length: xiii, 362 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY : c2002.
by Le Guin, Ursula K.

Length: xiii, 362 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY : c2002.
The bloody chamber : and other stories
by Carter, Angela

Length: 162 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011, c1979.
by Carter, Angela

Length: 162 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011, c1979.