DailyLit: Short Stories Books

White Horse

by Margaret Atwood

Praise for Moral Disorder ... "Stories like 'The White Horse'...prove Atwood is still a master of the compelling, peculiar portrait of human behavior. (Grade: A-)" ... —Entertainment Weekly ... ...

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A Moment of Wrong Thinking

by Lawrence Block

In celebration of acclaimed crime author Lawrence Block's book, A Drop of the Hard Stuff, we're delighted to feature one of his short stories, "A Moment of Wrong Thinking." In this tale a suicide may ...

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The Life and Death of Seals

by Urban Waite

“The Life and Death of Seals” is a story about a family in turmoil, dealing with the ups and downs of love. Two brothers are forced to deal with the complicated relationship between their parents, ...

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With a Little Help

by Cory Doctorow

Here's what Cory Doctorow writes: ... With a Little Help is my first serious experiment in self-publishing. I’ve published many novels, short story collections, books of essays and so on with publis ...

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Robin Hood: How Robin Hood Became an Outlaw

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by J. Walker Mcspadden

Everyone knows the story of Robin Hood—the archer who robs the rich and gives to the poor, who roams the land his band of outlaws like Little John, who's in love with Maid Marian. But how well d ...

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Highway 152 by Sam Shepard

by Sam Shepard

"Highway 152" story comes from Days out of Days, the newest from Sam Shepard, one of our most admired writers. It's a collection of stories set mainly in the fertile imaginative landscape of the Ameri ...

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"Fiction" by Alice Munro

by Alice Munro

In "Fiction," by bestselling author Alice Munro, a narrator lovingly describes the life and home she's built with her husband—and then describes how that life crumbles before her eyes. The rest ...

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30 Stories in 30 Days

by David Wellington

The author of Monster Island, the 13 Bullets series, and the upcoming Frostbite made his mark reinventing the classic monsters for the 21st century—zombies, vampires, and now werewolves. He got his ...

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Fetching Raymond

by John Grisham

Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who’s been locked away on d ...

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Hell-Heaven

by Jhumpa Lahiri

"Hell-Heaven" appears in beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth. The acclaimed collection explores the secrets at the heart of family life. It enters the worlds of sisters a ...

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