Short Stories that I have rated; alphabetical by author surname (i.e. Long List of Stories)
(titles in red are favorites)
[view this list by YEAR PUBLISHED]
A
Anstey, F. (Thomas Anstey Guthrie) – The Wraith of Barnjum – 4 stars
Asimov, Isaac – “Nobody Here But. . . . “ – 3 stars
B
Babayevsky, Semyon – Grackles – (3 stars)
Babel, Isaac – Salt – (5 stars)
Bierce, Ambrose – The Middle Toe of the Right Foot – (2 stars)
Biliunas, Jonas – The Cane – (3 stars)
Borges, Jorge Luis – The Library of Babel – (4 stars)
Borges, Jorge Luis – The Lottery of Babylon – (3 stars)
Borges, Jorge Luis – Death and the Compass – (1 star)
Borges, Jorge Luis – The Shape of the Sword – (3 stars)
Borges, Jorge Luis – The Circular Ruins – (3 stars)
Borges, Jorge Luis – The Garden of Forking Paths – (4 stars)
Borges, Jorge Luis – The Cult of the Phoenix – (3 stars)
Borge, Jorge Luis – The Immortal – (4 stars)
Bradbury, Ray – The Rocket – (2 stars)
Bradbury, Ray – The Whole Town’s Sleeping – (4 stars)
Bradbury, Ray – A Scent of Sarsaparilla – (2 stars)
Brown, Frederic – Cry Silence – (3 stars)
C
Campbell, Ramsey – The Tugging – (2 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Cook’s Wedding – (4 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Witch – (2 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – A Dead Body – (2 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – Easter Eve – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – On the Road – (4 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Dependents – (4 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – Grisha – (5 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Kiss – (5 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – Typhus – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Pipe – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Princess – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Neighbors – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Grasshopper – (4 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – In Exile – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – Ward No. 6 – (4 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – Rothschild’s Fiddle – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Student – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Darling – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – A Doctor’s Visit – (2 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – The Lady With The Dog – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – Gooseberries – (3 stars)
Chekhov, Anton – In the Ravine – 3 stars
Chekhov, Anton – The Bishop – 3 stars
Creasey, Ian – The Odor of Sanctity – 3 stars
D
E
Emshwiller, Carol – Danilo – 2 stars
F
Flynn, Michael F. – The Frog Prince – 4 stars
Foster, Alan Dean – A Fatal Exception Occurred At. . . . . – 5 stars
G
Gerrold, David – Bauble – 3 stars
Gunn, James – The Misogynist – 2 stars
Gunn, James – The Last Word – 2 stars
Gunn, James – Little Orphan Android – 3 stars
Gunn, James – The Stilled Patter – 2 stars
Gunn, James – Skin Game – 2 stars
Gunn, James – Every Day is Christmas – 4 stars
Gunn, James – The Girls Who Were Really Built – 2 stars
Gunn, James – Survival Policy – 3 stars
Gunn, James – Tsylana – 3 stars
Gunn, James – Feeding Time – 3 stars
H
Haldeman, Joe – A Separate War – 3 stars
Hearn, Lafcadio – The Cedar Closet – 2 stars
Hemmingway, Ernest – The Undefeated – 3 stars
Hemmingway, Ernest – In Another Country – 3 stars
Hemmingway, Ernest – Hills Like White Elephants – 1 star
Hemmingway, Ernest – Fifty Grand – 4 stars
Hemmingway, Ernest – A Canary for One – 2 stars
Hemmingway, Ernest – The Killers – 4 stars
Howard, Robert E. – The Phoenix on the Sword – 3 stars
I
Inber, Vera – The Death of Luna – 4 stars
J
Jacobs, W. W. – The Monkey’s Paw – 4 stars
Jacobs, W. W. – The Well – 2 stars
Jacobs, W. W. – Three Sisters – 3 stars
Jacobs, W. W. – The Toll-House – 4 stars
Jacobs, W. W. – Jerry Bundler – 2 stars
K
Kiernan, Caitlin – Andromeda Among the Stones – 2 stars
Kornbluth, C. M. – Dominoes – 2 stars
Kreve, Vincas – The Herring – 4 stars
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – Autobiography of a Corpse – 3 stars
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – In the Pupil – 4 stars
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Collector of Cracks – 2 stars
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Unbitten Elbow – 4 stars
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Land of Nots – 2 stars
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund – The Runaway Fingers – 4 stars
L
Leinster, Murray – Dead City – 2 stars
Leinster, Murray – Dear Charles – 3 stars
Leinster, Murray – The End – 3 stars
Leinster, Murray – The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator – 3 stars
Leinster, Murray – The Journey – 1 star
Leinster, Murray – The Other Now – 4 stars
Leinster, Murray – Rogue Star – 3 stars
Leinster, Murray – Sam, This is You – 2 stars
Long, Frank Belknap – The Hounds of Tindalos – 3 stars
Long, Frank Belknap – The Space Eaters – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Tomb – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Call of Cthulhu – 5 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The White Ship – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Terrible Old Man – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Tree – 2 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Cats of Ulthar – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Temple – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – Celephais – 2 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – From Beyond – 2 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – Nyarlathotep – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Picture in the House – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Nameless City – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – Polaris – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Quest of Iranon – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Moon-Bog – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Outsider – 5 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Other Gods – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Music of Erich Zann – 5 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – Hypnos – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – Azathoth – 1 star
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Hound – 2 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Lurking Fear – 5 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Festival – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Horror at Red Hook – 3 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – He – 2 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – Pickman’s Model – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – In the Vault – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Strange High House in the Mist – 4 stars
Lovecraft, H. P. – The Silver Key – 4 stars
M
Merril, Judith – So Proudly We Hail – 2 stars
Mieville, China – Details – 4 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – Anybody Else Like Me – 2 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – Big Joe and the Nth Generation – 4 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – The Big Hunger – 2 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – Blood Bank – 3 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – Crucifixus Etiam – 3 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – Dumb Waiter – 4 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – I, Dreamer – 3 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – You Triflin’ Skunk – 4 stars
Miller, Walter M. jr. – The Will – 2 stars
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – Flash Frame – 1 star
N
Niven, Larry – The Flare Weed – (5 stars)
O
Oleysha, Yuri – Liompa – (2 stars)
P
Piper, H. Beam – The Answer – 3 stars
Poe, Edgar Allan – Metzengerstein – 2 stars
Poe, Edgar Allan – Loss of Breath – 1 star
Poe, Edgar Allan – Never Bet the Devil Your Head – 2 stars
Poe, Edgar Allan – The Masque of the Red Death – 3 stars
Poe, Edgar Allan- The Purloined Letter – 4 stars
Pohl, Frederik – The Tunnel Under the World – 5 stars
Pohl, Frederik – Punch – 3 stars
Pugmire, W. H. – Some Buried Memory – 2 stars
Q
R
Reaves, Michael – Red Clay – 4 stars
S
Sheckley, Robert – The Academy – 2 stars
Sheckley, Robert – The Accountant – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – All The Things You Are – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Ask a Foolish Question – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Bad Medicine – 2 stars
Sheckley, Robert – The Battle – 2 stars
Sheckley, Robert – The Body – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Citizen in Space – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Deadhead – 2 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Disposal Service – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Early Model – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Earth, Air, Fire, Water – 2 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Fear in the Night – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Hands Off – 5 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Human Man’s Burden – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Hunting Problem – 5 stars
Sheckley, Robert – The Lifeboat Mutiny – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – The Last Weapon – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – The Luckiest Man in the World – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Milk Run – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – The Mountain Without a Name – 3 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Pilgrimage to Earth – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Protection – 2 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Skulking Permit – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Something For Nothing – 4 stars
Sheckley, Robert – A Thief in Time – 2 stars
Sheckley, Robert – A Ticket to Trainai – 5 stars
Sheckley, Robert – Trap – 3 stars
Simak, Clifford D. – Contraption – 3 stars
Spinrad, Norman – Out There – 2 stars
Steele, Allen M. – The Observation Post – 3 stars
Sterling, Bruce – The Unthinkable – 2 stars
Stewart, Andy – The New Cambrian – 2 stars
T
Tellez, Hernando – Lather and Nothing Else – 5 stars
Tsushima, Yuko – Of Dogs and Walls – 2 stars
Tsushima, Yuko – The Watery Realm – 4 stars
V
Vaiciulaitis, Antanas – The Light of Your Face – 1 star
W
Wade, Juliette – At Cross Purposes – 5 stars
Wyndham, John – Chronoclasm – 3 stars
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