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Table structure:
- Title - String
- Author - String
- Publication - String
- Year - Integer
- Words - Integer
- Logline - Text
- Read1Site - String
- Read1URL - URL
- Read1Access - String
- Read2Site - String
- Read2URL - URL
- Read2Access - String
- Read3Site - String
- Read3URL - URL
- Read3Access - String
- Genres - List of String, delimiter: ;
- Collections - List of String, delimiter: ;
- Tags - List of String, delimiter: ;
- Notes - Text
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| Page | Title | Author | Publication | Year | Words | Logline | Read1Site | Read1URL | Read1Access | Read2Site | Read2URL | Read2Access | Read3Site | Read3URL | Read3Access | Genres | Collections | Tags | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Story:--30-- (Laird Barron) (edit) | --30-- | Laird Barron | Occultation, Night Shade Books | 2,010 | 14,453 | Horror | Mass Killing • Hallucination • Dreams • Supernatural • Sex • Observation • Relationships • Corruption • Biology • Downbeat Ending • Environment • Rural Life • Violence • Science • Suspense • Cults • Nature • Death | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:--30-- (Laird Barron) (edit) | --30-- | Laird Barron | Occultation, Night Shade Books | 2,010 | 14,453 | Horror | Mass Killing • Hallucination • Dreams • Supernatural • Sex • Observation • Relationships • Corruption • Biology • Downbeat Ending • Environment • Rural Life • Violence • Science • Suspense • Cults • Nature • Death | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:"Ollie, oh..." (Carolyn Chute) (edit) | "Ollie, oh..." | Carolyn Chute | Ploughshares | 1,982 | 5,600 | Ploughshares | Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Tragic Ending • Coping With Loss • Grief • Self Destructive Tendencies • Loss • Quiet Plot • Vignette • Slow Plot • Downbeat Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:"Ollie, oh..." (Carolyn Chute) (edit) | "Ollie, oh..." | Carolyn Chute | Ploughshares | 1,982 | 5,600 | Ploughshares | Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Tragic Ending • Coping With Loss • Grief • Self Destructive Tendencies • Loss • Quiet Plot • Vignette • Slow Plot • Downbeat Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:0wnz0red (Cory Doctorow) (edit) | 0wnz0red | Cory Doctorow | Salon.com | 2,003 | 12,770 | salon.com | free | Dystopian • Science Fiction | Hollywood • AIDS | ||||||||||
| Short Story:0wnz0red (Cory Doctorow) (edit) | 0wnz0red | Cory Doctorow | Salon.com | 2,003 | 12,770 | salon.com | free | Dystopian • Science Fiction | Hollywood • AIDS | ||||||||||
| Short Story:1,111 Emblems (Hernan Diaz) (edit) | 1,111 Emblems | Hernan Diaz | Playboy | 2,018 | 3,394 | web.archive.org | free | Horror | Currency • Debt • Money • Ambiguous Ending • Family • Disturbing Ending • Fatherhood • Cults • Vignette | ||||||||||
| Short Story:1,111 Emblems (Hernan Diaz) (edit) | 1,111 Emblems | Hernan Diaz | Playboy | 2,018 | 3,394 | web.archive.org | free | Horror | Currency • Debt • Money • Ambiguous Ending • Family • Disturbing Ending • Fatherhood • Cults • Vignette | ||||||||||
| Short Story:1000-Year-Old Ghosts (Laura Chow Reeve) (edit) | 1000-Year-Old Ghosts | Laura Chow Reeve | 2,016 | 2,900 | hyphenmagazine.com | free | Romance • Contemporary • Fantasy • Contemporary Fiction | Cancer • Family • Ghosts • Dementia • Strained Marriages • Third Person POV • Regretful Ending • Memory • First Person POV • Marriage • Cooking • Sad Plot • Cantonese • Mournful Ending • Nostalgic Plot • Sad Ending • Dreamy Plot • Sickness • Death Of A Husband • Death Of A Mother • Heartbreaking • Non Linear Plot • Heartbreak | |||||||||||
| Short Story:1000-Year-Old Ghosts (Laura Chow Reeve) (edit) | 1000-Year-Old Ghosts | Laura Chow Reeve | 2,016 | 2,900 | hyphenmagazine.com | free | Romance • Contemporary • Fantasy • Contemporary Fiction | Cancer • Family • Ghosts • Dementia • Strained Marriages • Third Person POV • Regretful Ending • Memory • First Person POV • Marriage • Cooking • Sad Plot • Cantonese • Mournful Ending • Nostalgic Plot • Sad Ending • Dreamy Plot • Sickness • Death Of A Husband • Death Of A Mother • Heartbreaking • Non Linear Plot • Heartbreak | |||||||||||
| Short Story:1016 to 1 (James Patrick Kelly) (edit) | 1016 to 1 | James Patrick Kelly | Asimov's Science Fiction | 9,300 | clarkesworldmagazine.com | free | Science Fiction | Nuclear Annihilation • Family Dysfunction • Nuclear Holocaust Anxiety • Alternative Timeline Plots • Mother Son Loathing • Third World War • Time Travel • Eerie • Ominous Ending • Boy Scouts • Cuban Missile Crisis • Failed Assassination • Alternate Timelines | |||||||||||
| Short Story:1016 to 1 (James Patrick Kelly) (edit) | 1016 to 1 | James Patrick Kelly | Asimov's Science Fiction | 9,300 | clarkesworldmagazine.com | free | Science Fiction | Nuclear Annihilation • Family Dysfunction • Nuclear Holocaust Anxiety • Alternative Timeline Plots • Mother Son Loathing • Third World War • Time Travel • Eerie • Ominous Ending • Boy Scouts • Cuban Missile Crisis • Failed Assassination • Alternate Timelines | |||||||||||
| Short Story:10to the 16th to 1 (James Patrick Kelly) (edit) | 10to the 16th to 1 | James Patrick Kelly | Asimov's Science Fiction | 9,300 | clarkesworldmagazine.com | free | Science Fiction | Nuclear Annihilation • Family Dysfunction • Nuclear Holocaust Anxiety • Alternative Timeline Plots • Mother Son Loathing • Third World War • Time Travel • Eerie • Ominous Ending • Boy Scouts • Cuban Missile Crisis • Failed Assassination • Alternate Timelines | |||||||||||
| Short Story:10to the 16th to 1 (James Patrick Kelly) (edit) | 10to the 16th to 1 | James Patrick Kelly | Asimov's Science Fiction | 9,300 | clarkesworldmagazine.com | free | Science Fiction | Nuclear Annihilation • Family Dysfunction • Nuclear Holocaust Anxiety • Alternative Timeline Plots • Mother Son Loathing • Third World War • Time Travel • Eerie • Ominous Ending • Boy Scouts • Cuban Missile Crisis • Failed Assassination • Alternate Timelines | |||||||||||
| Short Story:1940: Fall (Alice Adams) (edit) | 1940: Fall | Alice Adams | Shenandoah | 1,990 | 4,000 | Historical • Coming-Of-Age • Satire • Historical Fiction | Irony • Happy Ending | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:1940: Fall (Alice Adams) (edit) | 1940: Fall | Alice Adams | Shenandoah | 1,990 | 4,000 | Historical • Coming-Of-Age • Satire • Historical Fiction | Irony • Happy Ending | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut) (edit) | 2 B R 0 2 B | Kurt Vonnegut | Worlds of If Science Fiction | 1,962 | 2,550 | Worlds of If Science Fiction | free | Suspense • Speculative Fiction | Speculative • Medicine • Population Control • Disease • Suicide • Family • Shooting • Third Person Narrative • Violence • Parenting • Murder • Tragedy And Loss • Downbeat Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut) (edit) | 2 B R 0 2 B | Kurt Vonnegut | Worlds of If Science Fiction | 1,962 | 2,550 | Worlds of If Science Fiction | free | Suspense • Speculative Fiction | Speculative • Medicine • Population Control • Disease • Suicide • Family • Shooting • Third Person Narrative • Violence • Parenting • Murder • Tragedy And Loss • Downbeat Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:2043 A Merman I Should Turn to Be (Nisi Shawl) (edit) | 2043 A Merman I Should Turn to Be | Nisi Shawl | Amazon Original Stories | 2,021 | 8,900 | Comedy • Science Fiction • Afrofuturism | Race Relations • Nanotechnology • White Supremacy • Under Water Societies • Ocean • Transcripts | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:2043 A Merman I Should Turn to Be (Nisi Shawl) (edit) | 2043 A Merman I Should Turn to Be | Nisi Shawl | Amazon Original Stories | 2,021 | 8,900 | Comedy • Science Fiction • Afrofuturism | Race Relations • Nanotechnology • White Supremacy • Under Water Societies • Ocean • Transcripts | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:22XX: One-Shot (Jelani Wilson) (edit) | 22XX: One-Shot | Jelani Wilson | Octavia's Brood | 2,015 | 3,000 | Action • Young Adult (YA) • Adventure • Sci-Fi Stories For Teens And Young Adult • Science Fiction | Open Ended Ending • Space Travel • Plagiarism • First Person • Futuristic Technology • Second Person | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:22XX: One-Shot (Jelani Wilson) (edit) | 22XX: One-Shot | Jelani Wilson | Octavia's Brood | 2,015 | 3,000 | Action • Young Adult (YA) • Adventure • Sci-Fi Stories For Teens And Young Adult • Science Fiction | Open Ended Ending • Space Travel • Plagiarism • First Person • Futuristic Technology • Second Person | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:24, Alhaji Williams Street (Pemi Aguda) (edit) | 24, Alhaji Williams Street | Pemi Aguda | 2,019 | 4,500 | all-story.com | free | Allegory | Grief • Community • Family • Loss • Chicken's Blood • Fever • Murder • Afterlife • Family Story • Death • Herbal Remedies • Childhood Sickness • Premonition | |||||||||||
| Short Story:24, Alhaji Williams Street (Pemi Aguda) (edit) | 24, Alhaji Williams Street | Pemi Aguda | 2,019 | 4,500 | all-story.com | free | Allegory | Grief • Community • Family • Loss • Chicken's Blood • Fever • Murder • Afterlife • Family Story • Death • Herbal Remedies • Childhood Sickness • Premonition | |||||||||||
| Short Story:2430 A.D. (Isaac Asimov) (edit) | 2430 A.D. | Isaac Asimov | Think | 1,970 | 2,865 | Think | free | Drama • Science Fiction • Science Fiction • Speculative Fiction | Sad Ending • Government • Moral Dilemma • Fast Paced | ||||||||||
| Short Story:2430 A.D. (Isaac Asimov) (edit) | 2430 A.D. | Isaac Asimov | Think | 1,970 | 2,865 | Think | free | Drama • Science Fiction • Science Fiction • Speculative Fiction | Sad Ending • Government • Moral Dilemma • Fast Paced | ||||||||||
| Short Story:26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss (Kij Johnson) (edit) | 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss | Kij Johnson | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2,008 | 4,000 | clarkesworldmagazine.com | free | Science Fiction | Philosophical • Meaning Of Life • Midlife Crisis • Vignette • Ambiguous Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss (Kij Johnson) (edit) | 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss | Kij Johnson | Asimov's Science Fiction | 2,008 | 4,000 | clarkesworldmagazine.com | free | Science Fiction | Philosophical • Meaning Of Life • Midlife Crisis • Vignette • Ambiguous Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:33 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister (Joyce Carol Oates) (edit) | 33 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister | Joyce Carol Oates | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | 2,022 | 18,000 | Psychological Fiction • Psychological Thriller • stream of consciousness | Interiority • Stream Of Consciousness • Interior • Clues • Memory • Psychological • Slice Of Life | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:33 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister (Joyce Carol Oates) (edit) | 33 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister | Joyce Carol Oates | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | 2,022 | 18,000 | Psychological Fiction • Psychological Thriller • stream of consciousness | Interiority • Stream Of Consciousness • Interior • Clues • Memory • Psychological • Slice Of Life | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:5135 Kensington: August, 1903 (Sally Benson) (edit) | 5135 Kensington: August, 1903 | Sally Benson | The New Yorker | 1,941 | 2,310 | The New Yorker | Realistic Fiction | Realistic Fiction • Romance • Slow Plot • Slice Of Life • Ambiguous Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:5135 Kensington: August, 1903 (Sally Benson) (edit) | 5135 Kensington: August, 1903 | Sally Benson | The New Yorker | 1,941 | 2,310 | The New Yorker | Realistic Fiction | Realistic Fiction • Romance • Slow Plot • Slice Of Life • Ambiguous Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:55 Miles to the Gas Pump (Annie Proulx) (edit) | 55 Miles to the Gas Pump | Annie Proulx | Close Range: Wyoming Stories | 1,999 | 350 | Flash Fiction • Horror • Marriage Drama | |||||||||||||
| Short Story:55 Miles to the Gas Pump (Annie Proulx) (edit) | 55 Miles to the Gas Pump | Annie Proulx | Close Range: Wyoming Stories | 1,999 | 350 | Flash Fiction • Horror • Marriage Drama | |||||||||||||
| Short Story:610 North, 610 West (Bryan Washington) (edit) | 610 North, 610 West | Bryan Washington | Tin House | 2,017 | 4,483 | lithub.com | free | Historical • Contemporary • Literary Realism • Historical Fiction • Contemporary Fiction | Family • Adolescence • First Person • Realistic • Affair • Marriage • Race Relations • Latinx • Relationships • Race • Labor • Secrets • Spanish Language • Infidelity | ||||||||||
| Short Story:610 North, 610 West (Bryan Washington) (edit) | 610 North, 610 West | Bryan Washington | Tin House | 2,017 | 4,483 | lithub.com | free | Historical • Contemporary • Literary Realism • Historical Fiction • Contemporary Fiction | Family • Adolescence • First Person • Realistic • Affair • Marriage • Race Relations • Latinx • Relationships • Race • Labor • Secrets • Spanish Language • Infidelity | ||||||||||
| Short Story:90 Miles (Alex Segura) (edit) | 90 Miles | Alex Segura | Both Sides | 2,020 | 378 | alexsegura.com | free | Horror • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Desperation • Danger • Raft • Shipwreck • Water • Better Life • Alcohol • Sea • Liar • Sharks • American Dream • Drunkard • Ocean • Boat • Hope • Murder • Border Crossing • Death | ||||||||||
| Short Story:90 Miles (Alex Segura) (edit) | 90 Miles | Alex Segura | Both Sides | 2,020 | 378 | alexsegura.com | free | Horror • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Desperation • Danger • Raft • Shipwreck • Water • Better Life • Alcohol • Sea • Liar • Sharks • American Dream • Drunkard • Ocean • Boat • Hope • Murder • Border Crossing • Death | ||||||||||
| Short Story:93990 (George Saunders) (edit) | 93990 | George Saunders | In Persuasion Nation | 2,006 | 2,380 | archive.org | free | Science Fiction • Satire | Nihilism • Experimentation • Violence • Horror • Drugs • Animal Death • Science • Downbeat Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:93990 (George Saunders) (edit) | 93990 | George Saunders | In Persuasion Nation | 2,006 | 2,380 | archive.org | free | Science Fiction • Satire | Nihilism • Experimentation • Violence • Horror • Drugs • Animal Death • Science • Downbeat Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A 'Poor Aunt' Story (Haruki Murakami) (edit) | A 'Poor Aunt' Story | Haruki Murakami | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | 2,006 | 9,500 | archive.org | free | Metafiction | Misogyny | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A 'Poor Aunt' Story (Haruki Murakami) (edit) | A 'Poor Aunt' Story | Haruki Murakami | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | 2,006 | 9,500 | archive.org | free | Metafiction | Misogyny | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Beneficiary (Nadine Gordimer) (edit) | A Beneficiary | Nadine Gordimer | The New Yorker | 2,007 | 6,078 | newyorker.com | free | Contemporary • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Divorce • Mentorship • Young Love • Lust • Inheritance • Dead Mother • Friendship • Family • Funeral • Affair • Infidelity • Quiet Plot • Theatre • Death • Love • Slow Plot • Ambiguous Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Beneficiary (Nadine Gordimer) (edit) | A Beneficiary | Nadine Gordimer | The New Yorker | 2,007 | 6,078 | newyorker.com | free | Contemporary • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Divorce • Mentorship • Young Love • Lust • Inheritance • Dead Mother • Friendship • Family • Funeral • Affair • Infidelity • Quiet Plot • Theatre • Death • Love • Slow Plot • Ambiguous Ending | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Better Mousehole (Edgar Pangborn) (edit) | A Better Mousehole | Edgar Pangborn | Galaxy Science Fiction | 4,322 | epdf.pub | free | Science Fiction | Alcoholism • Aliens • Dreams • Violence • Labor • Class • Sex • Insects • Relationships • First Person • Downbeat Ending • Death • Unreliable Narrator • Marriage | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Better Mousehole (Edgar Pangborn) (edit) | A Better Mousehole | Edgar Pangborn | Galaxy Science Fiction | 4,322 | epdf.pub | free | Science Fiction | Alcoholism • Aliens • Dreams • Violence • Labor • Class • Sex • Insects • Relationships • First Person • Downbeat Ending • Death • Unreliable Narrator • Marriage | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Big True (Dina Nayeri) (edit) | A Big True | Dina Nayeri | The Southern Review | 2,017 | 9,553 | ideasimagination.columbia.edu | free | Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Assimilation • Americanization • Language • Ambiguous Hopeful Ending • Accents • Quiet Plot | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Big True (Dina Nayeri) (edit) | A Big True | Dina Nayeri | The Southern Review | 2,017 | 9,553 | ideasimagination.columbia.edu | free | Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Assimilation • Americanization • Language • Ambiguous Hopeful Ending • Accents • Quiet Plot | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Bird, a Song, a Revolution (Brooke Bolander) (edit) | A Bird, a Song, a Revolution | Brooke Bolander | Lightspeed | 2,019 | 5,200 | lightspeedmagazine.com | free | Coming-Of-Age • Fantasy | Martyrdom • Family History • Non Linear Time • Animals • Aging And Death • Girlhood And Women • Magic • Music • Finding Your Destiny | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Bird, a Song, a Revolution (Brooke Bolander) (edit) | A Bird, a Song, a Revolution | Brooke Bolander | Lightspeed | 2,019 | 5,200 | lightspeedmagazine.com | free | Coming-Of-Age • Fantasy | Martyrdom • Family History • Non Linear Time • Animals • Aging And Death • Girlhood And Women • Magic • Music • Finding Your Destiny | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Birth in the Woods (Kevin Wilson) (edit) | A Birth in the Woods | Kevin Wilson | Ecotone | 2,012 | 6,000 | muse.jhu.edu | institutional | Tragedy • Horror • Fantasy | Gory • Third Person POV • Winter • Graphic • Isolation • Birth • Death • Snow • ICE • Nuclear Family | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Birth in the Woods (Kevin Wilson) (edit) | A Birth in the Woods | Kevin Wilson | Ecotone | 2,012 | 6,000 | muse.jhu.edu | institutional | Tragedy • Horror • Fantasy | Gory • Third Person POV • Winter • Graphic • Isolation • Birth • Death • Snow • ICE • Nuclear Family | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Birthday (Esther Friesner) (edit) | A Birthday | Esther Friesner | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 7,149 | epdf.pub | free | Science Fiction | Trauma • Birthday • Punishment • Party • Abortion • Judgment • Suicide • Psychological Torture • Pain | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Birthday (Esther Friesner) (edit) | A Birthday | Esther Friesner | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 7,149 | epdf.pub | free | Science Fiction | Trauma • Birthday • Punishment • Party • Abortion • Judgment • Suicide • Psychological Torture • Pain | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Birthday Present (Anne Sayre) (edit) | A Birthday Present | Anne Sayre | The Colorado Quarterly | 1,958 | 6,300 | The Colorado Quarterly | Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | English • Birthday • Gift • Party • Care • Escape • Kindness • Teacher | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Birthday Present (Anne Sayre) (edit) | A Birthday Present | Anne Sayre | The Colorado Quarterly | 1,958 | 6,300 | The Colorado Quarterly | Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | English • Birthday • Gift • Party • Care • Escape • Kindness • Teacher | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Blade of Grass (Edita Morris) (edit) | A Blade of Grass | Edita Morris | Story Magazine | 1,936 | 6,700 | Story Magazine | Folk Tale • Domestic Drama • Coming-Of-Age | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Blade of Grass (Edita Morris) (edit) | A Blade of Grass | Edita Morris | Story Magazine | 1,936 | 6,700 | Story Magazine | Folk Tale • Domestic Drama • Coming-Of-Age | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Blue Blonde in the Sky over Pennsylvania (Dennis Lynds) (edit) | A Blue Blonde in the Sky over Pennsylvania | Dennis Lynds | Hudson Review | 1,964 | 8,118 | Hudson Review | Historical • Historical Fiction | Talking To Oneself • Hopelessness • Business Trip • Discontent | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Blue Blonde in the Sky over Pennsylvania (Dennis Lynds) (edit) | A Blue Blonde in the Sky over Pennsylvania | Dennis Lynds | Hudson Review | 1,964 | 8,118 | Hudson Review | Historical • Historical Fiction | Talking To Oneself • Hopelessness • Business Trip • Discontent | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Bottle of Scotch and a Sharp Buck Knife (Scott Grand) (edit) | A Bottle of Scotch and a Sharp Buck Knife | Scott Grand | Thuglit | 2,014 | 5,000 | Literary Fiction • Coming Of Age Story • Coming-Of-Age | Child Narrator • Violent Satisfying Ending • Young Romance | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Bottle of Scotch and a Sharp Buck Knife (Scott Grand) (edit) | A Bottle of Scotch and a Sharp Buck Knife | Scott Grand | Thuglit | 2,014 | 5,000 | Literary Fiction • Coming Of Age Story • Coming-Of-Age | Child Narrator • Violent Satisfying Ending • Young Romance | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Box of Hope (Brian Panowich) (edit) | A Box of Hope | Brian Panowich | One Story | 3,320 | Literary Fiction | Coping With Loss • Religion • Ghosts • Death • First Person POV | |||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Box of Hope (Brian Panowich) (edit) | A Box of Hope | Brian Panowich | One Story | 3,320 | Literary Fiction | Coping With Loss • Religion • Ghosts • Death • First Person POV | |||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Boxer: Old (Harry Sylvester) (edit) | A Boxer: Old | Harry Sylvester | Story Magazine | 1,934 | 3,900 | Story Magazine | Historical • Literary • Literary Realism • Historical Fiction | Work • Emotional Resolution • Third Person Narrative • Violence • Sports • Downbeat Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Boxer: Old (Harry Sylvester) (edit) | A Boxer: Old | Harry Sylvester | Story Magazine | 1,934 | 3,900 | Story Magazine | Historical • Literary • Literary Realism • Historical Fiction | Work • Emotional Resolution • Third Person Narrative • Violence • Sports • Downbeat Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Boy and His Dog (Harlan Ellison) (edit) | A Boy and His Dog | Harlan Ellison | The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (Avon Books) | 6,848 | scifilit.pbworks.com | free | Science Fiction | Non Consensual Sex • Third World War • Nuclear War • Genetic Modification • Peculiar Pets | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Boy and His Dog (Harlan Ellison) (edit) | A Boy and His Dog | Harlan Ellison | The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (Avon Books) | 6,848 | scifilit.pbworks.com | free | Science Fiction | Non Consensual Sex • Third World War • Nuclear War • Genetic Modification • Peculiar Pets | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Boy's Duty (Sharon G. Flake) (edit) | A Boy's Duty | Sharon G. Flake | 5,200 | learnstrong.co | free | Young Adult (YA) • Coming-Of-Age | Cities And Urban Life • High School Friendly • Friendship Male • Black Author • First Person • Crisis Of Masculinity • Historical • Identity • Racism • Black American Fiction • Painting • Adolescence | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Boy's Duty (Sharon G. Flake) (edit) | A Boy's Duty | Sharon G. Flake | 5,200 | learnstrong.co | free | Young Adult (YA) • Coming-Of-Age | Cities And Urban Life • High School Friendly • Friendship Male • Black Author • First Person • Crisis Of Masculinity • Historical • Identity • Racism • Black American Fiction • Painting • Adolescence | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Bridge Under Water (Tom Bissell) (edit) | A Bridge Under Water | Tom Bissell | AGNI | 2,010 | 9,800 | jstor.org | institutional | Romance • Contemporary • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Churches • Atheism • Domestic Conflict • Third Person POV • Religion • Open Ended • Ambiguous Ending • Divorce • Christianity • Pregnancy • Sightseeing • Affair • Synagogue • Fashion • Italian Food • Growing Old • Lust • Tourism • History • Games • Honeymoon • Dramatic Ending • Accidental Pregnancy | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Bridge Under Water (Tom Bissell) (edit) | A Bridge Under Water | Tom Bissell | AGNI | 2,010 | 9,800 | jstor.org | institutional | Romance • Contemporary • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Churches • Atheism • Domestic Conflict • Third Person POV • Religion • Open Ended • Ambiguous Ending • Divorce • Christianity • Pregnancy • Sightseeing • Affair • Synagogue • Fashion • Italian Food • Growing Old • Lust • Tourism • History • Games • Honeymoon • Dramatic Ending • Accidental Pregnancy | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Brief and Hideous Scrawl (Erin Brown) (edit) | A Brief and Hideous Scrawl | Erin Brown | FIYAH | 2,022 | 6,300 | Fantasy | Folktales • Monsters • Legends • Fables | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Brief and Hideous Scrawl (Erin Brown) (edit) | A Brief and Hideous Scrawl | Erin Brown | FIYAH | 2,022 | 6,300 | Fantasy | Folktales • Monsters • Legends • Fables | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy (Rebecca Roanhorse) (edit) | A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy | Rebecca Roanhorse | The Mythic Dream | 2,019 | 4,400 | Horror • Science Fiction • Speculative Fiction | Addiction • Dreams • Grief • Native American Author • First Person • Film • Hollywood • Technology • Drugs/alcohol • Fame • Tragedy And Loss • Youtube | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy (Rebecca Roanhorse) (edit) | A Brief Lesson in Native American Astronomy | Rebecca Roanhorse | The Mythic Dream | 2,019 | 4,400 | Horror • Science Fiction • Speculative Fiction | Addiction • Dreams • Grief • Native American Author • First Person • Film • Hollywood • Technology • Drugs/alcohol • Fame • Tragedy And Loss • Youtube | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Brief Moment of Rage (Bill Davidson) (edit) | A Brief Moment of Rage | Bill Davidson | Thrilling Endless Apocalypse Short Stories | 2,018 | 3,787 | Horror | Shoot • Killing • Family • Loss • Anger • Rage • Death • Betrayal • Safety | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Brief Moment of Rage (Bill Davidson) (edit) | A Brief Moment of Rage | Bill Davidson | Thrilling Endless Apocalypse Short Stories | 2,018 | 3,787 | Horror | Shoot • Killing • Family • Loss • Anger • Rage • Death • Betrayal • Safety | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Cabin on the Coast (Gene Wolfe) (edit) | A Cabin on the Coast | Gene Wolfe | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1,984 | 3,355 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | free | Fantasy | Cabin • Missing • Time • Deal • Ship • King • Ocean • Marriage | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Cabin on the Coast (Gene Wolfe) (edit) | A Cabin on the Coast | Gene Wolfe | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1,984 | 3,355 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | free | Fantasy | Cabin • Missing • Time • Deal • Ship • King • Ocean • Marriage | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Can of Paint (A. E. van Vogt) (edit) | A Can of Paint | A. E. van Vogt | Analog | 1,944 | 5,500 | Analog | free | Speculative Fiction | Space • Space Travel • Venus • Adventure • Space Ship | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Can of Paint (A. E. van Vogt) (edit) | A Can of Paint | A. E. van Vogt | Analog | 1,944 | 5,500 | Analog | free | Speculative Fiction | Space • Space Travel • Venus • Adventure • Space Ship | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Case of Conscience (James Blish) (edit) | A Case of Conscience | James Blish | If | 12,818 | eyeofmidas.com | free | Science Fiction | Voting • Space • Disease • Planet • Argument • Discovery | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Case of Conscience (James Blish) (edit) | A Case of Conscience | James Blish | If | 12,818 | eyeofmidas.com | free | Science Fiction | Voting • Space • Disease • Planet • Argument • Discovery | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Castle in Outer Space (Cynthia Weiner) (edit) | A Castle in Outer Space | Cynthia Weiner | Coolest American Stories 2024 | 2,024 | 8,000 | Literary Fiction • Literary Realism • Comedy • Science Fiction • Speculative Fiction • comedic fiction | Larping | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Castle in Outer Space (Cynthia Weiner) (edit) | A Castle in Outer Space | Cynthia Weiner | Coolest American Stories 2024 | 2,024 | 8,000 | Literary Fiction • Literary Realism • Comedy • Science Fiction • Speculative Fiction • comedic fiction | Larping | ||||||||||||
| Short Story:A Challenge You Have Overcome (Allegra Goodman) (edit) | A Challenge You Have Overcome | Allegra Goodman | The New Yorker | 2,021 | 4,500 | newyorker.com | free | Gentle Comedy • Literary Realism | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Challenge You Have Overcome (Allegra Goodman) (edit) | A Challenge You Have Overcome | Allegra Goodman | The New Yorker | 2,021 | 4,500 | newyorker.com | free | Gentle Comedy • Literary Realism | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Change of Air (Ivan Gold) (edit) | A Change of Air | Ivan Gold | New World Writing | 1,953 | 9,000 | New World Writing | Literary • Literary Realism | Virginity • Bizarre Plot • Psychology • Promiscuity • Reputation • Sex • Character Driven Plot • Insanity • Identity • Resolved Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Change of Air (Ivan Gold) (edit) | A Change of Air | Ivan Gold | New World Writing | 1,953 | 9,000 | New World Writing | Literary • Literary Realism | Virginity • Bizarre Plot • Psychology • Promiscuity • Reputation • Sex • Character Driven Plot • Insanity • Identity • Resolved Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Change of Season (James Bond) (edit) | A Change of Season | James Bond | Epoch | 1,982 | 9,500 | Epoch | Ecofiction | Thought Provoking Ending • Gender Roles • Slow Plot | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Change of Season (James Bond) (edit) | A Change of Season | James Bond | Epoch | 1,982 | 9,500 | Epoch | Ecofiction | Thought Provoking Ending • Gender Roles • Slow Plot | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Christmas Carillon (Hortense Calisher) (edit) | A Christmas Carillon | Hortense Calisher | Harper's Magazine | 1,955 | 6,560 | Harper's Magazine | free | Literary • Literary Realism | Divorce • Regret • Family • Career • Fatherhood • Loneliness • Marriage | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Christmas Carillon (Hortense Calisher) (edit) | A Christmas Carillon | Hortense Calisher | Harper's Magazine | 1,955 | 6,560 | Harper's Magazine | free | Literary • Literary Realism | Divorce • Regret • Family • Career • Fatherhood • Loneliness • Marriage | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Chronicle of Love (H.E. Francis) (edit) | A Chronicle of Love | H.E. Francis | Kansas Quarterly | 1,975 | 7,400 | Kansas Quarterly | Psychological Fiction • Psychological • Literary • Literary Realism | First Person Narrative • Alcoholism • Grief • Relationships • Emotional Resolution • Death • Ambiguous Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Chronicle of Love (H.E. Francis) (edit) | A Chronicle of Love | H.E. Francis | Kansas Quarterly | 1,975 | 7,400 | Kansas Quarterly | Psychological Fiction • Psychological • Literary • Literary Realism | First Person Narrative • Alcoholism • Grief • Relationships • Emotional Resolution • Death • Ambiguous Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Chronicle of Love copy (H.E. Francis) (edit) | A Chronicle of Love copy | H.E. Francis | Kansas Quarterly | 1,975 | 7,400 | Kansas Quarterly | Psychological Fiction • Psychological • Literary • Literary Realism | First Person Narrative • Alcoholism • Grief • Relationships • Emotional Resolution • Death • Ambiguous Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Chronicle of Love copy (H.E. Francis) (edit) | A Chronicle of Love copy | H.E. Francis | Kansas Quarterly | 1,975 | 7,400 | Kansas Quarterly | Psychological Fiction • Psychological • Literary • Literary Realism | First Person Narrative • Alcoholism • Grief • Relationships • Emotional Resolution • Death • Ambiguous Ending | |||||||||||
| Short Story:A Circle In The Fire (Flannery O' Connor) (edit) | A Circle In The Fire | Flannery O' Connor | The Kenyon Review | 1,954 | 6,400 | The Kenyon Review | free | Humor • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Teenagers • Fire • Trespassing • Pranks • Race | ||||||||||
| Short Story:A Circle In The Fire (Flannery O' Connor) (edit) | A Circle In The Fire | Flannery O' Connor | The Kenyon Review | 1,954 | 6,400 | The Kenyon Review | free | Humor • Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary / Drama | Teenagers • Fire • Trespassing • Pranks • Race |
