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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Masqueraders - Georgette Heyer Smart Rats - Thomas Baird The End of the World As We Know It - Lesley Choyce Grist - Heather Waldorf Me and the Blondes - Teresa Toten Wild Orchid - Beverley Brenna Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich - Stephen Leacock Innocent Libertine - Colette Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amatuer Cracksman - E!.W!. Hornung Building A Mystery - R!. Reisfeld, H!. B!. GilmourWww@QuestionHome@Com "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" by Alan Sillitoe It's a little longer than most short stories, I think they refer to it as a novella or something like that!. 50 or so pages EDIT I strongly agree with above answer regarding Kurt Vonnegut Jr!. He has many great short stories and great full length too!.Www@QuestionHome@Com A rose for Emily by william faulkner is like the best short story ever! it's soo good because it's so mysterious!. It's definately creepy because you would think Emily is this sweet little old lady who died!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I was going to suggest Edgar Allen Poe but Stephen King's "Everything Eventual" and other books of short stories by him are great!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Check out The Best American Short Stories, that has some really great ones!. also Stephen Kings Different Seasons is fantastic and very creepy!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut The Rocking Horse Winner by D!.H!. Lawrence The Lottery, I can't remember the authorWww@QuestionHome@Com The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman it's sp weird and creepy!.!.!.i love itWww@QuestionHome@Com Well, I was going to suggest Poe, but Shirly Jackson may offer some good stories for you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |