/lit/ - Literature

>>15840244

Here's ten stories by ten authors you haven't mentioned. All super-readable, in my opinion. If you like one, you know what to do.

>The Hitch-Hiker - Roald Dahl
Dahl in 'Tales of the Unexpected' mode. Comfiness personified. (Doubly so if you like driving fast.)

>The Tower of the Elephant - Robert E. Howard
A barbarian climbs a tower to kill the man inside, but things take an unexpected turn. And by the way, Conan isn't a muscle-bound thug.

>Land of the Great Horses - R.A.Lafferty
Cute idea, well executed.

>Dancing Dan's Christmas - Damon Runyon
Who needs the past tense? Or the future tense? And those last two lines are hard to beat.

>Cathedral - Raymond Carver
A million people like this story but that's OK. A million people are right, too.

>The Speckled Band - Arthur Conan Doyle
This was Conan Doyle's favourite Sherlock Holmes story. Well done ACD!

>A Dollar And 20 Cents - Charles Bukoswki
"The Snows Of Kilimanjaro", Bukowski-style.

>Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Rudyard Kipling
'Good children's stories don't pretend there are no monsters. Children know very well there are monsters. Good children's stories show that monsters can be killed.' (G.K.Chesterton)

>To Build A Fire - Jack London
Yes, they made you read it in school. I don't care. It's still great.

>The Sea Devil - Arthur Gordon
A man likes to go out in his boat and catch fish by moonlight. One night he sees what he thinks are two mullet about eight feet apart, and angles the throw of his net to collect them both. Only at the last moment does he realize —

>Here's ten stories by ten authors you haven't mentioned. All super-readable, in my opinion. If you like one, you know what to do.
>>The Hitch-Hiker - Roald Dahl
>Dahl in 'Tales of the Unexpected' mode. Comfiness personified. (Doubly so if you like driving fast.)
>>The Tower of the Elephant - Robert E. Howard
>A barbarian climbs a tower to kill the man inside, but things take an unexpected turn. And by the way, Conan isn't a muscle-bound thug.
>>Land of the Great Horses - R.A.Lafferty
>Cute idea, well executed.
>>Dancing Dan's Christmas - Damon Runyon
>Who needs the past tense? Or the future tense? And those last two lines are hard to beat.
>>Cathedral - Raymond Carver
>A million people like this story but that's OK. A million people are right, too.
>>The Speckled Band - Arthur Conan Doyle
>This was Conan Doyle's favourite Sherlock Holmes story. Well done ACD!
>>A Dollar And 20 Cents - Charles Bukoswki
>"The Snows Of Kilimanjaro", Bukowski-style.
>>Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Rudyard Kipling
>'Good children's stories don't pretend there are no monsters. Children know very well there are monsters. Good children's stories show that monsters can be killed.' (G.K.Chesterton)
>>To Build A Fire - Jack London
>Yes, they made you read it in school. I don't care. It's still great.
>>The Sea Devil - Arthur Gordon
>A man likes to go out in his boat and catch fish by moonlight. One night he sees what he thinks are two mullet about eight feet apart, and angles the throw of his net to collect them both. Only at the last moment does he realize —

>>15840244
And for German language stories read Robert Walser. Kafka was an admirer of his work.

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Thread of course won't be up for me to say if I like them by the time I actually read them, so I'll just say now that I appreciate the suggestions.
>>15840347
Instead of lurking on japanese flute learning forums and trying to impersonate OPs to trigger others, just get a job, you fucking clown.

Seconding Roald Dahl, all of his stories for adults are collected in two affordable volumes (or you can steal them).
David Foster Wallace has a bunch of interesting shor(er) stories, I'm not even memeing.
Try Akutagawa if you like Japanese stuff.

Check out Chekhov

Never see him recommended here but check out Breece D'J Pancake. Retarded name aside, he's a very good writer and you can read everything he ever wrote in a weekend afternoon.

Also noticed you didn't mention Borges. Should definitely check out Ficciones at least.

you've read this one? it's pretty much what you are asking for I imagine

My favorite short story authors:
Raymond Carver
Haruki Murakami
Borges

Mark Twain short stories

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I probably have enough for a year now. I'll check the thread again tomorrow though

Big Bad Love - Larry Brown
The Man Who Could Walk through Walls - Marcel Aymé

>>15840483
>Instead of lurking on japanese flute learning forums and trying to impersonate OPs to trigger others, just get a job, you fucking clown.