The Good Short Stories Thread - In which my autism finds its paradise

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Hazel Motes

Hazel Motes

"I can smell the sin on your breath"
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Short stories, new and old, can be found all over the internet. I thought I would make this thread to share with other users short stories we find.

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.

I read this again last night and forgot how much I enjoyed Vonnegut's writing style. About a world 'made equal.' Clear cut and to the point.

The Lady with The Dog by Anton Chekhov.


Chekhov was one of the first short stories writers I ever read. It is how I presumed you should write a short story. This is a delightful work. So much resonance is so few words.

The Gift by Delicious Tacos.


I don't want to reveal too much but I will say its build up is well worth for the pay off.

Bartleby by Herman Melville


Melville is my favourite novelist. I love his work and this remains my favourite short story by him. I'm sure Americans learn this one at school... ?... I don't know but I'll share.

The Artifical Nigger by Flannery O'Connor


Nigger.
 
The Machine Stops:
People build machine then become pod people of the machine, generations pass and rather than technology it becomes viewed as a deity but eventually crumbles.
I like it because I think it is a realistic portrayal of what happens when individuals collectively give up responsibilities and how it would change their behaviour and worldview. Half decent allegory for the common perspective around healthcare today.
 
libRT said:
The Machine Stops:
People build machine then become pod people of the machine, generations pass and rather than technology it becomes viewed as a deity but eventually crumbles.
I like it because I think it is a realistic portrayal of what happens when individuals collectively give up responsibilities and how it would change their behaviour and worldview. Half decent allegory for the common perspective around healthcare today.
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Masterpiece. This is the dystopian literature I feel is most resonating to our society. It is this sedentary living which destructs ideas of self, man, woman. There is the destruction of all purpose to life. That is to me the most pivotal issue of today.

“Few travelled in these days, for, thanks to the advance of science, the earth was exactly alike all over. Rapid intercourse, from which the previous civilization had hoped so much, had ended by defeating itself. What was the good of going to Peking when it was just like Shrewsbury? Why return to Shrewsbury when it would all be like Peking? Men seldom moved their bodies; all unrest was concentrated in the soul.”
 
The Dream of a Rediculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I've jokingly called it "Russian A Christmas Carol" since it has a somewhat similar plot, albeit darker and not Christmas themed.
 
Oscar Wilde's short stories and fairy tales are always a good read. Like the Happy Prince and the Selfish Giant. Though the Happy Prince is one of the most homoerotic fairy tales ever.
 
Recently read a couple of Andrew Vachss' short story collections, Born Bad & Everybody Pays.

Graphic stuff but it's nonces getting done in and they waste no time.

Had struggled with his regular novels but the short stories were good stuff.
 
I've always been very fond of Bradbury's Martian Chronicles. I read "There Will Come Soft Rains" back in high school and it stuck with me ever since. Eventually I found out it was part of a larger series and went back to read the rest of it.

I also like Arthur C. Clarke's "Technical Error".
 
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