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re: Good list of short reads?

Posted on 9/30/17 at 12:19 am to
Posted by reggierayreb
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Posted on 9/30/17 at 12:19 am to
"Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut ... a collection of short stories and an essay from a magazine.

"Poachers" by Tom Franklin ... a collection of short stories.

"Nine Stories" by J.D. Salinger

"H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Collection"

Posted by pensacola
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Posted on 8/25/22 at 7:21 pm to
It's been five years. Any new additions?
Posted by dirtsandwich
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Posted on 8/25/22 at 7:26 pm to
quote:

The collected short stories of Edgar Allen Poe or Mark Twain are both still surprisingly good.

Why would this be surprising?
Posted by dirtsandwich
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Posted on 8/25/22 at 7:28 pm to
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Siddartha
Tao Te Ching and/or the Tao of Pooh
The Missionary Position
The Book of Job

Read this list without realizing I wrote it. And thought, dang, this guy is good.
Posted by pensacola
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Posted on 8/25/22 at 10:48 pm to
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

was amazing. Someone on here suggested it years ago.
Posted by nes2010
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Posted on 8/26/22 at 8:10 am to


Reading Jesse Stuart reminds me of my grandfather. Stories about the old rural south.

This post was edited on 8/26/22 at 9:09 am
Posted by dirtsandwich
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Posted on 8/26/22 at 11:31 am to
The Gospel of Mark is short and a really interesting read.
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