Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon discussion

Challenge 1 - Short Stories - Author Challenges
In this challenge your goal is to read short stories by authors whose names start with each letter of the alphabet.
OR
If you are more map-minded, you can try to read short stories by authors from as many countries as you can.

Keep track here, or in your own thread in our For the Blogless folder, or wherever works best for you.

Short Story Authors - alphabet
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b- Edward Bryant, "Shark"
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e- Harlan Ellison, The Deathbird"
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m- George R.R. Martin, "With Morning Comes Mistfall"
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s- Norman Spinrad, "A Thing of Beauty"
t- James Tiptree, Jr., "Love Is the Plan The Plan Is Death"
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v- Vonda McIntyre, "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand"
w- Gene Wolfe, "The Death of Doctor Island"
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Short Story Authors - alphabet-COMPLETED
a- Alicia Cay-A Recipe for Home
b- Bonnie Elizabeth-An Obsession of Peaches
c- Chris Mandville-Murder in the Roux Morgue
d- David Barnett-The Golden Apple of Shangri-La
e- Eric James Stone-Nine Tenths of the Law
f- Frederic Brown -Earthmen Bearing Gifts
g- George R R Martin-Winter's Chill
h- Heather Graham-Mannequin
i- Isaac Asimov-Youth
j- Jen Bair-Space Without Breath
k- Ken Hoover-Somewhere Far
l- Liz Pierce-The Last Ramekin
m- Mary Pletsch-Roll the Dice
n- Neil Gaiman-October in the Chair
o- Oscar Wilde-The Nightingale and the Rose
p- Pat Cadigan-By Lost Ways
q-Qiu Xialong-Welcome to the Red Dust Lane
r- Robert Sheckley-Warrior Race
s-Suzanne Young-The Recovey
t- Terry Madden-The Honey Pie
u-Ursula Guin-Brothers and Sisters
v- Victor Milan-With A Little Help from His Friends
w-Water Jon Willilams-Unto the Sixth Generation
x- Xia Ja-A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight
y- Yasmine Galenorn-Flight from Hell
z- Zen Cho-If At First You Don't Succeed

Currently reading SS by:
Agatha Christie
The Girl in the Train: A Short Story
In a Glass Darkly: A Short Story

Since I inhaled so many short stories in the last 3 weeks, I just have to use them for this challenge, I hope that is ok...
A Isaac Asimov The Last Question
B Ray Bradbury The Rocket Man
C CHEKHOV Anton The Lottery Ticket
D Philip K. Dick The Minority Report
E T.S. Eliot Eeldrop and Appleplex
F E.M. Forster The Machine Stops
G Maxim Gorky One Autumn Night
H Ernest Hemingway The Snows of Kilimanjaro
I John Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
J Shirley Jackson The Lottery
K C.M. Kornbluth The Altar at Midnight
L Ursula K. Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
M Haruki Murakami The Second Bakery Attack
N Vladimir Nabokov Signs and Symbols
O Flannery O'Connor Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find
P Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher - an Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
Q Arthur Quiller-Couch The Silhouettes
R Kristen Roupenian Cat Person
S Frank R. Stockton The Lady or the Tiger? And, the Discourager of Hesitancy
T Leo Tolstoy Three Questions
U John Updike Pygmalion
V Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Harrison Bergeron
W Oscar Wilde The Nightingale and the Rose
X Lu Xun A Madman's Diary 狂人日記
Y W.B. YeatsThe Crucifixion of the Outcast
Z Stefan ZweigDer Stern über dem Walde L'Étoile au-dessus de la forêt

Question: Can anybody suggest worthy stories by authors with E, U, X, Y and Z? Bit at a loss here...

Nadine wrote: "Question: Can anybody suggest worthy stories by authors with E, U, X, Y and Z? Bit at a loss here..."
x- Xia Ja-A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight
z- Zen Cho-If At First You Don't Succeed

I found these online. Clarkesworld, I think.

Midu wrote: "Nadine wrote: "Question: Can anybody suggest worthy stories by authors with E, U, X, Y and Z? Bit at a loss here..."
x- Xia Ja-A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight
z- Zen Cho-If At First You Don't Succe..."

Oh thank you! Both sound interesting by the title! Will look them up. I did remember Stefan Zweig yesterday and found a story by him (in German) that was a bit disturbing, hadn't expected that, pretty obsessive, dark stuff.

Nadine wrote: "Midu wrote: "Nadine wrote: "Question: Can anybody suggest worthy stories by authors with E, U, X, Y and Z? Bit at a loss here..."
x- Xia Ja-A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight
z- Zen Cho-If At First Yo..."
Cho's story is on the B&N blog. It's a cute one.

Thank you!!

Also found this: https://bookriot.com/best-short-stori...

I was just looking back at the stories I read lately... and a thought crossed my mind... do you think that the happy ending rate in short stories is a lot lower than in novels? Maybe authors feel more at ease killing off (or sending into misery...) their heroes if the reader had only a short amount of time to fall for them?
I have the feeling that the endings are a lot more often tragic. Or maybe it is the more classical genre of the short stories I read?

Short Story Authors - alphabet

Challenge 1 - Short Stories - Author Challenges
In this challenge your goal is to read short stories by authors whose names start with each letter of the alphabet.

OR

If you are more map-minded, you can try to read short stories by authors from as many countries as you can.
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P - P. Djèlí Clark
Countries Haiti, USA, Mongolia

Nadine wrote: "I was just looking back at the stories I read lately... and a thought crossed my mind... do you think that the happy ending rate in short stories is a lot lower than in novels? Maybe authors feel m..."
Agreed. I think authors don't think readers can connect as deeply with short story characters as they can with those in a novel.

Just finished a short anthology from our National Artist in the Philippines May Day Eve and Other Stories

While I don't have the time for this challenge right now, I am grateful for all the short story resources and recommendations you all have posted! I am keeping this list for the future!