Sunday readings
Don’t say I never gave you anything.
Here are seven free short stories you can start reading immediately, by everyone from John Updike to Ray Bradbury (including my old fave, Donald Barthelme). The good people at Nothingintherulebook have assembled them for your pleasure.
I haven’t made a habit of reading short stories over the last few years, but I can understand their appeal, given the demands on people’s time these days. Maybe they’re the perfect entrée to literary fiction for folks who don’t read much of it.
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Thank you! This is a brilliant list, and a good way to spend a quiet
Sunday afternoon.
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Almost! Both me and the blog … Thank you, Mr. McCollum!
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What a great idea – I love short fiction. One of my favorite forms of literature!
Seems to be making a bit of a comeback too!
Great idea! Thank you!
You’re welcome. I have to find time to sit down and read all seven!
So many books (and stories), so little time…
That’s really cool Kevin, thanks for sharing. Love that photo of Chekhov. I’ll say this on behalf of my wife Dawn, “he’s a hottie!,” which she always says about him. Must be all that confidence from looking inside people with his medicine bag and his books.
Funny, I know someone who says the same about Nathaniel Hawthorne (the young Hawthorne, I’m assuming).