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.

11 comments on “Sunday readings”

islandeditions
April 24, 2016

Thank you! This is a brilliant list, and a good way to spend a quiet
Sunday afternoon.

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Phillip McCollum
April 24, 2016

Happy Birthday Mr. Brennan!

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- Kevin Brennan
  April 24, 2016
  
  Almost! Both me and the blog … Thank you, Mr. McCollum!
  
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John W. Howell
April 24, 2016

Excellent.

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Book Club Mom
April 24, 2016

What a great idea – I love short fiction. One of my favorite forms of literature!

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- Kevin Brennan
  April 25, 2016
  
  Seems to be making a bit of a comeback too!
  
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Audrey Driscoll
April 24, 2016

Great idea! Thank you!

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- Kevin Brennan
  April 25, 2016
  
  You’re welcome. I have to find time to sit down and read all seven!
  
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  - Audrey Driscoll
    April 26, 2016
    
    So many books (and stories), so little time…
pinklightsabre
April 25, 2016

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.

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- Kevin Brennan
  April 25, 2016
  
  Funny, I know someone who says the same about Nathaniel Hawthorne (the young Hawthorne, I’m assuming).
  
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