short stories
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Unlike the other artifacts with no traceable provenance, these short stories are bad.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The membership benefit is described as: “A living archive of lectures from the grave, letters never sent, and original short stories curated by Bob Dylan.”
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Strout has meticulously constructed these worlds in linked short stories and novels, set in imaginary small towns such as Crosby, Maine, and Amgash, Ill. With Artie Dam, she has chosen a new protagonist and setting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
The short story made its way into Thomas' best-known collection of short stories, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, which was published in 1940.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
He wrote this terrific book of short stories, The Secret Goldfish, in case you never heard of him.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
