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Short Stories

Heather Wingfield
Central Library Adult Services

I lead a  busy life. I often don’t have the time to sit down and read several chapters of a novel, and it might be weeks before I pick up the book again.  For me short stories are great, because I can read one story, and don’t have to worry about remembering which character did what the next time I have a few minutes to read.   I also love using short story anthologies to find new authors without committing to a whole novel.

The books on this list are all over the place, from 1940’s  “women’s fiction” to  modern fairy tales, science fiction and surrealism.

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Birds of America [1]
by Moore, Lorrie.

Length: 291 p. ;

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Publisher: Picador, New York : 1999.
[1]
by Moore, Lorrie.

Length: 291 p. ;

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Publisher: Picador, New York : 1999.
Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm [2]
by Gibbons, Stella

Length: xvii, 298 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011.
[2]
by Gibbons, Stella

Length: xvii, 298 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011.
Fragile things : short fictions and wonders [3]
by Gaiman, Neil.

Length: xxxi, 360 p. ;

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Publisher: William Morrow, New York : 2006.
[3]
by Gaiman, Neil.

Length: xxxi, 360 p. ;

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Publisher: William Morrow, New York : 2006.
Good bones : and simple murders [4]
by Atwood, Margaret

Length: viii, 164 p. ;

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Publisher: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, New York : 1994.
[4]
by Atwood, Margaret

Length: viii, 164 p. ;

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Publisher: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, New York : 1994.
Little black book of stories [5]
by Byatt, A. S.

Length: 240 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf : New York : 2004.
[5]
by Byatt, A. S.

Length: 240 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf : New York : 2004.
Magic for beginners [6]
by Link, Kelly.

Length: 272 p. :

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Publisher: Small Beer Press : Northhampton, MA : c2005.
[6]
by Link, Kelly.

Length: 272 p. :

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Publisher: Small Beer Press : Northhampton, MA : c2005.
My mother she killed me, my father he ate me : forty new fairy tales [7]

Length: xxxi, 543 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2010.
[7]

Length: xxxi, 543 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2010.
St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves [8]
by Russell, Karen

Length: 246 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf, New York : 2006.
[8]
by Russell, Karen

Length: 246 p. ;

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Publisher: Knopf, New York : 2006.
The birthday of the world and other stories [9]
by Le Guin, Ursula K.

Length: xiii, 362 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY : c2002.
[9]
by Le Guin, Ursula K.

Length: xiii, 362 p. ;

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Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY : c2002.
The bloody chamber : and other stories [10]
by Carter, Angela

Length: 162 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011, c1979.
[10]
by Carter, Angela

Length: 162 p. ;

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Publisher: Penguin Books, New York : 2011, c1979.
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[1] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=7060974
[2] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=119723369
[3] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=3428708
[4] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=4141609
[5] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=4156790
[6] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=2651913
[7] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=4693747
[8] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=1648557
[9] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=8028246
[10] http://catalog.lexpublib.org/?config=default#section=resource&resourceId=80703524