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Recommend me a Short Story
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walnutthewise
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Try out http://www.wireisalive.com. It's a collection of short stories with premises curated by internet submissions. Check out the archived transmissions for nearly a novels worth of unique and great stuff.
Megalosaro
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N. By stephan king.
His takes on lovecraftian horror is always great
His takes on lovecraftian horror is always great
Came to post this...
Puppet Shadow
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One of my favorite authors, Robert Sheckley.
Great science fiction short stories from the 1950s. Classic stuff.
Great science fiction short stories from the 1950s. Classic stuff.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Ey-o, I'm looking for pre-20th century short stories with lots of good, natural dialogue. I've been reading and loving Maupassant, but he's still a war writer for the most part.
Grenouille
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The Monkey's Paw
Everything and Nothing by Jorge Luis Borges (it's not his best but it's very short)
Goliath by Neil Gaiman (something similar to the Matrix)
Everything and Nothing by Jorge Luis Borges (it's not his best but it's very short)
Goliath by Neil Gaiman (something similar to the Matrix)
King Allant
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The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove
read it!!!
read it!!!
BrokenEchelon
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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
HuskerDutheDu
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Alifa Rifaat's My World of the Unknown
Should be able to find a pdf online.
Should be able to find a pdf online.
Blargonaut
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029ZAPRW?ie=UTF8&tag=johnaugustcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0029ZAPRW
The Variant by John August is awesome. It's 99 cents, man. Hell if you PM me your email address I'll send you a copy.
The Variant by John August is awesome. It's 99 cents, man. Hell if you PM me your email address I'll send you a copy.
The Yellow Wallpaper.
And then you can listen to the radio play with the criminally underrated Agnes Moorehead.
And then you can listen to the radio play with the criminally underrated Agnes Moorehead.
ekka4shiki
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The Laughing Man - JD Salinger
Btw, thank you for mentioning The Last Question OP, just read that and it was interesting. Gonna check out some stories mentioned here too.
Btw, thank you for mentioning The Last Question OP, just read that and it was interesting. Gonna check out some stories mentioned here too.
TheContact
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By the waters of Babylon. U can find it with a Google search. Best short story ever
Beaniedude
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I wrote a short story once. It was really short.
I showed it to my friends and they all hated it.
But here you are!
Enjoy it in all its glory.
So there was this guy called Charlie and he wanted to be a brewer, you know, it was his life dream. He just loved beer so much that he wanted his life to revolve around it.
So off Charlie popped to Beer School. Now the problem was that there is no such as beer school. At least to my knowledge but for sake of this narrative let's assume they don't exist.
Charlie tried looking all over the place for a teacher, he went to brewery after brewery but all the breweries out there weren't accepting apprentices, they were stock full. Charlie was devastated. So much that he broke down on the street crying.
This was his life dream. His life goal! And he had no way to achieve it.
By chance a master brewer, George let's call him, passed Charlie on the street and was moved by Charlie's passion for beer and so he took him under his wing.
And so George taught Charlie everything he knew. He taught him about hops, and barley and yeast and other things you put in beer. You know, beer things.
One day George had pressing matters to attend to, his wife was dying or something, but he couldn't just leave the brewery for the beer he was making was to be presented to the king and a bad batch meant certain death. Yes, plot twist, ancient England. He looked at his unfinished beer, the yeast still needed adding to the concoction or something, something that would take a long time and he couldn't just do before popping off to see his wife. And then looked at a drawing of his wife because remember, ancient England, they didn't have cameras.
George was torn, he didn't know what to do. On one hand his wife was dying and on the other if he left now then he would die as well because of the angry king not liking his beer. Seeing this Charlie came up to him. "George," Charlie said, "Go to your wife, I can finish the beer. I am ready to do it."
George was moved by this, he put his hand on Charlie's shoulder, "Are you sure Charlie?" He said, "A bad batch means certain death. If you don't do this perfectly then you will most certainly die."
And Charlie he just stared deep into George's eyes and with unmovable conviction he said, "George. After everything you have taught me. It is the yeast I can do."
I showed it to my friends and they all hated it.
But here you are!
Enjoy it in all its glory.
So there was this guy called Charlie and he wanted to be a brewer, you know, it was his life dream. He just loved beer so much that he wanted his life to revolve around it.
So off Charlie popped to Beer School. Now the problem was that there is no such as beer school. At least to my knowledge but for sake of this narrative let's assume they don't exist.
Charlie tried looking all over the place for a teacher, he went to brewery after brewery but all the breweries out there weren't accepting apprentices, they were stock full. Charlie was devastated. So much that he broke down on the street crying.
This was his life dream. His life goal! And he had no way to achieve it.
By chance a master brewer, George let's call him, passed Charlie on the street and was moved by Charlie's passion for beer and so he took him under his wing.
And so George taught Charlie everything he knew. He taught him about hops, and barley and yeast and other things you put in beer. You know, beer things.
One day George had pressing matters to attend to, his wife was dying or something, but he couldn't just leave the brewery for the beer he was making was to be presented to the king and a bad batch meant certain death. Yes, plot twist, ancient England. He looked at his unfinished beer, the yeast still needed adding to the concoction or something, something that would take a long time and he couldn't just do before popping off to see his wife. And then looked at a drawing of his wife because remember, ancient England, they didn't have cameras.
George was torn, he didn't know what to do. On one hand his wife was dying and on the other if he left now then he would die as well because of the angry king not liking his beer. Seeing this Charlie came up to him. "George," Charlie said, "Go to your wife, I can finish the beer. I am ready to do it."
George was moved by this, he put his hand on Charlie's shoulder, "Are you sure Charlie?" He said, "A bad batch means certain death. If you don't do this perfectly then you will most certainly die."
And Charlie he just stared deep into George's eyes and with unmovable conviction he said, "George. After everything you have taught me. It is the yeast I can do."
The Last Wizard
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I read it during freshman year as well, while I was reading it I was listening to miles Davis on last.fm and sanctuary came on making it even more bizarre.
I reccomend The Egg http://www.reddit.com/r/Frisson/comments/1a07cy/short_story_the_egg_by_andy_weir/
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