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27. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber - Ernest Hemingway

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Mon Feb 12, 2018, 05:22 AM

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Post a few of your favorite short stories [View all] red dog 1 Feb 2018 OP

Here are a few of my favorites Va Lefty Feb 2018 #1

My lifetime favorite is The Ransom of Red Chief lunatica Feb 2018 #2

That sounds like a good one! red dog 1 Feb 2018 #3

O'Henry could sure weave a great tale in a few pages rurallib Feb 2018 #21

Anything by O. Henry. nt Shemp Howard Feb 2018 #4

"Hey Moe, Hey Larry!" red dog 1 Feb 2018 #5

Saki (H.H. Munro) wrote a whole bunch of really good ones. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #6

Sredni Vashtar is one of my all time favorites of his! DFW Feb 2018 #40

"What You Pawn I Will Redeem" by Sherman Alexie FSogol Feb 2018 #7

I agree with anything by O. Henry! Great stuff. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2018 #8

Another Clarke collection of short stories you might want to try sarge43 Feb 2018 #10

Mine sarge43 Feb 2018 #9

Harlan Ellison may be the most underrated American writer of the 20th century red dog 1 Feb 2018 #11

Agreed. Ellison's range, outout, and sheer power is unmatched... First Speaker Feb 2018 #15

You should check out Ellison's "Driving in the Spikes" red dog 1 Feb 2018 #12

Thanks. I'll seek it out. sarge43 Feb 2018 #14

It's in "The Essential Ellison - A 35 Year Retrospective" (1987) red dog 1 Feb 2018 #18

Thank you, again sarge43 Feb 2018 #20

"The Body" - Stephen King Skittles Feb 2018 #13

Fritz Leiber's "Coming Attraction"... First Speaker Feb 2018 #16

It doesn't get any better than "The Destructors" by Graham Greene. (nt) Paladin Feb 2018 #17

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Shrek Feb 2018 #19

Red Wind by Raymond Chandler Brother Buzz Feb 2018 #22

Pigs Is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler csziggy Feb 2018 #23

Franz Kafka wrote several classics Sinistrous Feb 2018 #24

Bartleby the Scrivener by Melville diva77 Feb 2018 #25

Paw and Order . stonecutter357 Feb 2018 #26

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber - Ernest Hemingway lapfog_1 Feb 2018 #27

Does Old Man and the Sea count as a short story? fNord Feb 2018 #28

"Old Man and the Sea" is a novel red dog 1 Feb 2018 #33

Green Thoughts. john collier. love his goodnights & fancies. pansypoo53219 Feb 2018 #29

I love threads like this TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #30

"I See You Never" Rustynaerduwell Feb 2018 #31

"Parson's Pleasure" by Roald Dahl and "A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Ellison. Nay Feb 2018 #32

Actually, I want this thread's HELP to find one from elementary school: about the 1919 World Series UTUSN Feb 2018 #34

I hope you find it TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #36

Wow, thanks *so* much for the good ideas, but most of all for understanding UTUSN Feb 2018 #37

Ahh, you're welcome!!! TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #38

Will do! UTUSN Feb 2018 #39

The Necklace, by Guy du Maupassant, and... 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #35

A diverse group: DFW Feb 2018 #41