Short Story Anthologies

[createdestiny]

On the prowl for good short stories. Started with The Best American Short Stories 2011 edited by Geraldine Brooks, lost interest after reading the first two stories.....I was reading it on Kindle and got pissed off at the typos in the Kindle version. I became convinced that some pages were out of order in one of the stories so I went to Barnes &

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[handstil]

I really liked the How to be Alone essays by Franzen, I love ANY Raymond Carver to pieces, Joyce Carol Oates: Where are you Going, Where have you Been? Collected Short Stories.

[createdestiny]

Joyce Carol Oates has a story in the BAS Nonrequired, it's quite good. Thanks for recommending her collected short stories and Franzen's essays. I've got one of Carver's collections but haven't picked it up in a while....

[patrick_vecchio]

Try The Ice at the Bottom of the World, by Mark Richard. The first story in the book, "Strays," is my all-time favorite short story, and I guarantee you've never read anything like it. It rewards repeated readings, too.

The book has been out long enough that you ought to be able to find a good used copy for not much money.

[createdestiny]

Thanks. I have put it on my list. :)

[tea_drinker77]

For short stories some of my favourites are Alice Munro, Alice Walker and Flannery O' Connor.

I read The Penguin Book of International Women's Stories edited by Kate Figes a couple of years ago and liked that a lot. I usually find the Penguin anthologies quite reliable.