Most of these are pretty short, so reading this was much like my experience reading Short Shorts (there were even a few stories shared between the two). As it turned out, a few more things here were on my list, I'd read and reviewed - on Goodreads - a few things already, and there were a few authors I wouldn't miss a chance at reading, so I ended up reading about half the book, but my review only covers those stories. Most of these are pretty short, so reading this was much like my experience reading Short Shorts (there were even a few stories shared between the two I "inter-library loaned" this to read "God" by Zamyatin and knock it off my list. I "inter-library loaned" this to read "God" by Zamyatin and knock it off my list. The beggar-woman of Locarno / Heinrich Von Kleist. The doctor's heroism / Villiers De L'Isle-Adam. The shepherd's daughter / William Saroyan -Īn attempt at reform / August Strindberg. Three letters- and a footnote / Horacio Quiroga.
The standard of living / Dorothy Parker. How the devil lost his poncho / Richard Palma. The crime on Calle De La Persequida / Palacio Valdes. The ant and the grasshopper / Somerset Maugham. The wild duck's nest / Michael Mclaverty -Ī toast to Captain Jerk / Russell Maloney -īorn of man and woman / Richard Matheson. Then came the legions / Mackinlay Kantor.
The hollow of the three hills / Nathaniel Hawthorne. The disabled soldier / Oliver Goldsmith -Ībsent-mindedness in a parish choir / Thomas Hardy. The heavenly Christmas tree / Fyodor Dostoevsky. The lottery ticket / Ventura Garcia Calderon. How light belief bringeth damage / Bidpai -Ī psychological shipwreck / Ambrose Bierce. Barrett - Houseparty / Walter Bernstein - How light belief bringeth damage / Bidpai - A psychological shipwreck / Ambrose Bierce - The father / Bjornstjerne Bjornson - Neifile's story / Boccaccio - I see you never / Seventy-five short masterpieces of fiction.Ī wedding without musicians / Sholem Aleichem. A wedding without musicians / Sholem Aleichem - He swung and he missed / Nelson Algren - Senor Payroll / William E. Seventy-five short masterpieces of fiction.