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[belladonnaleaves]

I usually stick to the horror/science fiction genres but anything goes. Some of my all-time faves would be:

Caitlin R.Kiernan - In The Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)
Ramsey Campbell - No Strings
Stephen King - The Jaunt, The Mist, I am The Doorway,The Man In The Black Suit
Clive Barker - In The Hills: The Cities
Hp Lovecraft - The Whisperer In Darkness
Alastair Reynolds - Diamond Dogs
JG Ballard - The Concentration City,Manhole 69, Track 12,The Singing Statues, Prisoner of the Coral Deep
Edith Nesbitt - Mansize In Marble
MR James - The Mezziotint,The Ash-Tree
Ray Bradbury - The Coffin, A Sound Of Thunder,Dark They Were, and Golden-eyed,The Foghorn,The Finnegan.
Gene Wolfe - The Tree Is My Hat

And loads more i'll never remember by title or author alone.

[trippinoneastereggs]

the sherlock holmes stories. All i can think of at the moment.

[Jake Wifebeater]

"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W.Jacobs. A good story about greed.

[Hogisbald]

Irvine Welsh- Acid House.

[Marillionboy]

In a similar vain to Hog's choice, I'd say some of the stories in Ewan Morrison's recent book THE LAST BOOK YOU READ are great Scottish short stories, especially Fuck Buddy and Re: Your Ad.

George Mackay Brown though is for me the best short story writer ever.

In the horror vein, I think Ramsay Campbell's Being an Angel is a gem, and for ghosty chills AJ Alan's The Dream, TH White's Soft Voices at Passenham and MR James The Stalls of Barchester Catherdral are terrific.

[Afro Droid]

Originally Posted by belladonnaleaves

Hp Lovecraft - The Whisperer In Darkness

Awesome. Shadow Over Innsmouth too.

[Camie]

Originally Posted by Jake Spike

"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W.Jacobs. A good story about greed.

Agreed.
One of Ray Bradbury's stories as well. Was about a man going back in time to hunt for dinosaurs and accidentally killing a butterfly changing the present in the process.

[Larsen B]

I don't if the Old Man and the Sea is short enough to be considered a short story, if not there are heaps of ace Kafka ones but i can't remember the names of them other than the obvious Metamorphosis. There's one called Jackal maybe. It had a jackal in it anyway.

[bifta23]

HP Lovecraft - Polaris

because i have STML, i ususally can't remember any short stories.