by Ann Charters
First published 2010
This comprehensive collection brings together a century's worth of short fiction from literary giants. Discover Shirley Jackson's chilling "The Lottery," Flannery O'Connor's brutal Southern satire, and Ray Bradbury's haunting sci-fi. Explore the human condition through the eyes of Hemingway, Chopin, Borges, and more. These timeless stories, accompanied by insightful commentary, reveal the full range of the short form's power to captivate, disturb, and transform.
Genres: fiction, classic-literature, literary-fiction, anthologies, american-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Alabama, Araby, Galway, Ireland, Jefferson, L'Abri, Louisiana, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New England, New Richmond Street, New York, Owl Creek Bridge, Salem Village, United States, Wall Street, Yoknapatawpha County
Period: 1600s, 1861-65, 19th century, Antebellum era, Carnival
1163 pages · Paperback · Bedford/St. Martin's
Content warnings: death, graphic-violence