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Short Story Defined

Short story: (noun) an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2004

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Top Suspense: 13 Classic Stories, 12 Masters of the Genre
Call Number: PS648.H6 T6 2011

Hold on tight for a literary thrill-ride into the wickedly clever, frightening, and exhilarating world of Top Suspense, a sizzling collaboration of twelve master storytellers at the peak of their powers in thirteen unforgettable tales.
The Best American Short Stories 2010 by Heidi Pitlor (Editor); Richard Russo
Call Number: PS645 .B451

Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year’s collection boasts a satisfying “chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative” (Wall Street Journal)
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives by Brad Watson
Call Number: PS3573.A8475 A45 2011

A collection of stories explores every kind of domestic discord: unruly or distant children, alienated spouses, domestic abuse, loneliness, death, and divorce.

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All That Work and Still No Boys by Kathryn Ma
Publication Date: 2009

Intimate in detail and universal in theme, these stories give us the compelling voice of an exciting new author whose intelligence, insight, and wit impart a sense of grace to the bitter resentments and enduring ties that comprise family love. Even through the tensions the author creates so deftly, the peace and security that come from building and belonging to one's own community shine forth.
Fortune Teller Miracle Fish by Cathryn Hankla
Publication Date: 2011

An innovative collection of stories from award-winning novelist and poet Cathryn Hankla. The figures in these stories struggle toward more truthful expressions of themselves, as outsiders whose dilemmas, emotions, and desires make them unmistakably human. As varied as they are vivid, they strive for closer connections of love and community.
Ghosts of the Wild West by Nancy Roberts
Publication Date: 2008

Once deemed the "custodian of the twilight zone" by Southern Living, celebrated storyteller and ghost hunter Nancy Roberts returns to familiar subject matter in this newly expanded edition of her Ghosts of the Wild West, a finalist for the Spur Award of the Western Writers of America in its original edition.
Museum of the Weird by Amelia Gray
Publication Date: 2010

Acerbic wit and luminous prose mark these shorts, while sickness and death lurk amidst the humor. Characters find their footing in these bizarre scenarios and manage to fall into redemption and rebirth. Museum of the Weird invites you into its hallways, then beguiles, bewitches, and reveals a writer who has discovered a manner of storytelling all her own.
Red Car: Stories by Sallie Bingham
Publication Date: 2008

Forty-year veteran of the novel, noted feminist, and author of over ten books, Sallie Bingham returns with Red Car, a collection written in her signature style—discreet, sly prose circling taboo subjects.
Western Avenue and Other Fictions by Fred Arroyo
Publication Date: 2012

In these engaging and often gripping short stories, Fred Arroyo takes us into the lives of working-class Hispanic migrants and immigrants, who are often invisible while they work in plain sight across America.

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Questioning Minds: Short Stories by Modern Korean Women Writers
Call Number: PL984.E8 Q47 2010

Introduction : traditions in modern Korean women's fiction writing / Yung-Hee Kim -- Kim Myŏng-sun : A girl of mystery (1917) -- Na Hye-sŏk : Kyŏngshŭi (1918) -- Kim Wŏn-ju : Awakening (1926) -- Han Mu-suk : Hydrangeas (1949) -- Kang Sin-jae : The mist (1950) -- Song Wŏn-hŭi : When autumn leaves fall (1961) -- Yi Sun : A dish of sliced raw fish (1979) -- Yi Sŏk-pong : The light at dawn (1985) -- Ch'oe Yun : Stone in your heart (1992) -- Pak Wan-sŏ : Dried flowers (1995)
Masterplots II. Short Story Series
Call Number: PN3326 .M27 2004 (Reference, 1st floor)

Volumes 1-8
Masterplots II: Short Story Series provides penetrating discussions of the content, themes, structure and techniques of 1,490 stories from every inhabited region in the world: North America (the majority), Africa, Asia, West Indies, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and other European countries.
The Art of the Short Story
Call Number: PN6120.2 .A73 2006

From Chinua Achebe and Sherwood Anderson to Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf, The Art of the Short Story presents masterpieces of short fiction from 52 classic, contemporary and new voices. No other collection of short stories encompasses such a vast and enriching global and historical mix.
The Complete Short Stories -- Oscar Wilde
Call Number: PR5812 .S56 2010

ISBN: 9780199535064

A chronology of Oscar Wilde -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- Sphinx without a secret -- Canterville ghost -- Model millionaire -- Happy prince -- Nightingale and the rose -- Selfish giant -- Devoted friend -- Remarkable rocket -- Portrait of Mr. W. H. -- Young King -- Birthday of the infanta -- Fisherman and his soul -- Star-Child -- Artist -- Doer of good -- Disciple -- Master -- House of Judgment -- Teacher of Wisdom
Jungle Planet and Other Stories
Call Number: PR9550.9 .S57 2005

Women in Literature -- Philippines
Da Word
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.78 (Hawaii Pacific Collection)

Writing entirely what people in Hawai`i refer to as Pidgin, Lee A. Tonouchi takes the language largely associated with Hawai`i's underprivileged youth and attempts to legitimize it in literature.
Morningside Heights: New York Stories
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.92 (Hawaii Pacific Collection)

This collection of short stories chronicles the life of a Japanese American born and raised on the edge of Harlem after his family moved to New York following internment during World War II. Set largely in the neighborhood near Columbia University, it provides a unique perspective of a multicultural community in transition, navigating the issues of identity, death, the Vietnam War, drugs, military duty, and coming of age as a minority in a time of turmoil.
Islands Linked by Ocean: Stories
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.93 (Hawaii Pacific Collection)

The steersman -- Sassy -- Born-again Hawaiian -- Luciano and da break room divas -- In the customer's hands -- Size 12 EEE -- Strawberry scented -- Swift blur of passing vehicles -- Hoku's world -- Dragon eyes -- The weight of water and color -- Islands linked by ocean
In the Company of Strangers
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.95 (Hawaii Pacific Collection)

"Sixteen deceptively simple stories comprise Michelle Cruz Skinner's much-anticipated follow-up to Balikbayan and Mango Seasons, many of them about Filipinos tongue-tied and alienated in the motherland, or scattered across the map of heartaches and homesickness in the company of strangers called countrymen, family, lovers. A book of quiet gems definitely worth the wait"
Great Short Stories by American Women
Call Number: PS647.W6 G74 1996

Embracing a wide variety of subjects, this choice collection of 13 short stories represents the work of an elite group of American women writing in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Undrawn Lines: An Anthology of Fiction
Call Number: PS648.S5 U53 2006

"Undrawn Lines is an anthology of fifteen short stories written by fifteen different authors who call Hawai'i home, but do not necessarily write about Hawai'i. Their styles range from literary narrative to parody to science fiction...."
Three Famous Short Novels by William Faulkner
Call Number: PS3511.A86 A6 1966

1. Spotted Horses
2. Old man
3. The bear
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Call Number: PS3515.E37 S5 2003

The snows of Kilimanjaro -- A clean, well-lighted place -- A day's wait -- The gambler, the nun, and the radio -- Fathers and sons -- In another country -- The killers -- A way you'll never be -- Fifty grand -- The short happy life of Francis Macomber
The Wife Chronicles
Call Number: PS3562.E4478 W5 2008 (Hawaii Pacific Collection)

In his column for The Honolulu Advertiser, Mike Leidemann often wrote about Helen, his wife of 28 years, and their lives together. "This collection of columns is about the little moments that count the most, the ones that make you laugh, sigh, and sometimes cry. It's their story and maybe yours, too."--Back cover.
Spoiled: Stories by Caitlin Macy
Call Number: PS3563.A3387 S66 2010

A collection of stories examines women in their thirties, educated and successful, who nevertheless struggle to keep their footing in lives for which their mothers never prepared them.

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