Favourite Short Story

[JC McMinis]

With the favourite fantasy book thread it got me thinking about alot of the short stories I have read over the years. What is you fave. It can be fantasy, sci-fi, whatever.

I'm going to list my top 5

#5 At Moonset Blackcat Comes by Gary Gygax (featured in Dragon Magazine #100)
#4 The Frost Giant's Daughter by Robert E. Howard
#3 The Doom That Came To Sarnath by H.P. Lovecraft
#2 The Rats In The Walls by H.P. Lovecraft

and my all time
#1 The Thing In The Crypt by Robert E. Howard

 

[ParaGoomba Slayer]

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury.

 

[lefton4ya]

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. I read it in 7th/8th grade and still remember it. They made a tv movie of it in the 90s but as always the written word is better.

Lately I have been reading some Phillip K Dick short stories, including paycheck which is the "title" of the compilation, and they are all really good.

 

[jacknichol]

cinderella- Disney movie I was in 10th standard when i read it and that's the cutest and romantic story, i evea read in my life.
That's really good and fantastic.

 

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

A Sound of Thunder was such a cool short story to me as a kid, especially the version in the Dinosaurs anthology with the William Stout illustrations. Nowadays it's a part of the anthology some of my independent studies students read and I find it leaves more time-related quandaries than anything else.

As a teen, John Updike's A&P was a memorable and relatable tale.

As an adult one of the more notable short stories I recently read was Stephen King's The Man in the Black Suit in his collection, Everything's Eventual.

 

[marrowick]

I'd have to say my favorite short story is probably 'The Colour out of Space' by H.P. Lovecraft. I've got a whole book of his stuff but still have yet to finish it.