Favorite short stories online - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 02-18-2009, 09:44 AM

I really like A Nine-Mile Walk, and was surprised to find it on-line. I read The Rocking Horse Winner years ago and don't remember much about it. I'll have to look it up.

footfootfoot · 02-18-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

My ex used to tell that same story.

Another submission in my cricket attraction thread. Read this years ago:

A Mother's Tale by James Agee

It was from a peanuts strip where Linus badgers Lucy into reading him a bedtime story, she finally relents and that is the story she tells him.

Shawnee123 · 02-18-2009, 04:26 PM

That must be where he got it.

I used to know a guy who called me Lucy, after Lucy Van Pelt. Imagine that.

wolf · 02-18-2009, 08:51 PM

Most of the shorts that I like or love probably aren't available online. You know, that pesky copyright business?

This place has a bunch

My favorites are Poe, Lovecraft, and Conan Doyle for "old" stuff. My favorite modern short story writers are Harlan Ellison and Chuck Palahniuk.

Pie · 02-18-2009, 09:01 PM

Cold Women, Kept Safe by Jessica Pierce

footfootfoot · 02-18-2009, 11:28 PM

I like this story a lot:
http://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/scrabble.html

wolf · 02-19-2009, 03:56 AM

Guts by Chuck Palahniuk

WARNING: Extremely graphic descriptions not for readers with sensitive stomachs. Actually, the use of the word stomach was probably a really bad choice here. People with any type of sensitivity should probably not click on the above link.

Oh, and there's a really annoying flashy banner on the page. Just scroll so it's above the top of your browser window. Trust me on this.

Perry Winkle · 02-19-2009, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I doubt it. No offense, but I was talking about real literature.

I don't care for fanfic myself, but I gotta say that's the exact attitude people had toward short stories before they were considered literature. It's also the same attitude that was held toward virtually every craft that is now regarded as art (novels, film, etc.).

I hope I don't live to see the day that fanfic becomes literature. Though, in a way, most fiction is fanfic of a sort.

Perry Winkle · 02-19-2009, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Guts by Chuck Palahniuk

WARNING: Extremely graphic descriptions not for readers with sensitive stomachs. Actually, the use of the word stomach was probably a really bad choice here. People with any type of sensitivity should probably not click on the above link.

Since I couldn't stop laughing while reading that, I guess that makes me insensitive...

02-18-2009, 09:44 AM	#16
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I really like A Nine-Mile Walk, and was surprised to find it on-line. I read The Rocking Horse Winner years ago and don't remember much about it. I'll have to look it up. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-18-2009, 04:26 PM	#18
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That must be where he got it. I used to know a guy who called me Lucy, after Lucy Van Pelt. Imagine that. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-18-2009, 08:51 PM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Most of the shorts that I like or love probably aren't available online. You know, that pesky copyright business? This place has a bunch My favorites are Poe, Lovecraft, and Conan Doyle for "old" stuff. My favorite modern short story writers are Harlan Ellison and Chuck Palahniuk. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-18-2009, 09:01 PM	#20
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Cold Women, Kept Safe by Jessica Pierce __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-18-2009, 11:28 PM	#21
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I like this story a lot: http://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/scrabble.html __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-19-2009, 03:56 AM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Guts by Chuck Palahniuk WARNING: Extremely graphic descriptions not for readers with sensitive stomachs. Actually, the use of the word stomach was probably a really bad choice here. People with any type of sensitivity should probably not click on the above link. Oh, and there's a really annoying flashy banner on the page. Just scroll so it's above the top of your browser window. Trust me on this. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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