Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This isn’t a favorites list—and it’s not a greatest-hits compilation.
In this video, I walk through 12 short story writers every serious reader should know: the authors I return to again and again while doing my daily Bradbury Trio practice of reading a short story, a poem, and an essay.
These writers span roughly the 1880s through the 1950s, the period when the modern short story was refined, tested, and perfected as a serious literary art form. Some of them teach attention, some teach precision, some teach dread, and others teach clarity—but all of them reward close, repeated reading.
At the end, I also mention a few personal favorites who didn’t make this core list, and explain why depth matters more than novelty when it comes to reading short fiction seriously.
If you’re interested in slowing down, rereading, and building a deeper relationship with great short stories, this video is a good place to start.
#BookTube #ShortStories #SeriousReaders #ReadingChallenge #ClassicLiterature #HowToRead
This isn’t a favorites list—and it’s not a greatest-hits compilation.
In this video, I walk through 12 short story writers every serious reader should know: the authors I return to again and again while doing my daily Bradbury Trio practice of reading a short story, a poem, and an essay.
These writers span roughly the 1880s through the 1950s, the period when the modern short story was refined, tested, and perfected as a serious literary art form. Some of them teach attention, some teach precision, some teach dread, and others teach clarity—but all of them reward close, repeated reading.
At the end, I also mention a few personal favorites who didn’t make this core list, and explain why depth matters more than novelty when it comes to reading short fiction seriously.
If you’re interested in slowing down, rereading, and building a deeper relationship with great short stories, this video is a good place to start.
#BookTube #ShortStories #SeriousReaders #ReadingChallenge #ClassicLiterature #HowToRead
