Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's baaaaack again for September 2025. A short story every day for Shorty September!
Shorty September is hosted by Heather @TooManyHeathers, Crystal @fiberartsyreadsand Karen @RovingReader
Heather's announcement video:
youtube.com/watch?v=dsQTFt3Bs6k&t=143s
Other Booktubers Mentioned:
Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
Allen @hardbooks770
2025 Stories
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "Speedoman by Ghassan Zeinnedine
3. "The Great Awake" by Julia Armfield
4. "Woodland" by Lydia Millet
5. "The Mine" by Nathan Harris
6. "The Stone" by Louise Erdrich (audio)
7. "Your Body is a Jewel Box" by Kay Boyle
8. "Speech Sounds" by Octavia Butler
9. "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. "Ghost Birds" by Karen Russell
11. "The State" by Tommy Orange (audio)
12. "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
13. "The Redemption of Galen Pike" by Carys Davies
14. "Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
15. "Year's End" by Jhumpa Lahiri
16. "The History of Sound" by Ben Shattuck
17. "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss
18. "Letter of Apology" by Maria Reva
19. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
20. "North Of" by Marie-Helene Bertino
21. "I Won't Let You Go" by Hiromi Kawakami
22. "Arianespace" by Maylis de Kerangal
23. "You Got It, Take it Away" by Fernando Flores
24. "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25. "Manifest" by Pemi Aguda
26. "The Summer People" by Shirley Jackson
27. "Catherdral" by Raymond Carver
28. "Patient Zero" by Tananarive Due
29. "The Fix" by Percival Everett
30. "Sleep" by Colm Toibin
2024 Stories
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
3. "Bad Neighbors: by Edward P. Jones
4. "Hearing Aids" by Roddy Doyle
5. "The Daily Commute" by Sarah Gailey
6. "Better Living Through Algorithms" by Naomi Kretzer
7. "Hands" by Sherwood Anderson
8. "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick
9. "A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro
10. "Herd Immunity" by Tananarive Due
11. "Rent Control" by Walter Tevis
12. " Madwoman's Milk" by Louise Kennedy
13. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver
14. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
15. "The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett
16. "The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever
17. Feast (Triptych) by Beth Piatote
18. "Office Hours" by Ling Ma
19. "The Gift of the Magi" by O Henry (Yes, I put in a Christmas story)
20. "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu
21. "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
22. "A Brief and Fearful Star" by Carmen Maria Machado
23. "House Fire" by Yiyun Li
24. "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich
25. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather (yes, again)
26. "White Ferrrari" by Caleb Azumah Nelson
27. "Mr. Thursday" by Emily St. John Mandel
28 "Access to the Children" by William Trevor
29. "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okarafor
30. "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
2023 Stories
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville
3. "Eula" by Deesha Philyaw
4. "The Team" by Tommy Orange
5. "Semplica Girl Diaries" by George Saunders
6. "Tales from the LA River" by Colm Toibin
7. "Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado
8. "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster
9. There was a Munro story here but I no longer recommend or read this author
10. "Prudent Girls" by Rivers Solomon
11. "Walk the Blue Fields" by Claire Keegan
12. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
13. "Potluck" by Brandon Taylor
14. "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars" by Morgan Talty
15. "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler
16. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
17. "The Human Claim" by Ali Smith
18. "Where I'm Calling From" by Raymond Carver
19. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
20. "Desire on Domino Island" by Lee Smith
21. "Happily Ever After" by Danielle Evans
22. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
23. "The Bad News" by Margaret Atwood
24. "Independent Living" by Jonathan Escoffery
25. "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner
26. "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin
27. "Home" by Elizabeth Strout
28. "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
29. "Recognition" by Victor Lavalle
30. "Bees" by Dan Chaon
It's baaaaack again for September 2025. A short story every day for Shorty September!
Shorty September is hosted by Heather @TooManyHeathers, Crystal @fiberartsyreadsand Karen @RovingReader
Heather's announcement video:
youtube.com/watch?v=dsQTFt3Bs6k&t=143s
Other Booktubers Mentioned:
Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
Allen @hardbooks770
2025 Stories
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "Speedoman by Ghassan Zeinnedine
3. "The Great Awake" by Julia Armfield
4. "Woodland" by Lydia Millet
5. "The Mine" by Nathan Harris
6. "The Stone" by Louise Erdrich (audio)
7. "Your Body is a Jewel Box" by Kay Boyle
8. "Speech Sounds" by Octavia Butler
9. "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10. "Ghost Birds" by Karen Russell
11. "The State" by Tommy Orange (audio)
12. "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
13. "The Redemption of Galen Pike" by Carys Davies
14. "Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
15. "Year's End" by Jhumpa Lahiri
16. "The History of Sound" by Ben Shattuck
17. "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss
18. "Letter of Apology" by Maria Reva
19. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
20. "North Of" by Marie-Helene Bertino
21. "I Won't Let You Go" by Hiromi Kawakami
22. "Arianespace" by Maylis de Kerangal
23. "You Got It, Take it Away" by Fernando Flores
24. "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25. "Manifest" by Pemi Aguda
26. "The Summer People" by Shirley Jackson
27. "Catherdral" by Raymond Carver
28. "Patient Zero" by Tananarive Due
29. "The Fix" by Percival Everett
30. "Sleep" by Colm Toibin
2024 Stories
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
3. "Bad Neighbors: by Edward P. Jones
4. "Hearing Aids" by Roddy Doyle
5. "The Daily Commute" by Sarah Gailey
6. "Better Living Through Algorithms" by Naomi Kretzer
7. "Hands" by Sherwood Anderson
8. "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick
9. "A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro
10. "Herd Immunity" by Tananarive Due
11. "Rent Control" by Walter Tevis
12. " Madwoman's Milk" by Louise Kennedy
13. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver
14. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
15. "The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett
16. "The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever
17. Feast (Triptych) by Beth Piatote
18. "Office Hours" by Ling Ma
19. "The Gift of the Magi" by O Henry (Yes, I put in a Christmas story)
20. "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu
21. "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
22. "A Brief and Fearful Star" by Carmen Maria Machado
23. "House Fire" by Yiyun Li
24. "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich
25. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather (yes, again)
26. "White Ferrrari" by Caleb Azumah Nelson
27. "Mr. Thursday" by Emily St. John Mandel
28 "Access to the Children" by William Trevor
29. "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okarafor
30. "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
2023 Stories
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville
3. "Eula" by Deesha Philyaw
4. "The Team" by Tommy Orange
5. "Semplica Girl Diaries" by George Saunders
6. "Tales from the LA River" by Colm Toibin
7. "Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado
8. "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster
9. There was a Munro story here but I no longer recommend or read this author
10. "Prudent Girls" by Rivers Solomon
11. "Walk the Blue Fields" by Claire Keegan
12. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
13. "Potluck" by Brandon Taylor
14. "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars" by Morgan Talty
15. "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler
16. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
17. "The Human Claim" by Ali Smith
18. "Where I'm Calling From" by Raymond Carver
19. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
20. "Desire on Domino Island" by Lee Smith
21. "Happily Ever After" by Danielle Evans
22. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
23. "The Bad News" by Margaret Atwood
24. "Independent Living" by Jonathan Escoffery
25. "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner
26. "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin
27. "Home" by Elizabeth Strout
28. "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
29. "Recognition" by Victor Lavalle
30. "Bees" by Dan Chaon
