Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Short Story Summer 2026 has begun! This is my first week of reading (with a random emergent theme of educational establishments).
Stories and collections:
Gerard Woodward, ‘The Fall of Mr and Mrs Nicholson’ in _The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story_ ed. Philip Hensher (Originally in collection Legoland)
Lady Margaret Majendie, ‘A Railway Journey’ in _Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women_, ed. Harriet Devine Jump
A E Coppard, ‘The Quiet Woman’ in _Adam and Eve and Pinch Me_
Guy de Maupassant, ‘The Mask’ in _Short Stories_ (Pan)
O Henry, ‘The Gift of the Magi’ in _Short Stories of the Twentieth Century_ ed. R W Jepson
D H Lawrence, ‘The Rocking-Horse Winner’ in _The Oxford Book of Short Stories_, 'chosen by" V S Pritchett
Event created by Randy Ray @LiterateTexan
List of co-hosts and their YouTube handles:
Brandy @TheBookclectic
Crystal @fiberartsyreads
Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Hannah @HannahsBooks
James @JamesRuchala
Nicky @MyMessyBookshelf
Roy - hey that's me!
Steve @saintdonoghue
Google doc bingo board: docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13gsf7rZApqNXmrVPiyLvZjMLojzM9biw/mobilebasic
Canva Bingo Board: canva.link/ok2jh6ydoixhsqv
PROMPTS
1. Genres
1. Science Fiction
2. Fantasy
3. Mystery
4. Horror
5. Historical Fiction
6. Literary Fiction
2. Time Periods
1. 19th Century
2. 1900–1949
3. 1950–1979
4. 1980–1999
5. 2000–2019
6. 2020s
3. Around the World
1. North America
2. Europe
3. South America
4. Asia
5. Africa
6. Translated Story
4. Story Elements
1. Twist Ending
2. Child Protagonist
3. Unreliable Narrator
4. First-Person Narrator
5. Journey or Quest
6. Supernatural Element
5. Reader Challenges
1. Award Winner
2. New-to-You Author
3. Adapted to Film or TV
4. Under 10 Pages
5. Over 30 Pages
6. Read Any Short Story
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This channel is informal chat about books and other reading, unaffiliated to any entity.
My Discord server: discord.gg/VaVQBmJwbd
If you want to support the channel, please like and subscribe.
I have an Amazon wishlist: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/HJ8WB0DVYTRZ
So does Jennie!
amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2D9INI62HXMC7
Buy me a coffee should you so wish ko-fi.com/roy65583
Email royabayfield [at] gmail.com
#royreadsanything #royreadseverything #RoyWhoReadsAnything
Short Story Summer 2026 has begun! This is my first week of reading (with a random emergent theme of educational establishments).
Stories and collections:
Gerard Woodward, ‘The Fall of Mr and Mrs Nicholson’ in _The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story_ ed. Philip Hensher (Originally in collection Legoland)
Lady Margaret Majendie, ‘A Railway Journey’ in _Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women_, ed. Harriet Devine Jump
A E Coppard, ‘The Quiet Woman’ in _Adam and Eve and Pinch Me_
Guy de Maupassant, ‘The Mask’ in _Short Stories_ (Pan)
O Henry, ‘The Gift of the Magi’ in _Short Stories of the Twentieth Century_ ed. R W Jepson
D H Lawrence, ‘The Rocking-Horse Winner’ in _The Oxford Book of Short Stories_, 'chosen by" V S Pritchett
Event created by Randy Ray @LiterateTexan
List of co-hosts and their YouTube handles:
Brandy @TheBookclectic
Crystal @fiberartsyreads
Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Hannah @HannahsBooks
James @JamesRuchala
Nicky @MyMessyBookshelf
Roy - hey that's me!
Steve @saintdonoghue
Google doc bingo board: docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13gsf7rZApqNXmrVPiyLvZjMLojzM9biw/mobilebasic
Canva Bingo Board: canva.link/ok2jh6ydoixhsqv
PROMPTS
1. Genres
1. Science Fiction
2. Fantasy
3. Mystery
4. Horror
5. Historical Fiction
6. Literary Fiction
2. Time Periods
1. 19th Century
2. 1900–1949
3. 1950–1979
4. 1980–1999
5. 2000–2019
6. 2020s
3. Around the World
1. North America
2. Europe
3. South America
4. Asia
5. Africa
6. Translated Story
4. Story Elements
1. Twist Ending
2. Child Protagonist
3. Unreliable Narrator
4. First-Person Narrator
5. Journey or Quest
6. Supernatural Element
5. Reader Challenges
1. Award Winner
2. New-to-You Author
3. Adapted to Film or TV
4. Under 10 Pages
5. Over 30 Pages
6. Read Any Short Story
********
This channel is informal chat about books and other reading, unaffiliated to any entity.
My Discord server: discord.gg/VaVQBmJwbd
If you want to support the channel, please like and subscribe.
I have an Amazon wishlist: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/HJ8WB0DVYTRZ
So does Jennie!
amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2D9INI62HXMC7
Buy me a coffee should you so wish ko-fi.com/roy65583
Email royabayfield [at] gmail.com
#royreadsanything #royreadseverything #RoyWhoReadsAnything
