Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Short stories on Booktube

Tagged by Marian Ryan
youtube.com/watch?v=uW_nLCSNupQ&t=1s

Questions
Do you read and write short stories, or just read them?
What is your favorite short story?
What is your favorite collection?
What are your favorite ss writers?
Do you have a particular place to find new collections?
How short do you like your stories?
What makes a good short story?
What stories do you want to read more of or begin reading?

Videos and stories mentioned

Trio of stories in Alice Munro's Runaway:
"Chance" – Juliet takes a train trip which leads to an affair
"Soon" – Juliet visits her parents with her child Penelope
"Silence" – Juliet hopes for news from her adult estranged daughter Penelope
Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
Barbara the Slut, Lauren Holmes (Each story is related to the sex life of its character)
If I Loved You, I would Tell You, Robin Black
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, Wells Tower
Volt, Alan Heathcock
Nine Stories, JD Salinger
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, George Saunders
Tsar of Love and Techno, Anthony Marra
Joan Silber, Fools
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, Yiyun Li
Delicate Edible Birds, Lauren Groff
William Gay, William Trevor, Edna O'Brien