Best Short Story You've Ever Read ??

[dookeyXXX]

"THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME"
- Richard Connell, 1924

From tha Wikis: "It has been called the "most popular short story ever written in English." Upon its publication, it won the O. Henry Award."

A rather timely read considering all the hoopla recently over the movie The Hunt...

https://archive.org/stream/TheMostDa...129/danger.txt

[ThreeRidges]

Huge Hemingway fan (both real and Fake Hem posting here).

“A River Runs Through It” by Norman Maclean is perhaps my favorite non-Hem short story

[EWG]

Tons of great stories here.

I'll add:
Jorge Luis Borge's story Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote. Short and excellent.

To keep it somewhat topical to TGR, some short climbing stories:
John Long - The Only Blashphemy https://rockandice.com/john-long-tal...nly-blasphemy/
Also, John Long curated a great collection of short climbing stories called Tales From the Steep. Find it. It's awesome. You can get it on amazon used for like 48 cents.

https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Steep-F.../dp/0934802920

[dookeyXXX]

Not familiar with any of these recs, but I have read a number of Saunders shorts and they are solid...

https://lithub.com/read-the-american...-test-of-time/

[MakersTeleMark]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster does solid work in that genre.

[Marshall Tucker]

always thought a lot of the MOvie "white squall" from the 90s and eventually tracked down the book it was based on. I can't remember how I got it, think it came directly from the author; informally spiral bound. at about 120 pages maybe fore of a novella but an enjoyable read, esp. if you dig sailing.

[bluespark]

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Best collection: Rock Springs by Richard Ford[/QUOTE]
Poe's "The Black Cat" and Ernest's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"

[Chaco]

+1 for I am Legend.

I was feeling nostalgic awhile back and picked up Salinger's Nine Stories. I couldn't relate to or appreciate A Catcher in the Rye in high school (too happy as a kid, I guess) but "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" led me to read the Glass Family stories. The dialogue is razor sharp. The wit with which the characters narrate their worlds and overthink their lives is really enjoyable to read.