Episode 12: Short Stories
We both love to read and think good short stories are treasures. While a novel has the opportunity to build suspense, drama or comedy over a longer period, a short story has to be streamlined and succinct, leaving little room for literary error. For this episode, we selected some stories we’ve read before and others we read for the first time. What are some of your favorite short stories? We’d love to hear from you.
Episode Resources:
Handcarved Coffins from Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
Capote’s “Coffins”
Speech Sounds from Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler
MacArthur Foundation
MacArthur Fellowship Program
The Young Man with the Carnation including The Blue Jar by Isak Dinesen
BookCool.com - Winter’s Tales
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yellow Wallpaper Wikipedia
Dolan’s Cadillac from Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
A Village After Dark by Kazuo Ishiguro
'A Village After Dark' by Kazuo Ishiguro - A Review
Black Box by Jennifer Egan
Valley of the Girls from Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
