Best Short Shorts (1958) [Anthology]
by Ilse Aichinger Isaac Asimov Leslie Gordon Barnard Margaret Bird Nelson S. Bond Peter Brackett Hugh B. Cave Laurene Chambers Chinn Sam F. Ciulla Marc Connelly Alfred Coppel August Derleth Mary Dirlam Corey Ford John Godey W.F. Harvey W.C. Heinz Paul Jones Jim Kjelgaard Lois Dykeman Kleihauer Mary Knowles Frederick Laing Elizabeth Middleton Hunt Miller Bud Murphy Quentin Reynolds Robert M. Ross Saki James L. Schisgall Ruth Sterling Georges Surdez Milton White Lawrence Williams Robert Zacks Carl Zuckmayer
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Summary
(From the publisher):
What is a short short story? Simply, it's a story that comes to the point without wasting words. The short short is not an easy kind of story to write. The author has to be artful—using little verbal slights of hand to take us to the end with a hop, skip, and jump.
The short short can tell a funny or sad tale. It can take us inside the heart and mind of a character or lay bare a moral dilemma. It can invite us on a journey to unfamiliar lands or lead us within ourselves.
Some short shorts—the ones we like best—end with an unexpected twist that takes us by surprise. In a good short short the author carefully plants the groundwork for the twist. He does this so slyly that we find it difficult to guess the ending—but it is there all the time.
Edited by Eric Berger
Contents:
- The Edge of Fear
- Trial Flight
- Moments of Mystery
- Tales of Terror
- Boy Dates Girl
- The Valiant
- Proving Ground
- It Takes All Kinds
- Out of This World
Original title: Best Short Shorts
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Children & Young Adult
Fiction→ General Fiction
The following works are contained within this one:
August Heat (1910) [Short Story]
Author: W.F. Harvey
Open Window, the (1911) [Short Story]
Author: Saki
Coroner's Inquest (1930) [Short Story]
Author: Marc Connelly
Battle Over the Teacups, a (1932) [Short Story]
Author: August Derleth
Snake Dance (1934) [Short Story]
Author: Corey Ford
Voice from the Curious Cube, the (1937) [Short Story]
Author: Nelson S. Bond
Secret for Two, a (1940) [Short Story]
Author: Quentin Reynolds
Code of the Underworld (1941) [Short Story]
Author: Jim Kjelgaard
Two Were Left (1942) [Short Story]
Author: Hugh B. Cave
Love Is Kind of Fragile (1946) [Short Story]
Author: Robert M. Ross
Hungry Winter, the (1946) [Short Story]
Author: Elizabeth Middleton
Four Men and a Box (1947) [Short Story]
Author: Leslie Gordon Barnard
To Remember These Things (1947) [Short Story]
Author: Milton White
Shanahan Strad, the (1948) [Short Story]
Author: Paul Jones
Champion Stock (1949) [Short Story]
Author: Bud Murphy
Eyes of Mr. Lovides, the (1949) [Short Story]
Author: John Godey
Spelling Bee (1949) [Short Story]
Author: Laurene Chambers Chinn
Dinner for Monsieur Martin (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Georges Surdez
"I Like It Here" (1950) [Short Story]
Author: Carl Zuckmayer
One Throw (1950) [Short Story]
Author: W.C. Heinz
New Man, the (1951) [Short Story]
Author: Frederick Laing
Miss Moonlight (1951) [Short Story]
Author: Mary Knowles
"I'll Pay the Check" (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Margaret Bird
Dreamer, the (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Alfred Coppel
Opened Order, the (1952) [Short Story]
Author: Ilse Aichinger
Double Payment (1953) [Short Story]
Author: Peter Brackett
Cub, the (1953) [Short Story]
Author: Lois Dykeman Kleihauer
Mask for Fear, a (1954) [Short Story]
Author: Ruth Sterling
Smart Kid (1954) [Short Story]
Author: Lawrence Williams
Secret in Green, the (1954) [Short Story]
Author: Mary Dirlam
Pilot's Choice (1954) [Short Story]
Author: Hunt Miller
Hard Way Out (1956) [Short Story]
Author: James L. Schisgall
Every Man for Himself (1956) [Short Story]
Author: Robert Zacks
Frame of Mind (1956) [Short Story]
Author: Sam F. Ciulla
Fun They Had, the (1957) [Short Story]
Author: Isaac Asimov
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