Short Story Month

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It is rumored that for a bet Ernest Hemingway wrote the shortest short story in six words: “Baby shoes, for sale, never worn.”  Whether Hemingway wrote these words or not, the impact of just six words and their implications are devastating.  This is the power of the short story; its brevity only increases its potency.

   

Great authors have written and published short story collections, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherman Alexie, Flannery O’Connor, Sylvia Plath, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury and so many more.  This month at Jessup Library are celebrating the short story. 

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Here are a few of my favorites:  The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, The Exiles by Ray Bradbury, A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor, The Dead by James Joyce, and many more besides.  Please enjoy reading a few of our collection’s wonderful stories!