Nancy reads short stories - 2024

Hoping to read a story a day and make my way through my many collections/anthologies.

Stories read -

2/1 "The Girl on the Beach" by Charles Todd, from Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford.

2/2 "Voices in the Coalbin" by Mary Higgins Clark. In Sister in Crime 2

2/3 Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas."
Online at https://files.libcom.org/files/ursula-k-le-guin-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omel...

2/4 "Stubbly Dooright" by Marty Becker. Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul.


quote-
"What greater gift than the love of a cat?" Charles Dickens

More stories -

All of these from Chicken Soup for the Soul . . . Stories for a Better World.

2/5 “Going Home on the D Train” by Simone McLaughlin.

2/6 “A Gift of Peace for the Homeless Heart” by KEV.

2/7 “The Impossible Dream . . . ?” by Florence Crago.

2/8 “A Child Survivor and Her Hero” by llene Pachman.

Well, I got behind. I spent a long weekkend with my sister and her family and didn't read much.
I'll read 2 stories a day to catch up.

2/13
"Cold Comfort"
2/14
"The Maharanni's Pearls", both by Charles Todd

from Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford

And still catching up -

2/15
"The Idol House of Astarte"
2/16
"Ingots of Gold"

from Miss Marple: the Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie.

2/17
"My Displaced Ghosts" by John West,
2/18
"The Haunted Mill: or, The Ruined House" by Jerome K Jerome

from Fun Phantoms: Tales of Ghostly Entertainment by Sean Manley.

I’m at my sister’s house for a week and she has lots of short story collections too so I’m reading from her books.

2/19
“The Sky Blue Ball” by Joyce Carol Oates. From Small Avalanches and other stories.
2/20
“The Little Brown Girl” in The Stories of Elizabeth Spencer.

And with these 2 stories I’m caught up again -

2/21
“A Country Excursion”
2/22
“The Duel”, both by Guy de Maupassant

From THE CLASSIC SHORT STORY edited by Ira Konigsberg.

2/23
“The Unearthly Music of Roan Mountain”
North Carolina Ghosts and Legends by Nancy Roberts.

“Go to the top if you would hear its awesome sound “

2/24
“Goodbye Marcus Goodbye Rose “ by Jean Rhys.
Nothing but You: Love Stories from The New Yorker

2/21
“The Foolish Bride”

2/22
“The Suitor and the Bear”

Both from Storytellers: Folktales and Legends from the South

2/23
“The White Donkey”

2/24
“The Lost Children”

from The Real and the Unreal: Selected Stories by Ursula K Le Guin

2/25
"Wish You Were Here" by Richard Harwick

2/26
"Drawer 14" by Talmage Powell

both from Dixie Ghosts Haunting, Spine-chilling Stories from the American South

2/27
“Poor Little Saturday” by Madeleine L’Engle.

2/28
“Dead Man’s Story” by Howard Rigsby.

From Dixie Ghosts: Haunting, Spine-chilling Stories from the American South.
This collection is really good so far!

I’ve had some trouble keeping up but I’m enjoying the stories and the variety.

2/29
“One Foot in the Grave” by Davis Grubb.

In Dixie Ghosts.

3/1
“The Guns of William Longley
by Donald Hamilton.

3/2
“The Soul of Rose Dede”
by M. E. M. Davis.

from Dixie Ghosts

3/3
“The Stormsong Runner”
by Jack L Chalker.

3/4
“What of the Night”
by Manly Wade Wellman

From Dixie Ghosts.

3/5
“The Remember Service” by John Bennett.

3/6
“No Haid Pawn” by Thomas Nelson Page.

In Dixie Ghosts

3/7
“See the Station Master” by George Florence-Guthridge

Dixie Ghosts

3/8
“Ghost and Flesh, Water and Dirt” by William Goyen.

“honey we got to greet life not grieve life.”
“listen honey the sun comes up and the sun crosses over and goes down - and while the sun’s up we got to get on that fence and crow. Cause night muss fall - and then thas all.”

3/9
“Bond of Reunion” by Carl Carmer.

Dixie Ghosts

3/10
“Ride the Thunder” by Jack Cady.

3/11
“Night Court” by Mary Elizabeth Counselman.

Dixie Ghosts

3/12
“The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce”
from Dixie Ghosts.

Last story in this collection. I have finished the book.

3/13
“The Bloodstained Pavement”
from Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie.

3/14
“Where Are Your Kids?”

3/15
“Now I’m Going to Sleep for a Bit”

from The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border

3/16
“The Other Side Means the Other Side”

3/17
“There Are Snakes Out There”

from The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border.

3/18
“It Was Like Cotton, but When l Touched It, lt Was Just Ice”.

3/19
“l’d Rather Die Trying to Get Out”.

In The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border.

3/20
"He and I Get Along Really Well"

3/21
"How We Were Going to Get There"

3/22
"La Cabuya"

3/23
"Before and After"

3/24
"To This Day"

All of these from The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border, and now I have completed this book.
2 books of short stories finished since Feb 1.

3/25
“Dimensions”

3/26
“Fiction”

both from Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro.

I’m behind again with 1 story a day but trying to catch up.

3/27
“Wenlock Edge”

3/28
“Deep-Holes”

3/29
“Free Radicals”

3/30
“Face”

3/31
“Some Women”

from Too Much Happiness, stories by Alice Munro.

WAY behind but l’ll catch up.

4/1
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

4/2
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

Read these 2 to my granddaughters.

Obviously, I'm way behind. I've been away and came home sick, now recovering. Excuses, excuses!
Determined to catch up.

4/3
“The Gate of the Kittens” by Wilanne Schneider Belden
from Catfantastic ed. by Andre Norton

4/4
“Dibbs!” by Dena Harris*
4/5
“Top 15 Lessons Learned” by Katie Matthews*
4/6
“Feline Wiles” by Willma Willis Gore*
4/7
“The Guardian Cat” by David Hull*
4/8
“Patches Goes to Camp” by Carolyn M. Trombe*
4/9
“Midwife Cat” by Jane Lebak*
4/10
“Tank” by Cate Cavanagh”

*All of these from
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat, 101 Stories about Life, Love and Lessons

4/11
“Motive v. Opportunity”
4/12
“The Thumbmark of St. Peter”
4/13
“The Blue Geranium”
4/14
“The Companion”
4/15
The Four Suspects”

All from Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie.

4/16
"Child's Play"
4/17
"Wood"
4/18
"Too Much Happiness"

The 3 above from Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro.
And I have completed this collection.

4/19
"A Christmas Tragedy"
from Miss Marple: The Complete Short STories by Agatha Christie.

I hope you don't mind me commenting on your thread but it caught my eye. I've done "story a day" before too!

I wanted to ask what you thought of Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas". I read that for the first time about 15 years ago, and found it really impactful. It's one that has stayed with me.

>31 amysisson:
Welcome, Amy. 😊
You may have been the one who gave me the idea to do short-story-a-day!

I did really like “The Ones who walk away..”. I want to read it again. I’m very fond of LeGuin.
Since you are a fantasy fan - l recently read and really liked Weyward!

4/20
“The Herb of Death”
4/21
“The Affair at the Bungalow”
4/22
“Death by Drowning”
4/23
“Miss Marple Tells a Story”

All from Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie.

>32 nrmay:

Thanks for the rec -- I will check it out!

4/24
"Much Ado About (Censored)" by Connie Willis
from 2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers, ed. by Jane Yolen.

4/25
"Strange Jest"
4/26
"The Case of the Perfect Maid"
4/27
"The Case of the Caretaker"
4/28
"Tape-Measure Murder"
4/29
"Greenshaw's Folly"
4/30
"Sanctuary"

All of the above from
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie.
And with these, I have finished the collection.
I will pass it along to my Little Free Library for the next reader!

5/1
"Who's Gonna Rock Us Home?" by Nancy Springer
5/2
"Lose Now, Pay Later" by Carol Farley
5/3
"A Quiet One" by Anne McCaffrey
5/4
"Moby James" by Paticia McKillip

All from
2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers ed. by Jane Yolen