What is Short Story Writing?

Read 26 classic horror short stories by Poe, Lovecraft, M. R. James, Bierce, and more, with free full-text links and lessons for writing dread. Read more →

Twenty genuinely funny classic short stories, from Mark Twain and O. Henry to Saki and Gogol, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

Twenty-two classic romance short stories, from O. Henry and Chekhov to Kate Chopin and Joyce, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

Twelve classic short stories with a clear moral, from Tolstoy's parables to Wilde's fairy tales, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

Twenty-two foundational science fiction short stories, from H. G. Wells and Poe to Jack London, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

More than twenty classic fantasy short stories, from Oscar Wilde and Andersen to Lord Dunsany, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

Fourteen classic historical fiction short stories, from Hawthorne's Puritan New England to Civil War battlefields, each free to read in full. Read more →

Twenty classic crime and detective short stories, from Poe and Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

Eighteen classic adventure short stories, from Jack London's frozen Yukon to Conrad's open sea, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

Twelve literary short stories for adult readers, from Gogol and Chekhov to Maupassant and Conrad, each with a free full-text link to read now. Read more →

A complete guide to short stories: what they are, how long they run, the major genres and authors, and how to write one that lands. Read more →

Standard manuscript format for short stories: font, spacing, margins, headers, and title page, with setup steps for Google Docs and Word. Read more →