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"The Bill: For Palma Vecchio, at Venice" (Hungarian: Számla: Palma Vecchiónak, Velencébe) is a 2010 short story by the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai...

"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. The story describes a fictional small American...

"The Veldt" is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. Originally appearing as "The World the Children Made" in the September 23...

"The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post...

"Battleground" is a fantasy short story by American writer Stephen King, first published in the September 1972 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected...

"Karma" is a short story written by Indian writer Khushwant Singh. It was originally published in 1989 in Singh's The Collected Stories. "Karma" is about...

sketch story by Australian writer Henry Lawson "The Bill" (short story), a 2013 short story by Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai The Bill, a British...

as short stories in a book by Tex O'Reilly in the early 20th century and are an example of American folklore. Pecos Bill was a late addition to the larger...

"Gray Matter" (also titled "Grey Matter") is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the October 1973 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later...

"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and released by the English rock band the Beatles...

Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories, first published in 1978. In 1980, Night Shift won the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in...

"Neighbors" is a short story written by Raymond Carver in 1971. It first appeared in Esquire magazine in June 1971. It was published in the collection Will...

1952. The eight-minute film was directed by Clyde Geronimi and based on an original short-story by Bill Peet. The story was adapted for the screen by...

"The Running Man" is a short story by American writer Bill Pronzini. The story was originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine in January...

Ayers in Worlds Unknown #6 (April 1974). The story opens with a short explanation of Earth's ancient history. The Earth was once populated by a great empire...

"EPICAC" is a short story in the book Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. It was the first story to feature the fictional EPICAC computer later...

"Gold" is a short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It originally appeared in the September 1991 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact and was...

"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in 1902, and was reprinted in his third...

sent an unsolicited short story to be published there in 1992. The resulting publicity helped to raise their profile. Salesman Bill Hogan notices an odd...

"The Bookseller" is a short story by British writer Roald Dahl. It was first published in the January 1987 issue of Playboy. London bookseller William...