Literally Geeky discussion

I'm a big fan of short stories; Colette, P.G Woodhouse, the McSweeney's quarterly, Saki...

Oh Saki, you funny mean spirited sod, you. Why Saki isn't geek-chic I'll never know - you can keep your bloomin' ol' Jane Austen*.

I picked up the G.R.R. Martin curated 'Rogues' the other month and wasn't disappointed (though it lead to me buying about four books). Anyone got any short story recommendations?


*Except the 1995 Pride and Prejudice adaptation. Is that a pond I see before me?

Uh, great topic, I like (and write) short stories.

Well, you already talked about Saki. Although sometimes I find it hard to read. Don't know if it's because I'm not a native English speaker. But I recommend those. And try reading more than one, because like I said, some (at least for me) aren't very "easy" to read.

You also have the obvious HP Lovecraft, and Poe. Both classics. Poe does more in a couple of pages than most horror books.

I'm currently reading Philip K. Dick, he was a very prolific writer and has the most awesome and absurd short stories I've read. It goes from pure science fiction to Wind in the Willows type of fantasy. Cadbury the Beaver that Lacked is such a strange tale and totally different from what you might expect from this great author of science fiction.

Speaking of short stories I can't wait for Terry Pratchett's new short story collection. Which will be available in September. Dragons at Crumbling Caste
Dragons at Crumbling Castle

I'm going to buy it. I can let you know what I thought of it. But I'm totally bias towards Sir Terry. :P

If you want a slightly different take on short stories (some of them extremely short), try The Exploding Boy and other tiny tales by Nick Parker

I love Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It's a series of children's books based on folklore that have caused more than a few nightmares over the years.

The illustrations are some of the creepiest things you'll ever see and were replaced by watered down versions in later releases due to paretal complaints.

I gifted an older copy with the original art last year for our All Hallow's Read bookswap. I'll be doing the same this year, unless I get Lara again, in which case she'll be recieving a copy of book two.