Any Good Short Story Compilations Out There?
Vic Martinez
Rae
I just saw one compiled by Nelson de Mille that looked interesting. And
Karin Slaughter put one together last year that a lot of people
liked...can't remember the name of it, but you can find it by searching
her name on Amazon...
Cheers,
Rae
joyleenseymour
Vic Martinez wrote:
> And which ones would you recommend? Thanks in advance. Vic.
I just finished "Thieve's Dozen" by Donald Westlake, a group of
Dortmunder stories. Laugh out loud funny. Also recently read "Like a
Lamb to Slaughter," a collection by Lawrence Block, I think it's older,
I found it at a used book store. It was quite good, with a wide
variation of stories, including a good Matthew Scudder story. (I see
Amazon says this came out in 1996.)
Joy - read my short story here:
http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/fiction2004/fishintrees.html
Jr@Ease
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> And
>Karin Slaughter put one together last year that a lot of people
>liked...can't remember the name of it,
Like a Charm - very good.
John P
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| On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:13:46 -0600, t1...@webtv.net (Vic Martinez)
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| >And which ones would you recommend? Thanks in advance. Vic.
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Ah. Short stories. I love 'em...
and highly recommend each of the following anthologies:
'Nocturnes' by John Connolly.
Includes two novellas, one's a Charlie Parker, and a dozen short stories. A
do-not-miss collection!
Release date in US is March 22nd for trade paper edition........ pre-order!
Yes, it is that good.
'Dangerous Women' edited by Otto Penzler.
My favorite new collection: includes marvelous stories by the likes of Laura
Lippmann, Jeff Deaver, Ed McBain, Ian Rankin, Walter Moseley, John Connolly,
et.al.
'Brooklyn Noir' edited by Tim McLaughlin
Great collection of brand new stories with contributions from Chris Niles,
Ken Bruen, Pete Hamill, et.al.
'Creme de la Crime' edited by Janet Hutchings
All stories by award winning mystery writers: Jerry Healy, Barb D'Amato,
Larry Bloch, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Perry, et.al..
enjoy...
Annie
Randy Money
> And which ones would you recommend? Thanks in advance. Vic.
>
Anthologies:
_Best American Mystery Stories of the Century_ ed. Tony Hillerman & Otto
Penzler (20th century, by the way) -- hard to fault a book containing
Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers," Jacques Futrelle's "The Problem
of Cell 13," Melville Davison Post's "Naboth's Vineyard," Hammett's "The
Gutting of Couffignal," Ring Lardner's "Haircut," and stories by James
Thurber, Cornell Woolrich, Raymond Chandler, William Faulkner, Ellery
Queen, Ross Macdonald, Stanley Ellin, Patricia Highsmith, Shirley
Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Joe Goes, Harlan Ellison and Lawrence Block,
among others.
You might also want to check the _Best American Mystery Stories_ series
that began in 1997. There's a competing series, too, the title for which
I've forgotten.
_Hard-Boiled_ ed Jack Adrian & Bill Pronzini -- good overview of the
development of the hard-boiled sub-genre, with stories by Chandler,
Hammett, Macdonald, and many, many others.
Collections:
_When the Women Come Out to Dance_ by Elmore Leonard -- terrific recent
collection. One of the best concerns Karen Sisco from his novel _Out of
Sight_ and was dramatized, I believe, on the far too short-lived "Karen
Sisco" TV series.
_The Big Knockover_ & _The Continental Op_ by Dashiell Hammett -- writer
from the '20s; these have been in print off and on for the last few
decades because they are that good.
_Collected Stories_ by Raymond Chandler (not positive that's the exact
title) -- writer from the '30s-'50s; many good stories, though I think
he excelled at novel-length.
_Night and Fear_ by Cornell Woolrich -- another '30s-'50s writer; milage
varies on Woolrich, but those who like him are mesmerized by his
stories. This is a recent collection of stories that originally appeared
from the '30s through the early '50s (late '40s?) that B&N says will be
published in pb in April. I haven't read it yet, but thought I'd mention
it anyway since pb Woolrich disappears off the shelves too fast.
_Enough Rope_ by Lawrence Block -- a more recent writer; haven't read it
cover to cover, but what I've read has been fun and the Matthew Scudder
stories were a revelation; I found them better than the one Scudder
novel I've read, enough so that I hope to try a couple more of the
novels eventually.
I believe that the recent Agatha Christie glut included several volumes
of her short stories. You might want to check those out, too.
Unfortunately, new writers don't seem to get collections published as
often as writers up to the '70s or '80s did.
There are many older anthologies/collections you could probably track
through abebooks.com if you're so inclined, or through the nearest
libraries inter-library loan system. If you like older stories --
obviously, I do -- there is one anthology that would definitely want to
track down: _101 Years Entertainment_ ed. by Ellery Queen. Published in
1941, this contains stories by Poe, Doyle, Ernest Bramah, Jacques
Futrelle, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Christie, Hammett, John
Dickson Carr and most of the mystery writers who had established the
genre in the wake of Poe and Doyle. It also includes, as I recall,
stories by many not so well-known, who really deserve to be
rediscovered, like Melville Davison Post (Uncle Abner stories), Thomas
Burke and T. S. Stribling (Prof. Pogglioli stories). (I should confess,
the enjoyment of Post's and Stribling's stories may be my idiosyncrasy)
Randy M.
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Naomi
volumes out.
Maxim Jakubowski has a couple of compilations (various people's
stories) also.
cl...@xuni.com
cl...@xuni.com
http://www.johnconnollybooks.com/novels_nocturnes.html
Clara
Annie C
| And which ones would you recommend? Thanks in advance. Vic.
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I forgot to mention the other day that you'll find some wonderful on-line
short mystery fiction, edited by Val McDermid, at
http://www.saveourshortstory.org.uk/
You can sign up to receive updates as new ones are added, and you'll find
stories by many of our favorite contemporary authors..
So, do check it out! Some marvelous stories available and a searchable
database --
and, best of all, it is free.
Cheers,
Annie
Annie C
| And which ones would you recommend? Thanks in advance. Vic.
|
I forgot to mention the other day that you'll find some wonderful on-line
short mystery fiction, edited by Val McDermid, at
http://www.saveourshortstory.org.uk/ and you can sign up to receive
updates..
Do check it out. Some marvelous stories there and a searchable database --
and, best of all, it is all free.
Cheers,
Annie