Excellent short fiction if you're too busy for novels

A Listmania! list by Robert G Cook
 
Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "A masterpiece for readers, and a masterclass for writers."
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The Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  The Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by Katherine Mansfield
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  "Ditto, but completely different from Nabokov - more atmospheric than spectacular."
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Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics)
3.  Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics) by Anton Chekhov
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  "Clear-eyed Russian realism, chill and warmth in equal measure."
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Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories
4.  Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter
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  "Includes The Bloody Chamber, fabulously sensuous revisionist fairytales."
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Things That Never Happen: A collection
5.  Things That Never Happen: A collection by M. John Harrison
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  "Precisely brilliant dissections and imaginings."
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"The Island of Doctor Death" and Other Stories
6.  "The Island of Doctor Death" and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe
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  "Proof that science fiction can be great literature."
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Secret Life
7.  Secret Life by Jeff VanderMeer
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  "Genre-murdering scattershot brilliance."
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Fantasy Writer's Assistant: And Other Stories
8.  Fantasy Writer's Assistant: And Other Stories by Jeffrey Ford
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  "Oneiric gems, perfect for the Tube."
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The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics)
9.  The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
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  "Great film, great story, plus a handful of other classics."
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Ghost Stories of Henry James (Wordsworth Classics)
10.  Ghost Stories of Henry James (Wordsworth Classics) by Henry James
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  "Perfect late night reading."
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