100 Short Stories by Women

Endless intrigue and enjoyment can be found in the below short stories. Tales of the grotesque, twisted horrors, romance, racism, sexism, satire, sci-fi, and motherhood abound!

Flannery O’Connor (all of her stories listed below can be found in The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor)

1. Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor
2. Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor
3. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
4. The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Flannery O’Connor
5. Parker’s Back by Flannery O’Connor
6. A View from the Woods by Flannery O’Connor
7. The River by Flannery O’Connor
8. The Lame Shall Enter First by Flannery O’Connor
9. Why Do The Heathen Rage? by Flannery O’Connor
10. A Late Encounter with the Enemy by Flannery O’Connor
11. Judgement Day by Flannery O’Connor
12. The Artificial Nigger by Flannery O’Connor
13. The Heart of the Park by Flannery O’Connor
14. A Stroke of Good Fortune by Flannery O’Connor
15. The Enduring Chill by Flannery O’Connor
16. The Displaced Person by Flannery O’Connor
17. The Comforts of Home by Flannery O’Connor
18. Enoch and the Gorilla by Flannery O’Connor
19. Greenleaf by Flannery O’Connor
20. The Peeler by Flannery O’Connor
21. The Partridge Festival by Flannery O’Connor
22. You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead by Flannery O’Connor
23. The Barber by Flannery O’Connor
24. Revelation by Flannery O’Connor
25. A Circle in the Fire by Flannery O’Connor
26. A Temple of the Holy Ghost by Flannery O’Connor
27. The Geranium by Flannery O’Connor
28. The Crop by Flannery O’Connor
29. The Turkey by Flannery O’Connor
30. Wildcat by Flannery O’Connor
    
31. One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts by Shirley Jackson
32. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
33. The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson
34. Charles by Shirley Jackson
    
35. The Fly by Katherine Mansfield
36. Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield
37. Bliss by Katherine Mansfield
38. The Daughters of the Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield
39. The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
    
40. Heat by Joyce Carol Oates
41. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
42. Where Is Here? by Joyce Carol Oates
    
43. He by Katherine Anne Porter
44. The Grave by Katherine Anne Porter
    
45. Rape Fantasies by Margaret Atwood
46. Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood
    
47. Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler
48. Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
    
49. Paul’s Case by Willa Cather
50. A Wagner Matinée’ by Willa Cather
51. On the Gull’s Road by Willa Cather
    
52. A Point at Issue! by Kate Chopin
53. Désirée’s Baby by Kate Chopin
54. A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin
55. Ripe Figs by Kate Chopin
56. The Storm by Kate Chopin
57. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
58. A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin
59. The Kiss by Kate Chopin
60. The Locket by Kate Chopin
61. Regret by Kate Chopin
62. The Night Came Slowly by Kate Chopin
63. A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin
64. Beyond the Bayou by Kate Chopin
    
65. The Birds by Daphne du Maurier
66. Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier
67. The Doll by Daphne du Maurier
    
68. Tiny, Smiling Daddy by Mary Gaitskill
69. Secretary by Mary Gaitskill
70. Because They Wanted To by Mary Gaitskill
    
71. Everyday Use by Alice Walker
72. The Flowers by Alice Walker
    
73. A Worn Path by Eudora Welty
74. Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty
75. The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty
    
76. Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
77. The Eyes by Edith Wharton
    
78. Big Blonde by Dorothy Parker
79. A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker
    
80. A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri
81. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
    
82. I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen
83. Tell me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen
    
84. The Gilded Six-Bits by Zora Neale Hurston
85. Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston
    
86. A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf
87. The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf
    
88. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
89. A New England Nun by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
90. A Jury of her Peers Susan Glaspell
91. Girl by Jamaica Kincaid
92. The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula Le Guin
93. How to be an Other Woman by Lorrie Moore
94. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
95. In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried by Amy Hemel
96. The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado
97. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
98. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
99. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
100. The Things We Lost In The Fire by Mariana Enriquez