A few of these I love (ie my top top, like Borges) and many I haven’t read. So...excited to dive in!like how Lou Reed comes up in the best connections. I’ve saved this to really hunt down the rest later. Any you would recommend for high school students especially? I’m working on some major curriculum changes at the next place I’ll be working. Thanks Karl!
What you don't have in the SF genre you more than make up for with horror in these posts. It's good to see Ligotti here, and Clark Ashton Smith, along with regular like Borges, of course. It was nice also to see De LaMare getting some cred.
Having read some Cheever recently, I feel like I need to take a stab at Collier. I have The Knight's Gambit by Faulkner at home, and read the first story, "Smoke" in it a couple weeks ago. He is new to my reading.
One more thought on genre, I had after reading this yesterday, was that Crime / Mystery, Horror and SF all have a strong tradition of the short story, whereas Fantasy doesn't so much (unless I just don't know, which can easily be the case). The one exception of living fantasy writers I can think of who wrote a lot of shorts is Charles De Lint, and he writes urban fantasy, or this-world fantasy, some bordering on horror. I suppose, back in the day, many would have slipped between the genres into the overarching weird tale... In any case, thanks for these lists, and the shout out.
A few of these I love (ie my top top, like Borges) and many I haven’t read. So...excited to dive in!like how Lou Reed comes up in the best connections. I’ve saved this to really hunt down the rest later. Any you would recommend for high school students especially? I’m working on some major curriculum changes at the next place I’ll be working. Thanks Karl!
Thanks for including James Purdy, a personal favorite.
I've always thought that about monkeys paw. Someone actually wrote that? It seems like an ancient folktale
What you don't have in the SF genre you more than make up for with horror in these posts. It's good to see Ligotti here, and Clark Ashton Smith, along with regular like Borges, of course. It was nice also to see De LaMare getting some cred.
Having read some Cheever recently, I feel like I need to take a stab at Collier. I have The Knight's Gambit by Faulkner at home, and read the first story, "Smoke" in it a couple weeks ago. He is new to my reading.
One more thought on genre, I had after reading this yesterday, was that Crime / Mystery, Horror and SF all have a strong tradition of the short story, whereas Fantasy doesn't so much (unless I just don't know, which can easily be the case). The one exception of living fantasy writers I can think of who wrote a lot of shorts is Charles De Lint, and he writes urban fantasy, or this-world fantasy, some bordering on horror. I suppose, back in the day, many would have slipped between the genres into the overarching weird tale... In any case, thanks for these lists, and the shout out.
It really is fun to read your take on writers I have enjoyed and those I've never heard of. Thanks, Karl.