Love - A Collection Of Short Stories | The Short Story Project

A curated collection of short stories about love. One of the most popular themes in literature, expressed in all its exhilarating and excruciating glory by pen of great authors from all genders, cultures and periods. Stories on passionate affairs, unrequited loves and enduring bonds, everything that touches the heart.

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USA

Mia Carrillo

Fungus

coming of age - female authors - love - relationships

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USA

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Birthmark

American literature - classics - love - melancholy

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USA

Grace Paley

Wants

divorce - existential - humor - love - relationships

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New Zealand

Katherine Mansfield

Psychology

alienation - friendship - literature - loneliness - love - Psychology

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France

Honoré de Balzac

LA GRANDE BRETÈCHE

betrayal - French lit

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Richard Hughes

The Ghost

ghosts - Gothic - tragic love

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USA

Robert Warf

NIGHTDRIVING

coming of age - drugs - nostalgia - relationships

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USA

Adam Johnson

NIRVANA

love - speculative

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USA

O. Henry

The Green Door

Adventure - romance

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Spain

Almudena Sánchez

Eclipse

aging - traveling

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Israel

Lea Goldberg

A Duty Call

holocaust - love - tragedy

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Spain

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

THE RAY OF MOONSHINE

coming of age - tragic love - unrequited love

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