Finding Short Stories
The select books below are just some of the items the ECU Library has regarding the craft of Short Story writing, and specific, subject-related collections (Australian stories, Women writers, etc), for example: Australia AND "short story."
To find books about particular authors (eg, Alice Munro) use the Library Worldsearch, and search by author in inverted commas (eg, "Alice Munro") and include "short story" in your search.
Short Stories: Select Topics
Australian Short Fiction by Call Number: BUN Aust Lit Collection A823.0109 BEN / MTL Aust Lit Collection A823.0109 BENISBN: 0702233013Publication Date: 2002
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories by Call Number: MTL 813.008 OXFISBN: 0195070658Publication Date: 1992
A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English. [e-version] by ISBN: 0313007160Publication Date: 2001
Short Stories: Craft
Creating Short Fiction. (3rd ed.) by Call Number: BUN 808.31 KNIISBN: 9780312150945Publication Date: 1997
Narrative Progression in the Short Story: a Corpus Stylistic Approach. [e-version] by ISBN: 1282104802Publication Date: 2009
Journals
Link to journals on prose fiction and the short story held by ECU Library:
Select journal titles:
- Best Australian StoriesSelection of yearly collections, held online and in the Australian Literature Collections on campus.
Link to 2015 edition.
Websites
- The Short Story
- "Principles of a Story" by Raymond Carver