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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Israel

Dror A. Mishani

Reflections in the Lake

murder - mystery - suspense

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France

Gilles Rozier

Regina

loss - love - melancholy - relationships

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Chile

Alejandro Zambra

Thank You

alienation - lovers - relationships

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Mexico

Guadalupe Nettel

Ptosis

fetishism - Freudian - manhood - obsession - psychological

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USA

Amy Hempel

At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom

love - realism

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India

Manju Kapur

Chocolate

affair - female authors - feminism - fetishism - funny

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Chile

Roberto Bolaño

Clara

confession - lovers - manhood - unrequited love

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Rudyard Kipling

Through the Fire

classics - history - lovers - tragic love

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Argentina

Selva Almada

The Foreman’s Wife

confession - lust - unrequited love - voyeurism - working class

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USA

Anthony Marra

The Last Words of Benito Picone

friendship - funny - loneliness - melancholy - witty

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Italy

Giuseppe Berto

The Girl Goes to Calabria

lust - psychological - sex

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Hungary

László Darvasi

The Dog Lover’s Handbook

alienation - loneliness - old age - pets - poverty

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