Female Authors - A Collection Of Short Stories

A curated collection of short stories from female authors. Defining titles from women pioneers such as Brontë, Woolf, Chopin alongside canons like Lessing, Le Guin, Tokarczuk and young voices of emerging writers, all charting the female experience in all its complexity.

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Elinor Mordaunt

Hodge

childhood - coming of age - family - female authors - journey - magical realism

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USA

Zora Neale Hurston

Spunk

American culture - American literature - death - female authors - horror - mystery - realism - unrequited love - violence

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USA

Zora Neale Hurston

Sweat

American culture - female authors - loneliness - realism - violence

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Germany

Terézia Mora

Lost in the Forest

alienation - atmospheric - existentialism - family - female authors - irony - loneliness - melancholy - psychological

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USA

Mia Carrillo

Fungus

coming of age - female authors - love - relationships

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USA

Sophie Hoss

Aquarium’s Most Wanted

American literature - animals - contemporary - female authors

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USA

Jenna-Marie Warnecke

Cuddlebug

American literature - contemporary - female authors - intimacy

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Israel

Danielle Zilberberg

By the Water with Friends

contemporary - female authors - humor - pregnancy - social media

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Canada

Sheila Heti

The Girl Who Planted Flowers

coming of age - contemporary - female authors - humor

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New Zealand

Katherine Mansfield

Bliss

existentialism - friends - joy - marriage - relationships

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USA

Nella Larsen

The Wrong Man

confession - race - secret

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New Zealand

Katherine Mansfield

Psychology

alienation - friendship - literature - loneliness - love - Psychology

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