Melancholy – Page 8 – The Short Story Project

A curated collection of short stories surrounding themes of melancholy. Some call it the black bile, some call it the blues, or weltschmerz, in all its nomenclatures, melancholy and depression are central to human experience. This collection features selected literary expressions of this universal condition, woven by authors from all cultures and spanning all periods.

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Germany

Michael Lentz

Motherdeath

death - melancholy - mother and son - sickness

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Russia

Anton Chekhov

Misery

classics - despair - loneliness - loss - melancholy

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Greece

Rhea Galanaki

An Almost Sky Blue Hand

loss - love - melancholy

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

An Alcoholic Case

classics - melancholy - realism

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Puerto Rico

Luis Negrón

The Garden

HIV - LGBT - lovers - melancholy - tragic love

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Taiwan

Sabrina Huang

The Girl of his Dreams

angst - loneliness - plot twist - unrequited love

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Turkey

Ayfer Tunç

The Snow Traveller

atmospheric - loneliness - mystery - obsession - plot twist - unrequited love

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Poland

Olga Tokarczuk

An Evening with the Author

affair - memories - tragic love - writing

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Malta

Pierre J. Mejlak

At Livia’s Bar

atmospheric - childhood - dreams - father and daughter

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Israel

Shimon Adaf

Ishmael

death - melancholy - parenthood - sci-fi

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Israel

Bella Shaier

Twice

alienation - friendship - loneliness - realism

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Israel

Liat Elkayam

Honey

melancholy - realism - wedding

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