Female Authors – Page 3 – The Short Story Project

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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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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Naomi Nightingale

Nocturnal Yearnings

dark - existentialism - family - female authors

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USA

Julia May Jonas

Are You Enjoying Your Forgiveness?

coming of age - generation gap

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Spain

Almudena Sánchez

Eclipse

aging - traveling

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