Existential - A Collection Of Short Stories

A collection of short stories surrounding themes of the existential gathered from all ends of the world. Tales that ask questions about the human condition, invite introspection and delve into the mysteries of the psyche and our relation to the world around us.

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USA

Peter Brown

The Lie

American literature - coming of age - death - family

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Sudan

Abdel Aziz Baraka Sakin

Birth

betrayal - melancholy - war

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USA

Robert Silverberg

Tales From the Venia Woods

alternative history - sci-fi - speculative

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Syria

Zakaria Tamer

The Policeman and the Horse

allegory - authority - oppression - philosophy - political

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Israel

Anna Likhtikman

Rooms

alienation - contemplative - death - family - urban

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Japan

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

The Wizard

allegory - class-gap - classics - mystery

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USA

Ursula Le Guin

Coming of Age in Karhide

coming of age - contemplative - female authors - gender - sci-fi - sexuality - speculative

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Australia

Henry Lawson

Enter Mitchell

class-gap - classics - urban

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D.H. Lawrence

The Border-Line

classics - death - loneliness - unrequited love - war

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USA

Gertrude Stein

The Gentle Lena

alienation - classics - family - melancholy - poverty

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Ireland

Jonathan Swift

A Meditation Upon a Broomstick

existentialism - philosophy

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Poland

Andrzej Stasiuk

Grandmother and the Ghosts

atmospheric - family - ghosts - melancholy - old age

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