# Favorite short stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [May 31, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-short-stories/1030512 "2026-05-31T18:27:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 69
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-short-stories/1030512/69 "2026-06-02T13:40:23Z")
Why doesn’t someone here contact a publisher to persuade them to publish a book called something like _Great Short Stories_? It can include all the stories mentioned in this thread which are out of copyright. It can also include all the ones where the authors (or their estates) are willing to publish their stories for the right payment. If you can get permission for the right ones, it will be the best collection of short stories ever published. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-short-stories/1030512)._