10 captivating short stories everyone should read Mark Frauenfelder 6:34 am Thu, Apr 2, 2015 Johnny has a great list of short stories from Asimov, Hemingway, King, Vonnegut, Gaiman, and others, with links to the stories. (I’ll add a pick of my own to the list: Parson’s Pleasure, by Roald Dahl.)