In a post on ScreenCraft, Shanee Edwards recommends 12 short stories to read for creative inspiration. While Edwards focuses on screen adaptations, any kind of writing can benefit from reading great stories.
Edwards recommends:
- Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat”, “A Descent Into the Maelstrom”, and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”
- Arthur Conan Doyle’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Tales of Terror and Mystery
- O.Henry’s Sixes and Sevens
- The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
- Louisa May Alcott’s Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag
- Virginia Woolf’s Monday or Tuesday
- Stephen King’s Dollar Baby Program
