Lizzy’s A-Z of Shorter Fiction

It occurs to me that I have somehow collected many, many anthologies.  Whether the contents are short stories or novellas, I know not.  (Please leave a comment if you know the cut-off point.)  This picture shows a collection I gathered from the shelves in about 10 minutes.  If I’d spent half-an-hour hunting through the many cardboard boxes,  I would have doubled it!

Anyway it is nothing short of a scandal that so many books remain unread in this household.  So I am now embarking on the following project:  Lizzy’s A-Z (by author) of shorter fiction.  I may read a full collection by one author (currently reading and enjoying Matthias B Freese’s Down to A Sunless Sea) or I may read a selection by the same author (cue the 3-volume collection of Tolstoy!) or it may just be the one story by someone whose name begins with X (suggestions in comments please!). Or I may do something else entirely!

Of course,  this would be an ideal option 5 for Kate’s short story challenge.  However, I’m not joining because there is a time limit on it and I just want to meander at my own pace through the landscape of shorter fiction.  Besides I’m told that the best way to read a collection of shorter fiction is to read one story and then put the book down.  I’m sure it true …. and it’s no doubt why I’ve only ever read 3 collections of short stories cover to cover.