Book bloggers often try different ways to raise the profile of short stories.  From challenges, to community projects we are aware of the need to keep this valuable literary expression alive.

This giveaway is simple to enter and it’s pretty fantastic.  Harper Collins has put together the following bundles of short stories.  One winner per bundle.

BUNDLE #1: Contemporary Edgy Short Stories.
UGLY MAN by Dennis Cooper
GIRL TROUBLE by Holly Goddard Jones
MY GOAT ATE ITS OWN LEGS by Alex Burrett.

BUNDLE #2: Contemporary Literary Short Stories.
REASONS FOR AND ADVANTAGES OF BREATHING by Lydia Peelle
LOVE BEGINS IN WINTER by Simon Van Booy
MORE OF THIS WORLD OR MAYBE ANOTHER by Barb Johnson.

BUNDLE #3: Classic Short Stories.
FAMILY HAPPINESS AND OTHERS STORIES by Leo Tolsto
A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR AND OTHER STORIES by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
THE HAPPY FAILURE AND OTHER STORIES by Herman Melville
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE AND OTHER STORIES by Oscar Wilde
AN EXPERIMENT IN MISERY AND OTHER STORIES by Stephen Crane
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL AND OTHER STORIES by Willa Cather

(I wish I could enter…awesome, huh?)  Just put a permalink to either A) A review of a short story or short story collection on your blog or B) A discussion of short stories on your blog in the Mister Linky below!

Then MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT and tell me which number you are on the mister linky and the order of your preference for the bundles!  Good luck!  Open til Sunday.  US only.

I am #1 in Mr. Linky and this is the order of my interest:

Bundle #1
Bundle #3
Bundle #2

I’d most like Bundle #3. No need to enter me for the others.

Thanks so much for entering me at all!

I just left the previous comment; I’m mr. linky number 2

I just left my link on Mr. Linky.  I’m #3.

I like all of these bundles, but I think my preference would be 1, 3, 2.

Thanks!

I’m #4 in Mr. Linky.

Here’s my order for the bundles:  2, 1, 3

Thanks!

Hello, there!

I am number 5 on the Mister Linky!
My bundle order of preference is 3, 2, 1 ...(hmmm, sounds like a countdown).

Happy BBAW everyone!

My preference is 2,1, 3.

Thanks for offering this giveaway.

Hi Amy,
Thanks for prodding me to enter   I will be reading short stories FOR SURE in December and January when my book group does Flannery O’Connor.

I’m #7 in Mr. Linky and my preference would be Bundle #3 (classics - yum!) and then #2 and then #1.

Oops, and as per Amy’s prodding, I should say that I really want to read O’Connor’s “The Geranium” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find:

Great giveaway! I’m number 8 on Mister Linky, and my preference would be #2, #3, #1. Thanks!

I’d most like bundle 3 and I’m number 9.

I’m number 10 and 11. Both are mini-reviews of short stories in Strange Horizons. Link 11 is better. My order of preference is 1,2,3. I’m also posting a review soon of Ribofunk, a collection of 10 short stories set in one world with recurring characters.

I’m number 12 and I would love to have bundle 3.  I’m a classics gal.

Guess that would be #2, #1 and #3.  I’m #13 on the list : D Gosh, I hope that’s lucky.

I’m Number 14. Great giveaway! My preference would be
#3
#1
#2

Thanks!

I’m #15 on the Mr. Linky, and my preference is #2, then #3.

I’m #17 on the Linky.  My preference is 2 then 3.  Thank you!

I’m #18 on Mr. Linky, connecting to my review of James Lasun’s IT"S BEGINNING TO HURT.

Should my name be picked for any slot, my preference is bundle #3, then 2, then 1!