The 2018 Book Mine Set Short Story Online Anthology

One short story (online and available for free) every Monday. There are 53 stories for 2018's anthology as there happened to be 53 Mondays this time around, so consider it a bonus. I hope you'll find a mix of well-known and obscure authors, stories from around the world with lots of unique perspectives, classic stories and modern tales, and from a gamut of genres. I've ranked them here from my least favourite (something lost in translation, offensive, incomplete, etc) to my favourite (compelling voice, provocative message, complete, etc). Feel free to disagree in the comments! Each link below will bring you to a few brief thoughts I had on each story and within those posts you'll find direct links to the stories themselves.

Care to join me in 2019? Consider participating in Short Story Mondays!

53. "Seven Brothers in the Sauna" - Aleksis Kivi
52. "The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World" - RaisinGirl
51. "The Going of the White Swan" - Gilbert Parker
50. "'He, I Say, He' or 'A Flash of Black Light'" - Roberto Monti
49. "Bernie Goes to the Vatican" - JoAnn Chateau
48. "The Gentleman from San Francisco" - Ivan Bunin
47. "The Boy Who Dreams" - Susan Hill
46. "Creole Democracy" - Rufino Blanco-Fombola
45. "The Ghosts of Many Christmases" - Henry Lawson
44. "The Pumpkin Patch" - C.A. Verstraete
43. "Christmas Eve" - Ray Waddell
42. "The Trench" - Erri de Luca
41. "A Gravedigger's Daughter" - Anonymous
40. "Rudolph" - Mabry Hall
39. "Pythonesses" - Rene Novella
38. "The Spirit of the Bank of Lower Canada" - Michael Sheldon
37. "Your Misery, Then Mine" - Katlynn Chrans
36. "The Dinosaur" - Augusto Monterroso
35. "Division" - Jake Waller
34. "Idiot" - Camy Tang
33. "The Bicycle" - Keith Harris
32. "The Audition" - Gary Beck
31. "Bade Bhai Sahib" - Premchand
30. "A Soldier's Short Story of Battle" - Benjamin Paige
29. "The Music of Erich Zann" - H.P. Lovecraft
28. "A Canadian Summer" - Kate Harty
27. "Turning Point" - Safia Moore
26. "Wood" - Mitch Findlay
25. "Blondie" - Manuel Gonzales
24. "Too Dear" - Leo Tolstoy
23. "Down Feathers" - Linh Nguyen
22. "Semper Fi" - Andre P. Cramblit
21. "Rocks in the Pond" - Maryam Atoyebi
20. "Fifteen Lakota Visitors" - Taqralik Partridge
19. "Damage" - Anonda Canadien
18. "The Wanderers" - Guadalupe Nettel
17. "If She Were to Lay Down" - Molia Dumbleton
16. "Half as Much" - Katherena Vermette
15. "These Deathless Bones" - Cassandra Khaw
14. "Sigrid Under the Mountain" - Charlotte Ashley
13. "Eleven" - Sandra Cisneros
12. "New Year's Eve Party" - Wayne Scheer
11. "Hot Pink" - Ren Watson

THE TOP 10!!!

10. "August Heat" - W.F. Harvey
9. "Shooting an Elephant" - George Orwell
8. "Lost and Found" - Sinead Moriarty
7. "A Cup of Tea" - Katherine Mansfield
6. "The Gun" Philip K. Dick
5. "Happy Birthday Africa President" - NoViolet Bulawayo
4. "Poetry by Keats" - Eleanore D. Trumpkiewicz
3. "Mother of Invention" - Nnedi Okorafor
2. "Best Practices for Time Travel" - Doretta Lau
1. "Living Will" - Alexander Jablokov