Can I get some modern short story recommendations? I've

In my experience, the TBASS collections are kind of a mixed bag. Some of the stories are good, some are shit.

Ray Bradbury has dozens of short story collections, though I don't know how modern you're looking for. My personal favorite from him is The October Country.

Harold Brodkey, John Cheever, William Trevor, Alice Munro, Flannery O'Connor (dunno if too old, but she's still too great to ignore)

>>8317362
I think I have this huge collection of Trevor's stories lying around. I'll take a look at it. I enjoyed one of O'Connor's stories a while back. The Geranium. for the longest time I confused her with Shirley Jackson which I also read frm time to time.

>>8317206
Subscribe to a magazine. Then you get a constant stream of new high quality short stories.

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>>8317562
This.

Also, George Saunders, Donald Barthelme, Lorrie Moore, Karen Russell, Denis Johnson. I like TBASS. Protip: if you like the guest editor, you'll prob like the collection, because they choose all the stories.

>>8317562
Overrated

Seconding Alice Munro

I liked Amelia Grays Gutshot, and Lucia Berlin's A Manual for Cleaning Women has some wonderfully powerful stories.

Pick up Tenth of December by George Saunders.

Don't know if you're into SF, but I really like a few of Gibson's early short stories, New Rose Hotel and Burning Chrome.

I've been reading Pastoralia by George Saunders, and while it's alright, I dont get what the hype is all about. every day some Anon mentions him but from what I can see from Pastoralia, he aint that great. Maybe his other collections are good?

Murakami has a couple of good ones.

>>8319952
Read all his stuff. Pastoralia isn't my favorite collection of his, though "Sea Oak" and "The Barber's Unhappiness" are among his top ten stories IMO...maybe. All of his collections have many more strong stories than weak stories, and his strong stories have that rare ability to stick with you forever. The degree to which this guy can create characters so likable and relatable despite inhabiting these often dismal and unrecognizable worlds, and all the while maintain his instantly recognizable voice and make you both laugh out loud and tear up in the span of reading one sentence... Saunders is a powerhouse, man. IM humble O, possibly one of the best living American writers.