In the Saturday Evening Post’s nearly 200-year history, we have published some amazing fiction by prominent authors. Here is a list of the short stories you visited most often in 2016.
1. “Miss Temptation” by Kurt Vonnegut
A soldier just back from Korea disrupts a small town’s daily ritual—and makes a pretty girl cry—in Kurt Vonnegut’s well-loved short story. Read more »
2. “The Happiness Machine” by Ray Bradbury
It was the most incredible apparatus ever built. But not even the inventor knew the amazing things it could do…Read more »
3. “Screwtape Proposes A Toast” by C.S. Lewis
Written in 1959 by C.S. Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) of The Chronicles of Narnia fame, “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is a follow-up to his very popular Screwtape Letters. Read more »
4. “The No-Talent Kid” by Kurt Vonnegut
Nothing could shake Walter’s determination to get into the marching band. So how could his conductor tell him how misplaced his ambition was? Read more »
5. ”The Bus” by Shirley Jackson
Everyone knows you can’t go home again; but every once in a while, in a terrible nightmare, you are there. Read more »
6. “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” by Kurt Vonnegut
What this town needed was some excitement, and Jim knew just how to provide it. Read more »
7. “Sucker” by Carson McCullers
What this town needed was some excitement, and Jim knew just how to provide it. Read more »
8. “The Actress and the Cop” by William Saroyan
Romance from the archive: His business was chasing lawbreakers. Then, one day, he became involved in an escapade with a glamorous Hollywood star. Read this 1957 novelette by William Saroyan. Read more »
9. “The Bishop’s Beggar” by Stephen Vincent Benét
From the Post archive, a timeless tale from one of America’s greatest storytellers.
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10. “The Conscience of the Court” by Zora Neale Hurston
In 1950s Jacksonville, Laura Lee Kimble stands accused of beating a man nearly to death. Author Zora Neale Hurston tells her story of speaking truth to power.
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