This is a partial list of short story authors:
- Lee K. Abbott (born 1947)
- Chinua Achebe (born 1930)
- Ahkmed (1522-1589)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
- Henry Allen (born 1982)
- Steve Almond
- Martin Amis (born 1949)
- Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
- Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
- Isaac Babel (1894-1940)
- Andrea Barrett (born 1964)
- Lynne Barrett
- John Barth (born 1930)
- Donald Barthelme (1931-1989)
- Charles Baxter (born 1947)
- Ann Beattie (born 1947)
- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
- Stefano Benni (born 1947)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842-c.1914)
- Michael Bishop (born 1945)
- Terry Bisson (born 1942)
- Robert Bloch (1917-1994)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
- T.C. Boyle (born 1948)
- Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
- Ray Bradbury (born 1920)
- Stan Ageira (Born 1961)
- Scott Bradfield (born 1955)
- Maeve Brennan (1917-1993)
- Fredric Brown (1906-1972)
- Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
- Dino Buzzati (1906-1972)
- Morley Callaghan (1903-1990)
- Italo Calvino (1923-1985)
- Ramsey Campbell (born 1946)
- Albert Camus (1913-1960)
- Kevin Canty
- Angela Carter (1940-1992)
- Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
- Michael Chabon (born 1963)
- John Cheever (1912-1982)
- Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
- Ted Chiang (born 1967)
- Brian Cleeve (1921-2003)
- Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
- John Collier (1901-1980)
- Brendan Connell (born 1970)
- Frank Conroy (1936-2005)
- Robert Coover (born 1932)
- Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
- Catherine Crowe (1800-1876)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- Julio Cortazar (1914-1984)
- Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
- Avram Davidson (1923-1993)
- Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
- Lydia Davis (born 1947)
- Rick DeMarinis (born 1934)
- Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
- Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)
- Jeff Doyle (born 1955)
- Andre Dubus (1936-1999)
- Andy Duncan (born 1964)
- Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
- Dave Eggers (born 1970)
- Aaron Elliot (born 1969?)
- Harlan Ellison (born 1934)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
- Tom Flanders (born 1961)
- Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
- John M. Ford (1957-2006)
- Richard Ford (born 1944)
- Thelma Forshaw (1923-1995)
- Eugie Foster (born 1971)
- Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912)
- Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
- Mavis Gallant (born 1922)
- Paul Gallico (1897-1976)
- Gabriel García Márquez (born 1928)
- Larry Mike Garmon (born1955)
- William H. Gass (born 1924)
- Tim Gautreaux
- William Gibson (born 1948)
- Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
- Ben K. Green (died 1974)
- Graham Greene (1904-1991)
- Davis Grubb (1919-1980)
- Richard Guest (born 1967)
- Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)
- Barry Hannah (born 1942)
- Wayne Arthur Harris (born 1952)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
- Victor Heck (born 1967)
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
- Amy Hempel (born 1951)
- O. Henry (1862-1910)
- Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 1938)
- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995)
- Hugh Hood (1928-2000)
- Rhys Hughes (born 1966)
- Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
- Aamer Hussein (born 1955)
- Hwang Sun-wŏn (born 1915)
- Yusuf Idris (1927-1991)
- Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
- Tatjana Jambrisak
- M.R. James (1862-1936)
- Denis Johnson (born 1949)
- Edward P. Jones (born 1951)
- Thom Jones (born 1945)
- Enrique Jaramillo Levi (born 1944)
- Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
- Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967)
- Stephen King (born 1947)
- Benjamin D. Kline (born 1985)
- Laurence Klinger (born 1951)
- Monika Kochhar (born 1980)
- Hanif Kureishi (born 1954)
- R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002)
- Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
- Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951)
- Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
- D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
- Henry Lawson (1867-1922)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)
- Murray Leinster (born 1896)
- Doris Lessing (born 1919)
- Primo Levi (1919-1987)
- William Levy (born 1939)
- Luis López Nieves (born 1950)
- Thomas Ligotti (born 1951)
- Kelly Link (born 1969)
- Jack London (1876-1916)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
- Darko Macan (born 1966)
- John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
- Ian R, MacLeod (born 1956)
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006)
- Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939)
- Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
- Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1942)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
- Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
- Julian May (born 1931)
- John McGahern (1934-2006)
- Cassidy McKay (born 1966)
- Reginald McKnight
- Herman Melville (1819-1891)
- Holdemar Menezes (1921-1996)
- Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
- Lorrie Moore (born 1957)
- Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940)
- Alice Munro (born 1931)
- H.H. Munro ('Saki') (1870-1916)
- R.K. Narayan (1906-2001)
- Vinay J (born 1978)
- Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
- Tim O'Brien (born 1946)
- Joe M. O'Connell (born 1959)
- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
- Frank O'Connor (1903-1966)
- Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984)
- John O'Hara (1905-1970)
- Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937)
- Grace Paley (born 1922)
- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
- Dalibor Perkovic (born 1974)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- Eileen Pollack
- Neal Pollack (born 1970)
- Meghna Prasad (born 1979)
- Annie Proulx (born 1935)
- Bolesław Prus (1847-1912)
- Stacey Richter
- Mario Augusto Rodriguez (born 1919)
- José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)
- Philip Roth (born 1933)
- Damon Runyon (1884-1947)
- J. D. Salinger (born 1919)
- James Salter (born 1925)
- José María Sánchez (1918-1973)
- "Saki", see H. H. Munro
- Sérgio Sant'anna
- George Saunders (born 1958)
- Robert Sheckley (born 1928)
- Lucius Shepard (born 1947)
- Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
- Robert Silverberg (born 1935)
- Mona Simpson (born 1957)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991)
- Jaspreet Singh
- George Singleton (born 1958)
- Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
- Steve Stern (born 1947)
- Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902)
- Charles Stross (born 1964)
- Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985)
- Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
- Zakaria Tamer (born 1931)
- Peter Taylor (1917-1994)
- William Tenn (pseudonym of Philip Klass) (born 1920)
- Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945)
- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
- William Trevor (born 1928)
- Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
- Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- Nathan Tyree(born 19730
- John Updike (born 1932)
- Andrew Vachss (born 1942)
- Jeff Vandermeer (born 1968)
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
- Howard Waldrop (born 1946)
- Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986)
- Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
- Edmund White (born 1940)
- P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
- Gene Wolfe (born 1931)
- Tobias Wolff (born 1945)
- Richard Yates (1926-1992)
- Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987)
- Gul M. Zhowandai (1905-1988)
- Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963)