Short Story Mugs

Wordsmith

A sharp looking shirt. Show your love for shorties (and, a little bit, the website ireadashortstorytoday.com). Designed by Dana Burns.

Poe Holy Writer series

Will you be able to identify the names of the 24 Hans Christian Andersen stories hidden in the illustration?

You should be writing!

A portrait in ink on paper of novelist, playwright and poet Yukio Mishima (1925-1970). (As with all portraits in the Queer Icons collection, 25% of the profits from this image will be donated to LGBTQ+ charities.)

Anton Chekov was a true master of the short story, and the writer of exceptional theater plays. This image celebrates his play The Seagull.

Aleph is one of the best stories by Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges, one of the best writers of short stories of the twentieth century.

This is a paragraph from The Raven horror poem by Edgar Allan Poe. One of the masters of horror literature.

With this image, we celebrate American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864).

“I was just wondering if you’d heard about my kidney donation because you haven’t mentioned it” From Bad Art Friend

Anton Chekov was a true master of the short story, and the writer of exceptional theater plays.

The Cask of Amontillado - Harry Clarke for Edgar Allan Poe Harry Clarke was a leading Irish stained glass artist and Golden Age illustrator. His line work is very detailed and has a somewhat psychedelic feel to it.

This native of Buenos Aires was one of the prominent short story writers of the 20th century. His first books were an opening chapter of the glorious boom of South-American literature.

With this image, we celebrate Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, the father of modern Japanese short story.

Cover art from the book by James J. Caterino.