List of short stories by Alice Munro


This is a list of short stories written by Alice Munro. It includes stories that were published in single-author collections, the first story ever published, "The Dimensions of a Shadow", and other stories having appeared elsewhere.

Short stories by title (sortable)

Some of the data in the list below are still needed in this spreadsheet, e.g., which journal a story was published in.
TitleSee alsoJournal6871747882869094980104060912s96s03s04s06s11-
A Basket of Strawberries1953-11-
A Queer Streakx-
A Real Life1992-02-10x-
A Trip to the Coastx-
A Wilderness Station1992-04-27xss-
Accident1977-11x-
Age of Faithx-
Ally and Lizzyx-
Amundsen (short story)de;2012-08-27 x-
An Ounce of Curex-
At the Other Place1955-09-
Axis2011-01-31-
Baptizingx-
Bardon Busxx-
Before the Change1998-08-24x-
Boys and Girls de;1964x-
Carried Away (short story)de;1991-10-21xssss-
Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection1979xs-
Chaddeleys and Flemings II: The Stone in the Field1979-04xs-
Chance2004-06-14xs-
Changes and Ceremoniesx-
Characters1978-
Child's Playx-
Circle of Prayer1986x-
Comfortx-
Connection1978-11-
Corrie (short story)de;2010-10-11 x-
Cortes Island1998-10-12x-
Dance of the Happy Shades1961xs-
Day of the Butterfly1956x-
Dear Life (short story)de;2011-09-19 x-
Deep-Holes2008-06-30 xs-
Differently (short story)1989-01-02xsss-
Dimensions (short story)de;2006-06-05 xs-
Dolly2012-05-29x-
Dulse1980-07-21xas-
Epilogue: The Photographerx-
Eskimo1985-12x-
Executionersx-
Face (short story)2008-09-08 x-
Family Furnishingsxs-
Fathersx-
Fiction (short story)de;2007-08x-
Fits1986xs-
Five Points1988-03-14x-
Floating Bridge2000-07-31x-
Forgiveness in Familiesxs-
Free Radicals (short story)de;2008-02-11 xs-
Friend of My Youth (short story)de;1990-01-22xss-
Goodbye Myra1956-07-
Goodness and Mercy1989-03-20x-
Gravel (short story)de;2011-06-27 x-
Half a Grapefruit1978-05x-
Hard-Luck Storiesx-
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (short story)de;xssss-
Haven2012-03-05x-
Heirs of the Living Bodyx-
Hired Girl1994-04-11xs-
Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass1988-12x-
Home de;1974x-
How Could I Do That?1956-03-
How I Met My Husband1974-02x-
Illinoisx-
Imagesxs-
In Sight of the Lakede;2012-02-22x-
Jakartade;x-
Jesse and Meribethx-
Labor Day Dinner1981-09-28xs-
Leaving Maverleyde;2011-11-28x-
Lichen1985-07-15xs-
Lives of Girls and Womenx-
Lying Under the Apple Tree2002-06-17xs-
Marrakeshx-
Material1973-11xs-
Memorialx-
Meneseteungde;1988-01-11xss-
Messengerx-
Miles City, Montana1985-01-14xss-
Mischief1978-04xs-
Monsieur les Deux Chapeauxx-
Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Kiddx-
My Mother's Dreamxs-
Nettles2000-02-21x-
Night (short story)de;2012-Springx-
No Advantagesx-
Oh, What Avails1987-11-16x-
Open Secrets1993-02-08x-
Oranges and Apples1988-10-24x-
Passion (short story)de;2004-03-22 x-
Pictures of the Ice1990-01x-
Post and Beam2000-12-11x-
Postcard1968xs-
Powersx-
Pride2011-04x-
Princess Idax-
Privilegex-
Providence1977-08x-
Prue1981-03-30x-
Queenie (short story)1998-07-30 x-
Red Dress—1946 /The Red Dress-1973-03f-
Rich as Stinkx-
Royal Beatings1977-03-14xs-
Runaway (short story)de;2003-08-11 xs-
Save the Reaperde;1998-06-22xs-
Silence2004-06-14xs-
Simon's Luck1978xss-
Some Women2008-12-22x-
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You1974xs-
Soon2005-06-14xs-
Spaceships Have Landedx-
Spelling1978-06-17x-
Story for Sunday1950-12-
Sunday Afternoonx-
Tell Me Yes or No1974-03x-
Thanks for the Ridex-
The Albanian Virginde;1994-06-27 /07-04xsss-
The Bear Came Over the Mountainde;1999-12-27 /2000-01-03 xsss-
The Beggar Maid1977-06-27xs-
The Children Stay1997-12-22xss-
The Dangerous One1957-07-
The Dimensions of a Shadow1950-04-
The Edge of Town1955-08
The Eye (short story)de;x-
The Ferguson Girls Must Never Marry1982-
The Flats Roadx-
The Found Boatx-
The Idyllic Summer1954-08-
The Jack Randa Hotel1993-07-19x-
The Love of a Good Woman (short story)de;1996-12-23xss-
The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink1986-03-31x-
The Moons of Jupiter (short story)de;1978-05-22xsss-
The Officex-
The Ottawa Valley1974xs-
The Peace of Utrechtx-
The Progress of Love (short story)de;1985-10-07xsss-
The Shining Housesx-
The Spanish Ladyx-
The Ticketx-
The Time of Deathx-
The Turkey Season1980-12-29xss-
The View from Castle Rockde;2005-08-29xs-
The Widower1951-04-
The Wilds of Morris Townshipx-
To Reach Japande;2012 x-
Too Much Happiness2009-08x-
Train (short story)de;2012-04 x-
Trespassesx-
Tricksx-
Vandals1993-10-04xss-
Visitors1982-04x-
Voices (short story)de;x-
Walker Brothers Cowboy1968xs-
Walking on Waterx-
Wenlock Edge (short story)de;2005-12-05 x-
What Do You Want to Know For?1994ax-
What is Remembered2001-01-19x-
White Dump1986-07-28xs-
Who Do You Think You Are?x-
Wigtime1989-09-04x-
Wild Swans1978-04xs-
Winter Windx-
Wood (short story) de;1980-11-24x-
Working for a Living1981-08x-

Short stories by title

This list contains some extra information compared with the table above.
  • "A Basket of Strawberries" in Mayfair, 32–33, 78–80, 82.
  • "A Better Place Than Home" in Newcomers, 113–124.
  • "A Queer Streak" in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "A Real Life" in The New Yorker, 10 February 1992, 30–40., in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "A Trip to the Coast" first read on the CBC programme Anthology; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968, 172–189; in Evolution of Canadian Literature in English, 201–211.
  • "A Wilderness Station" in The New Yorker, 27 April 1992, 35–46, 48–51 ;, in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "Accident" in Toronto Life, 61, 87–88, 90–95, 149–153, 158–160, 162–165, 167, 169–173. ; in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982
  • "Age of Faith" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Ally and Lizzy" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Amundsen" in The New Yorker, 27 August 2012, in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 31-66
  • "An Ounce of Cure" in The Montrealer 35, 26–30; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968; in Sixteen by Twelve, 103–112; in Singing Under Ice, 147–160; in Sunlight & Shadows, 52–62; in Canadian Humour and Satire, 99–111; in Canadian Stories of Action and Adventure, 51–64.
  • "At the Other Place" in Canadian Forum 35, 131–133, by Alice Laidlaw
  • "Axis" in The New Yorker, 31 January 2011,
  • "Baptizing" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Bardon Bus" in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982
  • "Before the Change" in The New Yorker, 24 August 1998,, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "Boys and Girls", The Montrealer 38, 25–34,, in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968; in Sixteen by Twelve, 1970, 112–124; in Four Hemispheres, 1971, 89–101; in Die Weite Reise as "Jungen und Mädchen", translated by Karl Heinrich, 1974, 285–304; in Women in Canadian Literature, 1976, 11–21; in La dance des ombres, as "Garçons et filles", 1979, 143–162; in New Worlds, 1980, 120–132.
  • "Carried Away" in The New Yorker, 21 October 1991, 34–46, 48–58, 60–61 ;, in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection" in Chatelaine, 1979 in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982 see also "Connection"
  • "Chaddeleys and Flemings II: The Stone in the Field" in Saturday Night, 1979 in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982, see also "The Stone in the Field" in Saturday Night 94, 40–45. 1979.
  • "Chance" in The New Yorker, 14 June 2004,, in Runaway, 2004
  • "Changes and Ceremonies" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Characters" in Ploughshares 4, no. 3, 72–82 ;
  • "Child's Play" in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Circle of Prayer" in Paris Review 100, 31–51. in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Comfort" in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "Connection" in Chatelaine 51, 66–67, 97–98, 101, 104, 106 ; see also "Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection"
  • "Corrie" in The New Yorker, 11 October 2010,, Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 154-174
  • "Cortes Island" in The New Yorker, 12 October 1998,, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "Dance of the Happy Shades" in The Montrealer, 35, 22–26; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968; in Canadian Short Stories II, 1968, 285–300; in Narrative Voice, 1972, 171–180; in Canadian Century, 1973, 491–501; in Here and Now, 1977, 80–95; in La dance des ombres, as "La dance des ombres", 259–273.
  • "Day of the Butterfly" originally published as "Goodbye Myra" in Chatelaine 28, 17, 55–58. in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968; in Kaleidoscope, 92–102; in Ontario Experience, 201–112; in Crossroads 2, 52–63; in Inquiry into Literature 4, 54–63.
  • "Dear Life" first with subtitle "A childhood visitation" in The New Yorker/ Personal History, 19 September 2011,, without any subtitle in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 299-319
  • "Deep-Holes" in The New Yorker, 30 June 2008,, in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Differently" in The New Yorker, 2 January 1989, 23–36; in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Dimension" in The New Yorker, 5 June 2006, ; published with title "Dimensions" ; in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Dolly" in Tin House, 29 May 2012 in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 233-256
  • "Dulse" in The New Yorker, 21 July 1980, 30–39, in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982; in The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories, edited by Wayne Grady, Markham, Ont.: Penguin Books Canada, 1982, 463–81.
  • "Epilogue: The Photographer" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Eskimo" in Gentlemen's Quarterly 55, no. 12, 262–66, 301–302, 304 ; in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Executioners" in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 138–155.
  • "Face" in The New Yorker, 8 September 2008,, in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Family Furnishings" in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "Fathers" in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "Fiction" in Harper's Magazine, August 2007, in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Fits" in Grand Street, 1986, in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Five Points" in The New Yorker, 14 March 1988, 34–43. in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Floating Bridge" in The New Yorker, 31 July 2000,, in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "Forgiveness in Families" first read on the CBC programme Anthology 10 March 1973; in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 93–105; in West Coast Experience, 32–44; in Heartland, 107–117; in West of Fiction, 220–230.
  • "Free Radicals" in The New Yorker, 11 February 2008,, in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Friend of My Youth" in The New Yorker, 22 January 1990, 36–48 ;, in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Goodbye Myra" in Chatelaine 28, 17, 55–58; later republished in Dance of the Happy Shades as "Day of the Butterfly"
  • "Goodness and Mercy" in The New Yorker, 20 March 1989, 38–48. in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Gravel" in The New Yorker, 27 June 2011, ; in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 91-109
  • "Half a Grapefruit" in Redbook 151, no. 1, 133, 176, 178, 180, 182–83 ; in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978
  • "Hard-Luck Stories" in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982
  • "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "Haven" in The New Yorker, 5 March 2012 in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 110-132
  • "Heirs of the Living Body" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Hired Girl" in The New Yorker, 11 April 1994, 82–88. ; in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass" in Atlantic Monthly 262, no. 6, 58–66, 68–70. in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Home" in New Canadian Stories, Vol. 74, edited by David Helwig and Georg Euringer, Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1974, pp. 133–53. ;, revised and published in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "How Could I Do That?" in Chatelaine 28, 16–17, 65–70.
  • "How I Met My Husband" in McCalls, 85–86, 123–27. in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 45–66; in Modern Canadian Stories, 1–20; in Personal Fictions, 21–37.
  • "Illinois" in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "Images" in Dance Of the Happy Shades, 1968; in Narrative Voice, 161–171; in Double Vision, 229–241; in Personal Fictions, 9–20.
  • "In Sight of the Lake" in Granta, 22 February 2012 in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 217-232
  • "Jakarta" in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "Jesse and Meribeth" in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Labor Day Dinner" in The New Yorker, 28 September 1981, 47–56, 59–60, 65–66, 70, 75–76. in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982
  • "Leaving Maverley" in The New Yorker, 28 November 2011,, in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 67-90
  • "Lichen" in The New Yorker, 15 July 1985, 26–36. in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Lives of Girls and Women" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Love of a Good Woman" in The New Yorker, 23 December 1996; in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "Lying Under the Apple Tree" in The New Yorker/ Memoir, 17 June 2002,, in The View from Castle Rock, 2006;
  • "Marrakesh" in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 156–174.
  • "Material" in Tamarack Review no. 61, 7–25. in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 24–44; in Double Vision, 242–259; in Personal Fictions, 55–71; in Best Canadian Short Stories, 24–38; in Canadian Short Stories 3, 241–263.
  • "Memorial" in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 207–226.
  • "Meneseteung" in The New Yorker, 11 January 1988, 28–38; in Friend of My Youth, 1990 ; in The Best American Short Stories of the Eighties, 1990
  • "Messenger" in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "Miles City, Montana" in The New Yorker, 14 January 1985, 30–40; in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Mischief" in Viva 6, 99–109 ; in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978
  • "Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux" in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Kidd" in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982; in Tamarack Review Nos. 83/84, 5–24.
  • "My Mother's Dream" in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "Nettles" in The New Yorker, 21 February 2000,, in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "Night" in Granta Spring 2012, in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 271-286
  • "No Advantages" in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "Oh, What Avails" in The New Yorker, 16 November 1987, 42–52, 55–56, 58–59, 62, 64–65, 67. in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Open Secrets" in The New Yorker, 8 February 1993, 90–101., in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "Oranges and Apples" in The New Yorker, 24 October 1988, 36–48, 52, 54. in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Passion" in The New Yorker, 22 March 2004,, in Runaway, 2004
  • "Pictures of the Ice" in Atlantic Monthly, 64–73 ; in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Post and Beam" in The New Yorker, 11 December 2000,, in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "Postcard" in The Tamarack Review, 1968 No. 47, 23–31, 33–39. in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968
  • "Powers" in Runaway, 2004
  • "Pride" in Harper's Magazine, April 2011, in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 133-153
  • "Princess Ida" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "Privilege" in Tamarack Review No. 70, 14–28. in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978
  • "Providence" first read on the CBC programme Anthology 9 April 1977; in Redbook 149, no. 4, 98–99, 158–63 ; in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978, 133–151.
  • "Prue" in The New Yorker, 30 March 1981, 34–35; in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982; in 82: Best Canadian Stories, 74–79;
  • "Queenie" in London Review of Books, in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "Red Dress—1946" in Montrealer 39, 28–34; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968, 147–160; in In the Looking Glass, 199–211; in Childhood and Youth in Canadian Literature, 74–86; in Rites of Passage, 8–19; see also "The Red Dress"
  • "Rich as Stink" in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "Royal Beatings" in The New Yorker, 14 March 1977, 36–44 ; in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978, 1–22; in Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 473–491;
  • "Runaway" in The New Yorker, 11 August 2003, in Runaway, 2004
  • "Save the Reaper" in The New Yorker, 22 June 1998, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "Silence" in The New Yorker, 14 June 2004,, in Runaway, 2004
  • "Simon's Luck" in Viva, 1978, under the title "Emily"; in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978, 251–173;
  • "Some Women" in The New Yorker, 22 December 2008, ; in Too much happiness, 2009;
  • "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You" first published in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 1–23; in Canadian Literature in the 70's, 19–35; in Anthology of Canadian Literature in English 2, 301–314.
  • "Soon" in The New Yorker, 14 June 2004,, in Runaway, 2004
  • "Spaceships Have Landed" in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "Spelling" in Weekend Magazine 28, 24–27 ; in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978, 174–188; in Weekend 28, 24–27; in Best American Short Stories 1979, 150–156.
  • "Story for Sunday" in Folio 5, no. 1, 4–8. by Alice Laidlaw Folio 5:1,
  • "Sunday Afternoon" in The Canadian Forum 35, 127–130; in Book of Canadian Short Stories, 327–336; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968, 161–171; in Selections from Major Canadian Writers, 244–249;
  • "Tell Me Yes or No" in Chatelaine 47, 35, 54, 56–60, 62 ; in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 106–124.
  • "Thanks for the Ride" in Tamarack Review No. 2, 25–37; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968, 44–58; in Story-Makers, 47–60; in Modern Short Stories in English, 273–284; in Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories, 71–82.
  • "The Albanian Virgin" in The New Yorker, 27 June & 4 July 1994, 118, 121, 123–27, 129–34, 136–38., in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" in The New Yorker, 27 December 1999 / 3 January 2000, in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "The Beggar Maid" in The New Yorker, 27 June 1977; in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978; in 78: Best Canadian Stories, 9–42; in Best Canadian Short Stories, 96–121.
  • "The Children Stay" in The New Yorker, 22 December 1997,, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "The Connection" see "Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection" and/or "Connection"
  • "The Dangerous One" in Chatelaine 29, 49–51.
  • "The Dimensions of a Shadow" in Folio 4, no. 2, 2–8.
  • "The Edge of Town" in Queen's Quarterly 62, no. 3, 368–80.
  • "The Eye" in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 257-270
  • "The Ferguson Girls Must Never Marry" in Grand Street 1, no. 3, 27–64.
  • "The Flats Road" in Lives of Girls and Women, 1971
  • "The Found Boat" first read on the CBC programme Anthology 6 April 1974; in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 125–137; in Role of Woman in Canadian Literature, 70–81.
  • "The Idyllic Summer" in Canadian Forum 34, 106–107, 109–110.
  • "The Jack Randa Hotel" in The New Yorker, 19 July 1993, 62–70., in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "The Love of a Good Woman" in The New Yorker, 23 December 1996,, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998
  • "The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink" in The New Yorker, 31 March 1986, 26–36, 38–40, 44. in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "The Moons of Jupiter" in The New Yorker, 22 May 1978, 32–39 ; in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982; in Anthology of Canadian Literature in English 2, 314–326.
  • "The Office" in The Montrealer 36, 18–23 in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968; in Great Canadian Short Stories, 263–275; in Women and Fiction, 301–313; in Transitions 2, 141–152.
  • "The Ottawa Valley" first published in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 227–246.
  • "The Peace of Utrecht" in Tamarack Review No. 15, 5–21 in Canadian Short Stories 2, 259–284; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968; in Stories from Ontario, 241–259; in Personal Fictions, 38–54.
  • "The Photographer" in Artist in Canadian Literature, 93–104.
  • "The Progress of Love" in The New Yorker, 7 October 1985, 35–58. in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "The Red Dress" in McCalls, 67–68, 138–46. see also "Red Dress—1946"
  • "The Shining Houses" first read on the CBC programme Anthology; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968, 19–29; in Canadian Anthology, 520–526.
  • "The Spanish Lady" in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 175–199.
  • "The Stone in the Field" in Saturday Night 94, 40–45; in 80: Best Canadian Stories, 115–131–; in Iniquiry into Literature 2, 182–183 ; see also "Chaddeleys and Flemings II: The Stone in the Field"
  • "The Ticket" in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "The Time of Death" in The Canadian Forum 36 63–66, by Alice Laidlaw; in Modern Canadian Stories, 314–323; in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968, 89–99; in Contemporary Voices, 128–134;
  • "The Turkey Season" in The New Yorker, 29 December 1980, 36–44, in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982, 60–76;
  • "The View from Castle Rock" in The New Yorker, 29 August 2005,, in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "The Widower" in Folio 5, no. 2, 7–11 by Alice Laidlaw.
  • "The Wilds of Morris Township" in The View from Castle Rock, 2006
  • "To Reach Japan" in Narrative Magazine, in Winter 2012, .
  • "Too Much Happiness" in Harper's Magazine, August 2009; in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Train" in Harper's Magazine, April 2004, Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 175-216
  • "Trespasses" in Runaway, 2004
  • "Tricks" in Runaway, 2004
  • "Vandals" in The New Yorker, 4 October 1993, 179–182, 184–190., in Open Secrets, 1994
  • "Visitors" in Atlantic Monthly 249, no. 4, 91–98; in The Moons of Jupiter, 1982, 198–216.
  • "Voices", in Dear Life. Stories, 2012, pp. 286-298,
  • "Walker Brothers Cowboy" first published in Dance of the Happy Shades, 1968, 1–18; in Canadian Writing Today, 105–120; in Oxford Anthology of Canadian Literature, 348–361; in Stories from Ontario, 156–171; in Depression in Canadian Literature, 92–109;
  • "Walking on Water" in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 67–92.
  • "Wenlock Edge" in The New Yorker, 5 December 2005,, in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "What Do You Want to Know For?" in Writing Away: The PEN Canada Travel Anthology, edited by Constance Rooke, 203–20. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1994 ; in The View from Castle Rock, 2006; in American Scholar Summer 2006, 94–105.
  • "What is Real?" in The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, edited by R. V. Cassill and Richard Bausch, 6th edition, W W. Norton, New York, 2000, pp. 1706–1709.
  • "What is Remembered" in The New Yorker, 19 February 2001,, in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001
  • "White Dump" in The New Yorker, 28 July 1986, 25–39, 42–43. in The Progress of Love, 1986
  • "Who Do You Think You Are?" in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978, 189–206; in Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories, 299–316.
  • "Wigtime" in The New Yorker, 4 September 1989, 34–46, 48, 50. in Friend of My Youth, 1990
  • "Wild Swans" in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978, 55–64; in Toronto Life, 53, 124–125 ;
  • "Winter Wind" in Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, 1974, 192–206; in Family Portraits, 57–67; in Literature in Canada, 477–487.
  • "Wood" in The New Yorker, 24 November 1980, 49–54; in 81: Best Canadian Stories, 93–110; in Best American Short Stories, 241–254; revised in Too much happiness, 2009
  • "Working for a Living" in Grand Street 1, no. 1, 9–37 ; in The View from Castle Rock, 2006

Short stories in anthologies

Works by Munro that appeared in anthologies may be more difficult to locate than those that were published in journals or in Munro's original collections but they are likely to be numerous. Please add.
  • "Dulse" in: The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories, edited by Wayne Grady, Markham, Ont.: Penguin Books Canada, 1982, 463–81.
  • "Forgiveness in Families" in "Vancouver Short Stories", edited by Carole Gerson, Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 1986, 94-103.
  • "Meneseteung" in The Best American Short Stories of the Eighties, edited by Shannon Ravenel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990

Short stories by short-story compilation

Selected Stories (1996)

  • "Walker Brothers Cowboy"
  • "Dance of the Happy Shades"
  • "Postcard"
  • "Images"
  • "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You"
  • "The Ottawa Valley"
  • "Material"
  • "Royal Beatings"
  • "Wild Swans"
  • "The Beggar Maid"
  • "Simon's Luck"
  • "Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection"
  • "Chaddeleys and Flemings II: The Stone in the Field"
  • "Dulse"
  • "The Turkey Season"
  • "Labor Day Dinner"
  • "The Moons of Jupiter"
  • "The Progress of Love"
  • "Lichen"
  • "Miles City, Montana"
  • "Forgiveness in Families"
  • "White Dump"
  • "Fits"
  • "Friend of My Youth"
  • "Meneseteung"
  • "Differently"
  • "Carried Away"
  • "The Albanian Virgin"
  • "A Wilderness Station"
  • "Vandals"

No Love Lost (2003)

Selected and with an afterword by Jane Urquhart
  • "Bardon Bus"
  • "Carried Away"
  • "Mischief"
  • "The Love of a Good Woman"
  • "Simon's Luck"
  • "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage"
  • "The Bear Came Over the Mountain"
  • "The Albanian Virgin"
  • "Meneseteung"
  • "The Children Stay"

Vintage Munro (2004)

according to this
  • "The Moons of Jupiter"
  • "The Progress of Love"
  • "Differently"
  • "Carried Away"
  • "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage"

Alice Munro's Best: A Selection of Stories, XVIII, 509 p. (Toronto 2006/2008) / Carried Away: A Selection of Stories, XXXV, 559 p. (New York 2006)

With an introduction by Margaret Atwood
  • "Royal Beatings" 2008: p. 1
  • "The Beggar Maid" 2008: p. 25
  • "The Turkey Season" 2008: p. 59
  • "The Moons of Jupiter" 2008: p. 75
  • "The Progress of Love" 2008: p. 93
  • "Miles City, Montana" 2008: p. 121
  • "Friend of my Youth" 2008: p. 155
  • "Meneseteung" 2008: p. 165
  • "Differently" 2008: p. 187
  • "Carried Away" 2008: p. 213
  • "The Albanian Virgin" 2008: p. 255
  • "A Wilderness Station" 2008: p. 295
  • "Vandals" 2008: p. 325
  • "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" 2008: p. 353
  • "Save the Reaper" 2008: p. 399
  • "Runaway" 2008: p. 429
  • "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" 2008: p. 467

New Selected Stories (2011)

From The Love of a Good Woman
  • "The Love of a Good Woman" 3
  • "The Children Stay" 56
  • "My Mother's Dream" 79
From Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
  • "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" 115
  • "Family Furnishings" 153
  • "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" 178
From Runaway
  • "Chance" 217
  • "Soon" 244
  • "Silence" 272
From The View from Castle Rock
  • "The View from Castle Rock" 297
  • "Lying Under the Apple Tree" 338
  • "Hired Girl" 358
From Too much happiness
  • "Dimensions" 379
  • "Deep-Holes" 402
  • "Free Radicals" 419

Vintage Munro (2014)

According to the
  • "The Moons of Jupiter"
  • "The Progress of Love"
  • "Differently"
  • "Carried Away"
  • "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage"
  • "In Sight of the Lake"
  • The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013: Presentation Speech