Short Story collections.

[anthorn]

How long should a short story collection be? How many stories? Before considered being published. Page wise we're talking 79 Microsoft Word read mode preview pages and 20790 words. 8 stories/vignettes.

The Girl Who waited.
A little girl waits for her father to return home after he goes to kill a God.
300 days.
Three short scenes detailing 300 days during and after zombie apocalypse in County Durham.
A window of remembrance and regret.
A random short of regret and remembrance.
One Day.
A Fantasy story about an exiled Luarith walking in a ruined land. (Takes place in main WIPS world)
The First Days.
A Primary School teacher and a headmaster try to escape the undead hoards.
A Soldier's Account.
Soldiers account of his experience during the zombie apocalypse.
The infection spreads.
Two scenes of the zombie plague spreading through the north east.
A Tale of Two Sisters.
Story telling of Nikita and Sarana's journey from Imara to Alexiamdra and how their relationship was fractured through bullying and jealousy. (Takes place in my main WIPs world)
Journey.
A man and a girl travel through Wearside toward Scotland in hope of finding safety from the dead.

 

[StuartBurchell]

I would think it would depend on the word count of each story. If one or more stories are very short, you may be able to fit more stories into the collection.

I was thinking around twelve/thirteen stories myself.

 

[anthorn]

I would think it would depend on the word count of each story. If one or more stories are very short, you may be able to fit more stories into the collection.

I was thinking around twelve/thirteen stories myself.

The longest one so far is 5070 words