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.Title | See also | Journal | - | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
A Basket of Strawberries | 1953-11 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Queer Streak | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Real Life | 1992-02-10 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
A Trip to the Coast | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Wilderness Station | 1992-04-27 | x | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Accident | 1977-11 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Age of Faith | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ally and Lizzy | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amundsen | :de:Amundsen |de; | 2012-08-27 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
An Ounce of Cure | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
At the Other Place | 1955-09 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Axis | 2011-01-31 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Baptizing | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Bardon Bus | x | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Before the Change | 1998-08-24 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Boys and Girls | :de:Jungen und Mädchen|de; | 1964 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Carried Away | :de:Carried Away|de; | 1991-10-21 | x | s | s | s | s | - | ||||||||||||||
Chaddeleys and Flemings I: The Connection | 1979 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Chaddeleys and Flemings II: The Stone in the Field | 1979-04 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Chance | 2004-06-14 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Changes and Ceremonies | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Characters | 1978 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Child's Play | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Circle of Prayer | 1986 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Comfort | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connection | 1978-11 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Corrie | :de:Corrie |de; | 2010-10-11 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Cortes Island | 1998-10-12 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Dance of the Happy Shades | 1961 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Day of the Butterfly | 1956 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Dear Life | :de:Finale |de; | 2011-09-19 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Deep-Holes | 2008-06-30 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Differently | 1989-01-02 | x | s | s | s | - | ||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Dimensions | :de:Dimensionen|de; | 2006-06-05 | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
Dolly | 2012-05-29 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Dulse | 1980-07-21 | x | a | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
Epilogue: The Photographer | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eskimo | 1985-12 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Executioners | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Face | 2008-09-08 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Family Furnishings | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Fathers | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fiction | :de:Erzählungen|de; | 2007-08 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Fits | 1986 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Five Points | 1988-03-14 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Floating Bridge | 2000-07-31 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Forgiveness in Families | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Free Radicals | :de:Freie Radikale |de; | 2008-02-11 | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
Friend of My Youth | :de:Friend of My Youth|de; | 1990-01-22 | x | s | s | - | ||||||||||||||||
Goodbye Myra | 1956-07 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Goodness and Mercy | 1989-03-20 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Gravel | :de:Kies |de; | 2011-06-27 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Half a Grapefruit | 1978-05 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Hard-Luck Stories | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage | :de:Hasst er mich, mag er mich, liebt er mich, Hochzeit|de; | x | s | s | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||
Haven | 2012-03-05 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Heirs of the Living Body | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hired Girl | 1994-04-11 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass | 1988-12 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Home | :de:Daheim |de; | 1974 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
How Could I Do That? | 1956-03 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
How I Met My Husband | 1974-02 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Images | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
In Sight of the Lake | :de:Liebes Leben|de; | 2012-02-22 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Jakarta | :de:Jakarta |de; | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Jesse and Meribeth | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Labor Day Dinner | 1981-09-28 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Leaving Maverley | :de:Liebes Leben|de; | 2011-11-28 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Lichen | 1985-07-15 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Lives of Girls and Women | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lying Under the Apple Tree | 2002-06-17 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Marrakesh | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Material | 1973-11 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Memorial | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Meneseteung | :de:Meneseteung|de; | 1988-01-11 | x | s | s | - | ||||||||||||||||
Messenger | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Miles City, Montana | 1985-01-14 | x | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
Mischief | 1978-04 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Kidd | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
My Mother's Dream | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Nettles | 2000-02-21 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Night | :de:Finale |de; | 2012-Spring | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
No Advantages | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Oh, What Avails | 1987-11-16 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Open Secrets | 1993-02-08 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Oranges and Apples | 1988-10-24 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Passion | :de:Leidenschaft |de; | 2004-03-22 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Pictures of the Ice | 1990-01 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Post and Beam | 2000-12-11 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Postcard | 1968 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Powers | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pride | 2011-04 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Princess Ida | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Privilege | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 1977-08 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Prue | 1981-03-30 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Queenie | 1998-07-30 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Red Dress—1946 /The Red Dress | -1973-03 | f | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Rich as Stink | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Beatings | 1977-03-14 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Runaway | :de:Ausreißer |de; | 2003-08-11 | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
Save the Reaper | :de:Save the Reaper|de; | 1998-06-22 | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Silence | 2004-06-14 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Simon's Luck | 1978 | x | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
Some Women | 2008-12-22 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You | 1974 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Soon | 2005-06-14 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Spaceships Have Landed | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spelling | 1978-06-17 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Story for Sunday | 1950-12 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday Afternoon | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tell Me Yes or No | 1974-03 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Thanks for the Ride | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Albanian Virgin | :de:Die albanische Jungfrau|de; | 1994-06-27 /07-04 | x | s | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||
The Bear Came Over the Mountain | :de:Der Bär kletterte über den Berg|de; | 1999-12-27 /2000-01-03 | x | s | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||
The Beggar Maid | 1977-06-27 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
The Children Stay | 1997-12-22 | x | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
The Dangerous One | 1957-07 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Dimensions of a Shadow | 1950-04 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Edge of Town | 1955-08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Eye | :de:Finale |de; | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
The Ferguson Girls Must Never Marry | 1982 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Flats Road | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
The Found Boat | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Idyllic Summer | 1954-08 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Jack Randa Hotel | 1993-07-19 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
The Love of a Good Woman | :de:Die Liebe einer Frau |de; | 1996-12-23 | x | s | s | - | ||||||||||||||||
The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink | 1986-03-31 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
The Moons of Jupiter | :de:Die Jupitermonde|de; | 1978-05-22 | x | s | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||
The Office | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Ottawa Valley | 1974 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
The Peace of Utrecht | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
The Progress of Love | :de:The Progress of Love|de; | 1985-10-07 | x | s | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||
The Shining Houses | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Spanish Lady | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Ticket | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Time of Death | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Turkey Season | 1980-12-29 | x | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
The View from Castle Rock | :de:Die Aussicht vom Burgfelsen|de; | 2005-08-29 | x | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
The Widower | 1951-04 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Wilds of Morris Township | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
To Reach Japan | :de:Japan erreichen|de; | 2012 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Too Much Happiness | 2009-08 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Train | :de:Zug |de; | 2012-04 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Trespasses | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tricks | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vandals | 1993-10-04 | x | s | s | - | |||||||||||||||||
Visitors | 1982-04 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Voices | :de:Finale |de; | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Walker Brothers Cowboy | 1968 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Walking on Water | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - | |||
Wenlock Edge | :de:Der Grat von Wenlock|de; | 2005-12-05 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
What Do You Want to Know For? | 1994 | a | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
What is Remembered | 2001-01-19 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
White Dump | 1986-07-28 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Who Do You Think You Are? | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wigtime | 1989-09-04 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Wild Swans | 1978-04 | x | s | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Winter Wind | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wood | :de:Holz |de; | 1980-11-24 | x | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Working for a Living | 1981-08 | x | - | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 94 | 98 | 01 | 04 | 06 | 09 | 12 | s96 | s03 | s04 | s06 | s11 | - |
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
- "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
Alice Munro's short-story collections
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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "The Love of a Good Woman" 3
- "The Children Stay" 56
- "My Mother's Dream" 79
- "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" 115
- "Family Furnishings" 153
- "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" 178
- "Chance" 217
- "Soon" 244
- "Silence" 272
- "The View from Castle Rock" 297
- "Lying Under the Apple Tree" 338
- "Hired Girl" 358
- "Dimensions" 379
- "Deep-Holes" 402
- "Free Radicals" 419
Vintage Munro (2014)
- "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