Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.
On Writing: A Memoir of the CraftI was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.
We Need to Talk About KevinWhat are the lessons intended in the stories we tell to our children today?
The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and NarrationsHaving just enough life to enjoy being dead.
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Storyon. I’m getting cold.’ Clutching the pluckers, I call her. ‘Right,
William Walker's First Year of Marriage: A Horror Story...there was an almost terrifying lack of intelligence in his eyes.
Worlds of Weber: Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington and Other StoriesTime is a player. Time is part of today, not simply a measure of its passing.
The World and Other Places: StoriesIt is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories