| CHEEVER | US author of short stories such as The Swimmer |
| STRAND | Illustrated magazine founded in 1891 specialising in short stories such as those featuring Sherlock Holmes (6) |
| MANSFIELD | Pen name of the author of short stories including How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped, The Garden Party, A Cup of Tea and The Doll's House (9) |
| HGWELLS | Victorian author best known for science fiction stories such as The War of the Worlds (1,1,5) |
| LEGENDS | Traditional stories such as the originals telling of saints' lives (7) |
| EPICS | Grand stories such as "The Mahabharata" and "The Iliad" |
| BALLANTYNE | R M ___, Scottish author noted for adventure stories such as The Coral Island |
| ANAISNIN | Delta of Venus is the bestknown work by which novelist and writer of short stories and erotica? (5,3) |
| TALES | Stories such as those of Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Kitten and Peter Rabbit |
| SKI | Writer of short stories ignores a runner (3) |
| ANTONCHEKHOV | Russian writer of short stories and (more famously in translation) plays |
| HENRYFONDA | Writer of short stories loving a film actor (5,5) |
| JUSTSOSTORIES | Children's book containing 13 origin stories such as How the Leopard Got His Spots (4,2,7) |
| OHENRY | Pen name of William Sidney Porter, author of short story collections Roads of Destiny and The Four Million (1,5) |
| IDYLLIST | Author of short pictorial poems (8) |
| ESSAYIST | Author of short pieces, for example, lives in East Street (8) |
| ANDERSON | Sherwood, American author of short story collection Winesburg, Ohio (8) |
| DAMONRUNYON | Author of short story collection Take it Easy (5,6) |
| RUNYON | Damon ?, author of short story collections More Than Somewhat and Take It Easy |
| GOGOL | Russian writer of short story The Overcoat (5) |
