Can someone please point this brainlet in the direction of some good short stories and short story authors...

Can someone please point this brainlet in the direction of some good short stories and short story authors? Bonus points if they're existential or depressing.

You can't go wrong with Kafka. Give Metamorphosis a try.

Kafka

Thanks, pals. What of his would you most recommend?

Breece D'J Pancake. Good writer, an hero. Pretty depressing stuff -- but they're good stories. He didn't write a lot. 'Trilobites' is a good sample.

bruno schulz

The Vulture and The Bridge -- very short, very good.

In the Penal Colony is a good longer story. Metamorphosis is probably his best story, however.

notes of a dirty old man

God bless you all. I'm gonna look into these tonight.

Bartleby by Melville might be up your alley