| 100% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy |
| 77% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of short story collections More Than Somewhat and Take It Easy |
| 45% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BRYANWASHINGTON | 15 | Author of the 2019 short-story collection “Lot” and the 2020 novel “Memorial” |
| 37% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |
| 35% | OLIVERONIONS | 12 | Author of ghost story collections Widdershins and The Painted Face |
| 35% | POE | 3 | Author of the short story "Loss of Breath" |
| 34% | HORNUNG | 7 | E W —, author of 1899 short story collection The Amateur Cracksman |
| 34% | KENNEDY | 7 | A L —, author of story collections All the Rage and What Becomes |
| 33% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 33% | ORR | 3 | Author of the short story on which All About Eve was based, Mary ___ |
| 33% | JACOBS | 6 | W W —, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge |
| 32% | OHENRY | 6 | Pen name of William Sidney Porter, author of short story collections Roads of Destiny and The Four Million |
| 32% | NIN | 3 | Author of the story collection "Little Birds" |
| 31% | ANAISNIN | 8 | Author of the erotica collections Delta of Venus and Auletris |
| 31% | SAKI | 4 | Pen name of H H Munro, author of 1914 short story collection Beasts and Super-Beasts |
| 30% | COLSONWHITEHEAD | 15 | Author of the novel “Harlem Shuffle” and its 2023 sequel, “Crook Manifesto” |
| 30% | CARVER | 6 | Raymond —, author of 1983 short story collection Cathedral |
| 30% | ILES | 4 | Greg —, author of the novels Dead Sleep and Sleep No More |
| 30% | MAXTED | 6 | Anna —, author of the novels Being Committed and Getting Over It |
| 30% | ANDERSON | 8 | Sherwood —, author of 1919 short story collection Winesburg, Ohio |
| 30% | ELLISON | 7 | Harlan —, author of 1988 short story collection Angry Candy |
| 30% | WANTTOGOSTEPHENKING | 19 | End of the quote, and its author |
| 29% | DAUDET | 6 | Alphonse —, author of 1869 short story collection Lettres de Mon Moulin |
| 29% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |
| 29% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of the novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 29% | AMOSOZ | 6 | Israeli author of "Where the Jackals Howl, and Other Stories" |
| 29% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Hunger Games" and its sequels, "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay": 2 wds. |
| 29% | TRAPIDO | 7 | Barbara —, author of the novels Brother of the More Famous Jack and Temples of Delight |
| 29% | LEWYCKA | 7 | Marina —, author of the novels Two Caravans and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian |