| 100% | OCONNOR | 7 | Frank —, author of 1944 story collection Crab Apple Jelly |
| 42% | NIN | 3 | Author of the story collection "Little Birds" |
| 41% | OLIVERONIONS | 12 | Author of ghost story collections Widdershins and The Painted Face |
| 38% | CARVER | 6 | Raymond —, author of 1983 short story collection Cathedral |
| 38% | ANDERSON | 8 | Sherwood —, author of 1919 short story collection Winesburg, Ohio |
| 38% | ELLISON | 7 | Harlan —, author of 1988 short story collection Angry Candy |
| 37% | ASET | 4 | Frank O'Connor short story collection "___ of Variations" |
| 37% | ASIMOV | 6 | Isaac —, author of 1950 story collection I, Robot |
| 37% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 37% | HORNUNG | 7 | E W —, author of 1899 short story collection The Amateur Cracksman |
| 37% | DAUDET | 6 | Alphonse —, author of 1869 short story collection Lettres de Mon Moulin |
| 37% | BABEL | 5 | Isaac —, Russian author of story collection Red Cavalry executed in 1940 |
| 37% | JAMES | 5 | M R —, author of 1904 collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
| 36% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |
| 36% | KENNEDY | 7 | A L —, author of story collections All the Rage and What Becomes |
| 36% | YATES | 5 | Richard —, author of 1962 story collection Eleven Kinds of Loneliness |
| 35% | JACOBS | 6 | W W —, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge |
| 35% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy |
| 34% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of short story collections More Than Somewhat and Take It Easy |
| 34% | LEFANU | 6 | J Sheridan —, author of 1872 story collection In a Glass Darkly |
| 34% | CHESTERTON | 10 | G K —, author of 1911 story collection The Innocence of Father Brown |
| 33% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 32% | BRYANWASHINGTON | 15 | Author of the 2019 short-story collection “Lot” and the 2020 novel “Memorial” |
| 32% | POE | 3 | Author of eerie stories |
| 32% | BIOGRAPHER | 10 | Author of life stories |
| 32% | CRIMEWRITER | 11 | Author of detective stories |
| 32% | FORESTER | 8 | Author of the Hornblower stories |
| 32% | AESOP | 5 | Author of stories with morals |
| 32% | HERBERT | 7 | Frank, author of Dune |
| 31% | AESOP | 5 | Author of a hare racing story |