| 100% | OHENRY | 6 | Pen name of William Sidney Porter, author of short story collections Roads of Destiny and The Four Million |
| 46% | SAKI | 4 | Pen name of H H Munro, author of 1914 short story collection Beasts and Super-Beasts |
| 39% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 37% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of short story collections More Than Somewhat and Take It Easy |
| 37% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy |
| 37% | BRYANWASHINGTON | 15 | Author of the 2019 short-story collection “Lot” and the 2020 novel “Memorial” |
| 36% | ANDYSTACK | 9 | Pen name of the female author of True Detective stories |
| 36% | OLIVERONIONS | 12 | Author of ghost story collections Widdershins and The Painted Face |
| 33% | HAZLITT | 7 | William —, English essayist and critic; author of 1825 collection The Spirit of the Age |
| 33% | JACOBS | 6 | W W —, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge |
| 33% | LEQUEUX | 7 | William —, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces |
| 32% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 32% | HORNUNG | 7 | E W —, author of 1899 short story collection The Amateur Cracksman |
| 32% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of the novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 32% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |
| 32% | KENNEDY | 7 | A L —, author of story collections All the Rage and What Becomes |
| 32% | ANAISNIN | 8 | Author of the erotica collections Delta of Venus and Auletris |
| 32% | NIN | 3 | Author of the story collection "Little Birds" |
| 30% | PRINCE | 6 | "The Happy ___ and Other Tales," 1888 collection of short stories for children by Oscar Wilde |
| 30% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 30% | POE | 3 | Author of the short story "Loss of Breath" |
| 30% | KEENE | 5 | Writer Carolyn, the pen name of more than 10 authors of the Nancy Drew series |
| 30% | SAKI | 4 | Pen name of short story writer H.H. Munro |
| 30% | GEORGEELIOT | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Silas Marner" |
| 30% | ELLISBELL | 9 | Pen name of the female author of "Wuthering Heights" |
| 30% | BENOKRI | 7 | Author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia |
| 29% | CHESTERTON | 10 | G K —, author of 1911 story collection The Innocence of Father Brown |
| 29% | COBBETT | 7 | William —, author of the 1830 collection of observations Rural Rides |
| 29% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Out of Africa" |