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For about a fictional work too small to be called a [novel] or [novella] - usually less than 10-20 thousand words and no chapters. Use to either identify the media on a [story-identification] question or disambiguate works where the tag covers the short story and its form in other media.. If you are looking for a particular anthology of short stories, use the [anthology-book] tag instead.
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Childrens Horror Anthology 1990's
Scary Stories for Sleep-overs sounds like it.
According to a blog review the stories you described are:
1st: "A Dead Man's Chest"
2nd:"Flesh and Blood"
3rd: "Cave Dwellers"
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Man accidentally becomes road warrior
"Along the Scenic Route" by Harlan Ellison
This story takes the concept of "road rage" to a new level. A man
traveling on a freeway is threatened by another car, and now they are
locked in a d …
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Body-switching story
The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham by H.G. Wells
Young man, Edward George Eden is approached by old gentleman Egbert Elvesham who has the intention to:
find young fellow, ambitious, pure-minded, …
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3 short stories—mother and son trapped in cave for years, published in 1980's
When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom
It consists of two novellas:
When Darkness Loves Us
Sally Ann is a bright and bubbling farm girl, still caught in the
thrill of a brand-new husband …
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Bullied boy given immense powers by an alien race who destroys the human race
The story according to Moo's comment is "Master of All The World" from Science Fantasy Stories: a child is given the ability to destroy the world by an alien race.
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Anthology about people having historical figures implanted as alternate personalities
Past Lives, Present Tense edited by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
If you could mind-meld with any historical figure, who would it be? Einstein, Shakespeare, Helen of Troy? Somewhere in the near future, a …
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Short story called "The Itchy Teeth"
"The Itchy Tooth" by Jack C. Shuffler
Excerpts from Evergreen Review, Volume 12
They immediately began to make fun of him, calling him such names as
"Blotty" and "Itchy Tooth." His fat little h …
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Post-apocalyptic story: Traveling technician sells nuclear weapon that requires sacrifice of...
"The Verts Get a Nuke" by Michael Armstrong (from his novel, "After the Zap"). It can be read on archive.org.
Excerpt:
Myers wiped a big green bandana across his forehead. “So, in order to
arm the n …
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Crab Nebula short story from 1960s or '70s
"...And All the Stars a Stage" by James Blish.
1086 A.D.: A sudden glare of light in the constellation later called
Taurus. The Chinese astronomer T'ang Yaou-Shun marks it down: A new
and marvelous s …
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Short story in a SF anthology, TV and radio stop working so everyone fills their spare time ...
Almost the End of the World by Ray Bradbury
Almost the End of the World shows Willy and Samuel driving through Arizona ... back to town after working for a prolonged period of time and having a conve …
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Early sci-fi short story of a man who wanted to be buried on Earth, but the cost was too high?
Nor Dust Corrupt by James V. McConnell
From review on goodreads.com:
Long after humanity has spread through the galaxy, men create, and
capitalize upon, the longing people have to be posthumously bur …
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Taking LSD while having sex and dying
Schwartz Between the Galaxies by Robert Silverberg might be a possibility. It can be read on archive.org or lightspeedmagazine.com.
Excerpt:
Then a smiling JAL stewardess parts the curtain of his cub …
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Story about a woman who believes every bit of bad luck removes significant amounts of time f...
Extra Ellies by Julia Ecklar. Google book snippets:
Ina Kohill manually landed her mover where the transit tube widened at late Uncle Trenner's private node.
[...]
As she realized they were pushing …
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1980s or 90s magazine story: girl can read emotions because she sees outside the normal visu...
It could be "The Lesser Magic" by Gregory Kusnick in Analog, April 1987. According to "Fantasy Review" it's about a scientific examination of a psychic's powers.
They fall in love, they get separated, …
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Older story about a sex worker on a spaceship
Unemployment Problem by Jor Jennings
She was shipwrecked and out of a job, if you could call ship's whore a
job. If only she could find her true calling...
It can be read on archive.org. The quote i …
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