The Sisters (short story) The Sisters (short story) "The Sisters" is a short story by James Joyce, the first of a series of short stories called "Dubliners". Originally published in the "Irish Homestead" on 13 August 1904, "The Sisters" was Joyce's first published work of fiction. Joyce later revised the story and had it, along with the rest of the series, published in book form in 1914. ″The Sisters″ gives a portrait of the relationship between a nameless boy and the infirm priest Father Flynn. The priest who has been relieved of his priestly duties has acted as a mentor for the boy in
I Sing the Body Electric (short story collection) I Sing the Body Electric (short story collection) I Sing the Body Electric! is a 1969 collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury. The book takes its name from an included short story of the same title, which in turn took the title from a poem by Walt Whitman published in his collection "Leaves of Grass". The collection includes these stories: In 1998, Avon Books published "I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories", which includes all the stories from the original collection as well as the following stories from "Long After Midnight": Joanna Russ reviewed the collection favorably, saying