| ASCH | Sholem **** , writer of stories in Yiddish entering drama school (18801957) |
| RKNARAYAN | Writer of stories set in the fictional town of Malgudi in southern India |
| ARTHUR | Forename of the author of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| LEFANU | Sheridan - -; author of Uncle Silas and the collection of stories In a Glass Darkly that includes Green Tea and The Familiar (2,4) |
| SKYSCRAPER | One with lots of stories in America? (10) |
| DRSEUSS | Pen name of the author of stories about a cat in a hat, green eggs and ham and Sam-I-Am (2,5) |
| BRAZIL | Nutty writer of stories for girls (6) |
| AESOP | Writer of stories to adopt a different pose (5) |
| CHANDLER | Writer of stories about boxer's trainer? |
| GORKY | Maxim ....., Soviet realist writer of stories, novels and plays (5) |
| MILNE | English writer of stories for children (1882-1956). |
| TURGENEV | Russian writer of stories and novels (8) |
| EDITHNESBIT | English writer of stories for children (5,6) |
| AAMILNE | English writer of stories for children (1,1,5) |
| RUNYON | Damon _, US author of stories including The Idyli Of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure (6) |
| CROMPTON | Richmal ?, author of stories featuring William Brown and Violet Elizabeth Bott (8) |
| FANTASIST | A daydreamer, rainbow-chaser or wool-gatherer; or, a word for an author of stories based on imaginary worlds, magic, mythical beings etc (9) |
| CHESTERTON | Author of stories based on his character Father Brown, who he describes as having "a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling" (10) |
| MESHUGGENER | Men, e.g., shrug angrily about eccentricity in crazy person in Yiddish (11) |
| ALEICHEM | Sholem ******** , pen name of Yiddish author who created Tevye the Dairyman (8) |
