The meditating reader of these anthologies can sense the characteristics of the short story art of each writer whose short story work is included in the anthology. He will also find in it a representation of many short story models that chronicle the development of the short story art from Selma Lagerlöf to Alice Munro, and among these models are:
The story model is the plot based on the event. All short stories before the appearance of Chekhov were based on a plot centered on the event. The plot was the most important, and then the narration comes classically, to be according to a beginning, a middle, and an end. What Chekhov did as a real revolution in the world of short stories was not to ignore the plot, but rather to make the plots of all stories similar to the plots of daily life in terms of ambiguity, chaos, randomness, rudeness, cruelty, and devoid of meaning.
The most modern story model, and expresses the development brought about by Ernest Hemingway. Where the mystery lies and the horizons of difficulty appear. Hemingway introduced a new style of writing stories in terms of ambiguity combined with a concise style of narration without fear of repeating characteristics.
And the ambiguous story model. While Hemingway used to bring the idea closer to the reader and then immediately push it away in order to maintain the ambiguity, the story here comes in a new ambiguous model where the reader bears the responsibility of deciphering the mystery of the story and the hidden meaning it reflects without the storyteller contributing to bringing the idea closer to his reader.