Locate the short-story author, story title, book name or collection title, place of publication, publisher, year, page range, and medium of the publication. Most of this information is located within the first few pages of the book.
Write or type the information in the following order, with the following punctuation and indentation:
Last name, First Name. "Title of short story." Title of book or collection (in italics).
Edition. (if applicable). Place of publication: Publisher, Year. Page range.
Type of medium.
Examine your citation against the format provided. Double check that it follows MLA guidelines, and looks similar to this example of a short-story citation:
Kincaid, Jamaica. "Girl." The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories. (book or collection
title in italics) Ed. Tobias Wolff. New York: Vintage, 1994. 306-07. Print.