Stance on short stories/favorites?

Ever since I started consuming adult fiction (specifically literary), it is mostly novels that I read. That is because I have (perhaps falsely) been perceiving the presentatin and development of both characters and ideas as a necessarily grinding process. While I have certainly not ceased to stand by that belief of mine since I still to this day continue to get immense pleasure as a reader out of some great excruciatingly long novels, I am certainly less dismissive of short fiction as of late.

Despite not being a very big fan of the short form myself, I realised that I actually do have a handful of short stories which I really love and consider among my favorite pieces of writing. I have also noticed that I have a preference for maximalist writers (who tend not to do very well under the restrictions of the short form) which parltly explains why those are not as many in number as they could. Nontheless, it's up to me change that, consequently consider this post a cry for help. I'm not looking for personalised recommendations (I am not particularly keen on the idea of that), I read practically everything, so you're greatly welcome to drop some of your personal favorite stories on the comment section below. I'll leave some of mine here as well.

Beauty and the Beast or The Enormous Wound-Clarice Lispector

Meet the President!-Zadie Smith

Bettering Myself-Ottessa Moshfegh

The Strange Case of Rachel K-Rachel Kushner

Life Ceremony-Sayaka Murata

Old Babes in the Wood-Margaret Atwood

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams-Sylvia Plath

The Bear Came Over The Mountain-Alice Munro

After Caravaggio's Sacrifice of Isaac-Rachel Cusk

Returns-Annie Ernaux

All Saints’ Mountain-Olga Tokarczuk

The Frog King-Garth Greenwell