Brainstorming more on this and checked my shelf, I got a few more. If not difficult per se, I remember them at least as experimental or otherwise postmodern.

Brainstorming more on this and checked my shelf, I got a few more. If not difficult per se, I remember them at least as experimental or otherwise postmodern. Pynchon short stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Learner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Learner Delilo has many short ones including some of his best: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Noise_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Noise_(novel), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana_(novel) Haddon's breakthrough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Do... DFW's breakthrough (maybe pushing it on "short" though) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broom_of_the_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broom_of_the_System Ludwig still the reigning champ of short/difficult: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus