First and third person in same collection

[dedonde]

Hi, I’m in the process of putting together a short story collection using stories I’ve written over the past few years and also writing some new ones. I think the ‘voice’ is pretty consistent across stories but some are in first person and some are in third. Do you think this might be jarring for a reader?

No. Why would it be?

No, it would be fine. When we reach the end of a piece of writing, we automatically 'reset' our expectations for the new piece. That's why it's not jarring if you read a magazine which includes different styles. When you move from problem-page letters to a third-person short story, then glance at an advert and then read a first-person memoir of someone's life experiences, at no point does your brain go, "Eh??? What the heck's happening here?"