Short Story Choices

Short Story Choices

Click on one of the categories below to see a list of short stories to choose from. If you click the stars beside each title, a pop-up should appear that gives you a little more information about the text.Make sure your group chooses at least one story from each category before the end of the year.

BRITISH LIT

WORLD LIT

AMERICAN LIT

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FROM REVOLUTIONARY ERA TO 1900(CLASSIC)

AMERICAN LITERATURE

from 1900 to today(modern)

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MARK TWAIN

• “The Story of the Good Little Boy”
• “Luck”

WILLIAM FAULKNER

• “A Rose for Emily”
• “Barn Burning”

STEPHEN CRANE

• “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”
• “The Open Boat”

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

• “Young Goodman Brown”
• “The Wives of the Dead”

FRANK R. STOCKTON

• “The Lady or the Tiger”

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

• “The Faith Cure Man”

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

• "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"

EDGAR ALLEN POE

• “The Masque of the Red Death”
• “Eleonora”
• “The Man in the Crowd”

CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE

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ROBERT OLEN BUTLER

• “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot”

DAGOBERTO GILB

• “Love in L.A.”

TIM O’BRIEN

• “How to Tell a True War Story”

FLANNERY O’CONNOR

• “Good Country People”
• “A Good Man is Hard to Find”

ZORA NEALE HURSTON

• “Sweat”
• "Spunk"

LANGSTON HUGHES

• "Salvation"

AMY BLOOM

• By-and-By

• AMY BLOOM
• By-and-By
• H.P. LOVECRAFT
• “The Outsider”
• JOYCE CAROL OATES
• “Bad Habits”
• “The Dollmaster”
• ALICE WALKER
• “Flowers”
• JUNOT DIAZ
• “Fiesta, 1980"
• STEPHEN KING
• "Here There Be Tygers"
• ERNEST HEMINGWAY
• “Soldier’s Home”

H.P. Lovecraft

• The Outsider
• The Alchemist

JOYCE CAROL OATES

• Bad Habits
• The Dollmaster
• The Artist

ALICE WALKER

• Flowers

MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE

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FROM MIDDLE AGES TO 1900(CLASSIC)

BRITISH LITERATURE

from 1900 to today(modern)

NOTE: British Lit can include any text written during the height of the British Empire and was originally written in English. For example, any work written in English from India when it was a part of the British Empire is still considered British Literature. Countries and terroritories that still recognize themselves as a part of the British Empire, like Canada and Australia, are considered part of British lit.

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LADY JANE WILDE

• "Irish Witch Stories"

H.G. WELLS

• “The Magic Shop”
• "The Country of the Blind"

RUDYARD KIPLING

• “The Mark of the Beast”

M.R. JAMES

• “Lost Hearts”

EDITH NESBIT

• “The Mystery of the Semi-Detached”

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

• “The Story of B-24"
• Sherlock Holmes Stories
• “The Speckled Band”
• "The Red-Headed League"

W.W. JACOBS

• “The Monkey’s Paw”

CLASSIC BRITISH LITERATURE

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HARRY PERRY ROBINSON

• "On a Mountain Trail"

FAY WELDON

• “IND AFF”

KATHERINE MANSFIELD

• “Miss Brill”
• “The Fly”

JAMES JOYCE

• “Eveline”

NEIL GAIMAN

• "We Can Get Them for You Wholesale"
• "How to Talk to Girls at Parties"

H.H. MUNRO (aka SAKI)

• “The Interlopers”

DORIS LESSING

• “Through the Tunnel”

ANITA ROY

• “Cooking Time”

E.M. FORSTER

• “The Other Side of the Hedge”

OSCAR WILDE

• "The Model Millionaire"

MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE

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FROM MIDDLE AGES TO 1900(CLASSIC)

WORLD LITERATURE

from 1900 to today(modern)

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LEO TOLSTOY

• “The Porcelain Doll”
• "God Sees the Truth, but Waits"

PLATO

• “Allegory of the Cave”

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

• “Federigo’s Falcon”

GUY DE MAUPASSANT

• “A Dead Woman’s Secret”

NIKOLAI GOGOL

• "The Overcoat"

CLASSIC WORLD LITERATURE

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HARUKI MURKAMI

• “On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning”
• “The TV People”

CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI

• “Clothes”

BESSIE HEAD

• “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”

NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

• “The Answer is No”

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

• “Cell One”

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

• “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”

JULIO CORTAZAR

• "House Taken Over"

CHINUA ACHEBE

• "Dead Man's Path"

MODERN WORLD LITERATURE

The Outsider

H.P. Lovecraft

In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light.

The Alchemist

H.P. Lovecraft

The story follows Antoine, a count who is last in line to die at the age of 32 due to a curse put on his family hundreds of years prior. His ancestor, being responsible for the death, brought about the curse, and Antoine was left to watch all his family, including his manservant, die an early death.