Harrellland Short Stories
6th
The Scarlet Ibis…James Hurst
On the Sidewalk Bleeding…Evan Hunter
The Ransom of Red Chief…O Henry
Charles…Shirley Jackson
All Summer in a Day… Ray Bradbury
The Cask of Amontillado…Edgar Allan Poe
The Lady or the Tiger…Frank Stockton
A Medieval Romance…Mark Twain
7th
The Sniper…Liam O’Flaherty
Indian Camp…Ernest Hemingway
Seventh Grade…Gary Soto
A Retrieved Reformation…O Henry
The Cop and the Anthem…O Henry
The Last Leaf…O Henry
The Discourager of Hesitancy…Frank Stockton
The Veldt…Ray Bradbury
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment…Nathaniel Hawthorne
The White Umbrella…Gish Jen
The Tell-tale Heart…Poe (Encore)
The Monkey’s Paw…W W Jacobs (Encore)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow…Washington Irving (Encore)
The Necklace…Guy de Maupassant (Encore)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County… Twain (Encore)
8th
After Twenty Years…O Henry
A Sound of Thunder…Ray Bradbury
April 2005: Usher II…Bradbury
The Black Cat…Poe
Rappicinni’s Daughter…Hawthorne
Anatomy of a Martian…Isaac Asimov
A Man Who Had No Eyes…MacKinlay Kantor
Harrison Bergeron…Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Lottery…Shirley Jackson
Death By Scrabble…Charlie Fish
Lamb to the Slaughter…Roald Dahl
The Story of an Hour…Kate Chopin
A Mother in Mannville…Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Remember the stems you should
always have in mind as you read
any literature:
I wonder…I began to think of…I suppose…I
don’t see…I like the idea…I noticed…I love
the way… I was surprised…I can’t really
understand/believe…If I had been…Why
did…It bothered me when…This reminds
me of…Maybe…
Things to note about short stories:
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Examples of strong diction (figurative, specific and concrete details, connotation, strong verbs, allusions)
Syntax (style of sentences and transitions)
Motivations of characters
How setting relates to the story
Can you follow the plot? What conflicts are developing? Where is the story’s climax?
What is the tone?
Does the story have a clear theme? What is it? Is it universal?
What questions need to be asked about the story?
Would background or motivation of the author be useful in relation to this story?