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None ▾Book descriptions Discusses the short story as a literary form and presents selections by such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Cormier, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Updike. Discussion questions follow each story. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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- The use of force / William Carlos Williams
- The bride comes to yellow sky / Stephen Crane
- To build a fire / Jack London
- Enemy Territory / William Melvin Kelley
- A & P / John Updike
- Charles / Shirley Jackson
- Happy birthday / Toni Cade Bambara
- The moustache / Robert Cormier
- Sixteen / Maureen Daly
- The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe
- Usher II / Ray Bradbury
- Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut
- The monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs
- Antaeus / Borden Deal
- The finish of Patsy Barnes / Paul Laurence Dunbar
- D.P. / Kurt Vonnegut
- The new kid / Murray Heyert
- One Friday morning / Langston Hughes
- From mother—with love / Zoa Sherburne
- The parsley garden / William Saroyan
- Mine on Thursdays / Robert Cormier
- Sucker / Carson McCullers
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