Thursday 13

This week, I thought I would tell you what Thirteen of my favorite Short Stories are....

1. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. I never get tired of this story, and the end of shocks and horrifies me every time. Yet I read it, again....

2. Cannibalism in the Cars by Mark Twain. Call me macabre, but this story made me laugh. Then, the ending? Twain is a genius. Which is why I must also include....

3. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County also by Mark Twain

4. The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. This is one of the first stories I read that really touched me. I read it as a teenager, and just fell in love with O. Henry's writing style.

5. The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. Just one word for you. Creeeeeeepy!

6. Regret by Kate Chopin I can hear the cadence of the dialect, and I could also feel the Regret...

7. The Yellow Wall Paper Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Ugly yellow wall paper would make me crazy, too....

8. The Lost Phoebe Theodore Dreiser. Many of the long time married couples whom lose their spouse remind me of this story.

9. Blood Pressure by Damon Runyan. See what quiet living can do for you? :)

10. Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield. I guess the lonely ones really get to me....

11. Nuns at Luncheon by Aldous Huxley. I felt like I was there at lunch, listening to the story myself.

12. A Very Short Story by Ernest Hemingway. Because, frankly, I didn't think he could write so short a story....

13. Memoirs of a Yellow Dog O. Henry. Because who doesn't like a story that involves a yellow dog? :)


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