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Let me know how you like them! The Elephant's Child is one I read when I was young, and I still remember it to this day. Like I mentioned, I'm pretty sure I read it in a storybook. And The Most Dangerous Game is another one I had to read for an English class. I really enjoyed that one, especially the ending.

I agree about The Lottery. While it is a creepy story, it's a good reflection of how we hold on to traditions.

Do Aesop's Fables count as short stories? What about stuff by the Brothers Grimm? If they do, then I'll include many of their works as my favorites, too.
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I love The Lottery. It's one of my favorite stories.

I also like The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Most Dangerous Game.
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Sarah wrote:Let me know how you like them! The Elephant's Child is one I read when I was young, and I still remember it to this day. Like I mentioned, I'm pretty sure I read it in a storybook. And The Most Dangerous Game is another one I had to read for an English class. I really enjoyed that one, especially the ending.

I agree about The Lottery. While it is a creepy story, it's a good reflection of how we hold on to traditions.

Do Aesop's Fables count as short stories? What about stuff by the Brothers Grimm? If they do, then I'll include many of their works as my favorites, too.
I definitely will! :D Thank you. Is Elephant's Child a Rudyard Kipling story by chance? If it is, I'll probably love it since I already love Riki Tiki Tavi. ;w;

Whenever I have to do something and I start going through the "this is the way we've always done it" I pause. Welp, too Lottery for me. Time to find a new way.

I would count Aesop's Fables and Grimm, I have complete collections of both. If you have suggestions for those, I'd love to hear them too!

Todd, The Lottery is one of my favorites too. I love haunting or chilling stories; it's why I enjoy Poe! I'm a big fan of The Tell-Tale Heart and I more or less enjoyed The Cask of Amontillado. Still need to find The Most Dangerous game!

I assume this is The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell?
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The Most Dangerous game is what comes to my mind, I think there's been a lot of other pieces that are inspired by that story.
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I like the Raven by Poe. I still need to read most of the short stories listed. I also really like the Monkey's Paw and I enjoyed the Cask of Amontillado. It's just I like pictures with my reading. The Last Leaf was a good one too. So was Gift of the Magi. Snow marked a bunch of short stories in a book and I've been meaning to get around to reading them.
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@Snow Yes on both counts! The Elephant's Child is by Rudyard Kipling and also The Most Dangerous Game is by Richard Connell. :) I'll have to think of which Aesop's Fables and Grimm stories are my faves and get back to you!
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Sarah wrote:@Snow Yes on both counts! The Elephant's Child is by Rudyard Kipling and also The Most Dangerous Game is by Richard Connell. :) I'll have to think of which Aesop's Fables and Grimm stories are my faves and get back to you!
Booya! Thanks Sarah, I'll look them up after I finish studying today! <3 I also really look forward to the fables and fairytales suggestions. <3
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For a whimsical, romantic read, I like On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning by Haruki Murakami.

I've been meaning read Alice Munro's stories eventually.
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SNOW I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS ON YOUR LIST BECAUSE THIS IS MY FAVORITE. I first read it in Highschool

My favorite is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Image You can read it online as a pdf here: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/literatureofpres ... -Paper.pdf

It is set in the 19th Century. The Protagonist "falls ill" and her husband, the Doctor sees to her care. It is from her point of view. She has been confined to a bedroom for a summer due to her mental condition. It's hard to discern at the beginning if she is indeed 'ill' or if the husband has made her think that she is. In fact, I'm still not sure and that's pretty much what terrifies me most about this story.

Since she is cooped-up in the bedroom, half-believing she is ill, she begins to obsess over the wallpaper in her room. To the point where she is totally delusional and you can almost believe the delusion yourself. The delusion she is under is like her subconcious trying to help her free herself.

While, I enjoy reading things where the character loses their sense of control and has to rely on someone else, it's totally frightening to think that your life could be ruled so easily. I know it's due to the time period, but the fact that no one questions the Doctor's diagnosis is alarming as well. There may be better short stories, but this one just sticks with me.
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