A few short stories you might enjoy!

[c=800000]"The Haircut" by Ring Lardner
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
"The Catbird Seat" by James Thurber.
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Lila15 · 22-25, F

Many by Jorge Luis Borges.

Funes the Memorious
The Library of Babel
The Form of the Sword
Death and the Compass
The Secret Miracle
The Immortal
The House of Asterion

If you want a newer one, Free Fruit for Young Widows by Nathan Englander will blow you away. It’s available online in the May 10, 2010 New Yorker.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@Lila15 [c=800000]Thank you for contributing! [/c]

Mamapolo2016 · F

All excellent. Jackson and Thurber are favorites of mine.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@Mamapolo2016 I like Thurber. "The Night the Ghost Got In" and "The Night the Bed fell" are classics, in my opinion!

DrWatson · 70-79, M

I've read The Lottery a few times. I read The Most Dangerous Game a long time ago, and it's probably worth a re-reading.

I have not read the others ,although it is possible that I read the Thurber one and simply do not remember the title. I probably have not read anything by Thurber since I was in high school, where I actually was in a play he co-authored, "The Male Animal".

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@DrWatson [c=002673]I think you would enjoy "The Haircut." [/c]

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

[c=800000]"The Haircut" will make you exclaim "Whoa!!!"" "The Catbird Seat" will make you literally LOL. [/c]

NewRaven · 51-55, F

@ProfessorPlum77 need a laugh so just pulled up “The Catbird Seat”… as an FYI, there is a restaurant in Nashville with that name.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@NewRaven I hope you enjoy the story.
I wonder if the proprietor is a Thurber fan?

Montanaman · M

"The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. 👍👍❤️💔

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@Montanaman Another excellent selection. Isn't that a novelle, though?

NewRaven · 51-55, F

I’ve read the middle three, good stories, will have to check out the other two. “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is one of my favorites though to add to your suggestion list.

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NewRaven · 51-55, F

@ProfessorPlum77 That was a funny story, very clever.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@NewRaven [c=800000]I am glad you enjoyed it. [/c]
😃

olderuncle944 · 70-79, M

@NewRaven that sounds great

LeeInTheNorthWoods · 70-79, F

Excellent recommendations.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@LeeInTheNorthWoods Thank you. Feel free to add to the list.

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