SHORT STORIES
Concepts:
plot, characterization, setting, point of view, inference, theme, tone, mood, satire, foreshadowing, flashback
Unit 1
The Moustache by Robert Cormier (p.3)
Interview with Robert Cormier
The Last Specimen by Joan Aiken (p. 13)
The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers (p. 23)
The Inspiration of Mr. Budd by Dorothy Sayers (p. 32)
Paw-Paw by Laurence Yep (p. 46)
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote (p. 57)
Truman Capote
To Build a Fire by Jack London (p. 68)
Jack London
Top Man by James Ramsey Ullman (p. 84)
Rain, Rain, Go Away by Isaac Asimov (p. 101)
Isaac Asimov Homepage
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe (p. 109)
Charles by Shirley Jackson (p. 116)
Mr. Mendelsohn by Nicholasa Mohr (p. 122)
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury (p. 136)
Ray Bradbury
Unit 5
Southpaw by Judith Viorst (p. 347)
Judith Viorst Bio
A Lesson in Discipline by Teresa Foley (p. 352)
Thank you Ma'am by Langston Hughes (p. 358)
Langston Hughes
The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry (p. 364)
O Henry
The Medicine Bag by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (p. 374)
Old Man at the Bridge by Ernest Hemingway (p. 383)
Hemingway Bio
Hemingway Collection
Upon the Waters by Joanne Greenberg (p. 387)
The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton (p. 396)
text online
My Delicate Heart Condition by Toni Cade Bambera (p. 403)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (p. 410)
Links about Daniel Keyes
The Last Boast by Dorothy Johnson (p. 434)
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida (p. 439)