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Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 12:50 am
by Chris OConnor
Let's periodically create a new thread where we all discuss which short stories we want to read and discuss as a group next. Whenever the thread gets too large and unwieldy we'll lock it and create a new one. You can always suggest short stories more than once. So if you suggested one in a previous thread and it wasn't selected just suggest it again if you're still interested in that story.

Please always make sure your short story is available for free online. And link us to it in your suggestion. Thanks!

So what short story do you suggest for one of our upcoming short story group discussions?

Re: Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 9:22 pm
by Chris OConnor
Does anyone have a short story suggestion?

Re: Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 5:45 am
by DWill
An amazingly powerful short story I'd like to reread is "Silent Snow, Secret Snow," by Conrad Aiken. The young boy who is the focus descends into something like schizophrenia.

https://maggiemcneill.files.wordpress.c ... t-snow.pdf

Re: Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 7:24 am
by Robert Tulip
DWill wrote:An amazingly powerful short story I'd like to reread is "Silent Snow, Secret Snow," by Conrad Aiken. The young boy who is the focus descends into something like schizophrenia.

https://maggiemcneill.files.wordpress.c ... t-snow.pdf
This story has a wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Snow,_Secret_Snow

Re: Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 9:47 am
by geo
I've never read Aiken's story, but I see it in one of my anthologies, Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural. Can't wait to read it. Thanks for suggesting it, DWill.

https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Supernatu ... pernatural

Re: Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 7:50 pm
by Chris OConnor
Should we go with the Aiken story?

Re: Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 3:06 am
by Robert Tulip
I will read Silent Snow Secret Snow, and think it looks a good suggestion.

A good summary of ten of Poe's best short stories is at https://interestingliterature.com/2015/ ... e-stories/

Re: Help us pick our next short stories!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 8:16 pm
by Chris OConnor
I'll create a thread right now for Silent Snow, Secret Snow By Conrad Aiken.