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They have to have written at least three short stories and they have to be American!. ((thats the guidelines they gave me at school)) if you give me the names of the stories you're amazing and ten points to whoever gives me the best stories and author!. thanks Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Edgar Allen Poe Tales "Berenice" "The Black Cat" "The Cask of Amontillado" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "The Gold-Bug" "Hop-Frog" "Ligeia" "The Man of the Crowd" "The Masque of the Red Death" "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" "The Pit and the Pendulum" "The Purloined Letter" "The Tell-Tale Heart" "The Oblong Box" "The Premature Burial" "The Oval Portrait"Www@QuestionHome@Com I <3 short stories!. * Ernest Hemingway A Clean, Well-Lit Place (considered by some to be the best short story ever written) Ten Indians The Killers * O!. Henry The Last Leaf The Cop and the Anthem The Gift of the Magi * Katherine Anne Porter A Day's Work The Source The Fig Tree * Eudora Welty Petrified Man Powerhouse A Worn Path also interesting: Sherwood Anderson, Edna Ferber, Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner Edit: almost forgot! Edgar Allan Poe =PWww@QuestionHome@Com I like Sherman Alexie- he's a Spokane Indian from the U!.S!. His writing is actually funny, sad, and easy to read!. Very beautiful too!. He writes on his experiences as an American Indian in contemporary U!.S!. society!. He shines favorable and unfavorable light on native and non-native characters that try to bring us a little closer to his truth!. My favorite short stories from him are: -What You Will Pawn I Will Redeem http://www!.newyorker!.com/archive/2003/04!.!.!. -This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona (this short story was later developed into a movie: Smoke Signals) http://courses!.csusm!.edu/ltwr325bc/phoen!.!.!. -Indian Education (not to be confused with his poem) www!.forsyth!.k12!.ga!.us/!.!.!./lib/13232072!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com My two favorite collections of short stories are: "Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut and "In Our Time" by Ernest Hemingway (although i hate to classify in our time as a collection of short stories as it can be interpreted as a novella of sorts)Www@QuestionHome@Com Roald Dahl!. He wrote a collection of reeeeaaalllyy good short stories!. Examples: The landlady, Dip in the pool, Man from the South, Pig, Parson's Pleasure!.!.!. The list goes on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, so good! She has written several books/stories but The Lottery is really gripping and hard to stop reading!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Ernest Hemingway or Kate Chopin PS Roald Dahl was Norwegian and raised in England, you twit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Try this web site it's got twenty you can pick from!. All really good! Hope this helps!!Www@QuestionHome@Com |