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8. The Most Dangerous Game

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 07:03 PM

Nov 2020

by Richard Connell

The Blue Serge Suit by John Langdon

The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry

and every Sherlock Holmes story by AC Doyle

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Name a short story you read as a kid that still haunts you. [View all] nolabear Nov 2020 OP

The Lottery ironflange Nov 2020 #1

Yep. High on lots of lists! nolabear Nov 2020 #2

Yup. That one hurt it ended so scarry. applegrove Nov 2020 #12

I had nightmares over that story all through 9th grade. madaboutharry Nov 2020 #13

That's mine, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #24

yes, that one. It was in our literature books in 9th grade yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #53

Yes! Totally smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #55

Also the first one that came to mind. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2020 #79

I read Poe's The Raven at 8 years old 5X Nov 2020 #3

The Yellow Wallpaper FM123 Nov 2020 #4

Absolutely. nolabear Nov 2020 #5

There's one I don't know the name of, or who wrote it... Lars39 Nov 2020 #6

I dont know about haunting... FirstLight Nov 2020 #7

The Most Dangerous Game DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #8

You got me! I only know The Ransom of Red Chief. nolabear Nov 2020 #10

The Most Dangerous Game DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #16

Oh yes. I loved Holmes. Thanks for the link. nolabear Nov 2020 #40

The Snow Queen, Han Christian Anderson Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #9

Anderson was definitely a mental case yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #54

I don't see his stories as depressing at all. Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #63

Bianca's Hands by Theodore Sturgeon Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #11

The Sound of Thunder.. LSFL Nov 2020 #14

It was Ray Bradbury. I remember it well. Mister Ed Nov 2020 #84

That's easy: "The Destructors" by Graham Greene. Paladin Nov 2020 #15

I don't know it though I love him. nolabear Nov 2020 #92

I once read that Greene considered it his best work. Enjoy. (nt) Paladin Nov 2020 #93

Mr. Know-All by Somerset Maugham MLAA Nov 2020 #17

Hiroshima. It was the first "adult" book I checked out of our library. uppityperson Nov 2020 #18

Woah - talk about throwing yourself into the deep end of the pool! electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #65

Can't remember the title, we read it in Junior Great Books happybird Nov 2020 #19

I just posted about Skeleton Crew as well tymorial Nov 2020 #27

Yes, that was about the plane crash survivor Juliane Koepcke smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #58

Thank you! happybird Dec 2020 #95

The Island Stallion by Walter Farley. Chipper Chat Nov 2020 #20

Oops . Not a short story. Chipper Chat Nov 2020 #22

"Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu. Aristus Nov 2020 #21

That is an amazing work. tymorial Nov 2020 #26

O Henry's "The Gift of the Magi." NNadir Nov 2020 #23

Oh so many tymorial Nov 2020 #25

Ha! I forgot about the Survivor Type! happybird Nov 2020 #28

That story was hard-core. tymorial Nov 2020 #30

The blob one might be Stephen King, also happybird Dec 2020 #94

Bradburys " The Crowd" LunaSea Nov 2020 #29

"The Call of the Wild", Jack London Walleye Nov 2020 #31

'To Build a Fire' as well. panader0 Nov 2020 #70

Yes. Remember it well, I think I was too young for that ending Walleye Nov 2020 #71

Lots of Bradbury sweetloukillbot Nov 2020 #32

Yes to all! Bradbury understands short stories so well. nolabear Nov 2020 #36

3rd grade! Holy crackers! electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #66

Fucked up gifted program sweetloukillbot Nov 2020 #68

Dwellers Under the Tomb captain queeg Nov 2020 #33

I'll look for it. I love ambiguity. nolabear Nov 2020 #39

I keep thinking of Robert E Howard, but that doesn't seem like the genre he usually does. captain queeg Nov 2020 #48

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Onlyserious Nov 2020 #34

I JUST read it in response to a suggestion. It's astounding. nolabear Nov 2020 #37

Oh God, yes! ironflange Nov 2020 #46

The "Twilight Zone" episode of it is worthwhile. Paladin Nov 2020 #77

'The Red Shoes' by Hans Andersen. One of the creepiest stories I've ever read, to this day! LeftishBrit Nov 2020 #35

True dat. He's an underrated horror writer. nolabear Nov 2020 #38

"The Artist of the Beautiful" by Nathaniel Hawthorne TristanIsolde Nov 2020 #41

I was in college when I read it but Hawthorne's "Rappacini's Daughter" was yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #56

The lottery; the Scarlet Ibis nt XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #42

I have to reread The Scarlet Ibis. It gets lots of mentions. nolabear Nov 2020 #49

It's usually included in high school English textbooks XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #83

Theodore Sturgeon's "It" First Speaker Nov 2020 #43

oh man, something about army ants rampaging thru a forest.... dhill926 Nov 2020 #44

OMG how could I forget "Leiningen Versus the Ants" that was a real creeper yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #57

"Paul's Case" by Willa Cather rurallib Nov 2020 #45

She's amazing. nolabear Nov 2020 #50

Agree, I still think about Paul! It was in a Norton Anthology, required reading in school Ziggysmom Nov 2020 #80

The Yellow Wallpaper handmade34 Nov 2020 #47

"The Birds" seriously creeped me out. Never have been able to watch the movie. Coventina Nov 2020 #51

Our Town by Thornton Wilder LeftInTX Nov 2020 #52

Poe. Just about any of his work would qualify yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #59

He did. Masque of the Red Death is really popular now. nolabear Nov 2020 #60

The Damn Lottery RobinA Nov 2020 #61

"The little Match Girl" I hate that story. Why do they always read that or Maraya1969 Nov 2020 #62

"Miriam" by Truman Capote cemaphonic Nov 2020 #64

All Summer in a Day electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #67

"The Wolves of Willoughby Chase," my grandmother read it to us Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #69

The Monkey's Paw Trailrider1951 Nov 2020 #72

Me too! N/t DFW Nov 2020 #74

The Judge's House by Bram Stoker. yardwork Nov 2020 #73

Sredni Vashtar DFW Nov 2020 #75

I just read that yesterday at someone's suggestion. nolabear Nov 2020 #78

As a child who developed an early disrespect for authority DFW Nov 2020 #81

"Abu Ben Adam...awoke one night from a deep dream of peace.." Stuart G Nov 2020 #76

Where did you learn that? I've never seen it. nolabear Nov 2020 #87

The minister read that poem at my father's funeral Glorfindel Nov 2020 #88

The Bible. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #82

Enoch by Robert Bloch Niagara Nov 2020 #85

Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" liberaltrucker Nov 2020 #86

"One Alaska Night'' by Barrett Willoughby Glorfindel Nov 2020 #89

LOL--I love/hate those kinds of stories! nolabear Nov 2020 #91

"The Father-Thing" by Philip K. Dick friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 #90