Independent Reading, Term 1, Short Stories
You have a minimum of four (4) short stories to find and read on your own. You cannot use the four (4) stories we're doing as a class.
This is a minimum. Read as many more as you like.
Here are some recommended stories:
From the anthology Sudden Flash Youth edited by Christine Perkins-Hazuka, Tom Hazuka, and Mark Budman:
Here are some useful websites for you to find stories on your own:
You will need to track which four (4) stories you read on the tracking sheets provided which are due weekly, but by Oct. 19th the latest.
This is a minimum. Read as many more as you like.
Here are some recommended stories:
- "The Dead Boy at your Window" by Bruce Holland Rogers
- "Pine" by Zane Andrew
- "The Cabin" by Phil Town
- "Snow White Adopted" by J.D. Edwin
- "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
From the anthology Sudden Flash Youth edited by Christine Perkins-Hazuka, Tom Hazuka, and Mark Budman:
- "Half Sleep" by Matt Krampitz
- "History" by Beth Alvarado
- "The Flowers" by Alice Walker
- "Between Practice and Perfection" by Azizat Danmole
Here are some useful websites for you to find stories on your own:
- CommonLit
- Absurdist fiction
- The New Yorker online
- Commaful.com
- Flash fiction online
- Smoke Long Quarterly, an online magazine
You will need to track which four (4) stories you read on the tracking sheets provided which are due weekly, but by Oct. 19th the latest.