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Short Stories/Novellas Perfect for a Rainy Afternoon

A collection of some of my favorites that may be on the darker side. Ideal for curling up next to a window and finishing in one sitting.
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The Allegory of the Cave (Plato)
The Allegory of the Cave
1
Plato
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
2
George Orwell
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
3
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
4
Ayn Rand
The Body
The Body
5
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema (Horace Miner)
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
6
Horace Miner
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
7
Jack London
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
8
Voltaire
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
9
Edgar Allan Poe
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
10
Raymond Carver
Children of the Corn (Stephen King)
Children of the Corn
11
Stephen King
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
12
Charles Dickens
A Clean Well Lighted Place (Ernest Hemingway)
A Clean Well Lighted Place
13
Ernest Hemingway
The Destructors (Graham Greene)
The Destructors
14
Graham Greene
Doe Season (David Michael Kaplan)
Doe Season
15
David Michael Kaplan
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
16
Daniel Keyes
Freak the Mighty
Freak the Mighty
17
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
18
O. Henry
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
19
Lois Lowry
Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
20
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
21
Joseph Conrad
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
Hills Like White Elephants
22
Ernest Hemingway
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
23
Richard Bach
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
24
Washington Irving
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
25
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
26
William Golding
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
27
Shirley Jackson
The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Masque of the Red Death
28
Edgar Allen Poe
The Minister's Black Veil (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Minister's Black Veil
29
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
30
Elie Wiesel
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
31
Ernest Hemingway
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
32
John Steinbeck
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
33
Norton Juster
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
34
Oscar Wilde
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
35
Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
36
Edgar Allan Poe
The Rocking-Horse Winner (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rocking-Horse Winner
37
D.H. Lawrence
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
38
William Faulkner
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
39
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
40
Hermann Hesse
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