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Tumblr Recommends: Unsettling Short Fiction

The original post has since been deleted, but the reblogs still circulate. The discussion thread is mostly centred around short stories that disturbed people in high school, usually part of the recommended reading.
Australian high schools are very different though....I've only read a few of these stories.
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"Man From the South" (Roald Dahl)
"Man From the South"
1
Roald Dahl
"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (M.R. James)
"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
2
M.R. James
"Sredni Vashtar" (Saki)
"Sredni Vashtar"
3
Saki
"Strawberry Spring" (Stephen King)
"Strawberry Spring"
4
Stephen King
"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
5
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
6
Adult World (David Foster Wallace)
Adult World
7
David Foster Wallace
All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
All Summer in a Day
8
Ray Bradbury
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
9
The Anything Box (Zenna Henderson)
The Anything Box
10
Zenna Henderson
August Heat (William Fryer Harvey)
August Heat
11
William Fryer Harvey
The Babysitter (Robert Coover)
The Babysitter
12
Robert Coover
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
13
Herman Melville
The Bet (Anton Chekhov)
The Bet
14
Anton Chekhov
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
15
Octavia Butler
The Box Social & Other Stories (James Reaney)
The Box Social & Other Stories
16
James Reaney
By the Waters of Babylon (Stephen Vincent Benét)
By the Waters of Babylon
17
Stephen Vincent Benét
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
18
Edgar Allan Poe
The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories (Twain, Mark)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories
19
Twain, Mark
The Chrysanthemums (John Steinbeck)
The Chrysanthemums
20
John Steinbeck
The City (Ray Bradbury)
The City
21
Ray Bradbury
'The Cold Equations' (Tom Godwin)
'The Cold Equations'
22
Tom Godwin
The Damned Thing (Ambrose Bierce)
The Damned Thing
23
Ambrose Bierce
Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed (Ray Bradbury)
Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
24
Ray Bradbury
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Horacio Quiroga)
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories
25
Horacio Quiroga
A Dog's Tale (Mark Twain)
A Dog's Tale
26
Mark Twain
The Easter Egg (Saki)
The Easter Egg
27
Saki
The Enormous Radio (John Cheever)
The Enormous Radio
28
John Cheever
The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
The Fifth Child
29
Doris Lessing
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
30
Daniel Keyes
For a Breath I Tarry (Roger Zelazny)
For a Breath I Tarry
31
Roger Zelazny
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
32
O. Henry
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
33
Flannery O'Connor
Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu
Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu
34
Harrison Bergeron (Kurt Vonnegut)
Harrison Bergeron
35
Kurt Vonnegut
Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the Dead Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the (Carmen Maria Machado)
Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the Dead Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of The
36
Carmen Maria Machado
Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants
37
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
38
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
39
Harlan Ellison
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
40
Franz Kafka
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