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Tumblr Recommends: Unsettling Short Fiction - Page 2

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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In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom (Ango Sakaguchi)
In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom
41
Ango Sakaguchi
Kabuliwala (Rabindranath Tagore)
Kabuliwala
42
Rabindranath Tagore
The Lady or the Tiger? (Frank R. Stockton)
The Lady or the Tiger?
43
Frank R. Stockton
Lamb to the Slaughter (Roald Dahl)
Lamb to the Slaughter
44
Roald Dahl
The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
The Landlady
45
Roald Dahl
The Last Night of the World (Ray Bradbury)
The Last Night of the World
46
Ray Bradbury
The Laughing Man (J.D. Salinger)
The Laughing Man
47
J.D. Salinger
The Leader (Eugène Ionesco)
The Leader
48
Eugène Ionesco
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
49
William Golding
Lost in the Funhouse (John Barth)
Lost in the Funhouse
50
John Barth
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
51
Shirley Jackson
The Man in the Black Suit (Stephen King)
The Man in the Black Suit
52
Stephen King
The Man Who Loved Flowers (Stephen King)
The Man Who Loved Flowers
53
Stephen King
The Management of Grief (Bharati Mukherjee)
The Management of Grief
54
Bharati Mukherjee
The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Masque of the Red Death
55
Edgar Allan Poe
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
56
Franz Kafka
Mimsy Were the Borogoves (Henry Kuttner)
Mimsy Were the Borogoves
57
Henry Kuttner
The Minister's Black Veil (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Minister's Black Veil
58
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Miriam (Truman Capote)
Miriam
59
Truman Capote
Miss Brill (Katherine Mansfield)
Miss Brill
60
Katherine Mansfield
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
61
Jonathan Swift
The Monkey's Paw (W. W. Jacobs)
The Monkey's Paw
62
W. W. Jacobs
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (Rod Serling)
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
63
Rod Serling
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
64
Stephen King
The Nine Billion Names of God (Arthur C. Clarke)
The Nine Billion Names of God
65
Arthur C. Clarke
One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts (Shirley Jackson)
One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts
66
Shirley Jackson
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
67
Ursula K Le Guin
The Open Boat (Stephen Crane)
The Open Boat
68
Stephen Crane
The Pedestrian (Ray Bradbury)
The Pedestrian
69
Ray Bradbury
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
70
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
71
Edgar Allan Poe
The Possibility of Evil (Shirley Jackson)
The Possibility of Evil
72
Shirley Jackson
Rain Rain, Go Away (Isaac Asimov)
Rain Rain, Go Away
73
Isaac Asimov
The Rocking-Horse Winner (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rocking-Horse Winner
74
D.H. Lawrence
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
75
William Faulkner
Sandkings
Sandkings
76
The Scarlet Ibis (James Hurst)
The Scarlet Ibis
77
James Hurst
The Signalman (Charles Dickens)
The Signalman
78
Charles Dickens
Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby (Donald Barthelme)
Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
79
Donald Barthelme
A Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
A Sound of Thunder
80
Ray Bradbury
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