Impact: 50 Short Short Stories: Second Edition

by Fannie Safier

Tales with a twist: Tiger in the house / Ruskin Bond --
Rolls for the Czar / Robin Kinkead --
Panther: Bedtime story / Pinckney Benedict --
Astrologer's day / R.K. Narayan --
Colomber / Dino Buzzati --
Turning points: Three wise guys: Un Cuento De Navidad-Christmas story / Sandra Cisneros --
Trout / Sean O'Faolain --
No-guitar blues / Gary Soto --
I confess / Wei Wenjuan --
War / Luigi Pirandello --
Heart of the matter: Home / Gwendolyn Brooks --
Success story / James Gould Cozzens --
Man to send rainclouds / Leslie Marmon Silko --
Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe --
Bracelet / Yoshido Uchida --
Plot: Revolt of the evil fairies / Ted Poston --
Dinner party / Mona Gardner --
Stolen day / Sherwood Anderson --
Who's there? / Arthur C. Clarke --
Interlopers / Saki (H.H. Munro) --
Character: Gentleman of Rio En Medio / Juan A.A. Sedillo --
Thank you, M'am / Langston Hughes --
All the years of her life / Morley Callaghan --
Rifles of the regiment / Eric Knight --
Charles / Shirley Jackson --
Setting: All summer in a day / Ray Bradbury --
Sniper / Liam O'Flaherty --
Too soon a woman / Dorothy M. Johnson --
Wild duck's nest / Michael McLaverty --
La Puerta / Jose Antonio Buciaga --
Point of view: Day's wait / Ernest Hemingway --
Zlateh the goat / Isaac Bashevis Singer --
What happened during the ice storm / Jim Heynen --
Piece of yarn / Guy de Maupassant --
Lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton --
Tone: Circuit / Francisco Jimenez --
Secret for two / Quentin Reynolds --
Princess and the tin box / James Thurber --
Top of the food chain / T. Coraghessan Boyle --
Just lather, that's all / Hernando Tellez --
Theme: Emperor's new clothes / Hans Christian Anderson --
Nincompoop / Anton Chekhov --
Ambush / Tim O'Brien --
Game of catch / Richard Wilbur --
Return / Ngugi wa Thiong'o --
Total effect: Tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe --
August heat / William Fryer Harvey --
Luck / Mark Twain --
Gift of the magi / O. Henry --
Half a day / Naguib Mahfouz.

Genres: Short Stories

448 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1986

Reviews

[Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like how one of the stories ambush or something like that really deeply described some of the problems that can be caused by a Civil War. I like how the author described the 2 towers and 2 soldiers on each one and the strategies each one uses to defend themselves and their people. The saddest part of the story was when some of the soldiers found out that that he has shot down his brother. This shows me that Civil Wars don't just make a state turn on other states, but friends turn on friends and families turn on families because of their different opinions and beliefs.

[Pachyderm Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fifty short stories, as given in this book, allow the reader fifty different ways oof viewing a story, with fifty different outcomes from each and every plot solution with fifty ways, both positive and negative, of affecting each and every reader's heart.

[C.L. Walters · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good short story material to use in the classroom. Varied reading levels.

[Cep Subhan KM · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful book for a beginner to understand the intrinsic elements of short story.

[Sawyer · Rating 1 out of 5]

its havs too meny big words!!.

[Efe Gün · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Kerri O'Donnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent collection of short stories for grades 7-10. The writing activities and graphic organizer suggestions would help any teacher with planning.