reading list - short

In June, my student (boy, 13) and I read the following short stories:

1. “To Build a Fire” adventure by American Jack London
2. “Hearts and Hands” romantic with plot twist by American O Henry
3. “The Gift of the Magi” romantic with plot twist by American O Henry
4. “The Ten Labors of Hercules” mythic adventure by Greek Theocritus
5. “Harrison Bergeron” science fiction by American Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
6. “The Cask of Amontillado” gothic by American Edgar Allen Poe
7. “The Watcher” ghost by Englishman Robert H. Benson

Next is “Button, Button” fantasy by American Richard Matheson.
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A lovely Librivox recording of "The Watcher" (allegory) is here...