I am NOT affiliated with any of the links below

NOTE: The following links are the sources that I am using to read the texts... Feel free to find your own way to access the short stories being assigned (several are offered for free on the internet, I have had students use their local library, and there may also be cheaper options on amazon or in a local bookstore!)

POE:
https://a.co/d/9Ed6v0c

HUGHES:
https://a.co/d/fISlPqd

ALCOTT:
https://a.co/d/8lBph02

LONDON:
https://a.co/d/0IAA9Hl

CHEKHOV:
https://a.co/d/6QyszwD

HURSTON:
*PDF Provided weekly*

BRADBURY:
*PDF Provided weekly*

CISNEROS:
https://a.co/d/fiFQoZS

HG WELLS:
*PDF Provided weekly*

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: 
*PDF Provided weekly*

The majority of the short stories read in this course were intended for adult audiences.

• Murder, insanity, torture, survival, and death
• Expletives, including racial slurs (note: these words will not be verbalized out-loud in class)
• Depictions of social injustices including racism, misogyny, toxic-masculinity, and classism (note: these issues will be analyzed academically.  Students will have an opportunity to verbalize their thoughts on these injustices and how they are dangerous to individuals and society)
• Culture-specific stories and controversial topics will be included (everything ranging from Christmas stories, to stories with a feminist message.  Specific religions will NOT be endorsed.  With this in mind, individual student identities and cultures will be celebrated while the class-content will center on the academic facets of the texts)
• Sexuality may be contained in the stories, however, explicit descriptions are not included.  Sexuality may be discussed, but in a purely academic sense that is related to the text.