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« Candid images from last night's Dem debate; Bill would roll back Net radio royalty rates; Street art | Main | Virtual Providence: screenshot; Watch Tenet, Moyers' 'Buying the War' online; John Sinclair's 'Guitar Army' reissued » April 28, 2007155 classic short stories onlineLater: Shelley Powers suggests two stories from the link below (in Links for the Senses), and offers an illustration. Short reads: Classic Short Stories is a superb collection of complete short stories online -- 155 tales by authors such as O. Henry, Guy de Maupassant, Dorothy Parker, Shirley Jackson, H.G. Wells, E.B. White, Poe, Twain and many more. When I was making the transition from children's books to adult fiction, short-story anthologies were the bridge: I could work my way through the easier ones, work up to the tougher going. I still love to spend an afternoon with a collection, reading a few paragraphs of each, continuing with those that grab me. Science fiction and mysteries, especially, lend themselves to this buffet treatment. These are pre-vetted -- no first experiments here -- and might be worth printing and compiling into your own e-book for the bathroom or the road. A few titles: The Lady, or the Tiger?--Frank Stockton The site also has a fine page of links to other short-story sites -- mystery stories, Jewish stories, children's stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald... Unfortunately, there are no illustrations, but I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't floating loose around the Web somewhere, illustrations in search of a story. Weekend search: A typical line in my referrer log, especially on weekends: "Google Search: is there any way to cook frozen pot roast" For everybody who didn't plan ahead, here's Crockpot recipe: Frozen pot roast with Jack Daniel's again. Posted by Sheila Lennon |
my passport photo blogging since 2002 garden blogs archived headlines  Sheila Lennon is features & interactive producer of projo.com, the Web site of The Providence (R.I.) Journal Rhode Island |
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