We’ll read these short stories in order: “Young Goodman Brown” (Hawthorne); “Bartleby the Scrivener” (Melville); “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Poe); “The Private History of a Campaign That Failed” (Twain); “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” (Crane); “To Build a Fire” (London); “The Real Thing” (James); “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” and “The Killers” (Hemingway); “The Ice Palace” and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Fitzgerald); “A Good Man Is Hard to Find, “Revelation,” and “A Late Encounter with the Enemy (O'Connor); “The Egg” (Anderson); and “Victory Lap” (Saunders).

Moderator: John Briggs has moderated many OLLI course, usually with survivors. He believes these courses are for your enjoyment. Read what you want, and come when you want. Speak a lot or stay silent.