Short Stories cover

Short Stories

by Schweikert

Token / Joseph Hergesheimer Third ingredient / O. Henry Turkey red / Frances Gilchrist Wood Elephant remembers / Edison Marshall [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) / Edgar Allan Poe Postmistress of Laurel Run / Bret Harte Ambitious guest / Nathaniel Hawthorne Penrod's busy day / Booth Tarkington Young man Axelbrod / Sinclair Lewis Ice water, pl! / Fannie Hurst Heyday of the blood / Dorothy Canfield Hunger / Anzia Yezierska Remarkable wreck of the Thomas Hyke / Frank R. Stockton Zenobia's infidelity / H.C. Bunner Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving Meadow lark / Edna Ferber Frill / Pearl S. Buck They grind exceeding small / Ben Ames Williams Sampler (short short) / I.V. Morris S[peckled band](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262561W) / Arthur Conan Doyle That brute Simmons / Arthur Morrison Monkey's paw / W.W. Jacobs Three strangers / Thomas Hardy Inn of the two witches / Joseph Conrad Stove / Marjorie L.C. Pickthall In the matter of a private / Rudyard Kipling Letter home / Arnold Bennett Will o' the mill / Robert Louis Stevenson How Gavin Birse put it to Mag Lownie / James Matthew Barrie Quality / John Galsworthy Cup of tea / Katherine Mansfield Happiness / Guy de Maupassant Bet / Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Father / Bjornstjerne Bjornson Zodomirsky's duel / Alexandre Dumas Silver mine / Selma Lagerlof

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?