an incomplete list of unsettling short stories I read in textbooks
the scarlet ibis
marigolds
the diamond necklace
the monkeyâs paw
the open boat
the lady and the tiger
the ministerâs black veil
an occurrence at owl creek bridge
a rose for emily
(I found that one by googling âshort story corpse in the house,â first result)
the cask of amontillado
the yellow wallpaper
the most dangerous game
a good man is hard to find
some are well-known, some obscure, some I enjoy as an adult, all made me uncomfortable between the ages of 11-15
add your own weird shit, I wanna be literary and disturbed
The Tell-Tale Heart, The Gift of the Magi, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County, Thank You Ma'am
the box social by james reaney. i remember we all had to silently read it in class, and you would hear the moment everyone reached the Part because some people would audibly go âwhatâ
wHat did I just put my eyes on
âThe Veldtâ by Ray Bradbury
Not quite a short story, but read in class: âThe Monsters are Due on Maple Streetâ from The Twilight Zone
Harrison Bergeron, Cat and the Coffee Drinkers
âWhere are you going and where have you beenâ by Joyce carol oates
âThe Pedestrianâ by Ray Bradbury
the lottery by shirley jackson
i canât believe Roald Dahlâs âThe Landladyâ wasnât already mentioned and also itâs not so much unsettling as more absurdist but âThe Leaderâ by Eugene Ionesco definitely made me go wtf
Ett halvt ark papper. I cried so much.
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A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
All Summer in a Day by Ray BradburyÂ
Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby, by Donald Barthelme
I read Ray Bradburyâs âAll Summer In A Dayâ in seventh grade (it wasnât assigned, I was just going through my textbook for new stuff to read) and as a bullied kid with SAD, it Fucked Me Up.
An Ordinary Day with Peanuts, by Shirley Jackson
Eh, this was more like community college, but The Star by Arthur C. Clarke
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl
and this story that I canât remember the name of and canât find, though it might be by O. Henry? itâs about a bunch of demons who want to stop Santa Claus from going through with Christmas, and he must travel through the mountains they inhabit to escape their vices? (good christ I canât remember the name for the life of me)
Ok but the laughing man and a good day for bananafish but j.d. Salinger
The City (195) Ray Bradbury. An intense commentary on colonialism and space exploration. I read it for a sci fi survey class.
Another short story I read in that sci fi class was Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin. A commentary on humanity and how human we believe ourselves to be. Also, an interesting commentary on mental health.
In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom, written in 1947 by Ango Sakaguchi. It made my skin crawl the first time I read it.
Also going to recommend For A Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny, a commentary on whether AI can become human in a future without humans: http://www.kulichki.com/moshkow/ZELQZNY/forbreat.txt
whoever posted âThe Laughing Manâ and âA Good Day For Bananafishâ is Correct
the scarlet ibis
marigolds
the diamond necklace
the monkeyâs paw
the open boat
the lady and the tiger (I assume you meant Stocktonâs The lady or the tiger?)
the ministerâs black veil
an occurrence at owl creek bridge
a rose for emily
the cask of amontillado
the yellow wallpaper
the most dangerous game
a good man is hard to find
The Tell-Tale Heart
 The Gift of the Magi
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County
 Thank You Ma'am
The box socialÂ
The Veldt
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Harrison Bergeron
Cat and the Coffee Drinkers
Where are you going and where have you been
The Pedestrianâ by Ray Bradbury
The lottery by shirley jackson
The Landlady
The Leader
Ett halvt ark papper.
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A Sound of ThunderÂ
I Have no Mouth, and I Must ScreamÂ
All Summer in a DayÂ
Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
An Ordinary Day with Peanuts
The StarÂ
Lamb to the Slaughter
The laughing manÂ
A perfect day for bananafish
The City (link goes to compendium of short stories)
Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin.
In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full BloomÂ
For A Breath I TarryÂ
All of Flannery O'Connorâs shorts.
I didnât read it in a text book, but âI Have No Mouth, and I Must Screamâ haunted me for life.
Breakfast by James Herbert. Found it in a compilation of some kind in my English classroom aged 15. Utterly unsettled to this day when I remember it
