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Approximate Reading Times

Quick Read: under 5 minutes
Short Story: 5 to 30 minutes
Novelette: 30 to 90 minutes
Novella: 1.5 to 2.5 hours

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Barcelona
Quick Read by Alice Adams. As a wealthy-looking American couple walk through the darkened streets of Barcelona, a thief grabs the woman’s purse and flees. The husband gives chase and recovers it, but appears strangely disappointed when his wife tells him that the bag contains nothing of value.
The Goose Father
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Teenage Wasteland
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A Defenseless Creature
Short Story by Anton Chekhov. A persistent, shrew-like woman wears down a sickly banker. The exasperated man finally pays money the woman claims is owing to her husband out of his own pocket, even though the alleged debt has nothing to do with his bank.

House Taken Over
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The Doll’s House / The Washerwoman’s Children
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The Wendigo
Novella by Algernon Blackwood. A hunting party encounters a malevolent being said by Native Indian folklore to haunt the wilds of Eastern Canada. One of their guides is taken and returned as a misshapen shadow of himself. He is taken again, and reappears “bereft of mind, memory and soul”.
The Last Night of the World
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Roses, Rhododendron
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