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[โ€“] shonn@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A Worn Path, The Test, and a story I haven't been able to find about kids who go into a carnival fun house but it's really set up to kill them (vats of acid, snakes hanging from the ceiling).

This was 6th grade. I seemed like all the short stories in middle school made the Tell Tale Heart seem cheerful.

And Bartleby, the Scrivener.

[โ€“] bamfic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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