Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Here's the challenge board:

docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13gsf7rZApqNXmrVPiyLvZjMLojzM9biw/mobilebasic
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00:00 Intro
02:30 The Stories
22:42 Outro
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The friend I mentioned that I'm busy reading Olive Kitteridge with is James. He's brilliantly funny. Please go subscribe to his channel:

@JamesRuchala

My co-hosts for this event:

@saintdonoghue

@fiberartsyreads

@HomeSchoolLibrary25

@HannahsBooks

@TheBookclectic

@anotherbibliophilereads

@royreadsanything
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Here's a list of short stories:

1- "Pitcher Plant" by Adam-Troy Castro

2- "Old Man at the Bridge" by Ernest Hemingway

3- "Pharmacy" by Elizabeth Strout

4- "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Alan Poe

5- "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway

6- "A Little Burst" by Elizabeth Strout

7- "This Is Pleasure" by Mary Gaitskill

8- "The Answer Man" by Stephen King

9- "Incoming Tide" by Elizabeth Strout

10- "The Open Window$ by Saki

11- "The Lottery Ticket" by Anton Chekhov

12- "Winter Concert" by Elizabeth Strout

13- "The Masque of Red Death" by Edgar Alan Poe

14- "A Different Road" by Elizabeth Strout

15- "The Mouse" by Saki

16- "Last Meal" by James Mullaney

17- "The Piano Player" by Elizabeth Strout

18- "The Red Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle
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