The Black Monk – Chekhov
Berenice – Poe
The Depressed Person – David Foster Wallace
The Gentle Boy - Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Fall of the House of Usher – Poe
The Novel of the White Powder - Arthur Machen
The Young Thing at the Top of the Stairs – Ray Bradbury
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – Ambrose Bierce
Between this particular Chekov story and Poe,
I'd give the nod to Poe. Usher is a better conceived story than The Black Monk. What's interesting is that Chekov and Poe each only wrote one novel: The Shooting Party (Chekov) and The Narrarative of Arthur Gordon Pym (Poe).
The short stories of both authors are very much better than either novel. I've read both novels just to say I have read them, but there's not a lot to be gleaned from either.
Bitter Bierce hanging on by a thread
I haven't read The Fall of the House of Usher in ages. I used to think that was one of the few great Poe works. I can't remember it. It's time to re-read it. I hope it wins.
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Though I voted in September polls I was too busy to take part in the discussions on the two stories. Will try to join October discussions. I'm rather late but I still have a chance to vote. So I'll go for Chekhov because I like him and for Poe as he is already winning. I've read The Fall of the house of Usher some years back. Would like to discuss it here.
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~ William Blake
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty. ~ Emily Dickinson
Hey, something strange happened. I voted for both Chekhov and Poe but it is taking only one vote instead of two. I wonder what went wrong!
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~ William Blake
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty. ~ Emily Dickinson
I've only read The Tell-tale Heart so Poe winning one of the spots is marvellous
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The Black Monk again and again
When is the poll closed? Looking forward to both of these, though i've read the Poe one before. Only just realised it's the top 2 stories and not just 1. Yay!
T for Tea.
It's nice to know my nomination and the people's votes that helped it jointly win is leading to it being read.
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