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Strong Brain links for Stories and Reading

Forming Connections and Awakening Visions:
  -- Using short story collections in the classroom
The Short Story: A Slice of Life
  -- An approach to using short stories in the classroom
Short Stories: Reflections of Two Worlds
  -- Curriuculum guide for using short stories in ESL classrooms.
Short stories by Orson Scott Cardd
  -- Select from the Short Stories menu
The Short Story Page
  -- Contemporary web-published stories
In the Beginning was the Command Line
  -- An essay by Neal Stephenson
Los Angeles Public Library Short Story Index
  -- An index to short stories in collections and anthologies in the Los Angeles Public Library.
In the Penal Colony
  -- Franz Kafka
The Things We Do For Love
  -- A short story by Jonathan Kellerman
The New Yorker: Fiction
  -- A current story from the New Yorker Magazine
NPR : Librarian's Picks: Short Story Favorites
  -- Recommendations from NPR
ReadWriteThink:
  -- Lesson Plan: Teaching Plot Structure through Short Stories
short stories at east of the web
  -- "A site devoted to short stories, both contemporary and classic"
Love Me
  -- A short story by Garrison Keillor from the Atlantic OnLine
In the Kingdom of Mao Bell
  -- A short story by Neal Stephenson from Wired News
Mother Earth Mother Board
  -- A short story by Neal Stephenson from Wired News
Elements of the Short Story
  -- Syllabus for a course at Yale Teachers Institute
"Matthews, Brander. 1907. The Short-Story: Specimens Illustrating its Development"
  -- 23 high quality stories worth a read
Mystery Short Stories to Read Online - Free
  -- "3 short mystery stories by Hoch, Pronzini, and Muller"
"Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print"
  -- Lots of classic authors with decent formatting and a brief biographic sketch of each.
Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Short Stories
  -- The Open Directory Project (DMOZ) page for short stories.
Short Stories
  -- A very large number of short stories well-formatted for online reading.
Short Stories by Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
  -- 6 stories by Orson Scott Card on his website.
"Short story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
  -- The Wikipedia entry for: Short Story
The O.Henry Awards
  -- Every year since 1919…
The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology
  -- An interesting literary timeline.
Bibliomania - Short Stories
  -- Another large collection of stories for on-line reading.
Classic Horror Short Stories
  -- Sometimes is closed because its traffic quota is exceeded.
Classic Short Stories
  -- A good-sized collection.
Google Directory: Short Stories
  -- The Google page for: Short Story
Short Stories East of the Web
  -- Very large collection of current and classic stories