Impact--Second Edition

by Fannie Safier, Ruskin Bond, Chinua Achebe

LiteratureStudy and teaching (Secondary)Short storiesAmerican Horror talesAmerican literature

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Open Library

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Tales with a twist: Tiger in the house / Ruskin Bond -- Rolls for the Czar / Robin Kinkead -- Panther: Bedtime story / Pinckney Benedict -- Astrologer's day / R.K. Narayan -- Colomber / Dino Buzzati -- Turning points: Three wise guys: Un Cuento De Navidad-Christmas story / Sandra Cisneros -- Trout / Sean O'Faolain -- No-guitar blues / Gary Soto -- I confess / Wei Wenjuan -- War / Luigi Pirandello -- Heart of the matter: Home / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Success story / James Gould Cozzens -- Man to send rainclouds / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe -- Bracelet / Yoshido Uchida -- Plot: Revolt of the evil fairies / Ted Poston -- Dinner party / Mona Gardner -- Stolen day / Sherwood Anderson -- Who's there? / Arthur C. Clarke -- Interlopers / Saki (H.H. Munro) -- Character: Gentleman of Rio En Medio / Juan A.A. Sedillo -- Thank you, M'am / Langston Hughes -- All the years of her life / Morley Callaghan -- Rifles of the regiment / Eric Knight -- Charles / Shirley Jackson -- Setting: All summer in a day / Ray Bradbury -- Sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- Too soon a woman / Dorothy M. Johnson -- Wild duck's nest / Michael McLaverty -- La Puerta / Jose Antonio Buciaga -- Point of view: Day's wait / Ernest Hemingway -- Zlateh the goat / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- What happened during the ice storm / Jim Heynen -- Piece of yarn / Guy de Maupassant -- Lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton -- Tone: Circuit / Francisco Jimenez -- Secret for two / Quentin Reynolds -- Princess and the tin box / James Thurber -- Top of the food chain / T. Cor…