Chapter 1: Characters and Conflicts Eudora Welty, "A Worn Path" Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, "Yoruba" Amy Tan, "Two Kinds" Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" Ray Bradbury, "There Will Come Soft Rains" Chapter 2: Setting and Props Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" Joseph Bruchac, "Bone Girl" Mark Twain, "Strong TemptationsStrategic MovementsThe Innocents Beguiled" Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado" Jack London, "To Build a Fire" Chapter 3: Plot and Foreshadowing Kate Chopin, "The Kiss" Langston Hughes, "Salvation" Max Brand, "Wine on the Desert" O. Henry, "The Last Leaf" Frank Stockton, "The Lady or the Tiger?" Chapter 4: Irony Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" O. Henry, "Gifts of the Magi" Dorothy Parker, "The Wonderful Old Gentleman" O. Henry, "The Ransom of Red Chief" Zora Neale Hurston, "Sweat" Chapter 5: Extended Short Story Study William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" Edgar Allan Poe, "The Mask of the Red Death" Herman Melville, "The Bell Tower" .
American 24-Karat Gold : 24 Classic American Short Stories