{"id":11689,"date":"2020-01-19T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T22:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=11689"},"modified":"2020-01-19T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T22:34:34","slug":"get-comfortable-and-grab-a-glass-of-cocoa-and-settle-into-these-three-short-stories-full-of-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/get-comfortable-and-grab-a-glass-of-cocoa-and-settle-into-these-three-short-stories-full-of-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"Get comfortable and grab a glass of cocoa and settle into these three short stories full of tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Never Retallack\u00a0<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the start of the new term, many students may already be overwhelmed with new schedules and workloads. Reading in college often becomes tarnished as a pastime because of the amount of homework and class readings that students are required to do; a solution for that is short stories. There are countless tales that leave one breathless, contemplative or unnerved, all accomplished within 15-20 pages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cCathedral\u201d<\/b> <b>by Raymond Carver (1981):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This suspenseful tale is from the perspective of a jealous husband when his wife\u2019s blind friend visits them in their home, and unsettles readers. The discomfort that the husband feels by the intimacy of his wife and friend makes one wonder how the story will build, leaving the reader quietly anticipating each move. It can be found online here: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giuliotortello.it\/ebook\/cathedral.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.giuliotortello.it\/ebook\/cathedral.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cThe Yellow Wallpaper\u201d by Charlotte Perkins Stetson (1892):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is by far one of my favorite short stories out there. Each time I read it, I discover something new, and the unease that I feel doesn\u2019t ever end. It is a complex tale that shows the distress of a woman in her new house where she seems to unravel as she becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in a room. Reality becomes distorted and it\u2019s impossible to sort if what she is seeing is actually happening or not. It can be found online here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/theliteratureofprescription\/exhibitionAssets\/digitalDocs\/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/theliteratureofprescription\/exhibitionAssets\/digitalDocs\/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cThe Lottery\u201d by Shirely Jackson (1948): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another one of my favorite short stories is based in a small village that must partake in \u201cThe Lottery,\u201d and there is a general discomfort or fear with the characters. Each page makes the reader more and more anxious, waiting in anticipation for what could possibly happen. It can be found online here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1948\/06\/26\/the-lottery\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/1948\/06\/26\/the-lottery<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at <a href=\"mailto:howlentertainment@wou.edu\">howlentertainment@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never Retallack\u00a0 | Entertainment Editor With the start of the new term, many students may already be overwhelmed with new schedules and workloads. Reading in college often becomes tarnished as a pastime because of the amount of homework and class readings that students are required to do; a solution for that is short stories. 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