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Tumblr Recommends: Unsettling Short Fiction

The original post has since been deleted, but the reblogs still circulate. The discussion thread is mostly centred around short stories that disturbed people in high school, usually part of the recommended reading.
Australian high schools are very different though....I've only read a few of these stories.
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"Man From the South" (Roald Dahl)
"Man From the South" (Roald Dahl)
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"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (M.R. James)
"Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (M.R. James)
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"Sredni Vashtar" (Saki)
"Sredni Vashtar" (Saki)
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"Strawberry Spring" (Stephen King)
"Strawberry Spring" (Stephen King)
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"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
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"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
"Bullet in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
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Adult World (David Foster Wallace)
Adult World (David Foster Wallace)
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All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
All Summer in a Day (Ray Bradbury)
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An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
10
The Anything Box (Zenna Henderson)
The Anything Box (Zenna Henderson)
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August Heat (William Fryer Harvey)
August Heat (William Fryer Harvey)
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The Babysitter (Robert Coover)
The Babysitter (Robert Coover)
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Bartleby, the Scrivener
Bartleby, the Scrivener
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The Bet (Anton Chekhov)
The Bet (Anton Chekhov)
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Bloodchild
Bloodchild
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The Box Social & Other Stories (James Reaney)
The Box Social & Other Stories (James Reaney)
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By the Waters of Babylon (Stephen Vincent Benét)
By the Waters of Babylon (Stephen Vincent Benét)
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The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories (Twain, Mark)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories (Twain, Mark)
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The Chrysanthemums (John Steinbeck)
The Chrysanthemums (John Steinbeck)
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The City (Ray Bradbury)
The City (Ray Bradbury)
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'The Cold Equations' (Tom Godwin)
'The Cold Equations' (Tom Godwin)
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The Damned Thing (Ambrose Bierce)
The Damned Thing (Ambrose Bierce)
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Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed (Ray Bradbury)
Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed (Ray Bradbury)
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The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Horacio Quiroga)
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Horacio Quiroga)
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A Dog's Tale (Mark Twain)
A Dog's Tale (Mark Twain)
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The Easter Egg (Saki)
The Easter Egg (Saki)
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The Enormous Radio (John Cheever)
The Enormous Radio (John Cheever)
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The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
The Fifth Child (Doris Lessing)
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
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For a Breath I Tarry (Roger Zelazny)
For a Breath I Tarry (Roger Zelazny)
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The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
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Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu
Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu
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Harrison Bergeron (Kurt Vonnegut)
Harrison Bergeron (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the Dead Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the (Carmen Maria Machado)
Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the Dead Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the (Carmen Maria Machado)
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Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
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In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony
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