| Gothic/Horror
Boot Camp (Semester 1) Note: You must read at least ONE story from this list. |
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| Readings |
Degree
of Difficulty |
| "The Pit and the Pendulum" (Edgar Allan Poe) | medium |
| "August Heat" (W. F. Harvey) | hard |
| “The Open Window" (Saki) | medium |
| "The Oblong Box" (Edgar Allan Poe) | easy |
| "The Rose Crystal Bell" (Robert Arthur) | easy |
| "The Monkey's Paw" (W.W. Jacobs) | easy |
| “William Wilson” (Edgar Allan Poe) | hard |
| "The Ruum" (Arthur Porges) | medium |
| "The Damn Thing" (Ambrose Bierce) | hard |
| The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) | medium
(narrative) |
| Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) | medium
(play) |
| "The Perfectionist" (J.F. McCall) | medium |
| Monsters Packet (various authors) |
easy (long) |