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N. has become convinced that a circle of stones in Ackerman's Field (a field on the outskirts of the town of Motton, Maine) contains a potential doorway (best described as a place where the walls between realities are thin, or perhaps breaking down) to another reality, where a terrifying monster, repeatedly said to be a "helmet-headed" being ...
"The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story written by James Hurst. [1] It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 [2] and won the "Atlantic First" award. [3] The story has become a classic of American literature, and has been frequently republished in high school anthologies and other collections.
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
From Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923) Up in Michigan (1923, revised 1938) in our time (1924) In Our Time (1925 and 1930) On the Quai at Smyrna; Indian Camp; The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife; The End of Something; The Three-Day Blow; The Battler; A Very Short Story; Soldier's Home; The Revolutionist; Mr. and Mrs. Elliot; Cat in the Rain; Out ...
"Louisa, Please Come Home" is a short story by Shirley Jackson first published in 1960 in May's edition of Ladies Home Journal entitled "Louisa, Please". [1] [2] It has since been reprinted in the collections Come Along with Me (1968), [3] Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (edited by Sarah Weinman, 2013) [4] and Dark Tales (2016).
The story was the basis for the 1953 action horror film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. A play based on the short story was included in Bradbury's Pillar of Fire and Other Plays in 1975. The plot in the thirteenth episode of Pokémon, "Mystery at the Lighthouse" (1997), is based on this short story. [2]
These games are usually adventure or storytelling games whose ending or sometimes even entire story changes depending on the player's active, in the form of dialogue options, or passive choices, such as games with moral systems. Examples of choice-driven games that feature multiple endings: Life Is Strange, which includes two canon endings.