This collection of stories is for key stage 4. Each genre includes a pre-twentieth century story and tales by twentieth century writers. Genres include: Horror, Crime and Detection, Ghosts and Mystery, Love, Science Fiction. Each section includes activities for comparison work as well as suggestions for student's own creative writing.
Introduction
Ghost
The Superstitious Man's Story by Thomas Hardy
The Violet Car by E. Nesbit Harry by Rosemary Timperley
Crossing Over by Catherine Storr
Wide reading and origianal writing activitites
Crime and Detection
The Man with the Twisted Lip by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lieabout by Margery Allingham
Forever After by Jim Thompson
Wide reading and original writing activities
Love
Malachi's Cove by Anthony Trollope
The Legacy by Virginia Woolf
Twelve Hours - Narrative and Perspectives by Adele Geras
Wide reading and original writing activities
Science Fiction
Extract from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
Wide reading and original writing activities
Horror
The Body-Snatcher by R. L. Stevenson
The Quest for 'Blank Claveringi' by Patricia Highsmith
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Serena Sees by G. K. Sprinkle
Wide reading and original writing activities
