Definition | Poe  | Bierce | Connell | Saki | Henry
Basic Definition
What IS a short story?Here's an interesting short essay defining the genre.
Definition of a Short Story: This is very close to the one I use..
Types of Irony - a slideshow with definitions
Glossary of Literary Terms - covers irony, foreshadowing, and more!
Literary Definitions: Hyperlinked lit terms dictionary - very good.
Edgar Allan Poe
Fall of the House of Usher: The text of the story, from Bartleby.com
Short Story Definition: As it applies to the Fall of the House of Usher
The Poe Decoder: This may help you understand the story - but you MUST read the tale!
Usher Litcrit: Some advanced analysis of the story
Understanding Usher: Arthur Patterson's insights into this gothic tale
Awerty Notes: An overview of the story
The Ponderers Guild: A message board for discussing the story
Usher and Gothic Lit: An excellent page focusing on the story and genre
Biography: Quirisse's Edgar Alan Poe Pages
Cask of Amontillado: An online text
Poe Decoder: This may help you understand "Cask."
Cask - irony and foreshadowing: a good overview of the issues
Ambrose Bierce
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: The complete text of the story
Text with Notes: The complete story, with side notes explaining plot, references, etc.
Text with Notes II: created by a college student, with her insights linked to the text
Bierce Links: Lots of connections to the author's bio and his work
American Lit Comes of Age: A Ton of Bierce links!
Richard Connell
The Most Dangerous Game: complete text
Key Questions: A series of questions, of varying levels, on the story
Saki
The Mouse: Complete text of the story
Munro's stories and bio: the complete short stories and a brief bio of the ma
O. Henry
The Ransom of Red Chief: Complete online text of the story
Pioneer Drama: Samples of music from a play based on the story
O. Henry's Life: If his life were a short story, who'd ever believe it?
O Henry: American Literature on the Web. A collection of lin