Summer Assignment Week 5 (7/4-8): Horror!

Choose one of the following stories to read. Discussion questions will be here next Sunday.

Bear in mind that these stories deal with psychological horror rather than blood-and-guts. There are no really gooshy parts, sorry.

• The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe (audiofile)


• The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe (audiofile)

As a supplement of your READING of "Tell-Tale Heart," here's a graphic novelization of the short story. It's abridged (parts have been cut out), so you still need to READ the original stroy.

To download an audiofile to listen to on your MP3 device, please right-click the appropriate link and choose "save." The audiofiles should supplement your reading, not replace it; you are still required to read one of the two texts (both would be nice, but that's not required).