- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (The Shorter the Better)Link visible for attendees
YEAR 5, EPISODE 210
TITLE: The Polar Express
DATE: Monday, 9 December 2024Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.
On Monday, 9 December 2024, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing the story The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.
Here you have the link to the short story:
https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/polar-express.pdfThose who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Skype (https://www.skype.com/en/free-conference-call/) these days.
If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXT OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.
If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.
I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!
Kind regards,
Rosaura - Party Planner by Meg Cabot (The Shorter the Better)Link visible for attendees
YEAR 5, EPISODE 211
TITLE: Party Planner
DATE: Monday, 16 December 2024Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.
On Monday, 16 December 2024, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing the short story Party Planner by Meg Cabot.
Here you have the link to the short story:
Meg Cabot: Party Planner
https://coletteofdakota.wixsite.com/daphnecolette/post/party-planner-by-meg-cabotThose who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Skype (https://www.skype.com/en/free-conference-call/) these days.
If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXT OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.
If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.
I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!
Kind regards,
Rosaura - Dancing Dan's Christmas Gift by Damon Runyon (The Shorter the Better)Link visible for attendees
YEAR 5, EPISODE 212
TITLE: Dancing Dan’s Christmas Gift
DATE: Monday, 23 December 2024Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.
On Monday, 23 December 2024, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing the short story Dancing Dan’s Christmas Gift by Damon Runyon.
Here you have the link to the short story:
https://familychristmasonline.com/stories_other/runyon/dancing_dans_christmas.htmThose who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Skype (https://www.skype.com/en/free-conference-call/) these days.
If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXT OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.
If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.
I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!
Kind regards,
Rosaura - House Heart by Amelia Gray (The Shorter the Better)Link visible for attendees
YEAR 5, EPISODE 214
TITLE: House Heart
DATE: Monday, 6 January 2025Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.
On Monday, 6 January 2025, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing the short story House Heart by Amelia Gray
Here you have two links to this short story:
https://longreads.com/2015/04/13/house-heart/ [It is free, but you have to register.]
and
https://www.quotev.com/story/16518488/Short-story/1Those who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Skype (https://www.skype.com/en/free-conference-call/) these days.
If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXT OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.
If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.
I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!
Kind regards,
Rosaura - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (The Shorter the Better)Link visible for attendees
YEAR 5, EPISODE 215
TITLE: Flowers for Algernon
DATE: Monday, 13 January 2025Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.
On Monday, 13 January 2025, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. This is the original short story, written before the novel.
Here you have the link to the short story:
https://www.sdfo.org/gj/stories/flowersforalgernon.pdf
Those who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Skype (https://www.skype.com/en/free-conference-call/) these days.
If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXT OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.
If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.
I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!
Kind regards,
Rosaura - NOVELLA: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (The Shorter the Better)Link visible for attendees
YEAR 5, EPISODE 216
TITLE: Solaris
DATE: Monday, 20 January 2025Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.
On Monday, 20 January 2025, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing the novella Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Here you have the link to this novella:
https://cosmos.art/content/media/pages/library/solaris/5dd0e65697-1594829543/solaris.pdf [I could see it in hidden view.]
and
https://pdfcoffee.com/stanislaw-lem-trans-bill-johnston-solaris-pdf-free.html
and
Translated into Spanish
https://filosevilla2012.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lem-stanislaw-solaris.pdfThose who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Skype (https://www.skype.com/en/free-conference-call/) these days.
If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXT OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.
If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.
I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!
Kind regards,
Rosaura
