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Tables of Contents for Impact
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
Appointment in Samarra
xi
W. Somerset Maugham
TALES WITH A TWIST
A Tiger in the House
1
8
Ruskin Bond
Rolls for the Czar
9
5
Robin Kinkead
The Panther
14
6
Pinckney Benedict
An Astrologer's Day
20
8
R. K. Narayan
The Colomber
28
11
Dino Buzzati
TURNING POINTS
Three Wise Guys
39
9
Un Cuento De Navidad/A Christmas Story
Sandra Cisneros
The Trout
48
6
Sean O'Faolain
The No-Guitar Blues
54
10
Gary Soto
I Confess...
64
6
Wei Wenjuan
War
70
7
Luigi Pirandello
THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Home
77
6
Gwendolyn Brooks
Success Story
83
9
James Gould Cozzens
The Man to Send Rainclouds
92
9
Leslie Marmon Silko
Dead Men's Path
101
7
Chinua Achebe
The Bracelet
108
9
Yoshiko Uchida
PLOT
The Revolt of the Evil Fairies
117
9
Ted Poston
The Dinner Party
126
6
Mona Gardner
Stolen Day
132
7
Sherwood Anderson
Who's There?
139
9
Arthur C. Clarke
The Interlopers
148
11
Saki (H. H. Munro)
CHARACTER
Gentleman of Rio en Medio
159
7
Juan A. A. Sedillo
Thank You, M'am
166
7
Langston Hughes
All the Years of her Life
173
12
Morley Callaghan
The Rifles of the Regiment
185
9
Eric Knight
Charles
194
9
Shirley Jackson
SETTING
All Summer in a Day
203
10
Ray Bradbury
The Sniper
213
8
Liam O'Flaherty
Too Soon A Woman
221
9
Dorothy M. Johnson
The Wild Duck's Nest
230
10
Michael McLaverty
La Puerta
240
9
Jose Antonio Burciaga
POINT OF VIEW
A Day's Wait
249
7
Ernest Hemingway
Zlateh the Goat
256
9
Isaac Bashevis Singer
What Happened During the Ice Storm
265
5
Jim Heynen
The Piece of Yarn
270
10
Guy de Maupassant
The Lady, Or the Tiger?
280
11
Frank R. Stockton
TONE
The Circuit
291
9
Francisco Jimenez
A Secret For Two
300
7
Quentin Reynolds
The Princess and the Tin Box
307
7
James Thurber
Top of the Food Chain
314
11
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Just Lather, That's All
325
8
Hernando Tellez
THEME
The Emperor's New Clothes
333
9
Hans Christian Andersen
A Nincompoop
342
6
Anton Chekhov
Ambush
348
7
Tim O'Brien
A Game of Catch
355
8
Richard Wilbur
The Return
363
10
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
TOTAL EFFECT
The Tell-Tale Heart
373
12
Edgar Allan Poe
August Heat
385
9
William Fryer Harvey
Luck
394
9
Mark Twain
The Gift of the Magi
403
10
O. Henry
Half a Day
413
8
Naguib Mahfouz
Glossary of Literary Terms
421
8
Glossary of Vocabulary
429
18
Index of Authors and Titles
447