Hidden within the 813’s of the video collection was an assortment of short stories. We’ve moved them to the entertainment section where you can find them by title. Timed at 60 minutes or less, they provide some intriguing viewing. Who needs Snakes on a Plane when there’s Ambrose Bierce’s suspense laden “The Man and the Snake?” Owen Johnson’s funny Lawrenceville Stories (first published in the Saturday Evening Post) of high jinks in the famed prep school are represented by "The Prodigious Hickey" and "The Return of Hickey." Opening this weekend on the big screen is a movie about a murderous hitchhiker, but the Eudora Welty story’s point of view is from the driver who picked up a hitchhiker later found murdered (“Hitch-hikers.”) For those of you reading Gatsby and enjoying the period, try “Under the Biltmore Clock.” Kurt Vonnegut’s “Who Am I This Time” is one of my favorites. An endearing rather than creepy Christopher Walken stars with Susan Sarandon in a sweet romantic comedy. Ms. Pesky suggests that these are great study breaks as they are short but still brain-engaging!
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