2015 Deal Me In Short Stories Reading Challenge

The "Deal Me In Short Stories Challenge" is hosted by Jay at Bibliophilopolis.  Click above to go to the sign-up page!

The deal is to read 12, 13, 26 or 52 short stories during 2015.  That works out to 1 per month, 1 per moon cycle, bi-weekly or weekly, respectively.  You 'assign' a story to each card in a deck (for the weekly challenge), and then each week draw a card and read the corresponding story.  Cool!  Of course, that necessitates knowing your stories beforehand.

I'm going with 1)Swiss short stories (to honor my maternal heritage); 2) short stories from the links provided by Jay on the sign-up page; 3) Scottish short stories (because I have a serious thing for Scotland); and 4) Indian short stories because I 'met' a LOT of rockin' bloggers from India at this year's Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

(Links in the following roster will go directly to the short story until they are read.  Then I'll either add a link for the review post or change the color of the link or something like that.)

SPADES (Swiss short stories)

Ace -  How Jogelli Seeks a Wife by Jeremias Gotthelf

Two - The Broommaker of Rychiswyl by Jeremias Gotthelf

Three - Elsi, the Unusual Farm Maid by Jeremias Gotthelf

Four - The Swiss at Morgarten by Charles Morris

Five - William Tell and the Swiss Patriots by Charles Morris

Six - Moni the Goat Boy by Joanna Spyri

Seven - Toni, the Little Woodcarver by Joanna Spyri

Eight - What Sami Sings with the Birds by Joanna Spyri

Nine - The Robbers and the Farm Animals - folktale

Ten - The Banner of the Upright Seven - Gottfried Keller

Jack - The Singing Fir Tree - folk tale

Queen - The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf

King - Maurice, or the Way of the Slothful is a Hedge of Thorns by Unknown

HEARTS (links)

whatever's up in Short Story of the Day at American Literature

Ace - (to be added)

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DIAMONDS (Scottish short stories)

Ace - Better Dead by James Matthew Barrie

Two - The Courting of the T'nowhead's Bell by James Matthew Barrie

Three- The Inconsiderate Waiter by James Matthew Barrie

Four - Peter Pan in Kensington Garden by James Matthew Barrie

Five - The Body-Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson

Six - The Crime of the Brigadier by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Seven - The House of Eld by Robert Louis Stevenson

Eight - The Poor Thing by Robert Louis Stevenson

Nine - Something in It by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ten - The Song of the Morrow by Robert Louis Stevenson

Jack - The Touchstone by Robert Louis Stevenson

Queen - The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs by Robert Louis Stevenson

King - The Devil and the Innkeeper by Robert Louis Stevenson

Extras:  Gudrid by Linda Henderson

Creme de la Creme by Kate Blackadder

CLUBS (Indian short stories)

Ace - We Crown Thee King by Rabindranath Tagore

Two - The Babus of NayanJore by Rabindranath Tagore 

Three- Cabuliwallah (The Fruite Seller from Cabul) by Rabindranath Tagore

Four - The Devotee by Rabindranath Tagore

Five - The Homecoming by Rabindranath Tagore

Six - The Hungry Stones by Rabindranath Tagore

Seven - The Kingdom of Cards by Rabindranath Tagore

Eight - Living or Dead? by Rabindranath Tagore

Nine - My Lord, the Baby by Rabindranath Tagore

Ten - Once There was a King by Rabindranath Tagore

Jack -  The Renunciation by Rabindranath Tagore

Queen - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore

King - Vision by Rabindranath Tagore

Extra - http://indianshortstories.in/

Holey moley, that took a while!  Noticeably the Scottish and Indian sections have one or two authors repeated an inordinate number of times, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know!