Wednesday, December 30, 2015

My 2016 Deal Me In Short Story Challenge


The "Deal Me In Short Stories Challenge" is hosted by Jay at the Bibliophilopolis blog.  Click on the button to go to the information page.

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MY LIST

Hearts: 
A♥ - Doggone It: Find Me! by Gianna B. Reid
2♥ - Strong Arm Creek by Rod Moore
3♥ - Stage Door: A Cue to a Kill by Lillian Watts
4♥ - Gabby's Haunted House Book 1 by Lorrie Bannett
5♥ - Gabby's Haunted House Book 3 by Lorrie Bannett
6♥ - The Fake Santa Clause Book 2 by Lorrie Bannett
7♥ - "The Father" by Bjoernstjerne Bjoernson (part of a collection of short stories)
8♥ - "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" by Frank R. Stockton (part of a collection of short stories)
9♥ - "The Piece of String" by Guy de Maupassant (part of a collection of short stories)
10♥ - "The Man Who Was" by Rudyard Kipling (part of a collection of short stories)
Q♥ - "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe (part of a collection of short stories)
K♥ - "The Gold-Bug", by Edgar Allan Poe (part of a collection of short stories)

Diamonds:
A♦ - "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (part of a collection of short stories)
2♦ - "Ethan Brand," by Nathaniel Hawthorne (part of a collection of short stories)
3♦ - "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" by Robert Louis Stevenson (part of a collection of short stories)
4♦ - "Markheim" by Robert Louis Stevenson (part of a collection of short stories)
5♦ - The Trash Collector by Monica Shaughnessy
6♦ - Unexpected Gifts by Bronwyn Green
7♦ - A Very Country Christmas by Zara Stoneley
8♦ - House of Justice: Short Horror Story by Vincent Bivona
9♦ - Living it Up in Fiddly Falls by Brenda Coulter
10♦ - Breaking In by Stephen Leather (part of a 2nd collection of short stories)
J♦ - Stranger on a Train by Stephen Leather (part of a 2nd collection of short stories)
Q♦  - Inspector Zhang and the Hotel Guest by Stephen Leather (part of a 2nd collection of short stories)
K♦ - Cat's Eyes by Stephen Leather (part of a 2nd collection of short stories)

Clubs:
A♣ - Christmas at Pebble Creek by Vannetta Chapman
2♣  - 619 George Pope Morris-- The Little Frenchman And His Water Lots (1839) (humorous short story collection)
3♣ - 738 Edgar Allan Poe-- The Angel of the Odd (1844) (humorous short story collection)
4♣ - 917 Caroline M. S. Kirkland-- The Schoolmaster's Progress (1844) (humorous short story collection)
5♣ - 1174 Eliza Leslie-- The Watkinson-- Evening (1846) (humorous short story collection)
6♣ - 1491 George William Curtis-- Titbottom's Spectacles (1854) (humorous short story collection)
7♣ - 1874 Edward Everett Hale-- My Double: And How He Undid Me (1859) (humorous short story collection)
8♣ - 2173 Oliver Wendell Holmes-- A Visit To the Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters (1861) (humorous short story collection)
9♣ - 2341 Mark Twain-- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1865) (humorous short story collection)
10♣ - 2455 Harry Stillwell Edwards-- Elder Brown's Backslide (1885) (humorous short story collection)
J♣ - 2779 Malcolm Johnston-- The Hotel Experience of Mr. Pink Fluker (1886) (humorous short story collection)
Q♣ - 2995 Henry Cuyler Bunner-- The Nice People (1890) (humorous short story collection)
K♣ - 3178 Frank Stockton-- The Buller-Podingham Compact (1897) (humorous short story collection)

Spades:
A♠ - 3527 Bret Harte-- Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff (1901) (humorous short story collection)
2♠ -4035 O. Henry-- The Duplicity of Hargraves (1902) (humorous short story collection)
3♠ - 4281 George Randolph Chester-- Bargain Day At Tutt House (1905) (humorous short story collection)
4♠ - 4725 Grace MacGowan Cooke-- A CAll (1906) (humorous short story collection)
5♠ - 4982 William James Lampton-- How The Widow Won The Deacon (1911) (humorous short story collection)
6♠ - 5108 Wells Hastings-- Gideon (1914) (humorous short story collection)
8♠ - Awaken by Zach Bohannen
9♠ - The Shelter by SunHi Mistwalker
10♠ - Rent a Bride for Christmas by C. L. DeCarr
J♠ - Here Comes the Santa Claus by Vivian Wright
Q♠ - The Shamrock Case by Vivian Wright
K♠ - A Christmas Gift by Stella Wilkinson

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Using the card page on Random.org, I came up with the following schedule for the year.  As each story is read, I will fill in the list below with a link to my review.  I've put in about 2 hours work on this post alone today (12/30/15), so any other changes will come later.

1.  Jan 3 - Jack of clubs - The Hotel Experience of  Mr. Pink Fluker (location 2779)
2.  Jan 10 - 6 of hearts -
3.  Jan 17 - 7 diamonds -
4.  Jan 24 - 8 diamonds -
5.  Jan 31 - king of hearts -

6. Feb 7 - 5 of hearts -
7.  Feb 14 - 10 of diamonds -
8.  Feb 21 - 6 diamonds -
9.  Feb 28 - 2 clubs -

10.  Mar 6 - 4 clubs -
11.  Mar 13 - 3 hearts -
12.  Mar 20 - queen clubs -
13.  Mar 27 - 4 diamonds -

14.  Apr 3 -10 hearts -
15.  Apr 10 - 6 spades -
16.  Apr 17 - 4 spades -
17.  Apr 24 - 9 clubs -

18.  May 1 - 5 clubs -
19.  May 8 -queen diamonds -
20.  May 15 - 8 spades -
21. May 22 - 2 hearts -
22.  May 29 - 9 hearts -

23.  June 5 - jack spades -
24.  June 12 -10 spades -
25.  June 19 - 2 diamonds -
26.  June 26 - ace diamonds -

27.  July 3 - king spades -
28.  July 10 -9 diamonds -
29.  July 17 -10 clubs -
30.  July 24 - 5 spades -
31.  July 31 - queen spades -

32.  Aug 7 - 7 clubs -
33.  Aug 14 - king diamonds -
34.  Aug 21 - jack hearts -
35.  Aug 28 - 8 hearts -

36.  Sept 4 - 2 spades -
37.  Sept 11 - ace hearts -
38.  Sept 18 - 8 clubs -
39.  Sept 25 - 3 spades -

40.  Oct 2 - 7 hearts -
41.  Oct 9 - ace spades -
42.  Oct 16 - jack diamonds -
43.  Oct 23 -5 diamonds -
44.  Oct 30 - 9 spades -

45.  Nov 6 - king clubs -
46.  Nov 13 - 3 diamonds -
47.  Nov 20 - 4 hearts -
48.  Nov 27 - 3 clubs -

49.  Dec 4 - queen hearts -
50.  Dec 11 - 7 spades -
51.  Dec 18 - 6 clubs -
52.  Dec 25 - ace clubs -

2 comments:

  1. Looks like a great list! I've only read seven of them and haven't read or even heard of many of the authors. Hope you enjoy Deal Me In! - Jay

    You may be the first person to deal out her cards all at once at the beginning of the challenge. Part of the fun for me is the not knowing in advance, but it also would be easier to plan ahead - sometimes I can't find my book that has the story in it. :-)

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    1. Each birthday, I always as for 'a surprise' because I love them too, Jay! But, not having real cards, I figured it would be vastly easier to do the draw at once. And they'll still sort of be surprises, because I'll only find out which book is next (again) when it's time to read it!

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