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)

J♥ - Bad Boy Bear: Paranormal Shifter Romance by Sasha Quinn 

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)

7♠ - Rescue Me: A Valentine's Short Story by Serena Bell

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 -

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!