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Great Short Stories

A reading & discussion group

2026-06-08 18:30:00 2026-06-08 19:30:00 America/Chicago Great Short Stories Great conversation about great short fiction! O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room

Monday, June 08
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-08 18:30:00 2026-06-08 19:30:00 America/Chicago Great Short Stories Great conversation about great short fiction! O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room

O’Neal Library

Community Meeting Room

Great conversation about great short fiction!

Great Short Stories (GSS) is on a journey to explore short stories that have been adapted to film/tv.  Contact Holley for more information at (205)445-1117 or hwesley@oneallibrary.org.

January 12 - The Harvey Pekar Name Story by Harvey Pekar (Holley will lead.)

February 9 - The Body by Stephen King (Samuel will lead.) MEETING IN 2ND FLOOR QUIET ROOM THIS MONTH

March 9 - The Dead by James Joyce (Katie will lead.)

April 13 - Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov (Ron will lead.)

May 11 - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Holley will lead.)

June 8 - Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (Samuel will lead.)

July 13 - Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe (Katie will lead.)

August 10 - The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling (Bill will lead.)

September 14 - Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie (Bob will lead.)

October 12 - Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier (Shannon will lead.)

November 9 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Sandra will lead.)

December 14 - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (Bill will lead.)

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