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Great Short Stories

A reading & discussion group
2026-07-13 18:30:00 2026-07-13 19:30:00 America/Chicago Great Short Stories Meets at Mountain Brook Presbyterian in the Reception Room, 3405 Brookwood Rd 35223 O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room

Monday, July 13
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-07-13 18:30:00 2026-07-13 19:30:00 America/Chicago Great Short Stories Meets at Mountain Brook Presbyterian in the Reception Room, 3405 Brookwood Rd 35223 O’Neal Library - Community Meeting Room

O’Neal Library

Community Meeting Room

Meets at Mountain Brook Presbyterian in the Reception Room, 3405 Brookwood Rd 35223

THE LIBRARY BUILDING IS CLOSED FOR A MAJOR INTERIOR RENOVATION.  GREAT SHORT STORIES WILL MEET IN THE RECEPTION ROOM OF MOUNTAIN BROOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 3405 BROOKWOOD ROAD 35223

Contact Holley for more information at hwesley@oneallibrary.org.

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.

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.)

Photo by Henry Be on Unsplash

AGE GROUP: | Adults (Ages 21+) | Adults (Ages 18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Regular Series | Book Group | Adult Events |

TAGS: | regular series | reading | literature | free | fiction | discussion | discuss | conversation | book group | Book Discussion | book club | book | adult programs | adult program | adult events | adult event | adult |

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