What are some short stories with twist endings?
#1
DVD Talk Special Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: United States of HELL YEAH!!!
Posts: 1,262
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What are some short stories with twist endings?
I know there is a short story thread, but I'm looking specifically for shorts with twist endings.
The reason is because I'm trying to find examples of 2000ad future shocks and couldn't find any(other then the one), so I thought short story's in traditional literature would work as well.
The reason is because I'm trying to find examples of 2000ad future shocks and couldn't find any(other then the one), so I thought short story's in traditional literature would work as well.
Last edited by lukewarmwater; 08-21-06 at 11:00 PM.
#11
DVD Talk Special Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: United States of HELL YEAH!!!
Posts: 1,262
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Groucho
Eh? There's a lesser known forum than Book Talk?
And the stories I have read:
The Lottery
The Gifit of the Magi
Occurrence at Owlcreek Bridge
The coming out of Maggie
That's pretty much it, I assumed people would post other examples. Sorry.
And would you mind listing specific o henry stories with twists? The few that I've read didn't really have twists.
#12
DVD Talk Hero
"The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov (Currently available in the book "Robot Dreams.")
#15
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Actually i can't - i'm stretching back to a short story class i took my first year of college and i remember having a compendium of O'Henry short stories and us talking in class about one of his styles being the twist ending. Bear in mind this is a memory from several years back so perhaps i have him wrong.
#16
DVD Talk Legend
Philip K Dick's short stories also typically have twist endings. There are too many for me to list, or remember, you'd probably be fine just getting a short story collection from him and read the whole thing. However, there's some specific ones I remember.
First off, there's:
Minority Report
Impostor
Second Variety
We Can Remember it for you Wholesale
Paycheck
All of these were adapted into films, although the short story endings are all different than their filmed counterparts, typically offering a different "twist" than the films.
Some others:
War Veteran
War Game
The Variable Man
The Hood Maker
First off, there's:
Minority Report
Impostor
Second Variety
We Can Remember it for you Wholesale
Paycheck
All of these were adapted into films, although the short story endings are all different than their filmed counterparts, typically offering a different "twist" than the films.
Some others:
War Veteran
War Game
The Variable Man
The Hood Maker
#17
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Aside from twist endings, you can't go wrong with Philip K. Dick. The man was a genius of sci-fi literature and one of my fav authors. I especially like Galactic Pot-Healer and Flow My Tears the Policeman Said.
#18
DVD Talk Legend
Another Isaac Asimov short story, "The Billiard Ball" has a twist ending.
From Harlan Ellison, there's the stories "Base," "Brillo," "Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race," "Run For The Stars," and "Mefisto In Onyx"
From Neil Gaiman, there's "Sunbird," "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale," and "Murder Mysteries"
From Harlan Ellison, there's the stories "Base," "Brillo," "Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race," "Run For The Stars," and "Mefisto In Onyx"
From Neil Gaiman, there's "Sunbird," "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale," and "Murder Mysteries"
#19
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Originally Posted by Groucho
Also, anything by O'Henry. Twist endings were his speciality.
Edgar Allan Poe is an obvious one.
Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" and "The Veldt" are two of my student's favorites.
Frank Stockton's "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is a classic.
"The Monkey's Paw" has a neat twist at the end.
#21
Moderator
Originally Posted by lukewarmwater
would you mind listing specific o henry stories with twists? The few that I've read didn't really have twists.
Thought of another story that I liked as a kid (although I doubt it would hold up today): "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Robert Bloch.
#22
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Originally Posted by JasonF
The short stories of Saki (aka H.H. Munro) also often have twist endings.
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 295
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Jay G.
Philip K Dick's short stories also typically have twist endings...
#25
The Sniper-Liam O'Flaherty