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2. The Green Hills of Earth - Wikipedia

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   Publication date. February 8, 1947. " The Green Hills of Earth " is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. One of his Future History stories, the short story originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (February 8, 1947), and it was collected in The Green Hills of Earth (and subsequently in The Past Through ...

3. The Signal-Man - Wikipedia

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   The Signal-Man. "The Signal-Man" is a horror mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. The story is told from a fictional first-person perspective. The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of an apparition that has been haunting ...

4. Narrative hook - Wikipedia

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   Narrative hook. A narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading. The "opening" may consist of several paragraphs for a short story, or several pages for a novel, but ideally it is the opening sentence in the book. [1] [2]

5. Parson's Pleasure (short story) - Wikipedia

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   One trip sees him exploring Suffolk. After leaving his station wagon hidden so as not to spoil his image as an old clergyman, he walks to a rundown farmhouse where he meets three locals – Claud, Bert, and Rummins – in the yard. On being allowed into the farmhouse to have a look at the furniture, he finds a priceless Chippendale commode [1 ...

6. Isaac Asimov short stories bibliography - Wikipedia

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   Nightfall and Other Stories. The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov. The Complete Stories, Volume 1. Star Science Fiction Stories No.3 (Ballantine Books, January 1955) "The Singing Bell". 1955. Asimov's Mysteries. The Complete Stories, Volume 2. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955.

7. The Drover's Wife (short story) - Wikipedia

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   The Drover's Wife is a 1945 painting by Australian artist Russell Drysdale. While the painting does not specifically illustrate a scene from the story, it takes its title from it. Murray Bail 's story, "The Drover's Wife" (1975), is based on Drysdale's painting and is narrated by the woman's first husband. [1]