EldestĀ is writing a 500-word story.
‘Mum, with short stories, is it OK if nothing happens?’
‘Absolutely nothing?’ (Smiles.)
‘No, not absolutely nothing… just… thoughts and things?’
‘Sort of. Here, read this.’
I give him THE TURKEY by Flannery O’Connor. Now, OK, there is a turkey, but the main story would be about thoughts and things.
(Now trying to remember if that’s OK for a kid to read.)
TM Upchurch 
Also anything by Checkov.?
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Ha, me first, I’ve read hardly any.
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A bit of a bore, actually. (Oh, did I just say that?!)?
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I enjoyed THE WITCH, think just by its age it implied so much of the time / recent history. I’ve got quite a lot of his shorts on Kindle so will have a read.
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I’ll have to check – haha – him out.?
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