One of his earlier works, a quiet little cave tale.

https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader/the-beast-in-the-cave

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77254

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/all-summer-in-a-day.pdf

This was the short story that made me realize how much monstrous behavior can happen from pure thoughtlessness. It also cemented that perhaps I was not cut out to have children and should seek cats instead.

I hope both sides of everyone's pillows are pleasantly cool!

The HP Lovecraft story most likely to make me cackle, aka "Wizard with a Gun"

Hope all are well. :)

Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched, by May Sinclair

https://www.hilobrow.com/2024/01/03/quenched-1/

Had some audio troubles, but continued on, and decided I will be going back (and forward) to give context to some of these stories because they're quite cool!

An Inhabitant of Carcosa, by Ambrose Bierce

Found within his collection Can Such Things Be?

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4366/pg4366-images.html

An old classic

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm

SCP-3930 since Jenny mentioned a fondness for pattern screamers :)

[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3930]