For a great short story, I’d recommend “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. Not science fiction or dark fantasy, but seeing you’ve uploaded a lot of videos on books and stories of other genres, I doubt you’d hold that against it. Happy reading!
So many of these stories involving children are bleak. I've read The Lonesome Place, a Pail of Air and seen on T.V. adaptations of All Summer in a Day that was very sad, Final Exam, also very sad and both read the story then seen the Twilight Zone version of It's a Good Day. There is also a 80's Twilight Zone version of Good Day which takes place yrs later when Anthony is an adult and has a daughter with the same powers. It is Chilling.
@@OldGuyReviewsBooks I'm not sure if it was published in Playboy, but I was able to find it in the May 1963 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction with a cool Bradbury cover. I actually encountered the story first in an episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater starring Harold Gould which stuck in my mind, and only a while later did I read Bradbury's original.
For a great short story, I’d recommend “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. Not science fiction or dark fantasy, but seeing you’ve uploaded a lot of videos on books and stories of other genres, I doubt you’d hold that against it. Happy reading!
I read The Scarlet Ibis in school. It was a powerful story that stayed with me.
I've heard of it but never read it. And you're right, I read everything. Story is important, not genre.
I also enjoy Bradbury's writing, and I have read two of his novels. I bet you can guess which two.
Let's see ... Fahrenheit and Wicked?
@@OldGuyReviewsBooks BINGO!
So many of these stories involving children are bleak. I've read The Lonesome Place, a Pail of Air and seen on T.V. adaptations of All Summer in a Day that was very sad, Final Exam, also very sad and both read the story then seen the Twilight Zone version of It's a Good Day. There is also a 80's Twilight Zone version of Good Day which takes place yrs later when Anthony is an adult and has a daughter with the same powers. It is Chilling.
Oh man, I haven't seen that one. Have to run it down.
@@OldGuyReviewsBooks Bill Mummy and Cloris Leachman reprise their roles.
TH-cam reccomended did me good here!!🤌🏻
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I wonder if Ray Bradbury's "To the Chicago Abyss", from his collection The Machineries of Joy, might be the story you're thinking of?
That's IT! You win! Now I can't remember if I read it in Playboy or in the collection itself.
@@OldGuyReviewsBooks I'm not sure if it was published in Playboy, but I was able to find it in the May 1963 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction with a cool Bradbury cover. I actually encountered the story first in an episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater starring Harold Gould which stuck in my mind, and only a while later did I read Bradbury's original.
@@MustReadMore I was only 8 in '63 so probably did not read it in Fantasy.