The short stories we've started reading in class are different than most short stories I've read. The "Mystery Stories" in particular seemed more like poems than short stories, they were only a few lines each and had very little cohesion, they made little sense to me. Some of the other shorts were interesting however "Wallet" for example was interesting and funny. Wallet made sense it followed a usual pattern and was cohesive explaining a beginning middle and end that all linked together in a way that made sense.

These shorts just seemed a bit unusual as examples of stories I would have expected shorts or excerpts from great writers like Tolkien or Lovecraft, authors I've learned and taken inspiration form in the past.