I prefer reading short stories rather than novels. I find short stories enjoyable because each word has to be important since it is shorter. This means the short story will have rel event information thorough out the entire story unlike novels with long and boring expositions. A good short story is made up of rising action from the start to the climax. I enjoy reading scary short stories. We have read "The Monkey's Paw" and "The Cask of Amontillado" which are both good because they give horrific details and give constant rising action through out the short story to make me feel fear. "The Cask of Amontillado" gives a sense of fear when the two men are in the catacombs aqnd the author is describing the setting and how grueseme it is. "The Monkeys Paw" made me eager to keep reading because the author uses the knocking at the door and the posility of it being the son as a mangled dead mess caused me to want to find out what was going to happen next. I am not interested in Nano/Gano.