First Batch of 5 Stories Added

These 5 stories were actually created for the original "Best Stories" website, and were moved here from there on June 22, 2025.

Included here are:

• the (year of publication)
• the word count, and
• the approximate reading times (silent/aloud)

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• "Acoma," from Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (1927) 5,310 words, 27/41 minutes
• "The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry (1914) 4,650 words, 23/36 minutes
• "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe (1846) 2,345 words, 12/18 minutes
• "Childe Rowland" by Joseph Jacobs (1890) 1,840 words, 9/14 minutes
• "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M. R. James (1904) 7,990 words, 40/61 minutes