I don’t remember the name of the short story, but I remember that it was about a town that abused someone they kept in a dungeon, and through their abuse they stayed unified. The teacher said it was a lesson in utilitarianism.
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I was a senior in high school when we read the short story "Rape Fantasies" by Margaret Atwood out loud in class. I was 18 and still not ready for it.
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There Will Come Soft Rains
Someone already said it, but The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
The Chaser by John Collier… that ending … still gives me chills
Blood Music absolutely terrified me as a freshman in high school
I'm jealous you got to read Blood Music in high school. Though Chrysalids was also great and turned me into a long time sci-fi fan. Despite the horribly hypocritical ending.
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Top of mind for this subject: Flowers for Algernon.
Of Mice and Men might qualify, but weighs in at 100 pages. I'm not sure what the threshold is for "short."
On my own time in High-school, I read: I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream.
Harrison Bergeron, in like 7th grade
The one that sticks out for me is On The Sidewalk Bleeding. Wasn't even the most effed up thing we read in 9th grade, just had the most memorable name.
For me the school book short story that grabbed me was The Smallest Dragonboy by Anne McCaffrey. Not super scary, just sticky.