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“Clay” an aptly-timed story of a woman who receives an ominous sign on Hallow’s Eve.

“A Little Cloud” a man’s meeting with an old friend makes him reflect on his own choices.

“Could he write something original? He was not sure what idea he wished to express but the thought that a poetic moment had touched him took life within him like an infant hope. He stepped onward bravely.”

“The Boarding House” or the moment before a resolution to an indiscretion.

“Two Gallants”

All I can say is everyone takes the biscuit.

“After the Race,” about a group of men going out to celebrate a successful car race.

“What excitement! Jimmy was excited too; he would lose, of course. How much had he written away?”

“Eveline” a story about a woman plotting to run away to faraway lands with her lover.

“Araby” about a boy who attends a bazaar of the same name to buy a gift for a girl he has a crush on…it does not go as planned.

“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.”

“—Come along. I knew Fatty’d funk it.”

“An Encounter,” a story of two boys playing hooky and encountering a strange man.

Introduction and “The Sisters” complete.

My first encounter with Joyce. It’s a curious short story about a boy finding out his priest has passed away, but something seems amiss…