Not a bad list, but the problem with lists is that they're always too 
short. It needs more Flannery O'Connor. Maybe another Bradbury.

Yours is a good choice for MT. I'd say "The Story of the Bad Little Boy" 
and its explosive companion piece, "The Story of the Good Little Boy."

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Subject: Most "Iconic" MT short story??

>Sadly this author overlooked our beloved hero, but she also forgot about Hawthorne ("Young Goodman Brown"); Kurt Vonnegut ("Harrison Bergeron"); and others I'm sure/  But my question" which MT short story should be on this list? My answer is revealed in the comments at the bottom...
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>Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890) I will leave it to Kurt Vonnegut, who famously wrote, “I consider anybody a twerp who hasn’t read the greatest American short story, which is “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce.It isn’t remotely political. It is a flawless example of American genius, like “Sophisticated Lady” by Duke Ellington or the ...
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