Schroedinger's Story

Today in class I wrote something that may or may not be "Schroedinger's Crone." (Appropriate, no?) The reason for my uncertainty is that it's 152 words long, and therefore consists entirely of "hey, look: idea." I'm not sure if I want to try and come up with an actual plot to demonstrate the idea, or leave it as-is. My mistake may have been last night's decision to observe the story, thus collapsing the wave form before I had come up with a plot.

Whether or not I count this as February's story will depend on whether I can smack the second half of "Kingspeaker" into behaving itself.

stories needed

I could use some assistance from the internets in putting the finishing touches on a certain project. I'm planning to pitch a course proposal on writing speculative fiction (encompassing sf, fantasy, and supernatural horror), but I need readings! Most particularly I need suggestions of short fiction, but I'd also be interested in how-to texts that might be relevant to these topics.

UNIT ONE: INTRODUCTIONS
Week 1- Introduction to genre
Week 2- Language
Week 3- Outlining, critique, revision
[For these three weeks, I'd like one basic, accessible story from each of the genres I'm covering, just to get them warmed up.]

UNIT TWO: CRAFT
Week 4- Dialogue
Week 5- Point of view
Week 6- Description
Week 7- Exposition
Week 8- Style/Voice
Week 9- Character
Week 10- Setting
Week 11- Plot
[Here, of course, I want stories that particularly shine in the aspect du semaine.]

UNIT THREE: CONCEPTS
Week 12 - Gender
Week 13 - Race
Week 14- Morality
[I'm pretty sure Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" will be the story for week 14, but the others are up in the air. The general idea of this unit is, hey, spec fic can play interesting games with these topics.]

UNIT FOUR: WHERE NOW?
Week 15- How to submit stories
[Might or might not have a reading for this week. It'll depend on whether I find a story I just really really love and want to end on.]

I would prefer short stories, though in a terrible pinch I might use a novel excerpt. Suggestions?