Here are some short story examples that might spark a lifelong love for the genre:
"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.
"The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst.
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson.
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. ...
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.