Raymond Carver's short stories

Both “Mine” and “Little Things” are fundamentally the same story. Both were written by Raymond Carver. “Mind” was written in 1977. In 1981, Mr. Carver rewrote the story with some minor changes and renamed it “Little Things”. These small changes do make a difference though. I will describe both how the stories are the same and also how they differ. It's these slight differences that make, in my opinion, the newer “Little Things” the better version of this story.

I believe the genre for both stories would be considered gothic fiction. This is because they each have elements ...