Tools Used in the Writing of Short Stories There is a fairly large group of authors that fall into the short story genre. These authors use these short stories to show people things that they might not have seen before, or maybe something they should look at in more detail. These short stories can often show the countless sides of human nature. With the introduction of certain tools, authors can show their readers certain sides of humanity, and oftentimes certain sides of the readers themselves. In the story "The Most Dangerous Game," the author Richard Connell shows that oftentimes, when man is given the opportunity to change, he will not. Rainsford is consid