broadway’s bitch

The Tell-Tale Heart, The Gift of the Magi, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County, Thank You Ma'am

the box social by james reaney. i remember we all had to silently read it in class, and you would hear the moment everyone reached the Part because some people would audibly go “what”

wHat did I just put my eyes on

Harrison Bergeron, Cat and the Coffee Drinkers

“Where are you going and where have you been” by Joyce carol oates

“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury

the lottery by shirley jackson

i can’t believe Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady” wasn’t already mentioned and also it’s not so much unsettling as more absurdist but “The Leader” by Eugene Ionesco definitely made me go wtf

Ett halvt ark papper. I cried so much.

Ночь у мазара, А. Шалимов

A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby, by Donald Barthelme

I read Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer In A Day” in seventh grade (it wasn’t assigned, I was just going through my textbook for new stuff to read) and as a bullied kid with SAD, it Fucked Me Up.

An Ordinary Day with Peanuts, by Shirley Jackson

Eh, this was more like community college, but The Star by Arthur C. Clarke

Ok but the laughing man and a good day for bananafish but j.d. Salinger

whoever posted “The Laughing Man” and “A Good Day For Bananafish” is Correct

All of Flannery O'Connor’s shorts.

I didn’t read it in a text book, but “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” haunted me for life.

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” feels like some liminal space I once visited, whenever I remember reading it.

The Space Traders by Derrick Bell

Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed by Ray Bradbury

I’m surprised Horacio Quiroga’s stories didn’t make it into this list, but none have disturbed me more than The Decapitated Chicken and The Feather Pillow. Both were mandatory reading during our first years in high school.

Yall should DEFINITELY check out The Northern Caves by nostalgebraist

I want to write. I have ideas. I open document. I type four of the worst sentences ever created in the english language. I daydream the rest of the scene. I close document.

i hate that the main takeaway from gilmore girls is “dean jess or logan?” like that show got so deep into mother and daughter relationships and family dynamics is general but also… if jess wasn’t your favorite i’m going to fucking strangle you 

my soul left my body when biden looked into the camera while trump was shouting nonsense and said "do you all see what this clown is doing?"

IT IS AUGUST

This has been in my likes since last year. It is time.

This is the 21st night of September skeleton. He only appears once a year.

For a series called Hatchetfield there has yet to be any hatchets or fields. This is false advertising and you will be hearing from my lawyer

why do i need to come out ? if you still think im straight then that’s on you

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