A Mind Torn Asunder

if i feel an emotion one more time im gonna snap

do you ever need a ten minute hug, but only from a specific person

tfw you Kinda have a crush on someone & also feel like they Sorta have a crush on you too but also you’re probably just projecting your own feelings due to wishful thinking & your hopeful ass is gonna get let down when reality comes a-knockin’

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

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Actually I really liked it & it inspired some of the events/characters in my book

“Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed” by Ray Bradbury. I’m noticing a lot of him on this list…

a lamb to slaughter……… and the masque of red death………..

i’m scared that i’ll never be anything special

do not lower your standards, you deserve good things.

you’re cute and i miss your smile and your voice and i miss you

Do you ever just lay in bed and realize how not okay you are