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Kat. multifandom. mother of chihuahuas.

[lokivonkrusenbusch]

Keep dreaming...

[fuchsiamae]

an incomplete list of unsettling short stories I read in textbooks

the scarlet ibis

marigolds

the diamond necklace

the monkey’s paw

the open boat

the lady and the tiger

the minister’s black veil

an occurrence at owl creek bridge

a rose for emily

(I found that one by googling “short story corpse in the house,” first result)

the cask of amontillado

the yellow wallpaper

the most dangerous game

a good man is hard to find

some are well-known, some obscure, some I enjoy as an adult, all made me uncomfortable between the ages of 11-15

add your own weird shit, I wanna be literary and disturbed

[repulsion-gel]

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

[allyitis]

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”

[fuchsiamae]

wHat did I just put my eyes on

[schrodingers-rufus]

“The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury

Not quite a short story, but read in class: “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” from The Twilight Zone

[w3rewolf-th3rewolf]

Harrison Bergeron, Cat and the Coffee Drinkers

[rebel-against-reality]

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

[actuallyapathy]

“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury

[asexualzoro]

the lottery by shirley jackson

[eccentwrit]

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

[idlewildly]

Ett halvt ark papper. I cried so much.

[bravinto]

Ночь у мазара, А. Шалимов

[siderealsandman]

A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

[insanitysbloomings]

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

[felderwin]

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury 

[was-once-somewhere-else]

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

[jeaniefranklins]

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.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

An Ordinary Day with Peanuts, by Shirley Jackson

[real-faker]

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

[scarlettaagni]

Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

and this story that I can’t remember the name of and can’t find, though it might be by O. Henry? it’s about a bunch of demons who want to stop Santa Claus from going through with Christmas, and he must travel through the mountains they inhabit to escape their vices? (good christ I can’t remember the name for the life of me)

[ghostloner]

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

[nitrosplicer]

The City (195) Ray Bradbury. An intense commentary on colonialism and space exploration. I read it for a sci fi survey class.

Another short story I read in that sci fi class was Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin. A commentary on humanity and how human we believe ourselves to be. Also, an interesting commentary on mental health.

In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom, written in 1947 by Ango Sakaguchi. It made my skin crawl the first time I read it.

Also going to recommend For A Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny, a commentary on whether AI can become human in a future without humans: http://www.kulichki.com/moshkow/ZELQZNY/forbreat.txt

[cryingalonewithfrankenstein]

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

[fluffmugger]

the scarlet ibis

marigolds

the diamond necklace

the monkey’s paw

the open boat

the lady and the tiger (I assume you meant Stockton’s The lady or the  tiger?)

the minister’s black veil

an occurrence at owl creek bridge

a rose for emily

the cask of amontillado

the yellow wallpaper

the most dangerous game

a good man is hard to find

The Tell-Tale Heart

 The Gift of the Magi

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County

 Thank You Ma'am

The box social 

The Veldt

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

Harrison Bergeron

Cat and the Coffee Drinkers

Where are you going and where have you been

The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury

The lottery by shirley jackson

The Landlady

The Leader

Ett halvt ark papper.

Ночь у мазара, А. Шалимов

A Sound of Thunder 

I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream 

All Summer in a Day 

Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby

An Ordinary Day with Peanuts

The Star 

Lamb to the Slaughter

The laughing man 

A perfect day for bananafish

The City (link goes to compendium of short stories)

Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin.

In the Woods Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom 

For A Breath I Tarry 

[the-prince-of-tides]

All of Flannery O'Connor’s shorts.

[thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva]

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

[accidental-muse]

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

[palis-delon]

Ugly Little Boy by Isaac Asimov is scary but totally hits that odd/vaguely disturbing tone.

[shayvaalski]

The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (link to article; go to the library for this one and read her other shorts too)

[daily-hundred]

If you were trapped in a deserted island, […] which actor on the show would you like to be trapped with?

[quakebeats]

go here and let me know what your short term top artists from spotify (within the last 4 weeks) are in the tags!

[solaurorae]

Eliza Taylor & Bob Morley On ‘The 100’ Relationship, Season 5 Finale | Comic-Con 2018 | TVLine

me: 

[solaurorae]

Y’ALL BROUGHT THIS BACK DJSKLAJDKSLAJDKLASJKDLJAKLJ

[geraltcirilla]

[shesnake]

Lourdes Faberes in Good Omens episode 4 “Saturday Morning Funtime” (2019) dir. Douglas Mackinnon

[midnightisquiet]

[kiwimidnight]

Let me tempt you to a spot of lunch? Temptation accomplished.

—  GOOD OMENS (2019)

[itsthatunique]

“I wrote down “leaving you in Polis.” Clarke, stop. Let’s not do this. What I did… leaving you like that… I’m so sorry, Bellamy. I know what it’s like to risk everything for one person. I know Madi’s your family. Hey. You are my family, too. I lost sight of that. But I promise I will never forget it again. You’re too important to me. Clarke.”

[namtan]

— We can change. — I believe you want to, Clarke. I just don’t believe you can.

THE 100: SEASON 6

[mockingjaykatniss2]

Will and Elizabeth + looks

[zombeesknees]

#high. fucking. romance.  #like writing in your diary at 11 years old with all the intensity of all the brontes combined ROMANCE  #HIGH EMO ORGANIC GRASS FED AND GOTHIC  #pining for years  #taking pseudonyms using the other’s last name  #tending of each other’s injuries  #throwing themselves in harm’s way REPEATEDLY purely to protect the other  #interrupted weddings  #imprisonment  #briefest of moments of affection THROUGH PRISON BARS  #cross-dressing on a long journey to find the other  #misunderstandings and reconciliations  #getting married in the middle of a battle  #banging for like 15 hours on a beach somewhere  #LITERALLY GIVING A HEART IN A BOX TO THE OTHERS KEEPING  #underworld orphean separations  #they are the beating bleeding heart of this trilogy (shhh) and they will own me forever

[mickeysmouse]

Oh, he’s so handsome. Just like his reward posters.

Happy 45th Birthday to Robin Hood ♡ (November 8, 1973)

[mellowmagpie]

viggo mortensen’s appeal as aragorn is 70% the voice, 25% the scene where the wild horse saves him from drowning, 12% hair, 8% ‘the beacons are lit!’, 3% swinging around the broken blade, 1.03% spitting soup back into the bowl on a windy day, .3% the way he speaks elvish (which mostly fits into the voice, but its elvish so its special), and .0004% when he kicks the orc head and screams

[dachosmin]

This is blatant “smoking a pipe with his hood on in Bree” and “shoving the double doors of helm’s deep open” erasure and I will not stand for it.

[throwbackblr]

Rush Hour (1998)

[alisonsargentss-deactivated2021]

#mood

[duartesjude]

@sixofcrowsnet job: the sun summoner

“It’s true,” I said softly. “You are stronger, wiser, infinite in experience.” I leaned forward and whispered, my lips brushing the shell of his ear. “But I am an apt pupil.”

[mechecolomar-archive]

The darkness is coming. It yearns for life, hungers for it - like a pack of wolves on a hunt. But she’s not stopping. Not this time.