I'm a PathA now

I said I would post my thoughts in essay form, but now I'm chained to the American health care system so...

[evildilf2]

[cowboyhatesithere]

Daily gratitude

I don’t have kids

I don’t spend money on nicotine

I don’t gamble my money away on sports

I’m not reliant on a chat bot for all my life functions

My books/CDs/DVDs collection is plentiful

[2087]

Andrew Valko

[pixiecaps]

like and rb to cause another abortion

[sailatina3]

Lets abort until its 1/2 of the generation.

[apolladay]

Which notorious English class short story fucked you up the most?

* I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

*The King in Yellow

* The Lottery

* The Masque of the Red Death

* The Monkey’s Paw

* The Most Dangerous Game

* The Nameless City

* The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

* There Will Come Soft Rains

*The Yellow Wallpaper

* The Veldt

* “you think those were fucked up? What about [X]!”

Which notorious English class short story fucked you up the most?

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

The King in Yellow

The Lottery

The Masque of the Red Death

The Monkey’s Paw

The Most Dangerous Game

The Nameless City

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

There Will Come Soft Rains

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Veldt

“you think those were fucked up? What about [X]!”

Voting ended onApr 30

[it-grrl]

Okay I have things I should be seeing to but I couldn't help myself. In case you, like me, have not read all of these stories and would like to be amongst the lucky 10,000 today:

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

The King in Yellow by Robert W Chambers*

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson**

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard O'Connell

The Nameless City by HP Lovecraft

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K LeGuin

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

Honorable Mention from the comments/reblogs:

All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

*note: this is actually a collection of short stories and clocks in at about 72k words

**Originally published in the New Yorker in 1948; interestingly, the New Yorker still has this story archived on their website BEHIND A PAYWALL. CAN YOU IMAGINE.

[sergal]

everyone shut da fuck up this is the only thing that matters

[dogpuppy]

[hollowtones]

you probably thought today was a normal Monday. nooooope. strong as fuck ice mummy again, sorry.

[gaycop]

Has anyone spit realer fax

[windup-angel]

they called him a psycho killer for this

[overtimeatthechopshop]

Yearning for the bone saw. It’s been far too long.

[illumiiiz]

guy who is burnt out beyond recognition and can barely get through the workday just to collapse into bed when he gets home voice: I have got to make art again. it will heal me

[ot3]

again

[gyogun-luo]

Happy Turnabout Trump Day ♠️

[evrayle]

THE HANDMAIDEN screen tests

[trucyarchive]

Shu Takumi's infamous concept sketch of Apollo's perception ability (2006 or 2007, Shu Takumi)

[seasonofhorror]

THE CRAFT

1996, dir. Andrew Fleming

[cpericardium]

I wanna read this so bad