'Poo-tee-weet?'

call me Edal. 30 or 40 years old. part-time grumpy, hairsplitting contrarian. intolerant leftist. gay, sorta. minors, get lost. terfs and fascists, walk into the ocean.

[yeahprolly]

I appreciate the care and skill with which this was crafted.

(source)

[bombjack]

[1five1two]

[charnel-grounds]

Henri Lievens (1920–2000)

original cover design for “Le Moine” (The Monk) by Matthew G. Lewis

Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique #267, 1971

gouache on cardboard — source

[charl0ttan]

every day i accidentally buy something that costs money again

[yeahprolly]

Learning to steal takes time.

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

got stuck on the toilet earlier and my inner monologue started coming in cookie monster's voice for some reason

[instamatik]

he saved the children, but not the british children

[fuzzyghost]

[lazymile]

[peteneems]

[i-am-the-oyster]

[theehorsepusssy]

[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.

[acerbicapplecoffee]

[thunderstruck9]

Petr Belenok (Ukrainian, 1938-1991), Untitled, 1981. Mixed media on cardboard, 60 x 50 cm.

[depsidase]

[la-noche-del-lemur]